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Con-G 
Con-G's logoStatus Active Venue Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre (2011) Location Guelph, Ontario Country Canada First held 2009 Attendance 700 in 2011 Official website http://www.con-g.com Con-G is a non-profit fan-run multigenre convention, held in February in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The convention was originally created as a Japanese anime convention[1] but now covers many other aspects of geek culture, such as Steampunk, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Gaming etc. The name Con-G comes from a combination of the words "Convention Guelph" and is a play on words on the Japanese writing system kanji[2].
Con-G was founded in late 2008 and ran its first convention in February 2009.
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History
Dates Location Attendance Guests February 21-22, 2009 Ramada Conference Centre Guelph
Guelph, Ontario350 [3] February 20-21, 2010 Best Western Royal Brock Hotel & Conference Centre
Guelph, Ontario530 The 404s, Lar deSouza [4] February 19-20, 2011 Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre
Guelph, Ontario700 Brad Swaile, Ricky Dick, Dawn "Kaijugal" McKechnie, Lar deSouza, The 404s, Dr. Holocaust, Devin "Featherweight" Harrigan, the Savage Bandito, DROO, DJ Janos [5][6] February 25-26, 2012 Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre
Guelph, OntarioTBA TBA Mascot
Kon, the Con-G mascot, is a cartoon Japanese dragon. He is green with a white belly and a purple mane, and is often depicted holding a calligraphy brush. He was created for Con-G by artist Lindsay Pattillo.
References
- ^ "Con-G FAQ". Con-G.com. http://www.con-g.com/information/faq/. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Con-G FAQ". Con-G.com. http://www.con-g.com/information/faq/. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Con-G 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1729. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ^ "Con-G 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1994. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ^ "Con-G 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/2344. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- ^ "SNAP Guelph - Con-G: Guelph Anime Convention". snapguelph.com. http://www.snapguelph.com/index.php?option=com_sngevents&id=233590. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
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