SaikouCon | |
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Status | Defunct |
Genre | Anime, Manga, Japanese culture [1] |
Venue | Mountain Laurel Resort |
Location(s) | White Haven, Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2013 [1] |
Attendance | 2,800 in 2019 [2] |
Organized by | Michael Meade [1] |
Website | http://www.saikoucon.com |
SaikouCon was an annual three day anime convention held during August at the Mountain Laurel Resort in White Haven, Pennsylvania. [3] The convention's name in Japanese translates to "best convention." It was the first anime convention hosted in the Lehigh Valley. [1] [4]
The convention typically offered a dance party, costume contest, concerts, a merchant’s hall, tabletop games, video games, and workshops. [5] [6] [7] The 2014 charity auction benefited the Dave Thomas Foundation and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. [5]
SaikouCon for 2013 and 2014 was located at the Holiday Inn Conference Center Lehigh Valley in Breinigsville. [1] [5] For 2015 the convention was located at the Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel Conference Center. SaikouCon moved from the Split Rock Resort in Lake Harmony back to Allentown for 2017, being located at the Holiday Inn Center City. [7] The 2018 convention was held at the Econo Lodge Conference Center in Allentown. [8] [9] SaikouCon was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [10] [11] SaikouCon 2021 was cancelled due to various issues including the event's lack of programming, with the convention also closing due to operational problems. [3] [12] [13]
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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August 23-25, 2013 | Holiday Inn Conference Center Lehigh Valley Breinigsville, Pennsylvania | 850 | Joshua Adams, The D20 Girls Project, Terri Doty, Darrel Guilbeau, Hitomi Himekawa, Greg Houser, League of Hot Geeks, Uke Li, Jessie Pridemore, Bill Rogers, Jad Saxton, Sci-Fi Photo Guys, The Slants, DJ Soul Eater, and Marc Swint. [14] |
August 22-24, 2014 | Holiday Inn Conference Center Lehigh Valley Breinigsville, Pennsylvania | 1,500 | The Adarna, The Asterplace, Cosplay Burlesque, Greg Houser, League of Hot Geeks, Jessie Pridemore, Bill Rogers, Sci-Fi Photo Guys, Sonny Strait, and Marc Swint. [15] |
August 28-30, 2015 | Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel Conference Center Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | 3,000 | The Adarna, Leah Clark, Cosplay Burlesque, Hazel Dayze, Koralene, Danielle McRae, Jessie Pridemore, Sci-Fi Photo Guys, and Adam WarRock. [16] |
August 26-28, 2016 | Split Rock Resort Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania | 2,850 | The Adarna, Dino Andrade, Robert Axelrod, Celsius, Cloudsofsand, Cosplay Burlesque, Deprived, Foxxy, Darrel Guilbeau, Koralene, Jessie Pridemore, REAKT, Sci-Fi Photo Guys, Take Away The Ugly, and Kari Wahlgren. [17] |
August 18-20, 2017 | Holiday Inn Allentown Center City Allentown, Pennsylvania | The Adarna, Leah Clark, Deprived, Gigi Edgley, R. Bruce Elliott, Foxxy, The Gothic Celt, Greg Houser, Koralene, The Manly Battleships, REAKT, and Oscar Seung. [18] | |
July 27-29, 2018 | Econo Lodge Conference Center Allentown, Pennsylvania | 8BIT Ambitions, The Adarna, Dolly Love, Gigi Edgley, Foxxy, Kohei Hattori, Christina Marie Kelly, Koralene, REAKT, Stellure, TiA, and Lex Winter. [19] | |
August 2-4, 2019 | Mountain Laurel Resort White Haven, Pennsylvania | 2,800 | 8BIT Ambitions, Cosplay Burlesque, Dolly Love, Foxxy, Greg Houser, The Manly Battleships, Pine State Heroes, and WildSpice. [2] |
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