Timeline of Beauty and the Beast Conventions

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The List of North American National Cons

These are all not-for-profit fan-run cons. They are the official annual ones created by formal agreement with fandom. A similar list of annual cons for Star Trek is The British Star Trek Convention (series of cons).

This list does NOT include small fan gatherings or for-profit cons such as Creation Cons.

1. 1990: Tunnelcon I
2. 1991: South of Oz: Where Magic Meets the Sea and Dreams Become Reality
3. 1992: Tunnelcon II
4. 1993: Great Expectations
5. 1994: Tunnelcon III
6. 1995: A Distant Shore: The Fairy Tale Continues…
7. 1996: A Kingdom by the Sea: A Romantic Celebration
8. 1997: Of Things That Are Not and That Should Be: Reflections: A Beauty and the Beast Celebration on the First Ten Years
9. 1998: Beauty at the Beach: To See the World in a Grain of Sand
10. 1999: A Kingdom by the Sea Revisited: The Romance Continues
11. 2000: A Distant Shore II: Remember Love
12. 2001: Once Upon a Time in NYC: A Homecoming
13. 2002: A Kingdom by the Sea: A Celebration of Love
14. 2003: Follow Your Heart: Beauty and the Beast By the Bay
15. 2004: Of Love and Hope: A Summerfest Family Reunion
16. 2005: Catherine and Vincent’s Excellent Adventure
17. 2006: Remember the Magic
18. 2007: Perchance to Dream: A Life Without Limits
19. 2008: A Life Without Limits II: A Renaissance Fantasy
20. 2009: Another Life, Another Dream: Memories Beyond the Light of a Candle
21. 2010: Haply I Think on Thee: Invitation to a Dream
22. 2011: Thy Sweet Love Remember'd
23. 2012: Chamber Music & Memories
24. 2013: I Bid My Heart to Follow
25. 2014: The Creature There Has Never Been
26. 2015: Somewhere I Have Never Traveled: The Lovers' Journey
27. 2016: A Life Without Limits: A Steampunk Fantasy
28. 2017: Keeping the Dream Alive
29. 2018: With Life All Things Are Possible
30. 2019: Crossing the Great Waters in Love’s Name
31. 2020: The Courage to Love
32. 2021: A Midsummer Night's Dream
33. 2022: Above, Below & Beyond: A 35th Anniversary Celebration
34:. 2023: For All My Life & Forever

All Beauty and the Beast Cons Listed by Year

Below are all the cons, including fan gatherings, the official annual cons, and the for-profit cons.

1988

1989

  • Icon: January 20-22 (Beauty and the Beast fans held a mini-con in Iowa, US at this bigger con, Roy Dotrice was a guest)
  • The Basingstoke Beauty and the Beast Convention, held in Basingstoke, UK
  • Creation Con: Aug. 19-20 San Jose, CA at the LeBaron Hotel (Howard Gordon and Roy Dotrice were guests. It was the first full-scale 2-day commercial convention devoted solely to "Beauty and the Beast."...) [1]
  • Creation Con: Sept. 23-24 Chicago, IL (½ Beauty and the Beast, ½ Star Trek)
  • Creation Con: Oct. 21-22 Minneapolis, MN
  • Creation Con: Oct. 28-29 Arlington, VA (Roy Dotrice, Howard Gordon)
  • Creation Con: Nov. 18-19 Los Angeles, CA (Tony Jay, Jay Acovone, Howard Gordon, George R.R. Martin, Judy Evans)
  • Creation Con: Nov. 24-26 New York City, NY (George R.R. Martin) (many fandoms)
  • Creation Con: Dec. 16-17 Orlando, FL (Jay Acovone) (½ Beauty and the Beast, ½ Star Trek)

1990

  • Creation Con: Mar. 10-11 New York City, NY (100% Beauty and the Beast)
  • Creation Con: Mar. 10-11 San Diego, CA (100% Beauty and the Beast)
  • Creation Con?: March 1990, a fan mentions Roy Dotrice as a guest of honor at a con [2]
  • Creation Con: May 26-27 Tacoma, WA (100% Beauty and the Beast)
  • Creation Con: Aug 4-5 Philadelphia, PA (½ Beauty and the Beast, ½ Star Trek)
  • Creation Con: Aug. 25-26 New York City, NY (½ Beauty and the Beast, ½ Star Trek)
  • Creation Con: Oct. 27-28 San Jose, CA (100% Beauty and the Beast)
  • Creation Con: Nov. 3-4 Los Angeles, CA (Beauty and the Beast, Star Trek, other science fiction)
  • Creation Con: Nov. 17-18 Sacramento, CA (½ Beauty and the Beast, ½ Star Trek)
  • Creation Con: Nov. 23-24 New York City, NY (NOT a Beauty and the Beast con, but Ron Perlman was a guest)
  • Tunnelcon I: A Beauty and the Beast Celebration
  • UK Chamber Convention

Other possible as per ads in Starlog:

  • Creation Con: June 30-July 1 Sacramento, CA (Irina Irvine) (½ Beauty and the Beast, ½ Star Trek)

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

  • A Life Without Limits: A Steampunk Fantasy - July 15-17, 2016 - New Jersey/New York[3]

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

References

  1. ^ "Something of a "test run," Creation is confident that fans will pitch in and make this event a mega-hit; needless to say, some pretty nifty future events will hinge on its success." -- from Pipeline v.2 n.8 (August 1989)
  2. ^ from the zine Always
  3. ^ 2016 BATB con, Archived version
  4. ^ 2017 con, Archived version
  5. ^ 2018 BATB Con, Archived version
  6. ^ Beauty & the Beast 2019, Archived version