MarsCon (Bloomington, Minnesota)


MarsCon is a science fiction convention held in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. It was first held in February 1999 with the goal of appealing to a diverse audience of fans in Minnesota and the vicinity. It is a mid-sized convention with a wide variety of events including panel discussions, guest of honor presentations, music of many kinds, art show, film room, science room, dealers room, charity auction, and a masquerade. Past guests have included actors, authors, artists, scientists, musicians, producers, and even the occasional pooka. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune describes MarsCon as "for the sci-fi serious nerds".
Since 2003, MarsCon Minnesota has also included a strong presence of the "Dementia" music genre, making the convention one of the largest events in the country to showcase such music.

Conventions

Past

MarsCon 1999: Celebrating 60 Years of Fandom
MarsCon 2000: Don’t Panic!
MarsCon 2001: A Space Oddity
MarsCon 2002: The Magic of Fantasy
MarsCon 2003: No One Here is Exactly What He Appears
MarsCon 2004: Let’s Play Doctor!
MarsCon 2005: Galactic Pirates and Mercenaries
MarsCon 2006: Things That Go Bump in the Night
MarsCon 2007
MarsCon 2008: Press Start To Continue
MarsCon 2009: Invasion!
MarsCon 2010: Dark Lords and Femme Fatales
MarsCon 2011: Days of Magic!
MarsCon 2012: Rockin' the Apocalypse
MarsCon 2013: Ctrl/Alt/Del... Thriving into the future
MarsCon 2014: Time is the Key
MarsCon 2015: Heroes & Wizerds & Fae OHhh MYyy!!
MarsCon 2016: Parallel Dimensions
MarsCon 2017: Dragons In Space
MarsCon 2018: Robots, Rayguns, & Rockets: The 3 R's of Sci-Fi

Upcoming

MarsCon 2019
“Legends In Our Own Mind”