All-Con

All-Con
Status Active
Genre Multi-genre
Venue Crowne Plaza North Dallas
Location(s) Texas Dallas, Texas
Country USA
Organized by ALL-CON, LLC
Filing status For Profit
Website
http://www.all-con.org/

All-Con is a three-day convention held annually in the Dallas, Texas, area. All-Con provides an umbrella of content supporting fans of science fiction, fantasy, Renaissance, anime, costuming, theater/performing arts, mystery, art, crafts, collecting, and filmmaking. To help 'give back' there are several charity events at the convention every year. The All-Con motto is "We Serve The Fan Community." Since 2007, the anime programming has been provided by members of Mu Epsilon Kappa's University of North Texas chapter.

The 2013 convention was held March 8–10, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas.

Events

Past conventions

All-Con 2005, the first All-Con event, was held at the Sterling Hotel in Dallas on February 4–6, 2005. Guests included artist Adam Hughes, author Troy Denning, actor Bill Johnson, comedian Barry Diamond, plus Star Wars actors Gerald Home and Christine Hewett.

All-Con 2006 was held at the Sterling Hotel in Dallas on March 17–19, 2006.[1] Guests included The Crow creator James O'Barr, artist Ben Dunn, actor Ken Feinberg, actor James Horan, actor Bill Blair, plus Star Wars actors Jay Laga'aia and Nalini Krishan.

All-Con 2007 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 16–18, 2007. Guests included artist J. K. Woodward, voice actor Neil Kaplan, plus Battlestar Galactica actresses Luciana Carro and Kate Vernon.[2]

All-Con 2008 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 7–9, 2008. Guests included Battlestar Galactica actor Aaron Douglas, Return of the Jedi actors Tim Dry, Sean Crawford, and Mike Edmonds, plus Blazing Saddles actor Burton Gilliam and Who Wants to be a Superhero? contestant Tonya Kay (aka Creature).

All-Con 2009 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 13–15, 2009.[3] Guests attending included Aaron Douglas from Battlestar Galactica, Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) from Star Wars, Ken Lally from Heroes / Albert Wesker from Resident Evil, Candace Kita from Masked Rider, and Burton Gilliam from Back to the Future Part III and Blazing Saddles. Ginny McQueen was the Cosplay Guest of Honor.

All-Con 2010 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 12–14, 2010. Guests attending included actor John Billingsley, actress Anne Lockhart, comic book writer/editor Larry Hama, manga artist Kazushi Hinoki, and Japanese filmmaker Keisaku Kimura. Estimated attendance exceeded 1,600.[4]

All-Con 2011 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 18–20, 2011. The theme was "steampunk". Guests attending included Star Wars actress Orli Shoshan, Hardware Wars actress Cindy Freeling, Battlestar Galactica actors Anne Lockhart and Richard Hatch, plus voice actor Neil Kaplan.[5]

All-Con 2012 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 16–18, 2012.[6] Estimated attendance was around 3,000.[7]

All-Con 2013 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 8–10, 2013. Special guests included actors Stephen Stanton, Camden Toy, Kathy Coleman, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Anne Lockhart, Rick Fitts, Michael Gregory, Tim Taylor, and Samantha Newark.

All-Con 2014 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 13–16, 2014.

All-Con 2015 was held at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas in Addison, Texas, on March 12–15, 2015. Special guests included Neil Kaplan, and hosted over 300 various events over the course of the convention.

All-Con 2016 will be held at the Westin Hotel in Dallas, Texas, on March 17–20, 2016. The convention once again contained over 300 events, as well as a meeting place for the Star Wars Fan group the 501st. Special guests included Brian Muir, Gigi Edgley, Paul Blake, Chuck Huber, Tim Lawrence, Neil Kaplan, Russ Adams, Michael H. Price and Marshall Barnes

References

  1. ↑ Edwards, Toni (2006-03-17). "Fantasy World". The Dallas Morning News.
  2. ↑ "Dallas All-Con Features Celebrities, Sci-Fi, Anime/ Cosplay, Arts, Renaissance, Costuming, Film, and Theater Events". Anime News Network. 2007-01-18.
  3. ↑ Wilonsky, Robert (March 14, 2009). "Look, Over at the Science Fiction Convention, It's a Girl, It's a Pla ... Wait, It's a Girl!". Dallas Oberver.
  4. ↑ "zvents.com". March 21, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ Wilonsky, Robert (March 20, 2011). "All Dressed Up With Some Place to Go: The Fashion Show at Dallas All-Con 2011". Unfair Park (Dallas Observer). Retrieved March 21, 2011.
  6. ↑ "All-Con 2012". UpcomingCons.com. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  7. ↑ "conventionscene.com". January 10, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

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