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The Magic Returns in 2022!

A Fan-Operated Science Fiction and Fantasy Literary and Filk Convention in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area
September 16-18, 2022 * Sheraton DFW Airport, 4440 W. John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, TX

FenCon XVIII Friday Programming

 

This is your guide to FenCon XVIII  programming including all of our panels, autograph sessions, workshops, concerts, fun surprises, and much more.

Friday Programming Highlights:

Welcome to FenCon XVIII! Registration opens at 11 and programming kicks off at noon. Here are a few of the events

  • Panels and Demos all day.
  • Video opens at 1 PM.
  • Check out FenCon Maker page
  • Gaming opens at 1:00 PM.
  • Opening Ceremonies at 7:00 PM followed by the GOH Concert
  • FenCon Remembrance and Celebration at 8:00 PM. Join our FenCon Family in the Grand Atrium, grab a drink from the Cash Bar and let's toast those we have loved and lost.
  • Art Show reception at 8:30 PM. Cash Bar is still open. Come meet and mingle with our Artist Guests of Honor: The Shiflett Brothers!
  • Join Monster Hunters International Fans in the Whiskey Tango Lounge for a meet and greet at 8:30 pm
  • The fun doesn't stop there! We have a packed evening of events with the Liar's Panel (no kidding!), the Yard Dog Press Road Show and our Filk Circles.

Friday Autograph Schedule:

Grand Atrium

Other Friday Programming:

5:00 PM K. Gallagher , S. Osborn
5:30 PM D. Finn , K. Grayson
8:00 PM FenCon Remembrance and Celebration
Grand Atrium
8:30 PM Art Show Reception
Grand Atrium
8:30 PM Monster Hunter International Meet and Greet!
Whiskey Tango Lounge


† = Advance sign-up required.

FenCon XVIII Friday Programming Schedule:

 

aGrand 3&4

bGalleria 4

dSouthlake

eGrapevine1

fGrapevine 2

hWatermark

iEstates

iLakewood

jMedal of Honor

12:00 PM

   What's Hot In Your Reading List
C. Walter
P.D. Duncan*
      

1:00 PM

      Maker Demos
   

2:00 PM

  Outlasting the iPod/or Podcasting Killed the Radio Star
K. Grayson
M. Stewart
J. Wylder*
  Here A Binge, There A Binge, Everywhere a Binge
K.B. Bogen
K. Sullivan
P. Black*
    

3:00 PM

  Henchmen
"LawDog"
R. Eudaly
R. Hampson
S. Patrick*
  Ghosts: Reality vs. Fiction Ghosts: The Good, the Bad and the Scary
P. Black
D. Carrico
D. Rainbolt*
    

3:30 PM

  Reading
    

4:00 PM

  Future of Guns
"LawDog"
J. Curtis
C. Gannon
K. Spriggs
A. Wakal
L. Correia*
Reading
A. G Thompson
Singin' in the Rain
E. Distad
S. Osborn
A. Royer
T. Morgan*
How to Be a Better Dungeon Master Campaign Planning 101
J. Black
M. Stewart
J. Wylder*
   Costume Meet-and-Greet
J. Hayden*

4:30 PM

  Reading
C. Walter
  

5:00 PM

  Science or Magic?
T. Dyson
M. Foster
S. Hoyt
S. Patrick
C. Sanderson
T. Morgan*
Reading
R. Hampson
Star Trek: 56 Years in the Making
R. Eudaly
D. Rainbolt
B. Yalow
J. Carsten*
   

6:00 PM

Disconnecting Fandom From The Culture War
B. Kemper
M. White
B. Yalow
T. Weisskopf*
Why aren’t Humor Writers Taken SERIOUSLY?
K.B. Bogen
R. Eudaly
A. Royer
P.D. Duncan*
Reading
C. Medellin
The Technology of Star Trek and Other Science Fiction
M. Dyson
R. Hampson
S. Osborn
J. Carsten*
Managing Your Online Presence
P. Black
D. Rainbolt
W. Webb
S. Diamond*
J. Wylder*
   

6:30 PM

     

7:00 PM

Opening Ceremonies
L. Correia
R. Hampson
B. Necessary
The Faithful Sidekicks
The Shiflett Brothers
C. Gannon*
        

8:00 PM

GoH - Music Guests The Faithful Sidekicks Friday Night Concert
The Faithful Sidekicks
Yard Dog Press Road Show
L. Donahue
C. Donahue
R. Eudaly
B. Necessary
R. Rose
M. White
J. Mandala*
       

8:30 PM

      The First-Ever Liar's Panel
P.D. Duncan
D. Rainbolt
K. Spriggs
S. Patrick*
 

9:00 PM

        

10:00 PM

  Friday Night Bardic Filk
     Friday Night Chaos Filk
  

11:00 PM