Cons & Confusion The almost accurate convention listing of the B.T.C.! We try to list every WHO event, and any SF event near Buffalo. updated: Aug 18, 2021 to add an SF/DW/Trek/Anime/etc. event; send information to: [email protected] PLEASE DOUBLECHECK ALL EVENTS, THINGS ARE STILL BE POSTPONED OR CANCELLED. SOMETIMES FACEBOOK WILL SAY CANCELLED YET WEBSITE STILL SHOWS REGULAR EVENT! JULY 9-11 T.O. TFCON DELAYED UNTIL DEC 10-12, 2021 Transformers fan-run con TFCON.CA JULY 15-18 CT CONNECTICON XVIII POSTPONED TO SEPT SEPT 9-12, 9-12, 2021 2021 media/comics/cosplay https://connecticon.org/ JULY 22-25 Pitt TEKKO 2021 POSTPONED TO DEC 9-12 2021 fan-run anime/all Japan https://tekko.us/ JULY 29 T.O. MARVEL AVENGERS STATION Yorkdale Ctr, 3401 Dufferin, Toronto REOPENS AFTER COVID! https://www.avengersstationcanada.com/ AUGUST 19 & 20 ALL STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME 35th Anniversary www.fathomevents.com/events/Star-Trek-IV-The-Voyage-Home-35th-Anniversary Locally both the Regal/Elmwood and Regal/Transit evening includes featurette "Three Picture Saga" about STII, STIII, & STIV AUGUST 19-21 MD MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CON Delta Marriott Htl, Hunt Valley, MD stars from 60's-90's www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers, Barbara Carrera, Patrick Wayne, Mariel Hemingway. Louis Gossett Jr, Juliet Mills, Maxwell Caulfield, Mary Badham, Jo Ann Harris, John James, Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson, Kathy Garverm Marli Renfro, Jim Rosin AUGUST 19-22 Pitt PULPFEST 2021 Doubletree Hilton Htl., Cranberry, PA old-time pulp novels & magazines https://pulpfest.com/ AUGUST 20-22 PA SAIKOUCON 2021 Mountain Laurel Resort, White Haven, PA anime/manga/cosplay http://www.saikoucon.com/ Aaron Roberts, AUGUST 20-22 NYS ANCHORCON Cerow Arena, Clayton, NY (1000 Islands) family event run by local Rotary club https://www.anchorcomicon.com/ AUGUST 20-22 D.C. AWESOME CON Wash. Conv Ctr, Washington, DC https://awesome-con.com/ Micheal J Fox, Chris. Lloyd & the Delorean!, William Shatner, George Takei, Billy Boyd, CarlWeathers, Christina Ricci, AUGUST 20-22 MD STATION UNITY 2021 Gaylord Resort Conv Ctr, National Harbour, MD media/sci-fi/cosplay https://www.station-unity.org/ Adrianne Palicki, J Lee, Penny Johnson Jerald, Garrett Wang, Scott Grimes, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rich Ting, Greg Grunberg, Freddie Prinze Jr, Chris Harada AUGUST 20-22 Indy INDYFURCON 2021 Marriott East Htl, Indianapolis, IN https://indyfurcon.com/ AUGUST 21 WV AETHELMEARC CROWN TOURNAMENT Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, WV big event for the Kingdom of Æthelmearc of the Society for Creative Anachronism (includes WNY group) http://aethelmearc.org/event/aethelmearc-august-crown-tournament/ AUGUST 21-22 PA PA. STEAM FEST 2021 Artquest Ctr, Bethlehem, PA https://www.pasteamfest.com AUGUST 14 Utic FANDEMICON Utica NY Public Library ONLINE ONLY THIS YEAR anime, gaming, family fun http://www.fandemicon.com/ AUGUST 22 BTC BUFFALO TIME COUNCIL MEETING 49 Greenwood Pl, Buffalo monthly BTC meeting buffalotime council.org AUGUST 25-29 DC 79TH WORLD S-F CONVENTION Marriott Htl,Washington, DC HUGE fan run SF con https://discon3.org/ POSTPONED TO DEC. 15-19, 2021 AUG 26-29 LA WORLD MYSTERY