CoastCon
{{Infobox Convention
| name = CoastCon
| image = CoastCon_Herbie_Logo.png
| caption =
| status = Active
| genre = Multi-genre
| venue = Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center
| location = Biloxi, Mississippi
| country = United States
| first = 1977
| last =
| organizer =
| filing = Non-profit
| attendance = 1200+
| website = http://www.coastcon.org
}}
CoastCon is Mississippi's longest running and largest science fiction, fantasy and gaming convention. It is the main sponsored event of CoastCon, Inc., a non-profit literary organization. CoastCon, Inc. and its ten-member volunteer board develop events and gatherings to promote reading, education, fellowship, and science fiction, fantasy and gaming in all formats across the Southern United States, for over forty-seven years.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0PdxTa8KVk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/C0PdxTa8KVk |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=CoastCon 31 Slideshow 2008 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2011-08-07}}{{cbignore}} The next CoastCon annual convention, CoastCon 48, will be held March 6-8, 2026, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Events
Besides one of the largest genre-themed vendor's rooms in the state, an art show and auction, a charity auction, and Saturday costume contest and evening dance party, each year members and attendees of CoastCon can participate in three days of events including over 72 hours of panels, seminars, demonstrations, and workshops on topics that include activities on writing, art, anime, gaming, science fiction and fantasy literature, comic books, costuming, hard science, online media, fandom, genre film and television, table-top, card and miniatures gaming, robotics, and filk, to name only a few.{{cite web |url=http://videos.sunherald.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=1822103&item_index=515&all=1&sort=NULL |title=CoastCon XXXI |publisher=Videos.sunherald.com |access-date=2011-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135321/http://videos.sunherald.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=1822103&item_index=515&all=1&sort=NULL |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=3037924 |title=Sci-Fi Fans Gather In Biloxi For Coastcon 28 - WLOX-TV and WLOX.com - The News for South Mississippi |publisher=Wlox.com |date=2011-08-03 |access-date=2011-08-07 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928133036/http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=3037924 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=409 |title=The Official Robotech Web Site! |publisher=Robotech.Com |date=2010-03-02 |access-date=2011-08-07}}
Guests
CoastCon brings guests to its convention each year.{{cite news |first=Wayne |last=Aiken |work=Holy Temple of Mass Consumption |issue=16 |title=Upcoming Conventions |url=http://www.textfiles.com/magazines/HTOMC/htomc.016 |date=March 1993}} CoastCon past guests include stars of many areas of interest to fandom.{{cite web | url = http://upcomingcons.com/upcomingcons/3119-CoastCon | title = CoastCon 36 | publisher = UpcomingCons.com | access-date = 2012-03-01}} A short list of past guests include (in no particular order): actress Nicki Clyne, author David Drake, author David Weber, artist John Picacio, actress Virginia Hey, actress Gigi Edgley, actor Peter Mayhew, game designer Mike Mearls, author Michael Moorcock, actor Peter Jurasik, actor/producer James Cawley, author Deborah LeBlanc, author Sharon Green, actress Noel Neill, and game designer Dave Arneson.
Charity
Each year the convention's parent organization chooses to support a charity that aligns with the convention's goals. For 2024 CoastCon Inc. has chosen [https://casaharrisonstone.org CASA of Harrison & Stone Counties] as its main charity.
References
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External links
- [http://www.coastcon.org/ CoastCon's official website]
- [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108547165972&ref=ts CoastCon's Facebook page]
- Quality Inn CoastCon's host hotel http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-biloxi-mississippi-MS200
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Category:Recurring events established in 1977
Category:Tourist attractions in Harrison County, Mississippi