Odyssey Con IX

‘Year of the Cow’

Radisson Inn, Madison WI, April 24-26, 2009.

Odyssey Con is coming back for a ninth year! We return to the The Radisson Inn on Madison’s west side, April 24-26, 2009, with more great panels, dealers’ room, gaming, art show, and new media programming.

Odyssey Con is a general interest Science Fiction and Fantasy convention. We feature literary guests, panel discussions, demonstrations, film reviews, art work, musical acts, and much more. With around 350 members, we have a great guest-to-attendee ratio. If you are a first time attendee, or a long time 'fan', you'll find OddCon is an enjoyable, entertaining and comfortable convention. It's easy to join, send in a registration form or register at the door, and enjoy a weekend of interesting ideas and fun events. Invite your friends to join! Everyone's invited! (Well, except for the vampires, pretty sure we're not supposed to invite them ... ah what the heck, they can come too...)

Announcements / Updates

Guest of Honor dinner - Thursday before the convention

Everyone is welcome! Dine with the Guests of Honor and the OddCon crew. Stay tuned to this space for updates on when and where it will be held.

Get involved! Let your opinion be known! Join the OddCon Yahoo Group!

Our Guests of Honor

We're happy to announce that Emma Bull will be a Guest of Honor at Oddcon 9! We're still in the process of scheduling the rest of our guests of honor, but you can be sure that they'll be interesting and enlightening. As soon as we know who they are, you will know who they are. Well, give or take a few days to update this website...

Programming

In keeping with the varied interests of our guests of honor, there will be a wide variety of programming and events in four separate tracks, plus special events. More details on programming will become available on this website through the Programming link.

Gaming

Responding to our members' request, gaming will focus on open gaming and game demo events. Special gaming events and guests are to be announced. We hope to again have special LAN and X-Box gaming and Dance Dance Revolution. For further info on gaming, e-mail Paul Wiesner at gaming8 at oddcon.com.

Art Show

Odyssey Con will be having an art show. Hanging fees are $0.50 per piece for pieces brought in or $1.00 per mailed piece. For more information, read our Artshow PDF or contact JJ Brutsman at oddcon_art@yahoo.com or (608)772-4455. In addition to Artists, the art show can always use volunteers. Please contact us if you'd be interested in helping.

Dealers' Room

We will have a dealers’ room with new and returning dealers. Our Dealers' room offers a wide selection of games, books, jewelery and collectables available for purchase. To find out more about being a Dealer at OddCon IX, please click here.

Food and Entertainment

As with previous years, we are offering our crowd pleasing consuite, featuring pizza, hot dogs, soda, doughnuts, an espresso machine, and other goodies to tempt the palate. There will also be independent party rooms sponsored by fan and local convention groups. Friday night will feature Odyssey Con's own Barista Liberation Army in a brief dramatic performance (e.g. skit) followed by comedy and parody music . You can also taste wine, cheese and chocolate Friday evening in the con’s Art Show Tasting. On Saturday night come dressed to the Masquerade as your favorite character, followed later by our annual Midnight Drumming Circle.

Volunteering

Odyssey Con is a volunteer run convention. We particularly need people willing to work in the consuite, at the registration table, and to be on panels. We also encourage fans interested in throwing room parties or holding other events to contact us. If you are new to Odyssey Con, it's a great way to meet people and get oriented. Send an email to oddcon9 at oddcon.com to sign up.

Links

Oddcon 9's Page-O-Links