Dragon Con 2016
Atlanta, GA –  September 2-5, 2016

 

Thirty years of Dragon Con!

It’s an annual tradition for me, and this year will be my eighth time attending. This time around, I’m an attending professional. If you plan to attend, these are the places where you will be able to find me over Labor Day weekend.

NOTE: All Dragon Con schedules are tentative until the convention ends on Monday. Even then, things are a bit suspect. As things change before the convention, I’ll update this post.

Edit for 8/29: Updated the rooms for the American Science Fiction and Fantasy Media panels for Sunday. Also updated the times for the Thursday events.

 

Thursday (it’s the new Friday)

2:30p-6:30p: Dragon Con Newbies Walking and Rolling Tours/Q&A
Marriott Marquis, Atrium Level, A601-A602
Want to know the best way to get from one con hotel to another? Need to learn where the food court is? If so, come on one of our walking tours and find out. Small group tours will be going out every 10-15 minutes.

8:30pm-11:00pm: Dragon Con 2016 Geek Sing-a-long
Marriott Marquis, Atrium Level, A601-A602
The only thing better than a con full of geeks is a con full of geeks singing theme songs and other geek-centric tunes! The American Sci-Fi & Fantasy Media and the American Sci-Fi Classics tracks present the second annual DragonCon Geek Sing-A-Long!

 

Friday

10:00a: Classic Sci-Fi Legends: Noel Neill, David Bowie, Alan Rickman
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M103-M105
Talking about classic sci-fi adjacent people who passed away this year: Noel Neill, David Bowie, Alan Rickman… it’s a long list. Thanks, 2016.
Panelists include: Kevin Eldridge, Tegan Hendrickson, Jason De La Torre

1:00p: Rocketeer!: The 25th Anniversary
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M103-M105
Jennifer Connelly. Jetpacks. Nazis. Celebrate the movie that has everything.
Panelists include:  John Hudgens, Gary Mitchel, Mike Faber, Daniel Griffith

 

Saturday

8:30a: Roll-a-Panel: Classic Sci-Fi Edition
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M103-M105
Too many classic movies & TV to cover means one thing: The crowd decides what we talk about – 20 panels in one lightning-round hour!
Panelists include: Pretty much all of the American Science Fiction Classics Track regulars

10:00a: Fantastic Mullets of Classic Sci-Fi
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M103-M105
Mullet aficionados and color commentary.
Panelists include: Tegan Hendrickson, Gary Mitchel, Michael Bailey

10:00p: The Dirty Dirty Con Con Game Game Show Show
Hyatt Regency, Regency V Ballroom
It’s the triumphant return of Dragon Con’s best-loved adults-only game show! Cum out and partake in dirty pop culture games! Impress your friends! Embarrass your family! Win fabulous prizes!

Miss Lady Flex, Phantom Troublemaker, Rad Ranger, and Popeye the Sailor Moon are returning to the greatest con in all the land to once again present the finest in sexy, dirty entertainment. Ages 18+ only.

 

Sunday

10:00a: Roll-a-Panel: The 80s
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M103-M105
More specifically: 1981, 1986, and 1991, which was still the 80s, let’s be honest.
Panelists include: Pretty much all of the American Science Fiction Classics Track regulars

11:30a: Batman 1966: Atomic Batteries to 50th Bat-Anniversary
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M103-M105
Precisely, chums! We’re here for the 50th anniversary of the grooviest heroes and villains ever.
Panelists include: Michael Gordon, Michael Bailey, Michael French

1:00p: Marvel Cinematic Universe: Shall This Be Civil War?
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M301-M303
Captain America 3 became Civil War, and we were introduced to Jessica Jones, drama with Agents of Shield/Most Wanted and the MCU. What do we think will happen with all these elements?
Panelists include: Gary Mitchel, Alice Edwards, Will Nix, Bill McIntire

7:00p: Highlander: There Can Be Only One 30th Anniversary
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M103-M105
What to expect: A roomful of people singing Queen’s “Princes of the Universe.”
Panelists include: Tegan Hendrickson, Van Allen Plexico, Scott Viguie, Michael Bailey, Elizabeth Jones, Gary Mitchel, and Jessa Phillips

8:30p: The Flash: Zoom Into the Multiverse
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M301-M303
Season Review – CW and DC introduce us to the Multiverse, with Zoom, Jay Garrick, and some interesting additions and losses.
Panelists include: Ryan Guthrie, Angela Pritchett, Theo Tiedemann

11:30p: The Shape, the Snake, and the Thing: The Sci-Fi Films of John Carpenter
Marriott Marquis, Marquis Level, M103-M105
You got horror in my sci-fi! You got sci-fi in my horror!
Panelists include: El Phantasmas, Gary Mitchel

 

Monday

Nothing scheduled