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 | 6,000 in 2023[3] |
Organized by | Assett Promotions Ltd[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 | 4,000 | 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 | 4,000 | 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 | 4,000 | 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 | 4,500 | 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 | 5,000 | 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 | 5,500 | 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 | 6,000 | 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] |