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Bay Area Brony Spectacular

A My Little Pony Fan-run Convention
April 14-16, 2017 - Hyatt Regency SFO
Burlingame, CA

VINYLTASTIC ELECTRIFIES BABSCON’S FRIDAY NIGHT! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/vinyltastic-electrifies-babscons-friday-night http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/vinyltastic-electrifies-babscons-friday-night Thu, 13 Apr 2017 03:00:00 +0000 BABSCon’s final Community Guest for the 2017 convention slides right on into the festivities on Friday night! The Bay Area Brony Spectacular knows the the Friday Night Red Carpet Party is something you can’t see, you’ve gotta feel it! So get ready to boogie woogie, woogie here there and everywhere with VinylTastic as your guide!

VinylTastic is ready to shock you with his electrifying sets full of Electro House & Bounce. After joining forces with PonyvilleFM and taking the world by storm with his radio show “Scratching The Surface”. He’s ready to take to the stage and leave you asking for more. This will be one set that you won’t want to miss!

VinylTastic joins Lochlan O’Neil, Rabbit, Self Snapshots, The Paper Pony, The Chocolate Pony, Argodaemon, WeimTime, Magpiepony, Saberspark, ToonKriticy2k, Corpulent Brony, ACRacebest, Dusty Katt, Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill, Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as Community Guests this year at BABSCon.

Only eleven (11) sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available, BABSCon is running a fire sale on them! You don’t want to lose out on this opportunity, so register today: registration.babscon.com

BABSCon looks forward to seeing you this weekend in San Francisco! Be sure to stop by and see all the Guests of Honor, Community Guests, and Musical Guests BABSCon has to offer! And keep an eye on your local Brony News Site for any last minute news and announcements!

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SELFIE SNAPSHOTS TO BE TAKEN OF THE CONVENTION BUILT ON LITTLE PONIES! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/selfie_snapshots_to_be_taken_of_the_convention_builit_on_little_ponies http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/selfie_snapshots_to_be_taken_of_the_convention_builit_on_little_ponies Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:00:00 +0000 BABSCon’s second to last Community Guest for the 2017 convention is someone who has made a name for herself in the fandom by living up to her moniker! No brony has taken more selfies at more conventions than this Brony. Trust us, we’ve checked. So the Bay Area Brony Spectacular is proud to welcome Selfie Snapshots for her first year at BABSCon!

Selfie Snapshots aka The Selfie Pony is the fandoms official Princess of Selfies (Larson Approved) join her in her never ending "Selfie Quest" to capture the fandom in selfies. Will you be in one? Will you help her in her quest? Will Larson finally give you your wings and horn? Get a selfie with Selfie and find out!

Selfie Snapshots will also be hosting Equestrian Idol in Hall of Magic this Saturday from 5:30 to 7:00 PM! Equestrian Idol is the fandom's first-ever "My Little Karaoke" singing tournament. 16 contestants will battle 1v1 bracket style and the player with the higher score will continue to the next round. The winner will be dubbed the "Princess of Karaoke" of the con! (Signups open for this tournament a day prior to the event.)

Self Snapshots joins Lochlan O’Neil, Rabbit, The Paper Pony, The Chocolate Pony, Argodaemon, WeimTime, Magpiepony, Saberspark, ToonKriticy2k, Corpulent Brony, ACRacebest, Dusty Katt, Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill, Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as Community Guests this year at BABSCon. Only eleven (11) sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available, but will be gone in a flash! So don’t blink and register today: registration.babscon.com

BABSCon has one last Community Guest Announcement coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you!

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RABBIT AND LOCHLAN O’NEIL HOP DOWN THE BABSCON TRAIL! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/rabbit-and-lochlan-oneil-hop-down-the-babscon-trail http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/rabbit-and-lochlan-oneil-hop-down-the-babscon-trail Tue, 11 Apr 2017 03:00:00 +0000 Hippity Hoppin’, BABSCon’s here this weekend! But don’t think for a second that means The Bay Area Brony Spectacular is out of Jelly Beans or Community Guests! So remember to be good girls and boy for our latest Community Guests Rabbit and Lochlan O’Neil are on their way!

