MarsCon

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MarsCon is a fan-run, Big Tent regional convention held in the Minneapolis, MN, area since 1999, featuring a range of guests including authors, artists, filkers, game creators, scientists, costumers, prop masters, and television and movie performers. MarsCon is sponsored by the Fans Educational Network for Science Fiction (FenSF, Inc.), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Convention Dates GoHs, Notes
MarsCon 1999 February 26-28, 1999 Jeff Grubb, Kate Novak, Carl David
MarsCon 2000 May 12-14, 2000 Margaret Weis, Don Perrin, Denise Boie, Donald R. Schmitt, Jack Borkowski, Mark Allen Shepherd, Lisa Getto
MarsCon 2001 May 11-13, 2001 Jane Yolen, Christopher Jones, Carl Talliaferro, Michael Liebmann, Dave Arneson, Bill Blair
MarsCon 2002 March 1-3, 2002 Lyda Morehouse, Robin Wood, Peter Woodward, John Levene
MarsCon 2003 February 28 - March 2, 2003 Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, John Garner, David Mendez, Julie Caitlin Brown, Lev Mailer
MarsCon 2004 March 5-7, 2004 John M. Ford, Luke Ski, Dawn Devine Brown, Dr. Demento, Dave Romm, Richard Biggs
MarsCon 2005 March 4-6, 2005 Timothy Zahn, Todd Coss, Luke Ski, Stephanie Gannaway-Osborn, Richard Herd, Jeremy Bulloch
MarsCon 2006 March 3-5, 2006 Walter H. Hunt, Beth Hansen, Tom Smith, Paul Lawrence, Gigi Edgley, Dean Haglund
MarsCon 2007 March 2-4, 2007 Eleanor Arnason, Hugh Gregory, Eric Larson, Ookla the Mok, Don S. Davis, Patricia Tallman
MarsCon 2008 February 29–March 2, 2008 Naomi Kritzer, Jeff Easley, C. Robert Cargill, Hot Waffles, Bill Blair
MarsCon 2009 March 6-8, 2009 Jeanne Cavelos, Scott Rosema, Suzanne Hiza-Rosema, Wally Pleasant, Musetta Vander
MarsCon 2010 March 5-7, 2010 Loretta McKibben, John Garner, The Nick Atoms, Gwynyth Walsh
MarsCon 2011 March 4-6, 2011 Lois McMaster Bujold, Joe Rheault, Megan Rheault, Alexis Cruz, Worm Quartet
MarsCon 2012 March 9-12, 2012 Catherine Asaro, Rob Callahan, Jon Sloan, Aric & Kim Stewart, Wes & Wendell Duellman, Consortium of Genius, Denise Crosby
MarsCon 2013 March 1-3, 2013 Harry Turtledove, G. David Nordley, Sarah Clemens, The Thrift Brothers, Flat 29, Claudia Christian
MarsCon 2014 March 7-9, 2014 Esther Friesner, Mickie Erickson, Rae Lundquist, Bridget Landry, Henry Phillips, Dave Duca, J. G. Hertzler, the Klingons of IKV RakeHell
MarsCon 2015 March 6-8, 2015 Lyda Morehouse, Robert Odegard, Dick Tatge, Eric Wile, Rob Paravonian, Dave Duca, Mike Glielmi, Spice Williams-Crosby, Antoinette Bower
MarsCon 2016 March 4-6, 2016 Ruth Berman, Christine Mitzuk, Christopher R. Mihm, Luke Ski, William Morgan Sheppard, Dave Brown, Dave Duca, Michael Glielmi, Ann Neubauer
MarsCon 2017 March 3-5, 2017 Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Ralph J. Ryan, Benjamin & Cariann Higginbotham, Jeffrey Combs, Judy Tenuta
MarsCon 2018 March 2-4, 2018 MaryJanice Davidson, Steve Thomas, Bridget Landry, Blair Keith, Brent "brentalfloss" Black, Roger Cross
MarsCon 2019 March 1-3, 2019 A. Merc Rustad, Luke Ski, Devo Spice, Bill Blair, J. G. Hertzler
MarsCon 2020 February 28–March 1, 2020 Kathryn Sullivan, Darla Ecklund, Eric Heideman, Lauren Mayer, Lee Arenberg
MarsCon 2021 March 12-14, 2021
March 12-14, 2021 (virtual)
Jon Sloan, Robbie Ellis. Held online due to Covid-19
MarsCon 2022 March 11–13, 2022 Jon Sloan, Catherine Lundoff, Michael Moore, Knuckleheadz TV’s Kyle & Lindzilla (Kyle A. Carrozza and Lindsay Smith)
MarsCon 2023 March 10–12, 2023 Darcy Bell-Myers, Patricia “Pat” Christine Hodgell, Bradley and Christine Galey, Bonnie Gordon
MarsCon 2024 March 8–10, 2024 T. Aaron Cisco, Michael Merriam


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