Annual Dragon*Con Parade ◊   Autograph Sessions ◊   Band/Fan Tables & Concourses  ◊   Guest of Honor Awards Banquet  ◊   Live Performances & DJs  ◊   Nuts on the Road: Gonzo Sound & Vision  ◊   Reading Sessions  ◊   Video & Film Rooms  ◊   Walk of Fame  ◊   Wrestling  ◊   Writer's Workshop

7th Annual Dragon*Con Parade

Director: Jan Price

Every year hundreds and hundreds. and even more hundreds of Dragon*Con members gather in the early Saturday morning hours, decked out as their favorite alter egos and ready to take center stage on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta for the largest event at Dragon*Con-our annual parade! Thousands more line the parade route to be a part of all the fun and to cheer on their favorites.

Join us in 2008!

We welcome individuals and groups, large or small, wearing costumes which represent the wide variety of interests and activities found at Dragon*Con.

The parade becomes more interesting every year as it grows in size and diversity. We invite you to sing, perform, role play, interact with each other and your audience, pass out candy or other goodies to the onlookers along the parade route. Banners, flags, streamers, floats, decorated vehicles, music (live and recorded), and other noisemakers are allowed and encouraged. Show off your alter ego! Be creative! Have fun!

It's quick and easy to become part of our parade. Check out the Yahoo D*C Parade group and use the handy online registration database there, or contact us by emailing here. Because of the planning that's required for this event, we ask that you sign-up for the parade before Dragon*Con 2008 begins.

Plan to be there Saturday, August 30 as participant or onlooker. The parade starts promptly at 10:00 AM. Our parade route follows Peachtree Street from Woodruff Park (at Auburn Avenue) to the Hyatt, continues down Baker Street and ends at the Marriott.

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Autograph Sessions

Director: Tom Gennaro

Each year, Dragon*Con assembles many of its willing guests for scheduled autographs (signings) in one area. Not every guest is willing - or able - to sign items, but we do inquire as to each guest’s willingness to do so.

Some guests-usually screen stars-charge for autographs, but autographs staged in our Autograph Area are always free. Limitations on number and type of items may be made, generally at the request of the signer, and sometimes due to time considerations.

Autographs will be handled on a first-come, first-signed basis. We will promote equal access for handicapped persons but this does not exclude them from the first-come, first-served rule; as with other convention attendees they will get their autograph in order of their arrival.

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Band/Fan Tables, & Concourses

Director: Paul W. Cashman

The Hyatt Concourse is where our performing bands' tables, contest registrations, Information Services' main desk, and acoustic performances are located. The Marriott Concourse, will once again be home to fan clubs and convention tables, and freebie tables for flyers and other giveaways.

For more information on fan tables, band tables, & concourses, please click here.

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Guest of Honor Awards Banquet

The 2008 Dragon*Con Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8:00 PM in the Regency VI-VII Ballroom. Tickets are $45.00 and may be purchased by calling the Dragon*Con office, mailing in the registration form, or ordering online through our store. Seating is limited, so please visit our Members page to learn how to order yours!

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Live Performances & DJs

We’ll again offer late-night DJ’d dances Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, beginning after the last concert’s over in the ballroom and lasting until dawn, so you vampires can dance until the sun comes up!

Traditional SF convention filk-singing will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, late-night. Filking will begin at midnight and will also continue to the light of day.

For the last few years, we’ve also had an impromptu drum-circle form up for several hours. In 2000 the drum-circle was made a formal part of the schedule for Friday through Sunday night. This tradition will continue in 2008, so bring your doumbek or djembe (or your congas or your violin or your flute...) if you’ve got one.

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Nuts on the Road: Gonzo Sound & Vision

The rumors are true. The wackos who brought you the Gonzo Film Fest have returned. Needcoffee.com and QuickStopEntertainment.com have been working overtime in their lab to bring about the next step in Gonzo evolution-the result? An injection of live music into their usual audiovisual assault on your peace of mind. Surprises, prizes and more. Saturday night at Dragon*Con will never be the same.

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Reading Sessions

Offering readings by authors from their own works (and usually some discussion with the audience afterward), our past readers have included T.W. Miller, Janny Wurtz, Kevin J. Anderson, Jana Oliver, Karen McCollough, Tracy Hickman, Laura Curtis, and Caitlin Kiernan. Check the schedule closer to the convention for the latest on who will be reading for you this year!

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Video & Film Rooms

Director: Michael "Doc" Allgood

Dragon*Con will feature two video rooms: one devoted to mainstream movies and the other for Japanese Animation. 

• MAIN VIDEO
  The Main Video Room shows some of the latest movies you might have seen, and some you might never have known existed.
  

• ANIME VIDEO
  Dragon*Con's Anime video room shows the latest animated titles from Japan, and some classics you might have overlooked, available subtitled or dubbed in English. This year, we are proud to announce the return of Anime Music Videos-see the latest AMVs every night from Midnight till 6:00 a.m.! As always, seating in the Anime Room is limited and is first come first serve!
  

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Walk of Fame

Director: Tom Gennaro

This area, located in the Marriott Marquis in 2007, is where most of our media guests will be signing autographs. Please note that, at their sole discretion, guests may charge for their autographs in this area. (A listing of free autograph sessions, primarily for literary guests, will be posted as we get closer to the convention.)

The 2008 Walk of Fame layout map will be up closer to the show.

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Wrestling

Director: Gerald "Tiny" Dockery

Well, well, well...It's almost time once again for Dragon*Con Wrestling!!!! Oh ya wrestling fans, some of the best independent wrestlers, and a few that you see on TV each week will be putting it on the line. Oh, so you only come to the show to see the Hott Babes???, well I got you covered with that also. (I really love my job sometimes!) I will be posting the wrestling card in a couple of weeks and I know that all of you will be stoked to see what I have come up with for our 7th year of DCW.

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