Lochlan O’Neil is a professional actress, voice actress, and model hailing from Northern Colorado. She has been working in the entertainment industry for almost six (6) years now and loves every bit of it. Aside from acting, Lochlan spends a majority of her time sewing and designing costumes. Lochlan’s talent with cosplay and ability to portray different characters has allowed her to travel to different conventions across the country running all kinds of panels and events. She has done everything from birthday parties to in character panels to arm wrestling for charity in six inch heels, and is always up for trying something new.

Rabbit has been in the cosplay community for over fifteen (15) years and ventured into the MLP Cosplay community four (4) years ago. She has won several awards for her costumes, judged several contests, and enjoys spending time at conventions teaching others about cosplay. As of late, Rabbit can be found working with other cosplayers, teaching, dressing up, and having an all around fun time at every convention she goes to.

Rabbit and Lochlan O'Neil will also be judging and hosting (respectively) our Cosplay contest at 1:15 PM on Sunday in the Mane Hall! Be sure to sign up and strut your stuff at our Pre-judging at 11:15 am on Sunday in the Solar Hall if you'd like to participate!

Lochlan O’Neil and Rabbit join The Paper Pony, The Chocolate Pony, Argodaemon, WeimTime, Magpiepony, Saberspark, ToonKriticy2k, Corpulent Brony, ACRacebest, Dusty Katt, Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill, Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as Community Guests this year at BABSCon. Only eleven (11) sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available, but will vanish faster than a chocolate bunny in an Easter Basket! So do the thing you should and register today: registration.babscon.com

BABSCon has more Community Guest Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you!

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BABSCON TO PATENT CHOCOLATE PAPER PONIES FOR CONVENTION! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/babscon-to-patent-chocolate-paper-ponies-for-convention http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/babscon-to-patent-chocolate-paper-ponies-for-convention Mon, 10 Apr 2017 03:00:00 +0000 Whether it be by accident or intelligent design, this April BABSCon is bringing you not one but two very specific type of ponies as their latest community guests! Be there and be amazed as a pony made of chocolate and a pony made of paper bring their artistic creations to life! The Bay Area Brony Spectacular welcomes the Paper Pony and the Chocolate Pony as their latest Community Guests!

Called "the Renaissance man" by Tabitha St Germain, this artist known in the fandom as The Chocolate Pony and SouthParkTaoist has been creating tarot decks and card games. These include "Horse Famous," "Pony Racing," and "Changeling". The Chocolate Pony is known for his academic panels on fandom culture and narrative art history, as well as hosting hosting numerous podcasts. He designed BABSCon’s own little Silver Span mascot!

These amazing artists are very well-known throughout the fandom and beyond for their amazing 3D paper creations. From show art, to private commissions, to OC commissions, and especially their charity work, husband and wife duo crafting team The Paper Pony will return to BABSCon this year! Besides selling examples of their amazing work in our vendor hall, they will also host a workshop where aspiring artist can receive tips on how to create 3D paper art!

The Paper Pony and The Chocolate Pony join Argodaemon, WeimTime, Magpiepony, Saberspark, ToonKriticy2k, Corpulent Brony, ACRacebest, Dusty Katt, Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill, Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as Community Guests this year at BABSCon. Only eleven (11)n sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available, but will disappear faster than a chocolate pony wrapped in paper! So don’t delay and register today: registration.babscon.com

BABSCon has more Community Guest Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you!

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BABSCON GETS ANIMATED WITH ARGODAEMON, WEIMTIME, AND MAGPIEPONY! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/babscon-gets-animated-with-argodaemon-weimtime-and-magpiepony http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/babscon-gets-animated-with-argodaemon-weimtime-and-magpiepony Sun, 09 Apr 2017 04:45:00 +0000 It’s 2017 San Francisco and BABSCon is bringing Toon Town to you with their latest Community Guests! That’s right folks, all the zany action of cartoons without any of the refrigerators falling on cartoon heads will be right here at the Bay Area Brony Spectacular. So let’s give it up for Argodaemon, WeimTime, and Magpiepony!

