sci-fi conventions or should i say lack of.

doubletrouble?

why is it that ireland lacks behind most countries when it comes to sci-fi conventions. even though i'm a star wars fanatic i'm posting this in sci fi as the link below really tells it all about the stars attending. we have about two a year which is aimed at the star wars end of things. i've been to them all in dublin and have only really enjoyed the one in the R.D.S. last year. even still it could've been a whole lot better. again referring to the link i'm posting i think i'll be going to the uk in future. i think something like what the uk have would be a huge success here and they tend to have numerous of these conventions every year. i do believe this country has a huge sci-fi following.
T.B.H. i was gobsmacked seeing the list attending and it made me realise what we are truly missing in this country. the only thing stopping me going to this is the cost of flights. the entry fee is pittance and the autographs seem reasonable ( click on the stars pic to see their autograph fee). your thoughts please.

http://www.londonfilmandcomiccon.com/

DesperateDan

Ireland's customer base is just too small, it will never have **** as good as the UK

doubletrouble?

DesperateDan wrote: »

Ireland's customer base is just too small, it will never have **** as good as the UK

but is the customer base really that small. i think there was close to 10,000 at the rds last year, now i could be wrong.

ferretone

Having a brother who has sacrificed months of his life at a stretch on the organisation of these things at various times, I'd say it's more to do with the limited number of folks prepared to put in the serious hours required to get these things running, tbh.

I remember plenty of times in the past when people have pledged to do miscellaneous jobs, but have flaked, and so much of the work always seems to end up piled onto the shoulders of the same few "usual suspects" I don't think signing up attending members has ever really been the problem.

ETA: You may be pleased to hear, if you don't know already, that Dublin recently won its bid to run Eurocon in 2014 http://file770.com/?p=8845

Morag

Irish discworld convention. http://www.idwcon.org/

National Irish SciFi convention http://www.octocon.com/

WEXWORLDS // Sci Fi and Fantasy Fiction Festival http://www.wexworlds.net/

Phoenix Convention is a literary event with an emphasis on Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction. http://www.pcon.ie/pcon7/about-p-con

There are conventions but it is very hard to get word out about them, even with online sites and socail media, the press have no interest in cover them.

GerardKeating

Sharrow wrote: »

Irish discworld convention. http://www.idwcon.org/

National Irish SciFi convention http://www.octocon.com/

WEXWORLDS // Sci Fi and Fantasy Fiction Festival http://www.wexworlds.net/

Phoenix Convention is a literary event with an emphasis on Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction. http://www.pcon.ie/pcon7/about-p-con

There are conventions but it is very hard to get word out about them, even with online sites and socail media, the press have no interest in cover them.

There is also UT Events ( Uncharted Territories ) in Belfast.

kwalsh000

Theres also this in the works
http://www.facebook.com/dublin.comiccon?ref=tn_tnmn
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dublin-Comic-Con/298328063554103?ref=hl