AthensCon

AthensCon
Status	Active
Genre	Multi-genre
Venue	The Olympic Tae Kwon Do Stadium
Location(s)	Athens, Greece
Country	Greece
Inaugurated	November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)
Filing status	Non-profit
Website	www.athenscon.gr/en/

AthensCon is a non-profit multi-genre entertainment and comic book convention held annually in Athens, Attica, Greece.

History and organization

is the first big scale comic-book convention held in Greece and also its largest, despite its recent establishment. It was founded in 2015 and it is held annually in Athens for two days in the end of December. The location where the convention takes place is the Olympic Tae Kwon Do Stadium ( Greek: Κλειστό Παλαιού Φαλήρου) which is located in the beach front of Athens and more specifically in the Faliron Delta at the end of Andrea Syngrou Avenue in close proximity to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC). Currently AthensCon is one of the main conventions in the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean. Furthermore, during the main event, there are also held seminars, competitions, mini-championships and other activities (such as cosplay gatherings, sword fights and retro video game exhibitions) where the visitors can participate themselves. Notable guests include: Eugenios Trivizas, John Howe, Ian Whyte, Stefan Kapicic, Chris Achilleos, Erik J. Larsen, David Hine, Ron Marz, Steve Cardenas, Clive Russel, James O'Barr, Mark Waid and Miltos Yerolemou.

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  An Ent statue from Lord of the Rings, (depicting Treebeard)
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  Image of the convention at 2017
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  The Convention Venue

See also

• Comic book convention
• Comic Art Convention
• Fandom
• Athens
• Science fiction convention