| Convention |
Dates |
Location |
GoHs, Notes
|
| Fantasycon 1975 |
February 22, 1975 |
Birmingham, UK |
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| Fantasycon II |
February 28-29, 1976 |
Birmingham, UK |
Robert Aikman
|
| Fantasycon 3 |
February 26-27, 1977 |
Birmingham, UK |
Basil Copper
|
| Fantasycon 1978 |
February 24-26, 1978 |
Birmingham, UK |
Stephen King
|
| Fantasycon 5 |
February 23-25, 1979 |
Coventry, UK |
Karl Edward Wagner
|
| Fantasycon VI |
October 3-5, 1980 |
Birmingham, UK |
Ramsey Campbell, Jim Fitzpatrick
|
| Fantasycon 1981 |
July 10-12, 1981 |
Birmingham, UK |
Peter Tremayne, Alan Hunter
|
| Mythcon 1982 |
July 2-4, 1982 |
Birmingham, UK |
Tanith Lee, Eddie Jones
|
| Fantasycon VIII |
October 14-16, 1983 |
Birmingham, UK |
Gene Wolfe, Robert Silverberg
|
| Fantasycon IX |
September 14-16, 1984 |
Birmingham, UK |
Charles L. Grant, Tanith Lee
|
| Fantasycon X |
September 6-8, 1985 |
Birmingham, UK |
Robert Holdstock, Diana Wynne Jones
|
| Fantasycon XI |
September 26-28, 1986 |
Birmingham, UK |
Dennis Etchison, Jody Scott
|
| Fantasycon XII |
September 4-6, 1987 |
Birmingham, UK |
M. John Harrison, George R. R. Martin, J. K. Potter
|
| Fantasycon XIII / 14th World Fantasy Convention |
October 28-30, 1988 |
London, England |
James Herbert, Diana Wynne Jones, Michael Foreman
|
| Fantasycon XIV |
October 6-8, 1989 |
Birmingham, UK |
Thomas F. Monteleone, Stephen Laws
|
| Fantasycon XV |
September 14-16, 1990 |
Birmingham, UK |
Joe Lansdale, Stephen Gallagher
|
| Fantasycon XVI |
November 15-17, 1991 |
London |
Dan Simmons, Jonathan Carroll
|
| Fantasycon XVII |
October 2-4, 1992 |
Birmingham, UK |
David Schow, Lisa Tuttle and R. Chetwynd-Hayes
|
| Fantasycon XVIII |
October 1-3, 1993 |
Birmingham, UK |
Peter James, Les Edwards
|
| Fantasycon XIX |
September 30 - October 2, 1994 |
Birmingham, UK |
Katherine Kurtz, Brian Lumley
|
| Fantasycon 1995 was cancelled due to a "lack of organizers," but regulars gathered instead at the Welcome to My Nightmare Convention in Swansea on Halloween weekend.
|
| Fantasycon XX |
October 4-6, 1996 |
London |
Christopher Fowler, Tom Holt
|
| Fantasycon XXI / 1997 World Fantasy Convention |
October 30 - November 2, 1997 |
London |
Iain Sinclair, Joan Aiken, Bob Eggleton, Hugh Cave, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Doug Bradley, Rob Holdstock
|
| Fantasycon XXII |
September 11-13, 1998 |
Birmingham, UK |
Freda Warrington, Jane Yolen
|
| Fantasycon 23 |
September 17-19, 1999 |
Birmingham, UK |
Louise Cooper, Raymond E. Feist, Graham Masterton, Robert Rankin, Mike Tucker
|
| Fantasycon XXIV |
September 8-10, 2000 |
Birmingham, UK |
Storm Constantine, Stephen Lawhead, Doug Bradley, Stan Nicholls
|
| Fantasycon XXV |
September 23, 2001 |
London |
Hugh Lamb, Simon Clark
|
| Fantasycon XXVI |
September 21, 2002 |
London |
Graham Joyce
|
| FantasyCon XXVII |
November 21-23, 2003 |
Stafford, UK |
Christopher Fowler, Catherine Fisher
|
| FantasyCon XXVIII |
September 24-26, 2004 |
Wadsall,UK |
Robert Holdstock, Muriel Gray
|
| FantasyCon 2005 |
September 30 - October 2, 2005 |
Wadsall, UK |
Mark Chadbourn, Simon Clark, Steven Erikson
|
| FantasyCon 2006 |
September 22-24, 2006 |
Nottingham, UK |
Neil Gaiman, Juliet E. McKenna, Ramsey Campbell, Raymond E. Feist, Clive Barker
|
| FantasyCon 2007 |
September 21-23, 2007 |
Nottingham, UK |
Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, Terry Brooks
|
| FantasyCon 2008 |
September 19-21, 2008 |
Nottingham, UK |
Christopher Golden, James Barclay, Dave McKean
|
| FantasyCon 2009 |
September 18-20, 2009 |
Nottingham, UK |
Gail Z. Martin, Brian Clemens, Jasper Fforde
|
| FantasyCon 2010 |
September 17-19, 2010 |
Nottingham, UK |
Lisa Tuttle, Bryan Talbot, Garry Kilworth
|
| FantasyCon 2011 |
September 30 - October 2, 2011 |
Brighton, UK |
Gwyneth Jones, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Peter Atkins, Joe Abercrombie
|
| FantasyCon 2012 |
September 27-30, 2012 |
Brighton, UK |
Joe R. Lansdale, Muriel Gray, Brent Weeks, Mary Danby, Mark Gatiss, Robin Hardy
|
| FantasyCon 2013 / World Fantasy Convention 2013 |
October 31 - November 3, 2013 |
Brighton, UK |
Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, Joanne Harris, Joe Hill, Alan Lee
|
| FantasyCon 2014 |
September 5-7, 2014 |
York, UK |
Kate Elliott, Larry Rostant, Charlaine Harris, Toby Whithouse
|
| FantasyCon 2015 |
October 23-25, 2015 |
Nottingham, UK |
John Connolly, Jo Fletcher, Brandon Sanderson
|
| FantasyCon 2016 |
September 23-25, 2016 |
Scarborough, UK |
Elizabeth Bear, Frances Hardinge, Adam Nevill, Scott Lynch, James Smythe
|
| FantasyCon 2017 |
September 29 - October 1, 2017 |
Peterborough, UK |
Nancy Kilpatrick, Pat Cadigan, Ben Aaronovitch
|
| FantasyCon 2018 |
October 19-21, 2018 |
Chester, UK |
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Claire North, Farah Mendlesohn
|
| FantasyCon 2019 |
October 18-20, 2019 |
Glasgow, UK |
Una McCormack, Jen Williams, Paul Trembley
|
FantasyCon 2020 |
September 25-27, 2020 |
London |
Cancelled due to Covid-19
|
| FantasyCon 2021 |
September 24-26, 2021 |
Birmingham, UK |
|
FantasyCon 2022 |
September 16-18, 2022 |
London, UK |
Liz Williams, Rivers Solomon. Cancelled due to Covid-19
|
| Fantasycon 2023 |
September 15-17, 2023 |
Birmingham, UK |
none
|
| Fantasycon 2024 |
October 11-13, 2024 |
Chester, UK |
Stephen Aryan, Priya Sharma, Bella Pagan
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