Monday, February 27, 2017

MISTI-Con 2017: Why You Should Attend


MISTI-Con is right around the corner and this is probably one of my favorite conventions to attend. For those who don't know, MISTI-Con is a fan run Harry Potter convention located at The Margate Resort in Laconia, NH. I was fortunate enough to attend MISTI-Con 2013 and MISTI-Con 2015. This year's theme is Coming Home to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter fandom. Twenty years!!! How crazy is that? MISTI-Con 2017 will take place on Thursday, May 18th to Monday, May 22nd. This is the perfect weather to cosplay. It's not too hot and not too cold.

MISTI-Con is an intimate convention with less than 500 attendees. It is more of a reunion of sorts with ample time to reunite with friends and to meet new people. Not only is the venue near a lake, a cemetery, a market and many restaurants, but only MISTI-Con attendees will be at the resort during the time of the convention. There is an excellent beach bar near by for food and there is a beach front if you want to catch some rays or to use for photo shoots. Great Lake anyone? 

There are oodles of panels for everyone including educational, cosplay and crafting panels and workshops. The main tent outside is wonderful for the Opening Gala, The Bewitching Bazaar Craft Fair, this year's Yule Ball and for the Leaving Feast. Wind down at the 24 hour common room, explore the halls of the Ministry, rock out at the Wrock in the Wizengamot Wizard Rock Show and submerge yourself underwater at the indoor pool party. But no matter what you do at MISTI-Con, just make sure to have fun quality Potterhead fun!

Attending a Harry Potter convention is an experience like no other. This will differ from attending a book launch or going to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. A convention provides a safe and judge free environment for fans to geek and nerd out about fandom. The Harry Potter community is like no other. I can meet someone for the first time and feel like I've known them for years. MISTI-Con provides the perfect place to celebrate everything Harry Potter. This is where my people are at!!!

Registration is $160.00 for the 5 day convention but only until May 2nd! The registration cost will increase after May 2nd. There are add ons such as the keynote luncheon and day passes are available as well. So what are you waiting for? Go register now! If you are still on the fence about attending, check out my MISTI-Con 2015 recaps here: Day 1 and Day 2, Day 3, Day 4 and 5. I hope to see you there!

4 comments:

  1. I wish I could attend:( I will try in the future some time

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    1. I hope you can attend a HP convention in the future. Usually there are a few a year in the states. Last year I was grateful to attend Leviosa. LeakyCon is annual and MISTI-Con is usually every other year. There are some other events such as PotterCon that you might want to check out as well.

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  2. I'd never heard of this before. It sounds like so much fun---wish I were closer. I'll try to help spread the word, though!

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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    1. It's a very small intimate convention that doesn't get a lot of publicity compared to comic cons, Leaky Con and Geeky Con. Thanks for stopping by and spreading the word.

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