DashCon 2 Venue Announcement, Vendor's Hall, and More!
The DashCon 2 team is thrilled to announce the concrete answers to all your biggest questions. Where it is, when it is, how to buy tickets, and more. You ready?
Where: DashCon 2 will be held at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in North York, Toronto
What: Tickets will go live on February 22nd. Vendor Applications will be open on February 1st, and Panelist Applications on February 10th.
[6 Sakura Way, North York, ON M3C 1Z5]
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The JCCC has previously hosted plenty of other fan conventions, notably the Anime North Halloween Event and Pretty Heroes. Given their experience with convention hosting and gorgeous venue space, we think theyโre the perfect fit.
So, why did this take so long?
Wellโฆ the JCCC wasnโt our first pick. Our first pick, who we wonโt name, dropped us unexpectedly after months of negotiations. Why? Original DashConโs reputation. We literally got DashConโd before the convention had even started!!
While we were expecting this and had backup plans, we were blindsided by a rejection this late into the negotiation process. After reaching out to our other contacts, we settled on the JCCC, but we had to restart the entire process. So much of our planning had to be restarted or paused, which set us way behind schedule. Naturally, we didnโt want to say anything about losing our venue spot until weโd adequately replaced it.
Weโre happy to say that the Classic DashCon Venue Struggle is over and done with - and our rental with the JCCC is paid in advance. No $17k hostage situation necessary.
However, all this provokes another obvious question: why did you go public with the project when you hadnโt signed with the venue yet? In short: Strange Aeonsโ DashCon: An Extensive Oral History video. We were already knee-deep in the project behind the scenes before finding out she was making a YouTube video about DashCon, pushing the story into the public eye again. The team was concerned that declaring we were organizing DashCon 2 soon after Strange Aeonsโ video would imply it was a rush-job inspired by her video. We were far enough along in the initial venue negotiations that we decided to go public with the video rather than after it.
DashCon 2 will be held for one day: Saturday, 5th July 2025. We alluded to using the same weekend as the original DashCon when we first went public, but unfortunately this date wasnโt available at our venue. This does mean itโs pretty close to the American 4th of July - in our defense, we didnโt really think of that, weโre Canadian.
The convention will open to the public at 9:30 AM and close at 9:30 PM. All this information and more will be available on our website.
(These hours may be subject to minor changes, please always check our website for our most recent info!)
Ticket sales to in-person DashCon 2 will open on Feb 22nd! Mark your calendarsโฆ
Weโll be processing ticket sales through Simpli Events, an all-Canadian competitor to Eventbrite. You can click here to find the events page.
Weโre working on the feasibility of expanding DashCon 2 into a hybrid event, with live-streams of the most anticipated panels/events and some other informal online panels hosted on a private Discord. More information on those will come at a later date.
Vendor and Panel Applications
DashCon 2โs Artist Alley/Vendor's Hall is a space for independent artisans who create print media, handmade crafts, or other merchandise. If you want the opportunity to sell your merchandise at DashCon 2, then youโll be excited to learn that vendor applications will open on February 1st!
Please see www.dashcontwo.com/dealers-hall/ for more details about tables, prices, and merchandise. The link to the application form will be posted there.
Weโre also happy to say that weโre opening panel applications on February 10th! We have a few guest panellists already lined up (including a few we canโt talk about yet), but weโre excited to open applications to everyone with a good idea! All DashCon 2 panels will be moderated by our volunteer team, and weโll put out more info soon about volunteer sign-ups!
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