National conventions with changing locations:
Worldcon/Nasfic, World Fantasy, World Horror, Costume Con, Pop Culture Association, Book Expo America
PORTLAND AND SEATTLE
Occasional Wizard Worlds
Westercon (various locations)
PAX West Penny Arcade Expo, moves locations
Rose City Comic Con (excellent for all things comics) Portland, Sept
Orycon (like Baycon) Portland, March
Furlandia (the Portland Furcon) Memorial Day
Norwescon (like Baycon) Seattle April
Emerald City (a rather indie giant comic-con) Seattle, March
SakuraCon March Anime Seattle
Seattle Retro Gaming Expo June
Aki Con Seattle, smaller Anime con, October
GeekGirlCon Seattle, October
SOUTHERN CA
Entire track of San Diego Cons including ConDor and Gaslight Gathering
GLAWS does lots of LA writer cons
Feb Gallifrey
ConDor Feb 22-24 2019. San Diego
April WonderCon, YALL West (dozens of young adult authors gather at a Santa Monica High School)
May 16 SFWA LA
June 7-9 Whedon Con (like Baycon but all Joss Whedon) LA
Aliencon June 21-23 LA
June 27-30 Leviosa (Potter-specific) in 2019 LA area https://mailchi.mp/e7355efdee28/leviosa-2019-call-for-programming-proposals?e=c657e8cce7
Thurs July 18- Sunday July 21 official comic-con San Diego
July 26 Ozcon LA
Aug 2-5 Tolkien-related Mythcon San Diego
Labyrinth Masquerade XXI (Aug 24 & 25, 2018)
Gaslight Steampunk Expo Sept 26-29 San Diego
San Diego’s only Doctor Who Convention! http://www.sdwhocon.com/ OCt 19-21 2019
Nov LosCon
Oct 24-27 Denver Sirens: Strong Women in Fantasy https://www.sirensconference.org/
Oct 31 World Fantasy Convention https://wfc2019.org/
NORTHERN CA
Monthly
SF Singing Boat (more chanties in Oakland and Santa Cruz)
JASNA, the Jane Austen Society of North America
January
FurCon
Feb
Pantheacon
March
Potlatch?
FogCon
Consonance: The San Francisco Bay Area Filk Convention. March 22-24, 2019
Clockwork Alchemy
ConQuest Sac: March or April. Gaming
April Concord gaming con
April Maker Faire
Bay Area Brony Spectacular (aka BABSCon) is the San Francisco Bay Area’s My Little Pony (MLP) fan convention April 2019, SF Hyatt Regency
May
Intergalactic Expo around May the 4th, small Star Wars bazaar and panels
Baycon
Fanime
KublaCon gaming
June
San Francisco Comic-Con
Early June Bay Area Book Festival, Downtown Berkeley – booths of books
July/Sept San Jose Fantasy Fair
Vallejo Pirate Festival
Aug/September
Magwest (Aug 10 – 12, 2018) – Music and Gaming Festival
Feb and August Steampunk fair at Great Escape Games
ToyXpo (Aug 24 – 26, 2018) Santa Clara Convention Center
Albany-Berkeley Anime-Comic Con (Aug 26, 2018; 11 am – 4 pm)
aug 31 SacAnime
aug 31 Pacificon (gaming, Santa Clara Marriott Hotel)
CrunchyRoll Expo (Sep 1 – 3, 2018) – Anime Con SJ Convention Center
South City Comic-con at San Mateo Fairgrounds sept 16 http://www.southcitycomiccon.com/
KrakenCon September 28-September 30, 2018 • Oakland Convention Center
Casa de Fruta Renaissance Faire
Alternative Press Expo: Sept, SJ Convention Center, dealers and panels on indie comics
Wizard World Sacramento Comic Con (Oct 5 – 7, 2018)
Santa Clara Library Comic-Con (Oct 13)
Con-Volution ??
CampbellCon, West Valley College (Oct 20)
Sac Comic-Con (Oct 21, 2018; 10 am – 5 pm)
https://www.bigbadcon.com/ Gaming Con
November/Dec
PawCon Nov 2-4 Furry Con
Nov 14-17 The National Women’s Studies Association 2019 annual meeting will be held at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco (333 O’ Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102)
Nov 14-16 Jurassic Quest is coming to SAN JOSE, CA!
Gobblecon Game Con (Nov 23 – 25, 2018) Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
Nov 20 Pirates of the Caribbean ship in Monterey
SmofCon 36 (Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2018) – Convention about running conventions Santa Rosa
Walker Stalker Con/Heroes and Villains Fan Fest Joint Event (Dec 1 – 2, 2018) – A Walking Dead Con San Jose Convention Center,
Dickens Fair, multiple weekends in the Cow Palace
Links for CA or other Conventions:
http://www.sansfis.org/FandomIndex/CaliforniaConventions.htm
http://www.scificonventions.com
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