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Bay Area Brony Spectacular
Running from 7PM–Midnight tonight, Friday 5/8, and 9:30AM–Midnight tomorrow, Saturday 5/9 (all times PDT/UTC-7), we have a full schedule of panels and events, 11 hours of rump-shaking concerts from a list of musicians who’ll make any brony music fan salivate, video gaming tournaments including Them’s Fightin’ Herds and our classic “Settle it at BABS!” Super Smash Bros bash, a renegade stage, and possibly best of all, a well-stocked virtual vendor hall in our Discord convention center.
And it’s all free! Just show up, wear pants or don’t—but stay off camera from the waist down if you don’t, ‘kay?—and enjoy. We all need fun to help us through these tough times! And we wouldn’t want to take your bits for a badge if it keeps you from buying swanky swag from our vendors…including BABSConline exclusives with our adorable mascots that no one else has!
Did you say guests? We have guests! Voice actors Claire Corlett, Peter New, Brian Drummond, and Sunni Westbrook will ham up cold-readings of your comedic submissions, with the best few earning a prize from us. (No purchase necessary, enter as often as you like!) Writer/Producers Nicole Dubuc, Josh Haber, and Mike Vogel will test their wits in a ponified version of the NPR classic, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, followed by a panel and Q&A about bringing our favorite show to a smooth, feels-inducing landing. And comic book artist Andy Price and writer Jeremy Whitley will talk about the eagerly-awaited Season 10 and all things IDW.
So, join our Discord server, check out the BABSConline site, and let us bring you cheer clear until Sunday starts!
]]>We are, however, returning for BABSCon 2021 on Easter weekend, April 2–4, 2021, at our traditional venue, the Hyatt Regency SFO. But we need your help to do that, so we’re asking all of you to take just a small leap of faith to support us.
We're automatically transferring all 2020 memberships to 2021 to make it as easy as possible for you to join us then. You won’t need to do a thing! But, if you can't make it next year, then you can make other arrangements such as transferring your registration to someone else, opting for a Spirit Badge, or requesting a refund. Please email us at registration@babscon.com by June 1 with any refund requests.
All of our 2020 vendors, community guests, musicians, and panelists are also guaranteed their spots for BABSCon 2021 if they want to stick with us.
Additionally, all of our 2020 Guests of Honor—Nicole Oliver, Daniel Ingram, Grey DeLisle, Vincent Tong, Peter New, Josh Haber, Gail Simone, Andy Price, Jeremy Whitley, plus a couple we didn’t have the chance to announce yet!—have already committed to attend BABSCon 2021.
If you can, please consider donating to our two amazing charities who put in a lot of work to help us plan fun events for BABSCon 2020. With the loss of the donations we would have been able to make this Easter, they could really use your help!
- The Game Academy on: The Web • Twitter • Facebook • Instagram
- Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County on: The Web • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube
Our vendors are an important part of the BABSCon experience, and we understand they are hit hard by this situation. Please support our vendors by browsing and purchasing their wares here.
We would like to thank the Hyatt Regency SFO for working with us to avoid all cancellation fees. We know that this has been a stressful time for them as they have had to deal with many cancellations, not just ours. They have been nothing but supportive to us and have been a wonderful home for our con since our conception. We are so pleased to be returning to them in 2021.
It is our hope that you, our family of fans for the last seven years, will support us in returning next year to bring you all the fun and friendship of our six previous events, and then some.
We dearly want to continue serving this fandom, and with your help, we know that we can. Please follow us on social media—Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube, and now Twitch—for further updates. We also encourage you to join our Discord server, and consider supporting us by buying great BABSCon swag on our online merch store.
If you have any general questions for us, please email info@babscon.com. Any registration-specific questions can be sent to registration@babscon.com.
Yours in friendship,
—The BABSCon Staff
PS: We have some great ideas brewing for things we can do to make the intervening year more fun for everyone, so stay tuned!
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]]>(Check out Vincent’s Flashy announcement video here!)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Equestria Girls fans know Vincent as several ponies and assorted creatures. He’s chill Student 6 member Sandbar, the charmless Prince Blueblood, mean old Garble the dragon, purveyor of pastry Donut Joe, the oh-so-fey Feather Bangs, and of course, FLASH…Sentry, waifu-stealer extraordinaire.
But you may also know Vincent as Prince Kasef in The Dragon Prince, Kai in Ninjago and Lego Ninjago, The Mandarin in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Mega Man in Mega Man: Fully Charged, Ant Nekton in The Deep, Daniel in Voltron Force, Detective Matsuda in Death Note, and so many more.
