Sci-Fi Valley Con | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Multi-genre [1] |
Venue | Blair County Convention Center |
Location(s) | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2012 [2] |
Attendance | Nearly 4,000 in 2015 [3] |
Organized by | Assett Conventions LLC [2] |
Website |
scifivalleycon |
Sci-Fi Valley Con (formerly Sci-Fi in the Valley Con) is an annual three day multi-genre convention held during June at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania. [1]
The convention typically offers board gaming, charity auction, costume contest, film festival, guest panels, role-playing gaming, table-top gaming, trivia tournaments, vendors, video gaming, and workshops. [1] [3] [4] [5] The 2012 charity auction raised $1200 for The Machine Gun Preacher's Save the Children Foundation. [6] 2013's charity auction benefited Shriners Hospitals for Children and raised almost $1500. [7] The 2022 charity auction benefited the Children's Miracle Network. [8]
Sci-Fi in the Valley Con 2012 was moved from the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to the North Central Recreation Center in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. This occurred due to a local fee that would affect the conventions dealers. [2] [9] [10] In 2013, the convention moved to the Jaffa Shrine and used the bottom floor. [11] [12] It used both of the Jaffa's floors in 2014. [13] The convention used half of the Blair County Convention Center in 2015, and the whole facility in 2016. [3] [14] Sci-Fi Valley Con 2020 was moved from June to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later cancelled. [15] [16] [17] [18] Sci-Fi Valley Con 2021 was moved from June to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] [20] [21] The October 2021 convention had lower than normal attendance. [8]
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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May 18–20, 2012 [10] | North Central Recreation Center Ebensburg, Pennsylvania | 1,000 (est.) or 1,200 [11] [12] | Jeremy Ambler, Joshua Emerick, Chiara Fattorusso, Garrett Free, Jeremy McHugh, Mark Tierno, Tod Allen Smith, and April A. Taylor. [22] |
May 17–19, 2013 [23] |
Jaffa Shrine Altoona, Pennsylvania | 2,000 [13] | Brian O'Halloran [11] [12] |
June 27–29, 2014 | Jaffa Shrine Altoona, Pennsylvania | Almost 3,000 [4] | Rusty Gilligan, The Mandalorian Mercs, [24] Robert Bruce, Brian O’Halloran, [25] and Scott Schiaffo. [13] |
May 15–17, 2015 [26] |
Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania | Almost 4,000 [3] | Blair Murphy [4] |
June 10–12, 2016 | Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania | Brian O'Halloran, John Rhys-Davies, [27] Zach Galligan, Alaina Huffman, John Morton, Alex Vincent, and Fred Williamson. [3] | |
June 9–11, 2017 | Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania | Nicholas Brendon, Dameon Clarke, David Eddings, Donald Fullilove, Harry Waters, Jr., Jeffrey Weissman, [28] Bob Gunton, Sam Jones, and Martin Klebba. [1] | |
June 8–10, 2018 | Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania | Nicholas Brendon, Melissa Fahn, Richard Horvitz, Brian O'Halloran, Rob Paulsen, Rikki Simons, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, [29] Lee Arenberg, Olivia d'Abo, and Tracie Thoms. [30] | |
June 7–9, 2019 | Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania | Rodger Bumpass, Seth Gilliam, Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Billy West, [31] Adam Fergus, David Haydn-Jones, Mark Pellegrino, [5] David Lee Madison, and John Russo. [32] | |
October 8-10, 2021 | Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania | Jim Cummings, Gigi Edgley, Olivia Hack, Sam J. Jones, Jennie Kwan, James "Brad Mick" McDonough, Michaela Jill Murphy, and Emily Swallow. [21] | |
June 17-19, 2022 | Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania | Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Grey DeLisle, Barry Gordon, Nolan North, Rob Paulsen, and Billy West. [33] | |
June 9-11, 2023 | Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania | Carlos Alazraqui, Greg Baldwin, Dante Basco, Grey DeLisle, Jennie Kwan, Maurice LaMarche, Cricket Leigh, Michaela Jill Murphy, Rob Paulsen, Janet Varney, Kari Wahlgren, [34] and Greg Sestero. [35] |