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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!

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!

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!

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!

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!