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Events and Conventions
2025
- Until 31 August 2025 • Designing Terry Pratchett's Discworld (exhibition), Weston-super-Mare
- Until 7 September 2025 • Cats!, Cartoon Museum, London
- Until 7 December 2025 • Celebrating 75 Years of AWE, West Berkshire Museum, Newbury [10am-4pm Wed-Sun; last admission 3:30pm; allegedly features The Leaky Establishment by D. Langford]
- 25 June 2025 • Clarke Award ceremony, London
- Online 25-29 June 2025 • Darkness in the Fields – Midsummer 3 (folk horror)
- 26-29 June 2025 • Archipelacon 2 (Eurocon), Mariehamn, Åland, Finland
- 5 July 2025 • Comic Con Aintree, Aintree Racecourse
- Hybrid 5-6 July 2025 • Tolkien Society Seminar, Glasgow and online
- 5-6 July 2025 • The Town That Never Was (steampunk; home), Blists Hill
- Sold out 18-20 July 2025 • Fantasy Forest (cosplay, reenactment), Cheltenham
- 19 July 2025 • Small Press Day, various UK, Irish and online venues
- 25-28 July 2025 • Continuum (RPG), Cranfield
- 2-3 August 2025 • Surrey Steampunk Convivial, Stoneleigh, Epsom
- 8-10 August 2025 • TFnation (Transformers; home), Birmingham NEC
- 9-10 August 2025 • Dublin Comic Con, Dublin
- 9 August 2025 • Northern Horizon (Blake's 7), Tyneside
- 13-17 August 2025 • Seattle Worldcon 2025 (Worldcon), Seattle, WA, USA; official blog
- 16-17 August 2025 • For the Love of Fantasy (media), ExCel, London
- 16 August 2025 • Stars of Time (comics), Weston-super-Mare
- 21-25 August 2025 • Frightfest (film), London
- 22-25 August 2025 • Asylum XV (steampunk; home), Lincoln
- 30 August 2025 • Whooverville (Doctor Who), Derby
- 4-7 September 2025 • Oxonmoot (Tolkien Society), Oxford
- 13-14 September 2025 • Middle-earth Festival, Wythall (see also Facebook)
- 20 September 2025 • Edge-Lit 11, Derby
- 26-28 September 2025 • The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Bowness-on-Windermere
- 27 September 2025 • Innsmouth Literary Festival, Bedford
- 27-28 September 2025 • Nor-Con (tv/film/comics), Norfolk
- 9-12 October 2025 • Grimmfest (film; home), Manchester
- 11-12 October 2025 • Octocon (home), Dublin [Sunday 12 October online only]
- 17-20 October 2025 • Irish Discworld Convention, Cork, Ireland
- 23-26 October 2025 • Edinburgh Horror Festival, Edinburgh
- 24-26 October 2025 • Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
- 25-26 October 2025 • BristolCon, Bristol
- 25-26 October 2025 • Surrey Steampunk Convivial, Stoneleigh, Epsom
- 30 October - 2 November 2025 • World Fantasy Convention, Brighton
- 31 October - 2 November 2025 • Armadacon, Plymouth
- 31 October - 1 November 2025 • Frightfest Halloween (film), London
- 7-9 November 2025 • Novacon 54, Buxton
- 8 November 2025 • PictCon1, Perth, Scotland [was 18 October 2025]
- 15-16 November 2025 • Thought Bubble Comic Con (comics), Harrogate [part of November comics festival]
- 22 November 2025 • Stars of Time (comics), Weston-Super-Mare
- 29 November 2025 • Dragonmeet (gaming), London
2026
- 30 January - 1 February 2026 • Contabile 36 (UK filk; home), Norwich
- 6-9 February 2026 • ScotiaCon (furry), Glasgow
- 27 February - 1 March 2026 • UK Ghost Story Festival, Derby [also online 6-8 February]
- 3-6 April 2026 • Iridescence (Eastercon 77), Birmingham NEC
- 11 April 2026 • Bedford Who Charity Con, Bedford
- 18-19 April 2026 • Sci-Fi Scarborough, Scarborough
- 2-3 May 2026 • Portsmouth Comic Con, Portsmouth
- 2-3 May 2026 • Portmeirion Steampunk, Portmeirion
- 9-10 May 2026 • Lawless (UK comics), Bristol
- 22-24 May 2026 • Satellite 9 (home), Glasgow
- 29-31 May 2026 • UK Games Expo, Birmingham NEC
- 2-5 July 2026 • MetropolCon (Eurocon), Berlin, Germany
- 11-12 July 2026 • Frances Hardinge Conference, Birmingham
- 27-31 August 2026 • LAcon V (Worldcon), Anaheim, CA, USA
2027
- 26-29 March 2027 • Unconfined (Eastercon 78), Glasgow
Future Convention Bids
- 2-6 September 2027 • Montréal in 2027 (Worldcon), Montréal, Canada
- 2027 • Tel Aviv in 2027 (Worldcon), Tel Aviv, Israel [postponed/suspended]
- 27-31 July 2028 • Brisbane in 28 (Worldcon), Brisbane, Australia [changed from 24-28 August]
- 23-27 August 2028 • ConKigali (Worldcon), Kigali, Rwanda [was Kampcon, Kampala, Uganda]
- 2029 • Dublin in 2029 (Worldcon), Dublin, Ireland
- 2030 • Edmonton in 2030 (Worldcon), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- 2031 • Texas (Worldcon) reported here
- 2032 • Maastricht, Netherlands (Worldcon) reported here
General/Other
- Eastercons (UK); more
- Eurocons (European SF Society)
- Milford (UK) SF Writers' Conference
- Shoreline of Infinity Event Horizon (Scotland)
- Tolkien Society events
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- UK Convention Badges at eFanzines
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- Alex Davis Events (mostly writing courses and workshops)
- Anime League
- Creed Conventions (comics)
- Massive Events
- Monopoly Events (comics)
- Showmasters (Destination Star Trek, Film & Comic Con, Collectormania)
- Starfury
- UK Comic Cons and Gaming Festivals
- Wonky Rocket Events (northwest England)
