While NoBrandCon will be celebrating it’s tenth anniversary next Spring, another one of our yearly events will be celebrating it’s fifth anniversary this upcoming weekend. STEAK V (NBC’s Fall gaming event) will be occurring this weekend, October 16-17 at the UWEC Davies Center on the second floor in the skylight lounge area. Established in 2006 by some of NoBrand’s dedicated table gaming staff, this event has since grown to include a video game room and viewing theater on top of the usual table gaming as well. The NoBrandCon staff put on this event to help bridge the gap between our yearly conventions and to have some fun during the slower Fall months before ramping up and getting ready for NoBrandCon in the Spring.

If you’d like some more information about STEAK, feel free to check out our event page on facebook, become a fan of STEAK on facebook, and join the discussion in our STEAK forum. Hope to see you there!

Sorry about the lack of updates over the Summer! With the new school year approaching and a slough of new Fall conventions and events soon upon us, you’ll be seeing far more frequent updates in the months ahead as we count down to NoBrandCon X!

The big announcement we have today is that we’re heading to Geekkon at the Madison Marriot West in Madison, WI on September 3-5, 2010!

The news gets even better!

Preregistration for NoBrandCon X will be up and running soon, but for those of you who can’t wait, we have a special that will be running during our room parties on Friday and Saturday nights only at Geekkon! We’re going to be offering early-bird preregistration for NoBrandCon X next April for a mere $25! That’s right, the entire weekend of NoBrandCon X at our brand new convention space for just $25!

So if you’re planning on attending Geekkon next weekend in Madison, be sure you stop by our room party on either Friday or Saturday night and take advantage of what will be our lowest preregistration price!

Have a good one!

The NoBrandCon Staff would like to send out a personal thank you to all those who attended this year’s convention! We couldn’t run this event without you and hope everyone had a great time!

Our official attendance this year was 1,192.

We also announced our dates and venue for next year during closing ceremonies. NoBrandCon 10 will take place April 15-17, 2011 at the Plaza Hotel & Suites in Eau Claire, WI. This was the same hotel NoBrandCon 4 was at in 2005, so we’re looking forward to the change in venue and what it will bring to the table for our attendees next year!

Again, a big thanks to everyone who attended and helped out with this year’s con!

Alright folks, we’re counting down the days to this year’s convention. Only 9 more days!

In the mean time, we’ve got our convention schedule ready to go! Feel free to click on the link and check out all the events we’ve planned for this year. The times for a few events might be subject to change as we get closer to the start of the convention, but this will give you a pretty good idea of what and when everything is happening.

Also, here is a list of our confirmed vendors we have for this years convention:

Fast Food Anime
MysteriousMages/Raven’s Moon Studio
Cards Xcetera
Rick’s Place (aka Button Bard)
Anime Klub
Buzzy’s
Anime V
Wayne’s World
Bowendragon
Eagle Anime
Toadhill Shops
ChAdam Games
Fictional Fancies
KM Costumes
Planet Neo
Anime Palace
20th Century Books
Hedgehog and Otter
Odyssey Anime
Fountain of Youth

A lot of returning vendors and some new faces as well! Be sure to check out their tables when you pass through the vendor room!

Lastly, if you’re still looking for a place to stay for the convention, here is all our overflow hotel information if you are unable to get a room at the Ramada.

Only about 7 weeks remain until the start of NoBrandCon 9! This upcoming weekend, several staffers will be heading down to Anime Milwaukee 3.5 to volunteer and have some fun before crunch time hits as we get ready for NoBrandCon at the end of April.

Also, we’d like to officially announce our Art and Music guests for this years con!

Due to popular demand and a lot of requests, Michael “Mookie” Terracciano will be coming back for a second year as our official art guest. Mookie is a web comic artist most well known for his web comic Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire.

For our rock show on Friday night, Dr. Cancer and the SKAmbies based out of Stevens Point will be performing as well as some of our own in house groups, so be sure to check them out if you get a chance!

Finally, just as a reminder for all our prospective attendees, the Ramada currently is full. For information on our overflow hotels, click here.