A lot of you have been wondering why we hadn’t announced our dates yet for 2023. And while we’ll explain everything if you keep reading, to jump to the point we’ll just start by announcing No Brand Con XX will be held September 1-3, 2023 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Stevens Point, WI!
While we had an amazing convention this last April, it’s become increasingly clear over the last few years that the Wisconsin Dells wasn’t the right home for No Brand Con. The event spaces available didn’t really suit the kind of con we wanted to run, and — frankly — it’s an expensive place to attend an event. So, for the last few months we’ve been digging in and looking at our options. We reached out to venues around the state, pored over convention center layouts, and looked at what kind of a city would be the best home for the No Brand Heroes.
In the end, we settled on Stevens Point, WI for a couple of reasons.
First off, we like the town because it reminds us of where we came from. No Brand Con started out as an anime convention in a college town, and we’d like to become that again. Stevens Point used to host an anime convention (until circumstances outside of that organization’s control forced it to move), so we think we’ll be right at home there.
Secondly, we really like the venue. One of the biggest complaints folks had about No Brand Con over the last few years was that everything was too spread out at the Chula Vista. The con was split between four levels and nothing was close together. Our new venue in Stevens Point fixes that — putting all of our event on a single level and easy to find.
Finally, there is the change to our date. No Brand Con historically has always been held in the Spring, and we’re moving to early September. We’re doing this because, frankly, the spring calendar is and has always been a crowded place. Year after year before arranging our dates we’ve been forced to reach out to other events and make sure we had an adequate number of weeks between our con and another — not always successfully. It’s been, frankly, hard to manage a calendar. And with our decision to relocate to another city, we thought that this would be the best time to rethink our place in the schedule.
Preregistration will open for No Brand Con 2023 on October 15th, so we hope you’re as excited as we are.
And, just in case, here are some answers to questions we anticipate:
I was originally registered for No Brand Con 2020/2021/2022 and rolled over my preregistration to 2023, do I need to do anything?
All rolled over registrations are in our records, and we are still in process of adding them to the 2023 registration logs right now. You should receive an email by November 1st confirming your 2023 registration. If you do not get one by that date, please reach out to us.
Are your COVID-19 precautions still in place?
Right now it is hard to judge what the landscape will look like in September of 2023. Our current policies require all attendees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and that attendees mask. While we are looking at streamlining our vaccination verification procedures (after seeing what does and doesn’t work at No Brand Con 2022), we haven’t formalized our final plans and likely won’t until we’re much closer to the event. Please know that we may choose to keep our 2022 precautions in place for the safety of our attendees and staff.
Will Duct Tape Boy be there?
Yes.
