The Latest Details for Alcon 2011
Alcon is an 800 person event taking place on 8th-11th September 2011 at De Montfort University, Leicester. It’s £30 for four-day entry and £25 per night accomm. Register now at http://www.alcon.org.uk and you won’t need to pay until the end of June
News! Cosplay Guests Twinfools, Nova, KellyJane and TealPirate
In a UK exclusive, Alcon is proud to present Twinfools and Nova from Fighting Dreamers Productions! They will be joined by past-Alcon guests KellyJane and TealPirate from Parle Productions. This represents an extremely exciting cross-over of cosplay guests who will be hosting a number of workshops on cosplay and Q&A sessions on what they do. You can read more about this at http://bit.ly/g6ZqBT
Ten Reasons why Alcon 2011 will be our best year yet!
#1. We’re 16+ again! Okay, if you’re already 18, that’s kinda not important, but it’s great if you’re only 16 or 17 right now!
#2. The price! Still an amazing £30 for four action packed days of fun, and just £25 a night for on-site accommodation! Also, if you book now, you don’t have to pay until the end of June. Oh, and before you ask, yes, the bar prices should be near student-level pricing, as per last year.
#3. #1 for parties – EIGHT epic parties planned – With the AMV Disco, Rock Night, Masquerade Ball, Glowstick Rave, J-Rave, J-Pop Night, Video Game Party and Final Countdown, there’s over TWENTY HOURS (wow) of partying mayhem to be had in the evenings! Read more about that at http://bit.ly/gE79fF Also, with our bar and parties going on till getting on 3am it’s going to be beyond epic!
#4. A full four-day convention this year! Full events start in the bar on the Thursday at midday onward. This means up to four days of convention-goodness (or come on Friday or Saturday if you can’t make all the days).
#5. Not one, but TWO voice-actors! Voice Actress Caitlin Glass, best known for the role of Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist amongst almost a hundred anime roles, shall be attending alongside fellow voice-actress Tia Ballard, who has played Mizore Shirayuki in Rosario + Vampire as well as roles in many other anime.
#6. #1 for Cosplay! As well as Twinfools, Nova, KellyJane and TealPirate doing panels and Q&As, we will have Tab Kimpton attending to do a series of workshops and tutorials. Between the five of them, and our regular panelists, we’ll be offering a fully packed timetable for cosplayers to learn more about how to put cosplays together. That isn’t even counting the cosplay photography courtesy of Cosplay Portrait and the usual staples such as the Cosplay Masquerade, Cosplay Picnic, Cosplay Blind-Date and the Cosplay Auction. If you cosplay you had better plan your day well in advance since there will be so much to do! Check out our cosplay event lineup at http://bit.ly/e2bVqe !
#7. Over fifty events and many areas to check out! Alcon will have everything from an anime night-club, a lot of exhibitors to buy anime goodies from, screenings of the latest anime, an anime bar, artists alley, cosplay cafe, DDRing, a Cosplay Hangout, roleplaying, Card Gaming, late night movies, anime karaoke, parties, live music and much much more.
#8. Our Net-Cult Presence – As more and more people watch their favourite cult series on youtube and online rather than tv, we continue to lead the way with bringing in the guests you watch online and want to meet! With MasakoX from DBZ Abriged alongside the other abridgers of DarkSideInc and XTheDarkOne, the cosplay youtube stars of Twinfools/Nova and KellyJane/TealPirate and of course not forgetting Edd, Matt and Tomska from EddsWorld (responsible for mega-popular videos such as asdf movie and many more, read more at http://bit.ly/etoKYu ), you’ll get the chance to meet face to face all the big names on youtube and the internet at the minute (expect at least one more big-internet guest to come!). That’s not all though – this year we will be showing your favourite internet shows and series. Go tell us what you want us to show at http://bit.ly/ic9kRp
#9. Even more Workshops and panels than before! It’s not just about the cosplay, oh no no no! As well as special guest speaker Akemi Solloway attending with her wealth of Japanese Knowledge, we will have many more guest-speakers (to be announced soon). Expect an entire timetable of panels and workshops, including workshops such as “How to Make your Own Anime” ( http://bit.ly/hX7ZaQ )
#10. Live Music and Singers! With Zonic already announced to sing at part of our video gaming party, we have two more singers to come!
More to Come!
What’s more, this is only the beginning. We many more guests and announcements to come. Make sure to stay tuned as 2011 promises to be our biggest and best year yet!
Register Now to Avoid Disappointment Later!
Make sure to register soon for Alcon at http://www.alcon.org.uk/register.php to secure your place and avoid disappointment before tickets run out! Remember that you do not have to pay