Having joined the fandom back in early 2013, Argodaemon started using Source Filmmaker to make short animations to pass the time. Since then, he has built quite the name for himself on YouTube as a 3D animator, artist and teacher. While well known for videos like “Leaving the Stable”, “Luna’s Banishment” and “Remembrance”, he also spends his time creating content on DeviantArt and running weekly streams for those looking for help in SFM, video creation or just to have a good time.

WeimTime is an avid producer and runs the channel and business weimtime.org. They are 18 people strong and are known for their Synthesia and  the Weimtime Plays series as well as a variety of short animations. WeimTime has gone from a single YouTube channel at 155,000 subscribers to a fully-fledged micro production company in his area. They have produced content from a social media commercial for EQD to charity album promotional videos. WeimTime knows business, but also how to have a good time, kick back, and enjoy a good cigar. If you come to BABSCon, maybe he will share one with you too.

Known for her continuing series "Princess Trixie Sparkle" and "Pinkie Tales"—both have between 500,000 and 3,000,000 views per video—Magpiepony is almost as excited as we are to be a part of BABSCon 2017 this year!

 

Argodaemon, WeimTime, and Magpiepony join Saberspark, ToonKriticy2k, Corpulent Brony, ACRacebest, Dusty Katt, Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill, Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as Community Guests this year at BABSCon. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available, but will disappear and won’t reappear like cartoon ink! So don’t fall into a barrel of dip and register today: registration.babscon.com

 

BABSCon has more Community Guest Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you!

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SABERSPARK, TOONKRITICY2K, AND CORPULENT BRONY INVESTIGATE SOMETHING STRANGE AT BABSCON! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/saberspark-toonkriticy2k-and-corpulent-brony http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/saberspark-toonkriticy2k-and-corpulent-brony Sat, 08 Apr 2017 19:07:00 +0000 BABSCon knows that when there is something strange in the cartoon show, their latest community guests are the ones to call! These reviewers ain’t afraid of no cartoon shenanigans. If anything they revel in it. So this April, pick up the phone and call Saberspark, ToonKriticy2k, and Corpulent Brony to answer Brony Analysis needs!


Chicago's Colt of Personality is a jack of all trades, master of few, ToonKriticy2k brings a level of excitement as not just a reviewer but as an entertainer and podcaster with his Roundtable is Magic series. You can also find him on Dr Wolf's TF2 Analysis Anarchy series as the BLU Soldier. He has an ear to the brony reviewing community and provides his own brand of witty "educainment" to all those who watch. And of course, wherever he goes, his alter ego CarToonZ is not far behind. He is there for YOUR entertainment!
 

Corpulent Brony is a fun guy who likes to make videos about our favorite horses. Sometimes analytical but always facetious, this king sized bundle of fun also co-hosts the Equestria Now and PFC podcasts and occasionally writes articles for fandom publications, such as Horse News.

Saberspark ($@B=R$P@RK if you are referring to his DJ handle) reviews cartoons on YouTube and acts like a crazy man-child at conventions.

 

Saberspark, ToonKriticy2k, and Corpulent Brony join ACRacebest, Dusty Katt, Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill, Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as Community Guests this year at BABSCon. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available, but will disappear faster than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man! So don’t find yourself covered in ectoplasmic residue and register today: registration.babscon.com

BABSCon has more Community Guest Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you!

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BABSCON REACTS TO ACRACEBEST! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/babscon-reacts-to-acracebest http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/babscon-reacts-to-acracebest Sat, 08 Apr 2017 03:40:00 +0000 This April, BABSCon encourages you to try everything the con has to offer. And who better to fill your heart with the excitement of the con than the most excitable Community Guest BABSCon has ever had! So get ready to react as ACRacebest hits the ground running to show you BABSCon’s best!

As one of the stars of Bronies React, ACRacebest trademark humor has become known far and wide across the fandom. In fact, his fandom has become so well known that he’s appeared as a guest on the Steve Harvey Show!. He competes in demolition derbies, where he has completely destroyed his My Little Pony painted cars on more than one occasion. And to top it off, he co-writes his own music.

