Dragon*Con 2008 will be held during the Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta Hilton & Towers and Sheraton Atlanta hotels located in downtown Atlanta.
Dragon*Con is America’s largest annual convention for fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror, comics and art, games and computers, animation, science, music, television and films. It is also one of the 10 largest annual conventions in metropolitan Atlanta.
Every year, Dragon*Con hosts more than 600 hours of panels, workshops, demonstrations and discussions with authors, editors, artists, game designers and media personalities. Some individual programming tracks concentrate on specific interests like Star Trek, Star Wars, British and American television, Anne McCaffrey’s Pern, NASA Space Science, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth, Electronic Frontiers and more. Several new tracks of programming have also been added this year including Anime/Manga, MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online), Skeptics, Romance Writers and Horror.
Dragon*Con also presents theatrical and radio performances, concerts and dances, gaming tournaments, costume contests, parades, films, auctions and charity events. More information about tickets rates, guests, events, workshops and services can be found at www.dragoncon.org.
