UK Fandom Weekend 2024?

[kat_lair]

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Hello everyone, but especially people in the UK or willing to travel there!

A long, long time ago, I can still remember
How that music fandom weekend used to make me smile...

*clears throat*

Anyway. Once upon a time there was Connotations, a fan con by fans for fans where I met some awesome people and drank questionable amounts of alcohol. Once upon a time I also hosted 'North-West Fen' meetings in Manchester, and then a 'Broadstairs Bacchanalia' fandom weekend in, you guessed it, Broadstairs. Then life, pandemic, etc.

Now... Possibility? Potential? A vaguest of plan... To maybe do something like that again. In person. In... Well, still considering the location (because sadly I no longer live in a house that can host more than max five people for group activities) because a lot depends on the numbers (though Manchester has been floated...). Next summer(ish) seems like a potentially solid time as well.

Anyway, I am posting this first in my journal but will consider setting up a separate community if there is enough interest. So, please can I ask everyone to

1) Share this post. Look, I made a very professional banner and everything. You could like post it and embed a link to this post and that would make my little heart swell with gratitude.



2) Fill this extremely professional poll.

Poll #29528 UK Fandom Weekend 2024

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30

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I'm able to/interested in attend/ing

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Yes
14 (50.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)

Depends on factors I will elaborate on in the comments
14 (50.0%)

Ideal time for such an event is... (tick all you think would work)

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March 2024
14 (48.3%)

April 2024
16 (55.2%)

May 2024
17 (58.6%)

June 2024
18 (62.1%)

July 2024
21 (72.4%)

August 2024
17 (58.6%)

September 2024
17 (58.6%)

October 2024
17 (58.6%)

Ideal location for such an event is...

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I already have ideas for activities which I will share now!

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Please feel free to elaborate and offer suggestions in the comments!

Thank you!

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Comments

[dreamersdare]

Actually on location, also think about access via car, in particular parking, which is a bitch and a half in city centres. Because some folks will be coming via car, I would expect, for various reasons.

[pushkin666]

Parking can be prohibively expensive in city centres as well. If its in Manchester, which I'm advocating, cos I'm on the ground and can visit venues etc, then if people drive they can always park around mine and just take tram in as its only 20 minutes

[trialia]

I can offer some free Manchester parking too - I live 2 miles from the city centre and my building often has at least half a dozen empty parking spaces in our gated car park, the only requirement to be inside the car park would be that somebody would need to be in my flat to let people in, unless my neighbour agrees to do it on her day off (she usually would if she's staying home). Getting out is easy, the gate opens automatically for anybody driving towards it from the inside. On a day that's not a match day with City playing at home, there'll be more parking available around the area, too.