CONvergence (convention)

Science Fiction Convention
Name:	CONvergence
Dates:	1999
Frequency:	annual
Location:	Minnesota
Type:	science fiction, fantasy
Focus:
Organization:	The Minnesota Society for Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy (MISFITS) (1999-2009), Convergence Events (2009-present)
Founder:
Founding Date:	1999
URL:	CONvergence website
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CONvergence is an annual fan-run sci-fi and fantasy convention that has been held in Minnesota since 1999.

History

CONvergence maintains an archive of information on past conventions.

CONvergence was founded in 1998 with the intention of creating a large, inclusive convention that covered a wide range of genres and fandoms across science fiction and fantasy.

Its initial formation was in response to changes being made to Minicon, which had been the major SF convention on the local scene for decades. Minicon had intended to sharpen its focus on science fiction literature and to shrink the size of their convention, which had ballooned to over 3,000 attendees after 32 years. They did just that, and their convention is still held in the Twin Cities every Easter weekend.

CONvergence was never intended to copy or replace the “old” Minicon, but rather to take advantage of the perceived need to create something new. We hoped to provide a home for those that wanted the large, boisterous convention that Minicon was moving away from, while further broadening our convention’s focus to an even wider variety of genres and mediums connected to Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Convention Years and Themes

• CONvergence 1999: After All, It’s Just a Party
• CONvergence 2000: No One Can Tell You What CONvergence Is, You Have To Experience It For Yourself
• CONvergence 2001: Curiouser and Curiouser
• CONvergence 2002: If Adventure Has a Name…
• CONvergence 2003: Time Flies
• CONvergence 2004: Out of the Shadows
• CONvergence 2005: Snikt! Bamf! Thwip!
• CONvergence 2006: Boldly Go
• CONvergence 2007: Creature Feature
• CONvergence 2008: Ten Years
• CONvergence 2009: This Con Goes to 11
• CONvergence 2010: Bring on the Bad Guys
• CONvergence 2011: Tomorrow Through the Past
• CONvergence 2012: Wonder Women (in 2012, vidders hosted a panel about vidding)
• CONvergence 2013: British Invasion
• CONvergence 2014: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• CONvergence 2015: DoublePlusGood
• CONvergence 2016: …And How Do We GET There?
• CONvergence 2017: To Infinity and Beyond
• CONvergence 2018: Natural 20
• CONvergence 2019: The Next Celebration

Convergence 2012 Fanvid Panel

Panel description: Join local creators and fans for a primer on vids, a fan art form of setting media to music with over 35 years of history. We'll talk about how vids got started and how they compare to mashups and fan films there will be plenty of examples to watch. Panelists: Elizabeth B., Jessi S., Jo T.

Fandom	Title	Artists	Vidder
Star Trek	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	Estalita11	1
Mortal Kombat	Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)	The Immortals	bradcpu	2
Doctor Who	Take On Me	A-Ha	greensilver	3
Firefly	(Out of) Classical Gas	Mason Williams	jarrow	4
300	Vogue	Madonna	luminosity	5
Multi-fandom	To Touch The Face of God (Nasivern Pi)	E.S. Posthumus	destina	6
Multi-fandom	Space Girl	The Imagined Village	charmax	7
Sherlock Holmes (BBC) & Doctor Who (BBC)	A Study In Time (Cracking the Code)	Posthatste Music	Di Wey	8
Doctor Who	Handlebars	Flobots	seah & margie	9
Inception	Teardrop	Civil Twilight	thisismycalling	10
Star Trek	Never Fade Away (Starlight)	Muse	Brian Smith	11
Star Trek Reboot	The Day The World Went Away	Nine Inch Nails	jsuit24	12
Merlin	If I Was Your Girl	Janet Jackson	Danegan	13
due South	Flying Home (Rock Island, 1931)	Thomas Newman	Morgan Dawn	14
Community	Fire In The Hall	Morkos Nazeeh	A1BVids	16
Battlestar Galactica	Fix You	Coldplay	sdwolfpup	17
Joker	Gotham City (There's A War Going On For Your Mind)	Flobots	cherryice	18
Stargate Atlantis	Chanson de l'arbre	Autour de Lucie	newkidfan	19
Smallville	I Kissed a Girl	Katy Perry	bopradar	20
Oscar Wilde	Debauchery in the UK (Party In The U.S.A.)	Miley Cyrus	mresundance	21
Smallville	I Swear	All-4-One	dualbunny, greensilver, pipsqueak, sweetestdrain	22

Links

• CONvergence Wikipedia page
• CONvergence on Facebook
• CONvergence on Twitter
• CONvergence on Tumblr