Vincent joins Guests of Honor Nicole Oliver, Daniel Ingram, Grey DeLisle-Griffin, Peter New, Josh Haber, Gail Simone, Andy Price, and Jeremy Whitley. And don’t worry, we still have more to come!
So just how flash is Vincent? He’s so flash, we’re having a Flash Sale for 15% off any tier BABSCon membership with promo code FLASH, ending this Sunday, March 1!
Register now (using promo code FLASH) so you don’t miss Vincent and friends, book that hotel room, maybe volunteer if you want to help make the con possible, and come have fun with us as BABSCon just keeps going BEYOND!
(Art by Grems, video by Alex Inman)
]]>(Check out Josh’s cool announcement video here!)
Josh joined MLP:FiM in Season 4 and came out swinging with his first episode, “Castle Mane-ia.” Before long, he was practically running the place, either co- or lead story editing most of Seasons 6-9 and being a producer for the show. His episodes are some of the best in the series, including “The Cutie Re-Mark,” “Stranger Than Fan Fiction” (with Mike Vogel), “To Where and Back Again” (also with Vogel), “It Isn't the Mane Thing About You,” “Road to Friendship,” “Shadow Play” (with Nicole Dubuc), and of course, the liquid-pride-inducing series epilogue, “The Last Problem.”
Over on Equestria Girls, Josh wrote the third movie, Friendship Games, and the Rainbow Rocks shorts “Hamstocalypse Now!” and “Pinkie on the One.” He’s also responsible for MLP’s answer to quidditch, buckball, courtesy of “Buckball Season” and “Common Ground,” and—true story—made his pony con debut at the inaugural BABSCon back in 2014.
Josh joins Guests of Honor Nicole Oliver, Daniel Ingram, Grey DeLisle-Griffin, Peter New, Gail Simone, Andy Price, and Jeremy Whitley. And don’t worry. We still have more to come!
Register now so you don’t miss Josh and the rest, book that hotel room, maybe volunteer if you want to help make the magic, and come play with us at our little soirée by the Bay as BABSCon continues to go BEYOND!
(Art by CuttleDreams, video by Alex Inman)
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]]>(Check out his awesome announcement video here!)
Jeremy’s written some of our favorite My Little Pony comics from IDW, including the “Siege of the Crystal Empire” and “Tempest’s Tale” stories in Friendship is Magic, the King Sombra origin issue in FIENDship is Magic, the Nightmare Knights miniseries, the Legends of Magic maxi-series, and—SQUEE!—the upcoming “Season 10” story.
In addition, he wrote Vol. 1 of The Unstoppable Wasp and Fantastic Four: Future Foundation for Marvel, his own award-winning Princeless and Raven: The Pirate Princess, Rainbow Brite and Vampirella for Dynamite Comics, and more.
Jeremy joins Guests of Honor Nicole Oliver, Daniel Ingram, Grey DeLisle-Griffin, Peter New, Gail Simone, and Andy Price, with more still to come!
So register now and don’t miss your chance. While you’re there, book your hotel room for April 10–12, when we’re going BEYOND!
(Art by TheAwkwardDork, video by Alex Inman)
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]]>(Click here for Andy’s awesome intro video!)
And what makes this veteran of the various IDW MLP titles so “plus ultra” right now, you ask? Simple! He’s actually going beyond the end of Friendship is Magic’s TV run to bring us the upcoming Season 10. Yes, you read that correctly…and it’s releasing its first issue right around BABSCon 2020, go figure!
To list Andy Price’s credits individually would be a fool’s errand. His work on the MLP comics started with Friendship is Magic #1, and has continued through today across Micro-Series, Friends Forever, FIENDship is Magic, Equestria Girls, the Holiday Special, and the Movie Prequel. Outside of MLP, he’s also contributed art to such wildly varying titles as Star Trek: Waypoint and John Carpenter’s Tales for a HalloweeNight, among others.
Andy joins Nicole Oliver, Daniel Ingram, Grey DeLisle-Griffin, Peter New, and his occasional comic con booth neighbor, Gail Simone, among our Guests of Honor, with plenty more yet to come.
So register now and take advantage of our holiday sale—15% off all membership levels with promo code HOLIDAY at check-out until the end of Boxing Day, 12/26—and book your hotel room to party with Andy and our other guests the April!
https://www.babscon.com/2020/registration
(Art by Andy Price, video by Alex Inman)
]]>(Watch Daniel’s awesome intro video here!)
