Hi all,
DashCon 2 tickets go live TOMORROW!! (March 1st, 12:00 PM EST). Once again, tickets will be sold through our Simpli Events page, found linked here or on our website.
Since DashCon 2 is two days long now, here are a list of panels, special guests, and other convention programming!
Special Guests
Top Row: Hana Hyperfixates; Strange Aeons*; Xiran Jay Zhao; The Shitpost Calligrapher*.
Bottom Row: Blue, Overly Sarcastic Productions; Harriyanna Hook**; Lochlan O’Neil/Lochnessofficial**; Red, Overly Sarcastic Productions.
*The Shitpost Calligrapher will be operating a vendor booth. Strange Aeons will as well, but via proxy.
**Will be operating a vendor booth part-time.
Programming
Saturday, August 1st
Main Event
The Vote & The Guillotining
Cast your vote on who to execute: the knight Strange Aeons, or the revolutionary Robespierre! Saturday/Weekend attendees will be given a token to vote with at registration.
(Voting will close around 6:30 PM, and the execution will happen about an hour later.)
Other Stage Events
- Cosplay Competition
- Idol Showcase
- Dr. Miku’s Entity Auction
- Tenna Game Show (Deltarune)
- Sea Shanty Singalong
Panels
- The Joys of Overthinking – Overly Sarcastic Productions
- Why Robespierre Was a 1790s Tumblr Sexyman – Xiran Jay Zhao/Robespierre
- BUG ASS: Adventures in Entomology – Lochnessofficial/The Ball Pit Queen
- Writing Goncharov – Abby Kate/thesleepydm
- Why Are Sports On My Dash? – The Intern
- Birds and Symbolism: What the Bird Doing?
- Classpecting 101: Classes, Aspects, and You
- Fanfiction, Community, and Gift Economy
- AMV Contest
- The Renaissance of Haruhi Suzumiya
- an incomplete history of girlblogging
- Snapewives, Christian Bronies & Margery Kempe: Fanfiction as Religious Ritual
- It’s Sew Easy: Make a plush that’s cute as a button!
- Omegaverse 101 (18+)*
- Payment Processors & Internet Censorship (18+)*
- Robin Blorbos (18+)*
- The Coffin of Media Literacy (18+)*
- Vanilla Extract
*Valid ID required to prove age. Volunteers will be checking in
Sunday, August 2nd
Main Event
Attend the tripartite weddings of Dean Winchester and Castiel, the Doctor and the Master, and Sherlock Holmes and John Watson—then dance the night away in celebration!
Other Stage Events
- Drag Show
- The DashCon 2 Trials Experience (Game Show)
Panels
- Updated Raccoon Lore – Lochnessofficial/The Ball Pit Queen
- Corporate Furry Ranking LIVE! – Zee the Raccoon
- Queer Organizing 101 – DashCon 2 Co-Founders
- Is She Annoying, Misunderstood, or Poorly Written? – Harriyanna Hook
- Queer Reading of Shadow the Hedgehog – Hana Hyperfixates
- Ragebait Pokemon Quiz
- Podcasting for Fame (unlikely), Fortune (DEFINITELY NOT), and Friendship (Absolutely!)
- DashStuck
- Queer History of Comics
- A Very Supernatural Panel
- Warriors: How Dare You Retcon My Cats
- Intro to the Indie Web
- Vanilla Extract
Did I see a Drag Show in there?
Yep! We’ll be sending out an application Google Form sometime after ticket sales go up 🙂 hang tight!
Vanilla Extract…? What’s the deal with those panels?
VirtualDash
VirtualDash is the digital home of DashCon 2, a full virtual convention with exclusive online-only panels, as well as livestreams of the main events, stage events, and most panels. This year, VirtualDash has been expanded to offer exclusive gameshows, video game nights, and movie screenings!
The best part: VirtualDash attendees will also be able to vote on who to guillotine! Ah, democracy.