BayCon
BayCon is the San Francisco Bay Area's main science fiction and fantasy convention. It is held over Memorial Day weekend in Santa Clara, California. BayCon is a large convention topping two thousand attendees over the last several years. The convention draws many attendees from throughout California and also as far away as Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. The next BayCon will be held from Friday, May 24th, through Monday, May 27th, 2013. The Writer Guest of Honor will be Lois McMaster Bujold, the Fan Guests of Honor Chris and John O'Halloran, and the Toastmaster will be Veronica Belmont. The theme is "Triskaidekaphobicon".
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