TitanCon

{{Infobox Convention

| name = TitanCon

| image = Titancon Logo.png

| caption = TitanCon logo

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| genre = Science fiction, fantasy, Game of Thrones

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| location = Belfast

| country = Northern Ireland

| first = 2011

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| website = http://www.Titancon.com/

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TitanCon is a convention held annually in Belfast. It began when different groups including the Brotherhood Without Banners (BWB), who wanted a Game of Thrones fan convention in Belfast and The Other Ones, a Belfast SF/F society who wanted a science fiction and fantasy convention in Belfast. Working with Logan Bruce from Studio NI, Arkham Gaming Centre and TableTopNorth, the groups began their collaboration in Octocon 2010 in Dublin.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://TitanCon.com/about/ |website=TitanCon}}

History

George RR Martin was the Guest of Honour at Octocon in Dublin in 2010. Game of Thrones had begun filming using Northern Ireland as one of the locations of the TV series. A previous gathering of GoT fans, called the Moot had been held in 2009 and a second one, Moot 2, planned to coincide with Martin's visit to Ireland. Collaboration between all the groups who wanted to have a convention in Belfast gathered and the new Northern Ireland convention was initiated. Moot2 was a success and TitanCon began the following year.{{cite web |title=George R.R. Martin to be the guest of honor at TitanCon 2019 |url=https://winteriscoming.net/2019/02/19/martin-is-visiting-a-european-con-this-summer-shell/ |website=Winter is Coming |date=19 February 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Sharkey |first1=Lauren |title=7 Fan Conventions In The UK That'll Let You Truly Indulge Your Fave Obsession |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/the-best-uk-fan-conventions-to-visit-that-guarantee-experience-youll-never-forget-18665795 |website=Bustle |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Hennessy |first1=Claire |title=Peadar Ó Guilín: waiting for the call |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/peadar-%C3%B3-guil%C3%ADn-waiting-for-the-call-1.3101328 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}{{cite web |title=The ‘Game of Thrones’ tourists |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/the-game-of-thrones-tourists-1.1357475 |website=www.irishtimes.com}}{{cite web |title=Metal ballet meets Games of Thrones |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-29275424/games-of-thrones-inspired-ballet-performed-by-brutal-ballet |website=BBC News |language=en}}{{cite web |title=It's game on as Pratchett's Discworld is brought to life |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/its-game-on-as-pratchetts-discworld-is-brought-to-life-28643017.html |website=belfasttelegraph}}

The convention expanded when it won the bid to host EuroCon 2019 when Dublin hosted Worldcon that year and Martin was the Guest of Honour for the convention.{{cite web |title=Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin will be visiting Ireland this year |url=https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/george-r-r-martin-will-visiting-ireland-year-658776 |website=JOE.ie |language=en}}