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ConCoction is a full-spectrum multi-genre fantasy and science fiction convention based in
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, and is held annually in March. It is a not-for-profit endeavor run by the local and regional community of fans to promote
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, and the
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in Northeastern,
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. ConCoction as a convention offers several tracks of programming in the arts, costuming, music/
filk Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has existed since the early 1950s and been played primarily since the mid-1970s. The genre has a ni ...
, literary, media, and the sciences. The convention also includes such events as an art show, a masquerade, an exhibit hall, a gaming hall, and at least one dance. ConCoction also has a children's track of programming that has included open gaming, make and take crafts and the attack of Godzilla as well as costuming, and science programs. In 2016 this group celebrated the theme of "Space", commemorating the 50th anniversary of TriCon, the 24th World Science Fiction Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio on 1–5 September 1966 at the Sheraton-Cleveland and the pilot premier of ''
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History


ConCoction 2017 (4)

March 10–12, 2017 2017 Convention Guests: *Author Guest - Glen Cook *Media Guest - Jim O'Rear *Cosplay - Mogchelle Cosplay *Cosplay - KayceSuper *Cosplay - Katie Starr *Music - The Blibbering Humdingers *Gaming - Lee Garvin *ConSuite - Cassandra Fear


ConCoction 2016 (3)

March 11–13, 2016ConCoction website- archive March 2016
(accessed 13 February 2017)
* John Morton – Actor *
Five Year Mission Five Year Mission is a ''Star Trek'' tribute band from Indianapolis, Indiana. The band is composed of five Trekkies who aspire to write a song for every episode of the original ''Star Trek'' series. History The idea to write a song for every ''S ...
– Music Guest *
Michael Longcor Michael Longcor is a folk and filk singer. His songs span a range of topics including military history, Indiana history, and humor. He has won six Pegasus Awards and has been nominated for six others. His music has appeared on Dr. Demento an ...
- Music Guest * Eddy Webb – Gaming Guest * Christopher L. Bennett – Author Guest * Santiago Cirilo - Actor/Director * Mogchelle -
Cosplay Cosplay, a blend word of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and Fashion accessory, fashion accessories to represent a specific Character (arts), character. Cosplayers often i ...
Guest * Alexa Heart -
Cosplay Cosplay, a blend word of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and Fashion accessory, fashion accessories to represent a specific Character (arts), character. Cosplayers often i ...
Guest Theme: "
Space Space is a three-dimensional continuum containing positions and directions. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions. Modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless ...
&
Puppets A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre which dates back to the 5th century BC in ancient Greece. There ...
(in honor of the ''
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'' 50th
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and debut at TriCon 1966 in
Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border ...
)"


ConCoction 2015 (2)

March 13–15, 2015 - Approximately 625 attendees *
Tasia Valenza Tasia Valenza is an American actress. She is most known for being the voice of Poison Ivy in the '' Arkham series'' from 2009 to 2015 as well as in a number of other video games, such as Sniper Wolf in '' Metal Gear Solid'' and her various roles ...
– Actress & Voiceover Actress *
This Way to the Egress This may refer to: * ''This'', the singular proximal demonstrative pronoun Places * This (Egypt), or ''Thinis'', an ancient city in Upper Egypt * This, Ardennes, a commune in France * This, a country mentioned in the ''Periplus of the Erythraea ...
– Music Guest * M. Alice LeGrow – Artist Guest * Andy Looney – Gaming Guest *
S. Andrew Swann S. Andrew Swann (alternately S. A. Swann, S. A. Swiniarski, and Steven Krane) is an American science fiction and fantasy author living in Solon, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, where much of his fiction is set. He was born Steven Swiniarski and has ...
– Author Guest * Knightmage -
Cosplay Cosplay, a blend word of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and Fashion accessory, fashion accessories to represent a specific Character (arts), character. Cosplayers often i ...
Guest * Mogchelle -
Cosplay Cosplay, a blend word of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and Fashion accessory, fashion accessories to represent a specific Character (arts), character. Cosplayers often i ...
Guest * Princess Nightmare -
Cosplay Cosplay, a blend word of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and Fashion accessory, fashion accessories to represent a specific Character (arts), character. Cosplayers often i ...
Guest Theme: "
Steampunk Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and Applied arts, aesthetics inspired by, but not limited to, 19th-century Industrial Revolution, industrial steam engine, steam-powered machinery. Steampun ...
in Wonderland"


ConCoction 2014 (1)

May 30 - June 1, 2014 - approximately 475 attendees *
Rod Roddenberry Eugene Wesley "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. (born February 5, 1974) is an American television producer and the chief executive officer of Roddenberry Entertainment. He is the son of ''Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett and is an exec ...
– Media Guest of Honor * Santiago Cirilo – Media Guest * Heather Kreiter – Artist Guest *
Sean Patrick Fannon Sean Patrick Fannon is an American role-playing game designer and writer. He has been working in the gaming industry since 1988, and is best known for his work with the ''Savage Worlds'' game system, including his epic fantasy setting, ''Shainta ...
– Gaming Guest * Mandala/Witherwings – Filk Guest * Wax Chaotic – Filk Guest * Tonks and the Aurors – Filk Guest * 2d6 Music – Music Guest Theme: "Bring Your Genre!"


References


External links


Cleveland ConCoction official website
Multigenre conventions {{DEFAULTSORT:ConCoction Science fiction conventions in the United States Culture of Cleveland Conventions in Ohio