CON-BOUCHERCON New Orleans, LA Huge Mystery Event http://www.bouchercon.com/ AUGUST 26-29 T.O. FAN EXPO CANADA Toronto Conv Ctr. Toronto, Ont. Canada media/comics/cosplay https://www.fanexpocanada.com RESCHEDULED TO OCT 22-24 AUGUST 27-29 T.O. CREATION - SUPERNATURAL Westin Harbour Castle, TORONT, Ont, Cda CANCELLED https://www.creationent.com/ AUGUST 27-29 NYC LIBERTY CITY ANIME CON Intercontinental Htl, Times Squ, Manhatten, NYC, NY anime/cosplay https://libertycityanimecon.com/ Heather Walker, Tyler Walker, David Wald, Marcus Stimac, Andy Field AUGUST 27-29 PA CREATURE FEATURE WEEKEND Wyndham Htl, Gettyburgh, PA all horror films cast & crew http://www.creaturefeatureweekend.com/ Eileen Dietz, Jeffrey Combs, Ted Raimi, Kathleen Kinmont, Jon Breck, John Franklin, Charles Cyphers, Mr Lobo, Nancy Loomis Kyes, Courtney Gains, Rob Mello AUGUST 28 Buf CHALKFEST BUFFALO Riverworks, 359 Ganson St, Buffalo, NY all ages chalk art show facebook.com/events/4066355033449225/ AUGUST 29 & 31 ALL ANIME: "LUPIN III; THE FIRST" Regal/Elmwood, Regal/Transit, Regal/Walden in 4DX! new entry in Lupin film series The gentleman/thief returns to foil modern Nazis. https://www.fathomevents.com/events/Lupin-III-The-First SEPT. 2-6 ATL DRAGONCON 2021 various locations in Atlanta, GA HUGE media & SF event https://www.dragoncon.org/ Kevin J Anderson, Jamie Bamber, April Borchelt, Peter David, Felicia Day, Keith R A DeCandido, Erica Durance, Scott Edgington, GiGi Edgley, Eric Flint, Esther Friesner, Charles E Gannon, Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, David Coe (D B Jackson), Zachary Levi, Matthew Lewis, Ross Marquand, Gail Z Martin, Mary McDonnell, Rebecca Moesta, Jody Lynn Nye, Edward James Olmos, John Romita, Michael Rosenbaum, John Scalzi, Micael Stackpole, S M Stirling, Emily Swallow, Michael Trucco, James R Tuck, Laura Vandervoort, Garrett Wang, David Weber, Toni Weisskopf, Tom Welling, Bonnie Wright, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Timothy Zahn and about a hundred more. Also, a big SF theme parade. (Rob Sawyer has withdrawn) SEPT 3-5 Bost FAN EXPO BOSTON Boston Conv Ctr, Boston, MA comics/media/cosplay https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpoboston/ CHRIS ECCELSTON, BILLIE PIPER, JOHN BARROWMAN, Katee Sackoff, Ray Fisher, Brendan Fraser, Ron Perlman, Walter Koenig, Mark Boone Jr, Ryan Hurst, James Marsters, Chandler Riggs, Michael Rooker, Patrick Warburton, 'The Office' group, Brian Azzarello, Simon Bisley, Yanick Paquette, Nick Spencer, Pat Broderick, Jay Fosgitt, John Gallagher, Chad Hardin, Kyle Higgens, Jonboy Meyers, Dan Parent, Stephanie Phillips, Larry Stroman, Amanda Dufresne Tom Cavanagh, Danielle Panabaker, Lana Parrilla, Nick Carter, Jon Lovitz, Wayne Knight, Summer Glau SEPT 3-5 OH MARCON 2021 Crowne Plaza Htl, Worthington, OH big fan-run SF event http://marcon.org/ Carrie Vaughan, Sara Felix, Wolfgang Rumpf, The Blibbering Humdingers, SEPT 3-5 NJ N.J. HORROR CON & FILM FESTIVAL Showboat Casino/Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ http://www.newjerseyhorrorcon.com/ Joanna Cassidy, Tom Arnold, Goonies Reunion, John O'Hurley, Sean Patrick Flanery, Danielle Bisuti, Camille Keaton, Jason Lively, Tammy Vreeland, Neil Cohen SEPT 4 NYS WHISPERINGS OF WYLDWOOD Mexico, NY (east of Oswego) http://aethelmearc.org/event/wilder-wyldwood/ Big archery & ax contests from the Kingdom of Æthelmearc of the Society for Creative Anachronism (includes WNY group) SEPT 4-5 Pitt MOMENTO CON Lawrence Conv Ctr, downtown Pittsburgh, PA media/comics, cosplay https://momentocon.com/ Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Ruth Connell, David Haydn-Jones, Adam Fergus, Alaina Huffman, Rob Benedict, Matt Cohen, Clare Krammer SEPT 9-12 CT CONNECTICON XVIII Ct Conv Ctr & Marriott Htl, Hartford, CT media/comics/cosplay https://connecticon.org/ Fan-run pop-culture event: most guests are Anime voice cast SEPT 10-11 Erie ERIE COMICON Bayfront Conv Ctr, Erie, PA comics/media/cosplay https://eriepromotions.com/comicon-erie/ Emily Neves, Mike Lookinland, Chris K Lee, Jim Gray, Will Shewfelt, David Newell, Marty Grabstein, John Russo, Don Simpson, Carlos Davis Amanda Robison, Intergalactic Cosplay group, 501st Legion (SW group), William Isaac, Heather Hutsell, Aaron Mueller, Dave Nestler, more SEPT 10-12 Indy FANBOY EXPO INDY Marriott East Htl, Indianapolis, IN media/comics/cosplay https://fanboyexpo.com/indy/ Peter Weller, Doug Jones, Summer Glau, Robert Patrick, Ed Furlong, Barry Bostwick, 'Warriors' reunion, Annabeth Gish, Kevin McNally, Lee Arenberg SEPT 10-12 NJ THE SCI-FI SUMMIT NJ Conv Ctr, Edison, NJ https://www.creationent.com/cal/sfs_nj. William Shatner, Sonequa Martin-Green, Jeri Ryan, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Mary Chieffo, Isa Briones, Mark Jackson, Michelle Hurd, Terry Farrell, Nana Visitor, Emily Swallow, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes SEPT 10-12 FL FLORIDA SUPERCON Miami Beach Conv Ctr, Miami FL BIG media con FindtheMetaverse.com SEPT 11-12 Pitt BRICK FEST LIVE Monroeville Conv Ctr, Monroeville, PA huge travelling LEGO event https://www.brickfestlive.com/2021-2022 SEPT 11 Niag SUMMER'S END 2021 Wright’s Corners Fire Department at 4043 Lake Ave, Lockport NY http://aethelmearc.org/event/summers-end-2021/ End of summer party from the Kingdom of Æthelmearc of the Society for Creative Anachronism (includes WNY group) SEPT 16 & 19 ALL ANIME: "PROMARE" Regal/Elmwood, Regal/Transit, Regal/Walden in 4DX! New film from Hiroyuki Imaishi. Flame wielding mutants destroy half the world & find new mutants. https://www.fathomevents.com/events/Promare-2021 SEPT 17-19 Virt ALBACON 2021 GONE VIRTUAL THIS YEAR https://www.albacon.org/2020/ Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Dr. Carl Frederick, Herb Kauderer, Barry Longyear, Marianna Martin, Catherine Stine, Virual Ice Cream Social! SEPT 17-19 PA COLOSSALCON EAST Kalahari Resort, 250 Kalahari Blvd, Pocono Manor, PA anime/manga/cosplay https://colossalconeast.com/ SEPT 17-19 TX FAN EXPO DALLAS K B Hutchison Conv Ctr, Dallas, TX big media/comics/cosplay https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpodallas/ CHRIS ECCLESTON, BILLIE PIPER, William Shater, Zachary Quinto, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Brendan Fraser, Hobbits reunion, Office cast, Steven Amell, Ray Fisher, Adam Savage, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Saved By Bell guys, Billy West, Kevin Conroy, Greg Capullo, Donny Cates, David Finch, Brian Azzarello, Meredith Finch, Mike Grell, Peter Tomasi, Sam De La Rosa, Ariel Diaz, J P Roth, Gates McFadden, Anthony Michael Hall,