I offer a few salient points about Steamcon IV in October in Bellevue Washington to entice you to travel:
1. We are expecting between 2,700 - 3,000 attendees, possibly more.
2. Steamcon is held in October, so steampunk attire is an appropriate weight.
3. Our spacious hotel is lovely and well located in the midst of lots of food venues, shopping and other amenities. Each room has it's own mini fridge.
4. We are going on our fourth year and our first Author Guest of Honor, Tim Powers told us that the first year went so smoothly that he thought it was our fifteenth year.
5. We have a fabulous High Tea and we have begun a Sunday Wayfarer's Brunch as well.
6. We host the prestigious Airship Awards Banquet.
7. We have music throughout the weekend and on Saturday, there is a ball and a great concert.
8. We have a wonderful Art Exhibition and a huge Merchants Room as well as an Artists' Alley.
9. Each year we come up with a theme that gives people an opportunity look at steampunk concepts with a slightly different focus. In 2010 we had "The Weird Weird West", then in 2011 we had "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and this year we are presenting "Victorian Monsters" as our theme.
10. In many ways we strive to give attendees a different convention each year, by changing the topics and speakers and seeking out interesting guests. We were the first steampunk convention to host K.W. Jeter, the man who coined the term "steampunk".
Take a look at the photo pool from last year.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/steamcon_3/I think we have a lot to offer anyone willing to travel, if I dare say so myself.
~ artvixn