Kitsune Kon

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Kitsune Kon
StatusActive
Genre Anime, Gaming [1]
VenueKI Convention Center
Location(s) Green Bay, Wisconsin
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2011
Attendance3,487 in 2019 [2]
Website http://www.kitsunekon.com/

Kitsune Kon is an annual three-day anime convention held during July at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Programming

The convention typically offers arcade gaming, artists’ alley, a boffer (foam weapons) room, costume contest, dealers’ hall, formal dance, and gaming (console, table top, video). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Its formal dance benefited the American Association for Cancer prevention in 2016. [6]

History

Kitsune Kon moved to the KI Convention Center due to growth. [3] Complaints about the 2017 convention included a lack of food options, shortage of staff, and issues with the local Green Bay population. [7] Kitsune Kon 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9] Kitsune Kon 2021 was also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] [11]

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
February 25-27, 2011Radisson Paper Valley Hotel
Appleton, Wisconsin 		1,042 [5] Chris Cason, Tiffany Grant, Page Kotalic, John Matson, Vic Mignogna, Yuko "Aido" Ota, and Ananth Panagariya. [12]
March 30 - April 1, 2012Radisson Paper Valley Hotel
Appleton, Wisconsin		Curtis Arnott, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Michelle Ann Dunphy, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Laura Post, and Lisle Wilkerson. [13]
March 22-24, 2013Radisson Paper Valley Hotel
Appleton, Wisconsin		1,795 [14] Curtis Arnott, Martin Billany, Preston Cowley, Tanglwyst De Holloway, Scott Frerichs, Darrel Guilbeau, Nick Landis, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Laura Post, David Vincent, White Girl, and Lisle Wilkerson. [14]
March 21-23, 2014Radisson Paper Valley Hotel
Appleton, Wisconsin		2,210 [15] Chris Cason, Tiffany Grant, Steve "Warky" Nunez, and Jan Scott-Frazier. [15]
March 20-22, 2015Hyatt on Main, Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin 		2,487 [16] Richard Epcar, Faecakes, Natalie Hoover, Joel McDonald, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, and Ellyn Stern. [16]
July 22-24, 2016KI Convention Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin		Arc Impulse, Thomas M. Baxa, D.C. Douglas, Erin Fitzgerald, Quinton Flynn, Atelier Heidi, Joel McDonald, ProJared, Chris Rager and Jon St. John. [17]
July 14-16, 2017KI Convention Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin		 Brian Beacock, Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, Irene Flores, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Derek Stephen Prince, Jon St. John, and Paul St. Peter. [18]
July 20-22, 2018KI Convention Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin		3,209 Kimberly Brooks, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, D.C. Douglas, Jessie James Grelle, Wendee Lee, Joel McDonald, Ian Sinclair, Paul St. Peter, and Bennett White. [19]
July 12-14, 2019KI Convention Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin		3,487 Tia Ballard, Justin Briner, Kira Buckland, Clifford Chapin, Xanthe Huynh, and Amanda Winn-Lee. [2]
July 22-24, 2022KI Convention Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin		Edward Bosco, John Burgmeier, Ben Diskin, Kohei Hattori, Phil Mizuno, Jonah Scott, and Jon St. John. [20]
July 21-23, 2023KI Convention Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin		 Dani Chambers, Dorothy Fahn, Melissa Fahn, Tom Fahn, DJ GreenFlöw, Lisa Ortiz, and Michael "Knightmage" Wilson. [21]
July 19-21, 2024KI Convention Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin		 Bryn Apprill, Samantha Béart, Dawn M. Bennett, Edward Bosco, Mark Hildreth, Bridget Hoffman, Brittney Karbowski, Brian Mathis, Scott McNeil, and Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith. [22]

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  13. ↑ "Kitsune Kon 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  14. 1 2 "Kitsune Kon 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
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