List of science fiction conventions

This is a list of science fiction conventions, as distinct from anime conventions, comic book conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, and multigenre conventions.

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Convention	City	Region	Country	Type	Website	Last or next scheduled date
Ad Astra	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	General	[1]	2009-03-27
Adventure Con	Glendale	Arizona	USA	General	[2]	2009-06-12
AggieCon	College Station	Texas	USA	General	[3]	2009-03-26
Albacon	Albany	New York	USA	SF/F	[4]	2009-10-09
All-Con	Dallas	Texas	USA	General	[5]	2010-03-12
ApolloCon	Houston	Texas	USA	General	[6]	2009-06-26
Arisia	Boston	Massachusetts	USA	General	[7]	2009-01-16
ArmadilloCon	Austin	Texas	USA	SF LIT	[8]	2009-08-14
Armageddon Expo			New Zealand	General	[9]	2009-03-28
BabelCon	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	USA	General	[10]	2009-07-17
Balticon	Baltimore	Maryland	USA	General	[11]	2009-05-22
BayCon	Santa Clara	California	USA	SF/F	[12]	2009-05-22
Big Apple Convention	New York	New York	USA	General	[13]	2009-11-13
Boskone	Boston	Massachusetts	USA	General	[14]	2009-02-13
Browncoat Ball	Austin	Texas	USA	Firefly	[15]	2008-10-10
Browncoat	San Diego	California	USA	Firefly	[16]	2007-12-01
Bubonicon	Albuquerque	New Mexico	USA	SF/F	[17]	2009-08-28
Capclave	Washington	DC	USA	General	[18]	2009-10-16
Capricon	Wheeling	Illinois	USA	General	[19]	2009-02-19
Comic-Con International	San Diego	California	USA	General	[20]	2009-07-23
Con†Stellation	Huntsville	Alabama	USA	General	[21]	2009-09-18
ConCarolinas	Charlotte	North Carolina	USA	SF/F	[22]	2009-05-29
ConClave	Romulus	Michigan	USA	SF/F	[23]	2009-10-09
ConDFW	Richardson	Texas	USA	SF LIT	[24]	2010-02-12
ConDor	San Diego	California	USA	General	[25]	2009-02-27
Confluence	Pittsburgh	Pensylvania	USA	General	[26]	2009-07-24
CONduit	Salt Lake City	Utah	USA	General/Lit	[27]	2010-05-21
Conestoga	Tulsa	Oklahoma	USA	SF/F	[28]	2009-04-24
ConFusion	Ann Arbor	Michigan	USA	General	[29]	2010-01-22
ConGlomeration	Louisville	Kentucky	USA	General	[30]	2008-04-18
ConQuesT	Kansas City	Missouri	USA	General	[31]	2009-05-22
Continuará...	Montevideo	Montevideo	Uruguay	General	[32]	2009-11-14
CONvergence	Bloomington	Minnesota	USA	General	[33]	2009-07-03
Con-Version	Calgary	Alberta	Canada	General	[34]	2009-08-21
Dimension Jump (Red Dwarf UK)	Peterborough	England	UK	Red Dwarf	[35]	2007-09-21
Disclave	Washington	DC	USA	SF/F	[36]	1997-05-23
Diversicon	Saint Paul	Minnesota	USA	SF/F	[37]	2009-07-31
Dragoncon	Atlanta	Georgia	USA	General	[38]	2009-09-04
DucKon	Naperville	Illinois	USA	General	[39]	2009-06-12
Eastercon	Bradford	England	UK	General	[40]	2009-04-10
Eurocon	Fiuggi		Italy	SF/F	[41]	2009-03-26
F.A.C.T.S.	Ghent		Belgium	General	[42]	2009-10-17
FedCon	Bonn		Germany	General	[43]	2009-05-01
FenCon	Dallas	Texas	USA	General	[44]	2009-09-18
Festival of Fantastic Films (UK)	Manchester	England	UK	SF/F	[45]	2009-10-16
FilKONtario	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	Filk	[46]	2010-04-09
Finncon	Helsinki		Finland	General	[47]	2009-07-10
Gallifrey One	Los Angeles	California	USA	Doctor Who	[48]	2010-02-19
Gatecon	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	Stargate	[49]	2009-03-21
Gaylaxicon	Washington	DC	USA	General	[50]	2009-10-09
Geek.Kon	Madison	Wisconsin	USA	General	[51]	2009-10-23
Hal-Con	Halifax Regional Municipality	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Canada	General	[52]	2010-10-29
Hypericon	Nashville	Tennessee	USA	General	[53]	2009-06-05
ICON festival	Tel Aviv		Israel	SF/F	[54]	2006-10-09
I-CON	Stony Brook	New York	USA	General	[55]	2009-04-03
InConJunction	Indianapolis	Indiana	USA	SF/F	[56]	2009-07-03
Itzacon	Richardson	Texas	USA	SF/F	[57]	2004-11-13
Lazy Dragon Con	McKinney	Texas	USA	General	[58]	2009-07-17
LepreCon	Phoenix	Arizona	USA	SF/F	[59]	2010-05-14
