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We're back for 2019! Here is all the information you need to know!

The con will be from 15-17th November 2019 at the Mercure Livingston Hotel. Our theme for this year is Steampunk: Full Steam Ahead. Our Guest of Honour is  PocariRoo! Our chosen charity is still to be announced!

Registration is now open and you can register via this link: https://registration.scotiacon.org.uk/kiosk/2019/

For more information, please visit our website: https://www.scotiacon.org.uk

For news as and when it happens, follow us on Twitter (@Scotiacon) https://twitter.com/Scotiacon

We also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Scotiacon/

And for those of you on Telegram, we have a group chat for people going to the con as well as an announcements channel. Search for ScotiaconSFW and ScotiaconLive.

Until then, you could have a watch of some of our previous events on the Scotiacon YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/scotiaconTV

That's all for now! We hope to see you in November!

Good news!

We are open for registration! Click the link to get signed up: https://registration.scotiacon.org.uk/kiosk/2017/

Once you are fully registered, you will receive a confirmation email. These sometimes end up in spam filters so check there as well! Included in the email are details for how to book the hotel room at the hotel.

http://www.scotiacon.org.uk/venue/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Hello again everyone!

We have a bumper amount of news for you today.

Firstly, our theme for this year is "The Legend of Swashbuckler Cove". Thar be pirates ahoy, maties! If you were at ConFuzzled this year, you might have seen our flyers dotted around the hotel.

Relating to this but more importantly, the charity we are supporting this year is Parrot Trust Scotland. This group actively looks after the welfare and well-being of our colourful, cracker loving, feathered friends but they are also looking to educate people about these amazing creatures. If you wish to learn more, the website is linked here: http://parrot-trust-scotland.org.uk/

If you have a question about the charity, either post it here or on this Twitter link: https://twitter.com/ScotiaCon/statu.....36375576121345

Finally, we will open registration on Friday 9th June! Keep an eye out during the week as we will confirm what you need to do before we officially open.

So to summarise:
Theme - The Legend of Swashbuckler Cove (Pirates!)
Charity - Parrot Trust Scotland http://parrot-trust-scotland.org.uk/
Registration Open - Friday 9th June

Don't forget to keep an eye on our Twitter page for information! http://twitter.com/ScotiaCon

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more!

Good news, everyone!

We are very pleased to announce that the GoH for this year's convention is  faruku !

Faruku is based in the United Kingdom and has been producing fursuits since 2008. Specialising in creating eye catching semi-realistic fursuits you can see some examples of her work at the bottom of this page. Originally based in a studio set up in the city of Coventry, Faruku has moved back to the her native North of England. Not only producing fursuits, Faruku has been drawing for a number of years and has active in both traditional media and digital work.

Faruku is a keen motorist and has spent a great deal of effort bringing an Abarth 595 named Enzo into being possibly the loudest small car we have ever seen. This year the sound system on our stage could be not the loudest thing around. It’s not just lions that roar, their cars do too!

http://www.scotiacon.org.uk/guest-of-honour/

Stay tuned for more announcements!

Hello again everyone.

We are pleased to announce that we will be at the Mercure Livingston hotel for the fourth time from 3rd - 5th November this year! We hope to see you there and look forward to giving you further news and announcements as and when they are confirmed.

In the meantime, for those who have Twitter, follow us https://twitter.com/ScotiaCon

Hello everybody!

We are pleased to announce the dates for this years ScotiaCon are Friday 3rd through to Sunday 5th November 2017. Put it in your diary and keep an eye out for further updates!

This is a reminder that registration for Scotiacon 2016 is open! You can register at http://scotiacon.furry.be/ We are delighted to welcome everyone back for another year. We will be returning to the Mercure Livingston from the 4th – 6th November 2016.

Join in the ongoing adventure of Scotiacon!

We've survived the Apocalypse!

A big thank you to everyone for making Scotiacon 2015 another fantastic year.
We hope you've all enjoyed yourselves and we're all looking forward to making 2016 even grander.

