About Us
Bay Area Brony Spectacular
What's a BABSCon?
Bay Area Brony Spectacular (aka BABSCon) is the San Francisco Bay Area's own My Little Pony convention. It was founded in 2013 and had its first event in April of 2014. That first con was the largest ever for a first-year MLP con, and immediately made BABSCon the second-largest MLP con in the world.
The goal of BABSCon is to provide the craziest, most awesome experience it can to the fans of My Little Pony by enabling them to interact with the cast and crew of the show itself (and licensed materials!), befriend one another, buy amazing fan-created merchandise, and generally have the best pony party they can.
In addition, we support a pair of local and regional charities every year with our live Charity Auction and play host to a number of groups, each supporting charitable goals. Last year we raised $11,607 for LYRIC and San Francisco Suicide Prevention!
Our motto: "BABSCon runs on Rule of Cool!"
Our next con is March 30 - April 1, 2018, at the glorious SFO Hyatt Regency hotel in Burlingame, CA. We hope you'll come out and have an amazing long weekend with us!
Who are the strange, crazy, wonderful people who are bringing BABSCon back to you in 2018? Here's our list of all-stars! Assisting our trusty mascots below are:
Senior Con Staff:
Chair: Andy Reyes (aka FableCharm)
Vice Chair: Chris Bartlett (aka Bos'n Otter)
Director of Theme & Theatrics: Sophianna Ardinger (aka Diamond Doodle)
Hotel Liaison/Party Maven: Glen Oakley (aka Tanaki)
Harmonious Elements board: Sonya Hipper (Pres.), Rebecca Bettencourt (VP), Andrew Brockert (Treasurer), Sophianna Ardinger, Andy Reyes, Martin Wilson, Simon Wolfe.
If you'd like to join BABSCon as press, take a look at our press page here:
Contact Addresses:
General Info: info@babscon.com
Media & Press: pr@babscon.com
Volunteering: volunteers@babscon.com
Registration: registration@babscon.com
Vendors & Artists: vendors@babscon.com
Events & Programming: events@babscon.com
Charity & Sponsorships: charity@babscon.com
Art Show: artshow@babscon.com
Party Floor: party@babscon.com