It is impossible to overstate Daniel’s impact on the My Little Pony franchise. He wrote every single song in Friendship is Magic, Equestria Girls, and My Little Pony: The Movie. All of Them. From “Apples to the Core” to “Winter Wrap-Up,” from “Awesome as I Want to Be” to “Welcome to the Show,” it’s all him. Every time you’ve belted out “The Smile Song” or “Hearts as Strong as Horses,” you should be thanking him if you aren’t already. Oh, and he also worked on a few other little shows like Littlest Pet Shop, Martha Speaks, and others. No big thing.
Oh yeah…he did say something about bringing a brand new, never-before-heard track to BABSCon, too.
Daniel joins our other Guests of Honor: Nicole Oliver, Grey DeLisle-Griffin, Peter New, and Gail Simone, with many more yet to come!
So, if you’ve been waiting to register for BABSCon, now’s the time since you get 15% off any level of membership—even our swanky sponsor tiers—with promo code BLACKFRIDAY until the end of Cyber Monday. Then book your room and be ready for fun April 10–12 at BABSCon…and BEYOND!
(Art by ChaoticChimera, EifieChan, and CuttleDreams; video by Alex Inman)
]]>(Check out her awesome announcement video here!)
To call Grey a star of animation doesn’t do her justice. Roles such as Azula in Avatar: the Last Airbender; Asajj Ventress and Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Clone Wars; the titular Mandy on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy; Lana, Lola, and Lily Loud in The Loud House; and the iconic Daphne Blake in Scooby-Doo (since 2000), plus her over 1,500 other roles, should be enough to cement her bona fides. “But why invite her to a con focused on Friendship is Magic?” we hear you ask.
In part, because a VA of her stature loved MLP so much, she freely donated her voice to the fan animation, “Epic Rage Time,” as Derpy. In part, because she’s BFFs with Tara Strong and has worked so often with folks like Tara, Lauren Faust, and others that she’s practically family: Wonder Woman in DC Super Hero Girls to Tara’s Batgirl & Harley Quinn (creator: Lauren Faust, story editor: M.A. Larson, with episodes by G.M. Berrow & Cindy Morrow), Frankie Foster in Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends (produced & story-edited by, and character based on Lauren Faust), evil babysitter Vickie to Tara’s Timmy Turner in Fairly Oddparents, Puppycorn to Tara’s Unikitty in Unikitty, twins Todd & Ty McNulty to Tara’s Dil Pickles in Rugrats…you get the idea.
So let’s give a warm brony welcome to Grey as she joins Nicole Oliver, Peter New, and Gail Simone among our Guests of Honor, with many more yet to come. You’re not going to want to miss this rare chance to see another star of this magnitude at our little soirée by the Bay.
Register now, then book your hotel room, and prepare to blast off with us this coming April 10-12 to BABSCon…and BEYOND!
https://www.babscon.com/2020/registration/
(Art by Turnip Stewdios, video by Alex Inman)
]]>In addition to playing Big Macintosh, Doctor Hooves, Goldie Delicious, and many more on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Peter has voiced musical monkey Sunil—and almost 70 others!— on Littlest Pet Shop, and appeared in Megaman: Fully Charged, Inuyasha, and most recently, Ninjago. His recent projects have included the multi-award-winning short film, WoodMan, and the podcast/radio drama, Voyage of the Oeverwal.
Peter joins Guests of Honor Nicole Oliver and Gail Simone, plus further guests soon to be announced—follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, or our web site to get the news as it happens—as we send BABSCon past the ionosphere…AND BEYOND!
Register now, book your hotel room, and come play with us in outer space April 10-12, 2020.
https://www.babscon.com/2020/registration/
(Art by LostInTheTrees)
]]>(Watch Nicole’s awesome intro video here!)
To fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Equestria Girls, her sultry voice is instantly recognizable as Princess Celestia, while her talent and skill allow her to become beloved teacher Cheerilee and the nature-loving Tree Hugger, among others. She also starred as purple pooch Zoe Trent and so many more on Littlest Pet Shop, Sally & Miranda on Transformers: Energon, and lent her voice to a variety of characters in the Barbie and Ninjago franchises. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
Nicole joins the writer who sent Celestia and Luna ziplining in “Between Dark and Dawn,” Gail Simone, among our Guests of Honor. Needless to say, we’ve just gotten started, so watch for lots more announcements.
So don’t miss out! Go register now—and don’t forget to book your room—to join Nicole Oliver and all of us at BABSCon as we take you to the stars, AND BEYOND!
https://www.babscon.com/2020/registration/
(Art by NoisyPaperDragon, Befish, and CuttleDreams)
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