We've tallied up all the generous donations in the auction, the donation boxes and various other ways to donate; and have come to a total of £2,089.40 for the Scottish Owl Centre. I'm sure this will make a big difference to the campaign to repair their roof.
Thank you all who donated and special thanks goes out to  tribalyoshi who gave ALL of his Dealer's Den proceeds to the charity.

We are of course looking at ways to improve everyone's experience and make the convention all it can possibly be and more, so if you have any feedback then please email us at events[at]scotiacon.co.uk or simply post your feedback to the forum : https://www.scotiacon.co.uk/showthr.....-2015-feedback

See you all next year!

This is your chance to see your art loud and proud in a genuine, certified, bonafide, one-of-a-kind, full colour, glossy, shiny conbook!

Our mascot, Wallace needs good tidings in the form of arts to stave off post apocalyptic blues.

Submissions in by October 10th 2015 and no later. Anything after this date may not be used.

Please email your submissions to: [email protected]

Image requirements:

- Submissions no later than October 10th 2015.
- 300 DPI with a CMYK colour profile.
- PNG format.
- Maximum of 2500 x 3500 pixels.
- Theme orientated – Your idea of the apocalypse.
- Does not have to feature Wallace.

The maximum size of the image is A4 sized, however smaller images are perfect as well. These are images we can put around the text and use to liven up the conbook.

Please make sure your artwork has a CMYK colour profile. RGB colour profiles will be accepted but we cannot ensure that the colours will stay the same brightness. Converting from RBG to CMYK tends to dampen down the colours. It is at your own risk if you decide to have us convert the colour profile for you.

Do send colour images.
Don't send anything lewd.
Do tell us who you are so we can credit you. (+ website /fa link)
Don't send obscure file formats.
Do have fun with it, go wild.

We cannot guarantee your art will make it in to our conbook.

(BY-NC-ND 2.0 UK) you submit your work, you agree to let us publish your work under it too. To find out what that means for you, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses.....-nc-nd/2.0/uk/

We're looking forward to seeing all the fantastic artwork!

Go to www.scotiacon.co.uk and find out about registering to attend Scotiacon 2015 with special guest  kerijiano everything you need to know is there.

We survived the battle between good and evil, but now it's time to survive!

Registration for the 2015 convention will be opening tomorrow (Monday 1th July) at 20:00. Be prepared! Do you have what it takes to survive after the end times?

Here we have for you a video produced by  awkore from the convention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EE.....ature=youtu.be

Join us in the memories of the 2014 convention and we will see you at the 2015 one!

We thought you might all enjoy a look at what our hard working video people have been getting on with. Here is a look at some of the derp and goings on that didn't make it into the final video which we will be releasing soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Q.....ature=youtu.be

https://vimeo.com/119696216

Good news everyone! We know you've all been waiting for Scotiacon for 2015. We are please to announce we will be returning to the Mercure Livingston from the 6th - 8th November 2015.

This year we will be supporting the Scottish Owl Centre and trying to help raise money for their campaign to raise the roof. The owls don't like being wet.

So come on down! We will be updating the website progressively and trying to deliver another smashing year as a convention.

A big thank you to everyone who attended Scotiacon this year. We are delighted that it went well and look forward to next year and making it even better for you all. We will be releasing the charity amount once we have double checked the donations and collection pots have all been added to the total.

If you do have any feedback please email it to the events@ scotiacon.co.uk email address and we will try and use it to improve what we do.

A few things we hope to do next year:

* Formally introduce fursuit badges as an option.
* Release timetable earlier and in alternative formats.
* Extend day ticket policy to cater for demand better.
* Provision for more secondary interest events.

The staff will obviously be taking some rest after the convention and reviewing the 2014 convention before deciding on any changes needed. This will include the recruitment of any additional staff as roles are identified.

Thank you again, we hope to see you all again next year!

In light of increasing demand, we have reviewed our policy on Day Tickets and are pleased to announce that we will be opening sales for Day Tickets at a price of £22 per day. When the DNS move completes we will be advising on the process for obtaining one.

We expect to offer them at registration opening next year if the demand is sustained.

