Last year one of my favorite conventions was Shore Leave. It was a nice mid-sized con that offered a great mix of science fiction and actual science programming, along with interesting celebrity Q&As, and vendors. Shore Leave is a fan-run convention held in Baltimore, Maryland (USA). It is happening July 9-11, 2010 at the Marriott’s Hunt Valley Inn.

Yesterday I had a bit of a fangirl moment. David Blue, who is one of the stars on Stargate Universe, told his Twitter followers that he’d be doing a bit of a Q&A session. We had 15 minutes to submit questions. This is what I sent:
@dreadpiraterose: @DavidBlue What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever been asked to autograph at a con? (and come to Dragon*con 2010 please!)
Believe it nor not, David actually picked my question to respond to:
@DavidBlue: The back of someone’s cell phone! – RT @dreadpiraterose: What is the …

Just as we’ve done articles for upcoming Twilight and Doctor Who conventions, we wanted to highlight upcoming conventions for the Stargate franchise. Stargate, of course, includes the SG-1 series, Atlantis, and Universe. There are several fan-run Stargate conventions, as well as an “official” series of conventions hosted by Creation Entertainment. While you’ll frequently find Stargate guests at multi-fandom cons around the world, the list below consists of cons dedicated entirely (or mostly) to Stargate.
-> Read More: Upcoming Stargate Conventions for 2010 <-

Although The Convention Fans Blog is mostly geared towards fandom conventions in the US and Canada, I wanted to take a moment to post about FedCon, which is Europe’s biggest Star Trek and sci-fi convention.
This year, FedCon is being held April 30 – May 2nd, 2010, at the Maritim Hotel Bonn in Germany. FedCon is celebrating it’s 19th year in 2010.
Since FedCon is so popular, it’s not surprising that they have managed a rather impressive guest list. Some of the guests currently scheduled to appear include…
-> Read More: FedCon – …

August 27-29, 2010 is the date for the Annual CHICAGO Official STARGATE SG-1/ATLANTIS/SGU Convention and this year we’re at the beautiful Westin O’Hare Hotel. It is our biggest STARGATE Convention of the year and today we’re happy to announce the addition of headliner JASON MOMOA (Ronan Dax of Stargate Atlantis and the just announced star of the new CONAN feature film. Our congratulations to Jason for landing the role of this iconic genre character).
JASON MOMOA joins already announced stars including MICHAEL SHANKS, JOE FLANIGAN, DAVID HEWLETT, CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL and ANDEE FRIZZELL, with more …