DashCon 2's Pre-Registration Event
And a happy anniversary!
Hi all,
We have more details about the pre-registration event! You can find them linked on our website. Pre-registration means you can come and pick up your badge/any relevant materials (e.g. your voting token) the evening before, skipping the line.
Pre-Registration
DATE: July 31st, 2026 TIME: 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM LOCATION: Wilket Creek Park Picnic Area #4, 1000 Eglinton Ave E, North York, ON M4P 1E2
We’ll have a large multicoloured flag with the DashCon 2 logo on it identifying our picnic spot :)
As a reminder, the pre-registration event is a Cosplay Picnic and Little Guy Show-and-Tell.
COSPLAY PICNIC
You are invited to dress up in cosplay and bring snacks/packed lunch to eat on the grass. DashCon 2 will have some pre-packaged fruit and veggie plates for you to sample, but we don’t expect supplies to last, so please bring your own food if you’d like to eat!
LITTLE GUY SHOW AND TELL
In cosplay or not, we encourage bringing a little friend to introduce to folks around! It’s a great conversation starter. Examples of Little Guys include stuffed animals, crochet plushes, rocks with googly eyes—any inanimate object that brings you joy and you want to introduce to other people. Please do not bring live animals.
Con-Going Crash Course
For many of you, DashCon 2 might be your first convention. But even veterans might benefit from the tips & tricks Con-Going Crash Course, an all rounder guide to attending a convention. This video is currently available on our Youtube for you to watch to get an idea of everything you need to know/consider for attending a convention!
An absolutely massive thank you to Cinnacorn and Duskroads for the tremendous amount of time and effort you’ve put into this. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Just one more thing.
As some of you may have noticed, although it’s pretty late now, today is July 5th, the official one-year anniversary of DashCon 2.
It hasn’t felt like a year, really—time moves so much faster now.
I’m a different person now that DashCon 2 is in my life. Event planning is my career now. I have new friends, a small but not inconsequential internet presence… and when I go to friends’ weddings, sometimes my reputation precedes me??? Absolutely shocking to get hit with I like your shoelaces completely unironically IRL.
As an organizer, I can never truly attend DashCon 2. That day was a blur of adrenaline and Monster Energy. I was building a castle I’d never walk inside. So I feel DashCon 2 through the contours—the effect it has on other people. Through you.
I am beyond grateful for all of you. Sometimes I rewatch the montage of the ending dance party, with the headbanging Miku circle, and I cry. I’m being serious. The greatest joy of my life is getting to make all of you happy.
Rock on, Mikus. Happy Anniversary.
See you in August.