Please note that Scotiacon general registration will be closing on Friday 17th October. If you have not arranged to pay by this date your goodies may not turn up in time. For any problems just email registration[at]scotiacon.co.uk

You do still have time to sign up though right now at our site:

www.scotiacon.co.uk

Just to let everyone know, our registration team will be away on holiday for a few days so replied will be delayed. Sorry about that :)

Here's a little video we have for you all to see about the move of Scotiacon. We have uploaded this to both Vimeo and Youtube. We will have it on FA as well. Once the minions have worked out how to :)

https://vimeo.com/98942071

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXw.....ature=youtu.be

You can now register for a dealers table at Scotiacon. Please email dealersden @ scotiacon.co.uk (removing the spaces). Once again we will not be charging for tables. Of course if you should wish to make a donation to the charity we will welcome that. We will be supporting World Horse Welfare.

So get those goodies ready for sale!

Well we are now ready to open registration for Scotiacon 2014. You will need to register with our site to allow a speedy registration. You can register as a user on the site now to stay up to date with things. Registration will be opened on the 29th March at 20:00 GMT and the registration form for the convention can be filled out.


If you have any questions or problems regarding registration you can contact our team by the contact us form, sign up for easy access.

We are pleased to announce our Guest of Honour for 2014 at Scotiacon. We will be welcoming  madebymercury a fursuit builder who also happens to draw artwork as well. It's like getting two people in one. We hope you will enjoy her attendance this year.

We also have to turn out attention to the charity we will be supporting this year. World Horse Welfare is a charity dedicated to the protection and rehabilitation of horses. Their invaluable work will be boosted by what we can raise for them.

www.worldhorsewelfare.org

Good news everyone! The searchlights are all activated and we can reveal to you our theme for 2014's Scotiacon. We will be following the brave superheroes the likes of whom have never been seen before. Underwear will be on the outside, the men will be in tights or if you prefer and happen to be a budding evil genius (bonus points for evil doctors that went to medical school).


We will shortly be announcing the opening of registration and also out guest for this year's convention. We think they are positively souper.


That pun.... was awful. Sorry about that, catch me if you can at the convention and you might be able to stop my language based horrors.

We know those who have attended Scotiacon in previous years wanted to know what was happening in 2014. Well now we can reveal things to you.


Scotiacon is moving to November for a few reasons. It gives us a much better price to you for hotel accommodation and the summer was simply getting too crowded with events to go to so we will be thought it would be best to solve both those things in one go. This was raised to us at the feedback sessions and it gives us an ideal chance to build on our previous successful years.


That is not the only change though, we are regretfully leaving Inverness. The city has been fantastic for us and allowed us to become established as an event, but good things can't last and we were getting a bit tight on event space. We will be moving to the Mercure Livingston which is about twenty minutes outside of Edinburgh. The hotel features include a full set of event rooms, open bar area and fireplace with a real fire (no singed tails please), a swimming pool and gym area and more than a hundred bedrooms. The hotel offers free parking, free wifi to guests (with faster options at a charge) and easy access from road, rail and bus.


http://www.mercurelivingston.co.uk/


We will be announcing our guests, theme and registration date shortly.


Now onto the important details of pricing:

Con fees:

Attendee: £65.00

Attendee with Eat Scotland event: £70.00

Sponsor: £105


Sponsors will get free entry into the Eat Scotland event and other surprises and treats. The Eat Scotland event is a food tasting event that samples different Scottish foods each year. Whilst it is possible to book this at the convention itself, spaces are limited as the hotel has to get the food bought in and prepared for us. So buying ES with the attendee membership guarantees a place. There will be an additional charge to standard attendees that wish to upgrade at the con which will be more than £5.



Rooms:

Single room per night: £70.00

Double and twin rooms per night: £80.00


All prices include breakfast in the hotel. So that means to share a room is £40.00 per person per night. To book a hotel room you must call the events team at the hotel to book giving Scotiacon as your booking reference. The hotel are working to provide an online booking discount code, but this depends on their headquarters setting it up.

I have this think called Vimeo now, tastes horrible, but I've been assured it's good for video things. Here's the trailer we have for you for Scotiacon this year. Taking place in the Mercure hotel, Inverness from the 2nd to 5th August.

https://vimeo.com/68070452