MarsCon (Bloomington, Minnesota)

MarsCon
Genre	Science fiction
Location(s)	Bloomington, Minnesota
Country	United States
Inaugurated	1999
Website
marscon.org

MarsCon is a science fiction convention held in Bloomington, Minnesota. It was first held in February 1999 with the goal of appealing to a diverse audience of fans in Minnesota and the vicinity. It is a mid-sized convention with a wide variety of events including panel discussions, guest of honor presentations, music of many kinds, art show, film room (including anime), science room, dealers room, charity auction, and a masquerade. Past guests have included actors, authors, artists, scientists, musicians, producers, and even the occasional pooka. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune describes MarsCon as "for the sci-fi serious nerds".

Since 2003, MarsCon Minnesota has also included a strong presence of the "Dementia" (comedy/novelty/filk) music genre, making the convention one of the largest events in the country to showcase such music.

MarsCon 1999: Celebrating 60 Years of Fandom

MarsCon 2000: Don’t Panic! (Alternate Subversive Theme: M’00)

MarsCon 2001: A Space Oddity

MarsCon 2002: The Magic of Fantasy

MarsCon 2003: No One Here is Exactly What He Appears

MarsCon 2004: Let’s Play Doctor!

MarsCon 2005: Galactic Pirates and Mercenaries

MarsCon 2006: Things That Go Bump in the Night

MarsCon 2007

MarsCon 2008: Press Start To Continue

MarsCon 2009: Invasion!

MarsCon 2010: Dark Lords and Femme Fatales

MarsCon 2011: Days of Magic!

MarsCon 2012: Rockin' the Apocalypse

MarsCon 2013: Ctrl/Alt/Del... Thriving into the future

MarsCon 2014: Time is the Key

MarsCon 2015: Heroes & Wizerds & Fae OHhh MYyy!!

MarsCon 2016: Parallel Dimensions

MarsCon 2017: Dragons In Space

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