ACRacebest joins Dusty Katt, Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill, Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as a Community Guest this year at BABSCon. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available but, will disappear faster than a sloth driving a ferrari! So don’t let someone else beat you to the punch and buy everything. Register today: registration.babscon.com

BABSCon has more Community Guest Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you!

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DUSTY KATT BRINGS THE MANLY TO BABSCON! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/dusty-katt http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/dusty-katt Fri, 07 Apr 2017 01:00:00 +0000 Bronies hang on his every word, especially the interjections. He can play a guitar he built himself while riding a motorcycle, backwards. He can armwrestle a dragon while cooking Prench Dip Sandwiches. Dusty Katt is The Manliest Brony in the world and this April, he’s coming to BABSCon as the host of HoofwrestleMania III and our latest Community Guest!

Dusty Katt first came to prominence in the Brony Fandom shortly after he released a video in response to a news article about how real men don’t watch My Little Pony. The video went viral and soon led Dusty to appear in the very first Bronies React video. His critically acclaimed online talk show Stay Brony My Friends, which was originally a fixture of the Everfree Network, allowed Dusty to show off his low-key yet extremely knowledgeable personality and become the online personality that he is today.

When not being the Manliest Brony in the World, Dusty Katt has been delving into the world of voice acting. In the online semi-animated cartoon Thatch and Dial, Dusty plays the charming rogue Thatch opposite the Mando Pony played Dial. In addition to that, he is the new narrator for the book series Portals of Infinity by John Van Stry.

Dusty Katt joins Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill,  Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as a Community Guest this year at BABSCon. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available but, will disappear fast! So don’t be left out of this chance to meet animation greatness and register today: registration.babscon.com

BABSCon has more Community Guest Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you!

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BABSCON IS FULL OF NYUKS AS DOCTOR WOLF, JOSH SCORCHER, AND SILVER QUILL COME TO PARTY! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/doctor-wolf-josh-scorcher-silver-quill http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/doctor-wolf-josh-scorcher-silver-quill Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:00:00 +0000 This April, BABSCon welcomes back The Stooges of Brony Analysis as our latest Community Guests! Be there as Doctor Wolf plays straightman to the pyrotechnic antics of Josh Scorcher and the sadistic tomfoolery of Silver Quill  live and in person only at BABSCon!

Doctor Wolf’s online persona is a wolf psychoanalyst who made his name examining the various neuroses exhibited by the characters featured in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic cartoon series. His episode reviews—which feature his trademark dry wit—often come out the same day as the new episode airs, which provide the brony community among some of the first words to be spoken about the latest episode.

Josh Scorcher—a.k.a. The Fiery Joker—is a former Marine both in real life and with his online ponysona. As such his military bred temperament is colors his episode reviews in ways both exaggerated with comedic effect and precise with his analysis. Over the past six years he expanded his youtube channel to Let’s Plays of classic video games.

Silver Quill’s online review show, After the Fact, instantly became a staple of the Brony Analysis Community and on Equestria Daily. Whereas as most reviewers strive to get their episode reviews out within the same week Silver makes sure to live up to the name of his show quite literally. However the lack of a timely release is more than made up for in the high quality of his videos, where his trademark slapstick humor is on full display.

 

Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, and Silver Quill join Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as fellow Community Guests this year at BABSCon. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available but, will disappear fast! So don’t be left out of this chance to meet animation greatness and register today: registration.babscon.com


BABSCon has more Community Guest Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you!

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BABSCon Proudly Presents our 2017 NEIGHhem Lineup! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/neighhem http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/neighhem Wed, 05 Apr 2017 01:00:00 +0000 Get ready for an awesome, crazy, fun-filled evening as our NEIGHhem musicians and DJ's take to the stage with a wide-array of genres for our fourth annual rave! It's fun, it's diverse, it's the night of dancing and partying you know you'll love; it's NEIGHhem!

And don't forget about Friday night!

Come on down to the main hall and and join us for a red carpet party.

Walk through the shimmering wall of fringe and down the the red carpet. Have your picture taken like a movie star and take that home as a souvenir, then join us on the dance floor for some Electric slide style group dancing.

As the evening grows later, be ready for queen quake and her minion to usher in a new regime with glowing light and growling sound. With beats that will live up to her name.

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