Linucon	Austin	Texas	USA	General	[60]	2006-09-30
Liburnicon	Opatija		Croatia	SF/F	[61]	2009-07-24
Lunacon	New York City	New York	USA	General	[62]	2009-03-20
Marcon	Columbus	Ohio	USA	General	[63]	2009-05-22
MarsCon	Bloomington	Minnesota	USA	General	[64]	2010-03-05
MarsCon	Williamsburg	Virginia	USA	General	[65]	2009-01-16
Mecon	Belfast	Northern Ireland	UK	SF/F	[66]	2008-08-29
MediaWest*Con	Lansing	Michigan	USA	SF/F	[67]	2008-05-23
MegaCon	Orlando	Florida	USA	General	[68]	2008-08-22
Memorabilia (event)	Birmingham	West Midlands	UK	General	[69]	2009-11-27
Microcon	Exeter	Devon	UK	SF/F	[70]	2008-03-01
MidSouthCon	Memphis	Tennessee	USA	General	[71]	2009-03-20
Midwestcon	Cincinnati	Ohio	USA	Relaxacon	[72]	2008-05-23
MileHiCon	Denver	Colorado	USA	SF/F	[73]	2009-10-23
Minicon	Minneapolis	Minnesota	USA	General	[74]	2009-04-10
MOBICON	Mobile	Alabama	USA	General	[75]	2009-05-15
MomoCon	Atlanta	Georgia	USA	General	[76]	2008-03-14
NZ NatCon	Various		New Zealand	General	[77]	2009-05-29
Nihon SF Taikai	Various	Japan	Japan	General	[78]	2009-07-04
North American Science Fiction Convention	Various	Various	USA	General	[79]	2007
Norwescon	Seattle	Washington	USA	General	[80]	2009-04-09
Novacon	Bentley	England	UK	General	[81]	2008-11-14
Octocon	Dublin		Ireland	General	[82]	2008-10-18
Ohio Valley Filk Fest	Dublin	Ohio	USA	Filk music	[83]	2009-10-22
OryCon	Portland	Oregon	USA	General	[84]	2008-11-21
Penguicon	Troy	Michigan	USA	General	[85]	2009-05-01
Philcon	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	General	[86]	2009-11-20
Polaris	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	General	[87]	2009-07-10
Polcon			Poland	General	[88]	2009-08-27
RadCon	Pasco	Washington	USA	General	[89]	2009-02-13
RavenCon	Richmond	Virginia	USA	General	[90]	2009-04-24
Readercon	Boston	Massachusetts	USA	SF LIT	[91]	2009-07-09
Ropecon	Espoo		Finland	SF/F	[92]	2009-07-31
Sci-Fi on the Rock	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada	SF/F/H	[93]	2009-04-25
Science Fiction Research Association	Atlanta	Georgia	USA	SF LIT	[94]	2009-06-11
SFeraKon	Zagreb		Croatia	SF/F	[95]	2009-04-24
ShadowCon	Memphis	Tennessee	USA	SCA	[96]	2009-01-09
Soonercon	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	USA	SF/F	[97]	2009-06-05
SpoCon	Spokane	Washington	USA	SF/F	[98]	2009-07-31
Star Wars Celebration	Los Angeles	California	USA	SF/F	[99]	2007-05-24
STARFLEET International Conference	Greensboro	North Carolina	USA	Star Trek	[100]	2009-08-06
Stellarcon	High Point	North Carolina	USA	SF/F	[101]	2009-03-13
Stumptown	Portland	Oregon	USA	General	[102]	2009-04-18
SwanCon	Perth	Western Australia	Australia	SF/F	[103]	2009-04-09
Swecon	Gothenburg		Sweden	General	[104]	2007-06-15
TimeGate	Perimeter-Dunwoody	Georgia	USA	General	[105]	2009-05-22
Trinoc*coN	Durham	North Carolina	USA	General	[106]	2009-07-03
TusCon	Tucson	Arizona	USA	SF/F/H	[107]	2009-11-13
U-Con	Ann Arbor	Michigan	USA	SF/F	[108]	2008-11-21
UnCommonCon	Dallas	Texas	USA	SF/F		2000-11-24
Unicon			UK	General	[109]	2007-08-12
Unicon			Maryland	General		1989-07-16
VCON	Surrey	British Columbia	Canada	SF/F	[110]	2009-10-02
Vericon	Cambridge	Massachusetts	USA	General	[111]	2009-01-23
Visions	Rosemont	Illinois	USA	Doctor Who	[112]	1998-11-29
Vulkon Orlando	Orlando	Florida	USA	General	[113]	2008-10-31
Westercon	Tempe	Arizona	USA	SF/F	[114]	2009-07-02
WillyCon	Wayne	Nebraska	USA	General	[115]	2009-04-03
Windycon	Lombard	Illinois	USA	General	[116]	2009-11-13
WisCon	Madison	Wisconsin	USA	General	[117]	2009-05-22
Wizard World	Various	Various	USA	General	[118]	2009-06-19
WonderCon	San Francisco	California	USA	SF/F	[119]	2009-02-27
World Fantasy Convention	San Jose	California	USA	Fantasy	[120]	2009-10-29
Worldcon	Various		Various	SF/General	[121]	2009-08-06
The Wrath of Con	Panama City Beach	Florida	USA	SF	[122]	2009-05-29
Åcon	Mariehamn	Åland	Finland	SF/Fantasy literature	[123]	2010-05-13

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