Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2022: Week 44
Muskrat Jamboree was a fan-run multi-fandom slash convention in the Boston area. The first Muskrat Jamboree was put together in just three short months, originally described as a "semi-con" - perhaps because founder brooklinegirl was trying to keep things simple, or keep expectations low. It quickly grew into a popular East Coast slash con, although its membership was limited to 150 people. Fans had to be at least 18 years old in order to attend.
As many of the organizers were in due South fandom in 2007, the con was named after a small-town festival in Inuvik: "Every year Inuvik hosts the Muskrat Jamboree. It's a variation on any of the thousands of community festivals held across Canada each year." This name was initially offered to prospective con-goers as a joke, but it was overwhelmingly the most popular option, so the organizers took it and ran with it.