ConBravo! » News http://conbravo.com July 27-29 2012 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:44:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Out with the Old, In with the New! http://conbravo.com/2012/01/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/ http://conbravo.com/2012/01/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:53:50 +0000 Mark P. Tjan http://conbravo.com/?p=1486 Welcome back one and all, it’s a new year and that means ConBravo! is on the horizon!

Our hard-working code monkeys and designers have put together a brand new website to showcase all the goodies we’ve got coming in the next few months! Gaming, anime, comics, and all those wonderful guests and panels, events and shows — can’t hardly wait!

Attendees, vendors, artists, and everyone, really, should probably mark down the following dates:

Earlybird Pre-Registration
$20 weekend passes will be available for pre-reg March 1st-30th.
Regular Pre-Registration
$25 weekend passes will be available for pre-reg April 1st-June 30th
Artist Alley Registration
Opens on Feb 1st 2012 and Closes on June 1st 2012
Vendor Market Registration
Opens on March 1st 2012 and Closes on June 1st 2012
Panel & Workshop Registration
Panel and workshop registration will be open March 3rd until June 1st.
Volunteer Registration
We will be accepting volunteer applicants as of March 1st.

We’d like to take a moment to remind everyone that if you want to come say hi, we’ll be at several conventions in the Promotional Tables sections in the upcoming months:

  • G-Anime / January 27-29th / Gatineau, ON – One of the best weekends you’ll ever spend in Quebec!
  • Con-G / February 25-26th / Guelph, ON – The fourth season returns to Guelph! Come celebrate anime and geekery with the rest of us!
  • Ad Astra / April 13-15th / Markham, ON – The very best in sci-fi literature appears just north of Toronto!
  • Anime North / May 25-27th / Toronto, ON – The largest gathering of anime fans in the Great White North!

You will also be able to pre-register at our promo tables at Ad Astra and Anime North!

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We’re also picking favourites, so let us know if you’ve posted your videos on the good ol’ YooToobs!

]]> http://conbravo.com/2011/08/teambravo-media/feed/ 2 ConBravo! 2012 Dates! http://conbravo.com/2011/08/conbravo-2012-dates/ http://conbravo.com/2011/08/conbravo-2012-dates/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:46:35 +0000 Mark P. Tjan http://conbravo.com/?p=1343 As most of you now know, ConBravo! 2011 was a huge success. Not only did 1200+ of you come out to celebrate geekdom, you were an immense part of making our guests feel welcome, our staff appreciated, and our events a riot and a half. A convention is nothing without its attendees, and we’d like to invite all of you for our third year.

So here’s our plan.

We’re considering a third day. Maybe, if you guys really feel we should have one. Please make your voice heard, either through our Forums, Facebook, or on Twitter. E-mail us, snail mail us; definitely make yourself heard.

That said, we definitely are coming back for two days. The Burlington Hotel and Conference Centre (formerly the Burlington Holiday Inn) will play host to ConBravo! 2012 on July 28-29th 2012. We’ll be going into our pre-production meeting as of next month, so expect more details to emerge as we head into Autumn. We’re going to amp up our guests and our events, so stay tuned!

]]> http://conbravo.com/2011/08/conbravo-2012-dates/feed/ 20 Podcast from Shaggyshan – Talking to the Micromaphone http://conbravo.com/2011/06/podcast-from-shaggyshan-talking-to-the-micromaphone/ http://conbravo.com/2011/06/podcast-from-shaggyshan-talking-to-the-micromaphone/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:49:57 +0000 Mark P. Tjan http://conbravo.com/?p=1204 The venerable Shaggyshan of Talking to the Camera fame has also posted our interview with him via podcast on his show, Talking to the Micromaphone! Vito, the head of gaming, Heather, the head of artist and exhibitor relations, Kelsey, the head of panels, and our chairman Mark were all on hand to give some details.

Check out the shenanigans here!

]]> http://conbravo.com/2011/06/podcast-from-shaggyshan-talking-to-the-micromaphone/feed/ 0 Talking to the Camera with ShaggyShan http://conbravo.com/2011/06/talking-to-the-camera-with-shaggyshan/ http://conbravo.com/2011/06/talking-to-the-camera-with-shaggyshan/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:10:13 +0000 Mark P. Tjan http://conbravo.com/?p=1185 Hey ladies and gents, for all you indie-savvy folks, we’ve got some love for the venerable ShaggyShan. He recently gave us a shout-out on his show on YouTube and we’re totally stoked that he’s stoked about ConBravo!. If you’re interested, check out ShaggyShan’s video here, and don’t forget to subscribe.

Now, Shaggy did get one small detail wrong. As you know on this site, pre-registration ends on June 30th, not the 20th, but we’ll forgive him. Shaggy’s just that awesome.

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Having dusted off our ol’ website, we decided to give her a facelift that reflects this year’s theme: 8-bit! While not strictly from the 8-bit era, pixel art and early gaming has shaped a lot of what we do today. The retro revival is going strong and gamers everywhere are learning that what’s old is new again, as shiny as the day it was first discovered.

That in mind, we’d like to show our support for the retro revival and gaming in general! Folks, when you come out to ConBravo! this year, we want to see gamers. Lots of gamers! If you love Street Fighter, Doom, Call of Duty, NHL ’94, Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Pong, then we want to see you show it!

Bring your costumes, bring your fighting spirit, and most of all, bring your fandom. ConBravo!’s gonna hit you with some massive updates in the next month, so be prepared!

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If you’re registering as a group, please note that group registration requires 10+ people, and each ticket will be $18 for the weekend. Group registrations are available only by mail at this time. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

If you have any questions about pre-registration, please contact us at info@conbravo.com. Please allow for 48 hours response on inquiries, 1 week processing for online registrations, 2-3 weeks for mail-in registrations. Thank you very much for choosing ConBravo! 2011 as your summer convention destination!

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We’re also happy to announce that for every 100 pre-registrations, we’ll be doing a special prize drawing. Prizes will be announced beginning at midnight. See you all at the con!

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ConBravo! is about to start its renewal, which means new stuff is coming soon! We’ll be announcing show dates, Artist Alley dates, new events, and more starting with the end of October.

Come back then for all the details!

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