OMGcon

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OMGcon
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Status Active
Genre Anime, video gaming[1][2]
Venue Owensboro Convention Center
Location(s) Owensboro, Kentucky
Country United States
Inaugurated 2006
Attendance 2,500 in 2015
Organized by Tri-State Anime Promotional Society[2][3]
Website
www.omgcon.com

OMGcon (sometimes stylized as OMG!con) is a three-day anime convention held during June at the Owensboro Convention Center in Owensboro, Kentucky. The convention was previously held in Paducah, Kentucky. The name of the convention comes from the common abbreviation of Oh My God.[3]

Programming

The convention typically offers cosplay events, dealers, special guests, tabletop gaming, and video game tournaments.[4][5]

History

The convention is moving to the Owensboro Convention Center in Owensboro, Kentucky for 2014 and 2015. The decision was made to allow for the convention's growth.[6]

Event History

Dates Location Atten. Guests
June 9–11, 2006 JR's Executive Inn Riverfront
Paducah, Kentucky		 260[7] Greg Ayres[7]
May 25–27, 2007 JR's Executive Inn Riverfront
Paducah, Kentucky		 380[8] Greg Ayres, Luci Christian, Emily DeJesus, and Robert DeJesus.[8]
June 6–8, 2008 JR's Executive Inn Riverfront
Paducah, Kentucky		 660[9] Robert V. Aldrich, Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, and Robert DeJesus.[9]
June 5–7, 2009 Julian Carrol Convention Center
Paducah, Kentucky		 1,100[10] Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, and Robert DeJesus.[10]
June 11–13, 2010 Julian Carrol Convention Center
Paducah, Kentucky[11]		 1,220[12] Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Josh Grelle, Rikki Simons, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[12]
June 3–5, 2011 Julian Carrol Convention Center
Paducah, Kentucky		 1,275[13] Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Rikki Simons, Eric Stuart, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[13]
June 8–10, 2012 Julian Carrol Convention Center
Paducah, Kentucky		 1,300[14] Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Josh Grelle, Bill Rogers, Rikki Simons, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[14]
June 14–16, 2013 Julian Carrol Convention Center
Paducah, Kentucky		 1,380[15] Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Steve Johnson, Rikki Simons, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[15]
June 13–15, 2014[2][6] Owensboro Convention Center
Owensboro, Kentucky		 1,739[16] Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Josh Grelle, Darrel Guilbeau, Steve Johnson, Rikki Simons, St. Louis Osuwa Taiko, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[16]
June 12–14, 2015[2][6] Owensboro Convention Center
Owensboro, Kentucky		 2,500[17] Greg Ayres, Gavin Hammon, Melissa Hutchison, Steve Johnson, Xander Mobus, Carter Newton, Rikki Simons, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[17]
June 10-12, 2016[18] Owensboro Convention Center
Owensboro, Kentucky		 Felecia Angelle, Robert J. Schwalb, Allyssa Lewis[18]

References

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