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Events and Conventions
2024
Exhibitions &c.
- Until 30 December 2024 • Batman Unmasked, London
- Until 4 January 2025 • The Lost Worlds of Ray Harryhausen: Creatures, Martians and Myths, Sale, Manchester
- Until 30 November 2024 • Imagined Worlds events at various Lewisham libraries, London
- Online 16 November 2024 • Winter Haunts 3
- Online 16 November 2024 • Writing and Mental Health (British Fantasy Society event)
- 16-17 November 2024 • Thought Bubble Comic Con (comics), Harrogate [part of November comics festival]
- 23-24 November 2024 • Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference (Tolkien Society)
- 24 November 2024 • Bloomsbury Ephemera Fair incorporating Paperback and Pulp Fair, London
- 25-26 November 2024 • DarkFest 6 (film), London
- 30 November 2024 • Dragonmeet (gaming), London
- 30 November 2024 • Stars of Time (comics), Weston-Super-Mare
- Online 7-8 December 2024 • Women in the Black Fantastic (SF Foundation conference)
- 29 December 2024 - 1 January 2025 • Steampunk New Year, Leicester
2025
- 7-9 February 2025 • Contabile 35 (UK filk), Norwich
- 7-10 February 2025 • ScotiaCon (furry), Glasgow
- 21-23 February 2025 • UK Ghost Story Festival, Derby [also online 14-16 February]
- 22-23 February 2025 • Surrey Steampunk Convivial, Stoneleigh, Epsom
- 6-8 March 2025 • Frightfest (film), Glasgow
- 7-9 March 2025 • MinamiCon 28 (anime), Southampton
- 15-16 March 2025 • Dublin Comic Con, Dublin
- Online 25 March 2025 • Tolkien Reading Day, repeats every year
- 5 April 2025 • Bedford Who Charity Con, Bedford
- 11-13 April 2025 • Corflu 42, Newbury
- 18-21 April 2025 • Reconnect (Eastercon), Belfast
- 26-27 April 2025 • Sci Fi Scarborough, Scarborough
- 3-4 May 2025 • Portsmouth Comic Con, Portsmouth
- 17-18 May 2025 • HorrorCon UK, Sheffield
- 23-26 May 2025 • Jodiworld (Jodi Taylor), Coventry
- 24-25 May 2025 • Surrey Steampunk Convivial, Stoneleigh, Epsom
- Hybrid 6-8 June 2025 • Cymera Festival, Edinburgh and online
- 7-8 June 2025 • EM-Con, Nottingham
- 21 June 2025 • Stars of Time (comics), Swindon
- 26-29 June 2025 • Archipelacon 2 (Eurocon), Mariehamn, Åland, Finland
- 18-20 July 2025 • Fantasy Forest (cosplay, reenactment), Cheltenham
- 2-3 August 2025 • Surrey Steampunk Convivial, Stoneleigh, Epsom
- 8-10 August 2025 • TFnation (Transformers; home), Birmingham NEC
- 13-17 August 2025 • Seattle Worldcon 2025 (Worldcon), Seattle, WA, USA; official blog
- 16 August 2025 • Stars of Time (comics), Weston-super-Mare
- 26-28 September 2025 • The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Bowness-on-Windermere
- 27-28 September 2025 • Nor-Con (tv/film/comics), Norfolk
- 17-20 October 2025 • Irish Discworld Convention, Cork, Ireland
- 18-19 October 2025 • Film & Comic Con Cardiff, Cardiff
- 25-26 October 2025 • Surrey Steampunk Convivial, Stoneleigh, Epsom
- 30 October - 2 November 2025 • World Fantasy Convention, Brighton
- 31 October - 2 November 2025 • Armadacon, Plymouth
- 7-9 November 2025 • Novacon 54, Buxton
- 8 November 2025 • PictCon1, Perth, Scotland [was 18 October 2025]
2026
- 2-5 July 2026 • MetropolCon (Eurocon), Berlin, Germany
- 27-31 August 2026 • Los Angeles in 2026 (Worldcon), Anaheim, CA, USA
Future Convention Bids
- Easter 2026 • Iridescence (Eastercon 77), Birmingham NEC
- Easter 2027 • An Eastercon in Glasgow (Eastercon 78), Glasgow
- 2-6 September 2027 • Montréal in 2027 (Worldcon), Montréal, Canada
- 2027 • Tel Aviv in 2027 (Worldcon), Tel Aviv, Israel
- 27-31 July 2028 • Brisbane in 28 (Worldcon), Brisbane, Australia [changed from 24-28 August]
- 23-27 August 2028 • ConKigali (Worldcon), Kigali, Rwanda [was Kampcon, Kampala, Uganda]
- 2029 • Dublin in 2029 (Worldcon), Dublin, Ireland
General/Other
- Eastercons (UK); more
- Eurocons (European SF Society)
- Milford (UK) SF Writers' Conference
- Shoreline of Infinity Event Horizon (Scotland)
- Tolkien Events
- UK Comic and Sci-Fi Conventions
- UK Convention Badges at eFanzines
- UK Filk Events
- UK/Irish RPG Cons
- Worldcons Frequent commercial or media events
- Alex Davis Events (mostly writing courses and workshops)
- Anime League
- Creed Conventions (comics)
- Massive Events
- Monopoly Events (comics)
- Showmasters (Destination Star Trek, Film & Comic Con, Collectormania)
- Starfury
- UK Comic Cons and Gaming Festivals
- Wonky Rocket Events (northwest England)