Gatecon

Gatecon Conventions
Gatecon's logo
Status	Active
Genre	Science fiction
Location(s)	Vancouver, Canada
Inaugurated	2000
Website
http://www.gatecon.com

'They took the seed of an idea and planted it, and out grew Gatecon'

Don S. Davis in 2000

Gatecon is a fan convention centered on the Stargate television franchise. Most of the Gatecon conventions have been held in Vancouver, Canada.

Gatecon was conceived in 2000 by four fans of the show to provide a place for fans of the show Stargate SG-1 to meet members of the cast and crew, and to get to know their fellow fans. The original organisers met in various ways - family, asking one another for help on how to make a Stargate quiz for their site after seeing one on theirs and an interactive Stargate-themed site run by Ryan Peters under Showtime's umbrella.

Gatecon celebrated its 5th Anniversary in July 2004, which was a sell out with 700 attendees. It had around 30 guests over the 3 day event. It was also the first time Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge and Michael Shanks had a panel together at Gatecon. Gatecon 2006 was the first event held in the United Kingdom. Around 250 people attended the convention at Cheltenham's University Campus.

Since its inception, Gatecon raised money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation through a series of auction evenings. MGM and The Bridge Studios donated props and costumes. Over 7 years, Gatecon had raised $250,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.. Proceeds from the 2008 charity auction were donated to Sea Shepherd.

The C3 disbanded in 2010 but after four years, the organisers announced in April 2015 that they were planning to bring Gatecon back and became the C5. Together with Paul Brown from Legends Canada, 2016 sees the return to Vancouver with The Homecoming - a weekend with Richard Dean Anderson and Special Guests in aid of Sea Shepherd

Events

Date	Location	Guests
22–24 September 2000	Radisson Hotel, Burnaby, British Columbia	Don S. Davis, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Teryl Rothery, Tony Amendola, Peter Williams, JR Bourne, Jay Acovone, Dan Shea, Gary Jones, Brad Wright, Michael Greenburg, Robert C. Cooper, Peter Deluise, James Tichenor, Jan Newman, Wray Douglas, Richard Hudolin, Rick Dean, Jim Menard, Bridget Mcguire and Lynn Smith
20–23 September 2001	Best Western, Richmond, Vancouver	Amanda Tapping, Alexis Cruz, Peter Williams, Tony Amendola, JR Bourne, Colin Cunningham, Erick Avari, Virginia Hey, Don S. Davis, Jay Acovone, Jay Brazeau, Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper
11–16 September 2002	Best Western, Richmond, Vancouver	Amanda Tapping, Corin Nemec, Don S. Davis, Teryl Rothery, JR Bourne, Alexis Cruz, Peter Williams, Colin Cunningham, Gary Jones, Suanne Braun, Wil de Vry, Sarah Douglas, Ron Halder, Friday Betrani, Brad Wright, Joe Mazzello and Martin Wood
11–14 September 2003	Best Western, Richmond, Vancouver	Michael Shanks, Corin Nemec, Teryl Rothery, Don S. Davis, JR Bourne, Colin Cunningham, Peter Williams, Dan Shea, Frida Betrani, Jacqueline Samuda, David Palffy, Douglas Arthurs, Steve Makaj, Alex Zahara, David Sinclair, Michael Greenburg and Bruce Woloshyn
14–19 July 2004 5th Anniversary	Best Western, Richmond, Vancouver	Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge, Corin Nemec, Teryl Rothery, Don S. Davis, JR Bourne, Colin Cunningham, Erick Avari, Gary Jones, Dan Shea, Steve Bacic, David Palffy, Douglas Arthurs, Alex Zahara, Andrew Jackson, Dan Payne, John Novak, Frida Betrani, Peter Williams, Virginia Hey, Jason Schombing, Christian Bochet, Brent Stait, Andrew Kavadas, Bruce Woloshyn, Jerry Rector and David Winning
28–31 July 2005	Best Western, Richmond, Vancouver	Kevin Sorbo, Robert Picardo, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Colin Cunningham, JR Bourne, Gary Jones, Steve Bacic, Jason Schombing, Fulvio Cecere, David Franklin, Lani Tupu, Aaron Douglas, Jason Toddipson, Lisa Ryder, Gwynyth Walsh, Barbara March, Herb Jefferson, Aidan Drummond, Peter Kent, Andrew Kavadas, David Winning, Bruce Woloshyn, Dan Payne, Douglas Arthurs, Tahmoh Penikett, Jerry Rector, Alan VanSprang, Ellen Dubin, Chris Kramer, Paul Campbell, Lorena Gale, Alan Peterson, Alonso Oyarzun, Nathaniel Arcand, Chris Heyerdahl, Jon Cooksey, John Novak, Alan Scarfe, Alex Zahara and Andrew Jackson
10–13 August 2006	University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, England	Corin Nemec, Erick Avari, Colin Cunningham, Steve Bacic and Suanne Braun
19–21 October 2007	The Renaissance Hotel, Reading, England	JR Bourne, Colin Cunningham, Cliff Simon, Suanne Braun and Michael Welch
21–24 August 2008	The Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, Canada	Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Andee Frizzell, Corin Nemec, Gary Jones, Dean Haglund, Dan Payne, Garwin Sanford, Bruce Woloshyn, Cliff Simon, Peter Williams, Alex Zahara, David Winning, Capt Paul Watson from Sea Shepherd, Eric Cheng - Photographer, Kim McCoy, Alex Earl, Simon Ager and Barry Campbell.
2009		No Convention
8–11 July 2010 10th Anniversary	The Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, Canada	Paul McGillion, John de Lancie, Andee Frizzell, Steve Bacic, Colin Cunningham, Vanessa Angel, Dylan Neal, Dan Shea, Corin Nemec, Cliff Simon, Erick Avari, Barry Campbell, Garry Chalk, Jay Acovone, Simon Ager, Bruce Woloshyn, Jerry Rector, Sabine Bauer, Andee Frizzell, Musetta Vander, Martin Wood, JR Bourne, Dean Ayelsworth and Scott Schwartz.
2011 to 2014		No Conventions
2015		And so it starts again.....
8–12 September 2016	Sheraton Vancouver Airport, Vancouver, Canada	Richard Dean Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Capt Paul Watson,Corin Nemec, Colin Cunningham, Cliff Simon, Erick Avari, Tony Amendola, Simon Ager, Roger Cross, Bill Dow, Jodelle Freland, Jeff Hansem, Laura Harper, Mark Haynes, Torri Higginson, Gary Jones, Dan Shea, Martin Wood, Alex Zahara, Dan Payne, Steve Bacic, Peter Williams, Garry Chalk, Chris Heyerdahl, Emilie Ullerup, Tom McBeath, Carmen Argenziano, Garwin Sanford, Mike McLean, Jacqueline Samuda, Douglas Arthurs, Andrew Jackson, Jill Teed, David Nykl, Aaron Pearl, Susannah Sinard, Sgaron Taylor, Bruce Woloshyn, Mika McKinnon, Jennifer Spence, Peter Kelamis, Suanne Braun, Dean Aylesworth, Sharon Taylor, Barry Campbell, Sabine Bauer, Sally Malcolm and Diana Dru Botsford