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A week in and we're heading towards the 50% mark on the kickstarter 🥳 For the curious, here are some of the shenanigans we are planning for The Wee Con 2!

Like TWC 1, we're going to have panels, but this time around, it'll be a mix of long-form or short-form, depending on peoples' preference. All panels will be streamed again, the same way as last year. Submissions will open once we get the funding sorted and know how much room we'll have.

(Special mention to the fact that this year will *not* be happening on one of the two weekends of the year when the UK/USA timezone difference is completely forked by daylight savings 😅 )

We're also planning on running workshops again due to popular demand, although we're still working on the fairest way to make sure the sign ups are available to everyone and not just our earliest birds.

Which leads nicely onto informal crafting sessions between panels. Since we'll have tables in our theatre this time, it's a fun way to let everyone have a chill now and then, we'll be setting up crafting tables with different kinds of media to dabble in.

Flag-making will be back of course, but we're putting together some other shiny things. And glue. So much glue.

There will also be Calypso's Market again because we as a fandom are known to be magpies. We can't confirm how many tables and/or slots there will be yet, since we need to do the usual room-tetris and work out where/when/how things will be set up.

And, of course, we'll be featuring a costume showcase and drag show because as much as we're magpies, we also love a bit of dress-up. The drag show will round out our closing-night party and hopefully, a fab time will be had by all and sundry :)

There is also a bonus special tea party in the offing! Do you want seven lumps of sugar and a dollop of milk? How about some orange cake? Stede's afternoon tea is being organised by Hayley at one of the delightful establishments in the city 🫖

Our ticket portal is now open :)

Where: The Social Hub, Glasgow. It's a lovely modern venue with great accessibility, lots of spaces and several places to eat on site. It's also a hotel, so attendees will be able to stay on site. (We will also be getting discount codes for accommodation, so hold fire on booking!)

When: The event is running from Friday 6th November to Sunday 8th November. We'll have shenanigans afoot throughout the day and into the evenings over the weekend. There's also a space for a craft fair, because we can't *not* have one of those.

How much: Unfortunately, since the venue hire is higher than the combined total of both venues last year and then some, we will have raise the ticket prices a little. However, Glasgow is a much more budget-friendly city than Edinburgh, even based where we are right in the centre, so the costs may end up being even less overall ❤️

Full event tickets - £140 plus (with discounted rates on hotel and parking through the venue) Saturday/Sunday only - £110 One day tickets - £80 Online only - £30

We will be expanding our pay-it-forward option as well to include full tickets.

What next:

We’re aiming to get the kickstarter up and running as soon as possible and a link will be dropped in here when it goes live. We’ll also be adding all current updates and news to the website with a blog feature so you can see the latest developments and news as it comes in.

Submissions for panels, workshops and crafting will all be after the kickstarter. Plenty of time to don your planning caps! If you're intimidated by the idea of a full-length panel, we're hoping to run a selection of short panels as well as longer ones so don't worry about filling an hour :)

During the Wee Con, we want to showcase the work of podficcers! But for that, we need you to submit 1 or 2 snippets of a podfic you're proud of through this form! 

boy | happydaiz will take all the snippets and edit them together into one long audiofile of ± 30 minutes. 

The audiofile will be available to the attendees of the Wee Con, including our online attendees, until the 15th of November.

Due to the rooms we have, we won't play the audiofile at the con, but everyone will be able to enjoy the audio at their own convenience. 

Your deadline for submission is 15th of October 

You can submit 1 or 2 snippets

Depending on the amount of submissions and the time, we'll include both

Snippets can be 2-3 minutes long

Meanwhile, tickets are available now through our portal!

We had a lot of fantastic panels at TWC last year.

This year, we'd like to shake things up a bit - for anyone who didn't feel comfortable with filling an hour, we're planning 15 minute mini-panels. Like a TED talk, if you will. Only OFMD flavoured 😉

For general and wide-ranging knowledge from weather patterns and special interests in fabric to a well-crafted fuckery, we will have Ed talks.

For anything a bit more... grisly, gory and anatomically exploratory (with eyes or hot pokers), NED talks are the place to be.