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Attending Membership Price Goes Up January 15th!

Haven’t pre-registered for BayCon yet? Now is the best time! The price of the full weekend Attending Membership increases next weekend. Right now score a badge for $75: all four days of the convention. We also have discounted memberships for youth, and active and reserve military.

BayCon memberships include access to all programming, concerts, signings, the Dealer room and Art Show, and our late night events. We also have special VIP Sponsor and Patron membership levels for additional perks (like having breakfast with the Guests of Honor)!

Register Now

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The BayCon 2019 / KublaCon 2019 Multipass is Here!

Announcing the BayCon / KublaCon 2019 Multipass!
 
BayCon, the Bay Area’s regional science fiction convention, and KublaCon, the Bay Area’s premiere tabletop game convention, have joined forces to offer a new combined membership, dubbed the MULTIPASS!
Fifth Element jokes aside, the Multipass is the best value for you if you attend or are thinking about attending both conventions on Memorial Day Weekend. The Multipass grants you full access to both conventions. With just 6 miles between venues, you can pop over to either event and experience what both conventions have to offer.
Visit either website for details and purchase your Multipass today.
BayCon 2019 members: upgrade to the Multipass membership from an Attending on our registration page.
KublaCon members can also enjoy 50% off any single day membership at BayCon. Come for our late night receptions, concerts, karaoke, Rocky Horror, LARPs, and Masquerade, too, after you’re done with your day of gaming!

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BayCon 2019 Cyber Monday Deal

It’s Cyber Monday at BayCon! From 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM on Monday, you can get the entire BayCon 2019 weekend membership for just $55. That’s just $5 more than our lowest pre-registration price. Go our registration page and enter the discount code CYBER.
A full weekend membership gives you everything the con has to offer all four days, including the Dealers Room, Art Show, Makers Workshop, the Masquerade, Variety Show, concerts, panels, signings, and more. See you in May!

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BayCon 2019 Welcomes Gary Villarreal as Artist Guest of Honor

BayCon is excited to announce Artist Guest of Honor Gary Villarreal. Gary Villarreal graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelors degree in Visualization. He is currently a full-time Concept Artist at MethodEXP and a generalist when it comes to his professional work; designing environment, vehicles, weapons and characters. However, Gary is well known for his character designs and his style rendering, often adding volume to his characters. Over the years, Gary has grown an interest in storytelling, which has given him the ability to further immerse his viewers in the fantasy worlds that his characters live in. His illustrations have been featured in the pages of 3Dtotal Sketching from the imagination: Dark Arts and Graphite Magazine.

According to Hugo-winning and former BayCon Artist Guest of Honor John Picacio, “[Gary] is going to melt peoples faces….” (we’re pretty sure in a good way).

Find Gary on Instagram @villarte, and on Art Station at https://www.artstation.com/garyvillarreal.

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BayCon 2018 Fan Guest of Honor

Announcing Christopher J Garcia as BayCon 2018 Fan Guest of Honor!

BayCon 2018 is extremely pleased to announce that two time Hugo Award winner Christopher J Garcia has accepted our invitation to be Fan Guest of Honor. Chris has been active in SF Bay Area fandom for many years and is a former Guest and staff member of multiple BayCons.

Christopher J Garcia is a writer, fanzine editor, curator, filmmaker, and historian from Boulder Creek, California. He won the Hugo for Best Fanzine in 2011 for co–editing The Drink Tank and in 2015 for Journey Planet. He’s made short films, produced documentaries, programmed film festivals, and edits the film journal Klaus at Gunpoint as well as Journey Planet. He makes a living as a Curator at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

If you don’t know already, one of his most notable Hugo nominations was for Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form. The work he was nominated for? His first Hugo Award acceptance speech.

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Charity Casino & Karaoke Party!

Charity Casino & Karaoke Party!

Friday, May 26th 8:00pm in Convene Room

After Meet the Guests stay for BayCon’s Charity Casino & Karaoke Party! Benefiting this year’s honored charity, Variety, the Children’s Charity of Northern California.

Rather than focusing on a single area of need, Variety supports many children through their multiple programs, including the sick, disadvantaged, or those who live with disabilities or other special needs. (www.VarietyNC.org)

Test your luck on a hand of poker, or sit down for a round of blackjack and strategize for that big win. At they end of the night two lucky players will win amazing prize packages, including Gift Certificates and VIP Seats to the BayCon Variety Show Saturday night. First Place Prize is A Dystopian Survival Package, with a gift certificate to Otterbox and 6 Paintball Tickets to PaintballTickets.com, good at Paintball Fields all over North America. Total package valued at over $350.00! Second Place Package is A Utopian Dice Throwing Party with a $75 credit to DriveThruRPG and Gift Certificates to Chipotle and the Habit Burger Grill. Total package valued at over $175.00!

Casino Chips will be available for purchase throughout the party.  A $10 donation for $50 in chips and $20 for $125 in chips. All proceeds benefit Variety.

Don’t forget to stop by the Fishing Game! For a $1 donation, drop a line over the black wall and take your chances on catching one of many awesome prizes. Every player is a winner!!

You can also take a turn on the microphone in-between hands! KJ Skwirl will be dialing up all the biggest hits from the past and present. No cost for Karaoke, but donations to Variety will gladly be accepted!

Support an amazing organization, play, win and sing! It’s going to be an amazing opening night. You won’t want to miss this unforgettable event!

(All attendees under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian during this event)