In two weeks, No Brand Con will be hitting the road! Between now and No Brand Con XI next May, we’ll be at several regional conventions and events where you’ll be able stop to by our ambassador tables and get some great deals on our con merchandise and a discounted registration rate!

Our first stops on the docket, we’ll be sending two separate staff teams to two conventions happening the same weekend in July. We’ll be at WausaubiCon at The Plaza Hotel & Suites in Wausau, WI and AniMinneapolis at The Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park, MN both of which are happening the weekend of July 8-10, 2011. If you’re attending either of these conventions, you can stop by our tables and preregister for No Brand Con next year for just $20! That’s $5 off the early bird rate of $25 we’ll be running online until the end of September! This is the lowest rate we’ll be offering a weekend pass for next year’s convention and you’ll only be able to get this discounted rate during these conventions at our tables, so be sure to take advantage if you’ll be at either of these cons!

And as always, you can follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates and what conventions and events we’ll be at if you can’t always check the main site!

We’re happy to announce Early Bird preregistration is now open online for No Brand Con 2012 for just $25! Click here to get started! However, this rate will only be run online until October 1, 2011 when it will then afterward move up to our standard $30 rate, so be sure the take advantage of this before the end of September to insure you get the cheapest online rate!

And just a reminder, our room block for No Brand Con 2012 is open for anyone to make a reservation, so you can now take care of all your convention preparations for next year! Feel free to check out our Location page for more info on how to book a room! The earlier you reserve a room, the better selection of room types will be available to you, so we strongly recommend booking a room sooner rather than later!

And as always, feel free to follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates if you can’t always check the main site!

We’re happy to announce we will be opening up early bird preregistration for No Brand Con XI next week on Wednesday, June 1! It will be only $25 to register online or mail-in for the entire weekend! However, we will only be running this rate online until October 1, 2011 when it will then move up to our traditional $30 preregistration rate which will run for the remainder of the time until preregistration closes next April, so be sure to register early!

We will also be posting an update soon for all the professional cosplay photos that were taken last April during No Brand Con X. We apologize for the delay in this, but with the photos we’ve seen so far from the photograher, it will definitely be worth the wait!

And as always, you can follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates!

Here’s are links to all the local media coverage for No Brand Con X a couple of weeks ago:

(some articles may require a subscription to completely view)

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram convention preview article from 4/14/11.
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram convention coverage article/video from 4/17/11.
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram post convention article from 4/18/11.

Volume One Magazine convention preview article from 3/31/11.
Volume One Magazine convention photos from 4/26/11.

WQOW TV-18 (ABC) convention coverage article/video from 4/15/11.
WEAU TV-13 (NBC) convention preview interview from 3/16/11.
WEAU TV-13 (NBC) convention coverage video from 4/15/11.
WEAU TV-13 (NBC) convention coverage article from 4/15/11.

Sports Radio 1400 “The Watercooler” convention preview interview from 4/1/11.
20 Second Radio PSA for No Brand Con X that aired on local radio prior to convention.

Red Letter Media’s convention report from 4/22/11 episode of “Half in the Bag”.

We’ll be posting an update soon to all our convention cosplay photos that were taken during the convention! And as always, you can follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates!

So, this year, a funny girl named Q teamed up with John of Fast Food Anime once again to bring you the NoBrandCon 2011 Man Auction! …And the Men of Staff are more than willing to sell themselves…er, a date with themselves, to the highest bidder.

This year’s featured Men, stats, and info about them can be found here; http://www.nobrandcon.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15420

As you can see, a few Men from last year return, and a few more have joined the fray! Who will you bid on in our knock down drag out Friday night Charity event?

Our No Brand Con Master Schedule is now ready to go to! Feel free to check it out or download it to help better plan your convention weekend!

Click here to view and download it! It’s on google docs via a spread sheet for easy access.

There potentially could be a slight change made to the start time of a panel or showing between now and the convention if needed, but we have no plans to change it right now. All the major events and everything else will happen at the scheduled times on this schedule. If we do make any changes, we will post an update about it.

And as always, if you can’t always check the main site, feel free to follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates!

A few rooms opened up over the weekend at the convention hotel as well as a handful of rooms still being available for single night stays on Friday or Saturday night if you don’t need to stay the entire weekend. You can call the hotel directly (715-834-3181) in order to book one of these rooms or you can also check availability at The Plaza by clicking here. The hotel will still honor the $92 convention rate right up until the start of the convention.

If you can’t find anything open at The Plaza, we did set up some overflow hotel rooms at The Days Inn-Campus which is located near the con hotel:

Days Inn-Campus
2305 Craig Road
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 834-3193
http://www.stayeauclaire.com

They do have a special rate setup for anyone who mentions they are staying there for NoBrandCon.

Just a reminder today is also the last day you can submit volunteer forms, NoBrand Comic submissions, and AMV Contest entries in order to be considered for this year’s con! Information for these is linked in the previous update if you need to know what to do in order to get it in.

Also, here is the convention layout we’re using at the Plaza this year. There is a open area north of the hotel for people to do outside omake activities and there will be an ambassador area for other conventions adjacent to Artist Alley Area B and a photo shoot in the Pool Deck Lounge.

And as always, if you can’t always check the main site, feel free to follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates!