Hundreds of individuals headed to the Halifax Conference Centre this weekend for the return of Hal-Con, dubbed as the largest sci-fi conference in Atlantic Canada.
The favored conference was placed on maintain in 2020, and considerably scaled again in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers couldn’t be happier to see it revived.
“For me, Hal-Con is the group,” mentioned spokesperson Jarrod Peckham.
“It’s the folks you get to share your time with, and who perceive you on a stage that perhaps some folks don’t for the hobbies and passions that you simply’re focused on, whether or not that’s Star Trek or anime,” he mentioned.
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“We actually simply need to domesticate that group and provides an area the place it’s secure, it’s open.”
Peckham mentioned organizers count on about 15,000 folks to stroll via the Halifax Conference Centre doorways on Saturday and Sunday.
With about 200 distributors, Hal-Con hosts actors, authors, comedian creators and cosplayers for workshops, performances and meet-and-greets. It’s the place folks collect to share their love for movie, anime and sci-fi.
A full checklist of visitors is on the market on the conference’s web site.
The pageant runs till midnight on Saturday, and till 7 p.m. Sunday. There are few passes left for individuals who want to attend.
— With recordsdata from Callum Smith.
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