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Apply here: http://www.babscon.com/2018/vendors/ Hurry! They're open until 9/30.

It looks to me like she's going to be there on Wednesday (tomorrow), not Saturday. It mentions that the premiere is Saturday.

Hippity Hoppin’, BABSCon’s here this weekend! But don’t think for a second that means The Bay Area Brony Spectacular is out of Jelly Beans or Community Guests! So remember to be good girls and boy for our latest Community Guests Rabbit and Lochlan O’Neil are on their way! Lochlan O’Neil is a professional actress, voice actress, and model hailing from Northern Colorado. She has been working in the entertainment industry for almost six (6) years now and loves every bit of it. Aside from acting, Lochlan spends a majority of her time sewing and designing costumes. Lochlan’s talent with cosplay and ability to portray different characters has allowed her to travel to different conventions across the country running all kinds of panels and events. She has done everything from birthday parties to in character panels to arm wrestling for charity in six inch heels, and is always up for trying something new. Rabbit has been in the cosplay community for over fifteen (15) years and ventured into the MLP Cosplay community four (4) years ago. She has won several awards for her costumes, judged several contests, and enjoys spending time at conventions teaching others about cosplay. As of late, Rabbit can be found working with other cosplayers, teaching, dressing up, and having an all around fun time at every convention she goes to. Rabbit and Lochlan O'Neil will also be judging and hosting (respectively) our Cosplay contest at 1:15 PM on Saturday in the Mane Hall! Be sure to sign up and strut your stuff at our Pre-judging at 11:15 am on Saturday in the Solar Hall if you'd like to participate! Lochlan O’Neil and Rabbit join The Paper Pony, The Chocolate Pony, Argodaemon, WeimTime, Magpiepony, Saberspark, ToonKriticy2k, Corpulent Brony, ACRacebest, Dusty Katt, Doctor Wolf, Josh Scorcher, Silver Quill, Minty Root and Duo Cartoonist as Community Guests this year at BABSCon. Only eleven (11) sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available, but will vanish faster than a chocolate bunny in an Easter Basket! So do the thing you should and register today: registration.babscon.com BABSCon looks forward to seeing you this weekend in San Francisco! Be sure to keep an eye on your local Brony News Site for any last minute news and announcements!

TABITHA ST. GERMAIN As so many of us do, Tabitha St. Germain began life as a happy jelly lump. She might not have been quite so happy if she had had eyes and could see that she was puce in hue—an unlovely colour, but she had no eyes. (See above re: jelly.) So: happy. Far off, in the seams of a dimension like our own in no article, (except that there is a rudimentary Twitter that consists of people yelling out of doors into a corridor and then slamming the doors shut), a being named Snoodlewod Jam Jam Thwiket, took note of Tabby’s dab of DNA coalescing on the earth. Though only a jelly, and an unsettling colour, it was clear that the thing was FULL OF NOISE. ‘I’m going in,’ said Snoodlewod Jam Jam Thwiket. For Snod. was a musician, and he recognized that a rare instrument was forming, a golden windbag: Tabitha. If you think that origin story was daft, here’s some of Snoodlewod Jam Jam Thwiket’s oeuvre: Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, C.O.P.S, Beetlejuice, Dragon Ball Z Gundam Seed, Care Bears, Death Note, Martha Speaks, Jimmy Two Shoes, a buncha Barbie movies, League of Super Evil, Nerds and Monsters, Littlest Pet Shop, Packages From Planet X, Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch, Pac-man, Lolirock, Pirate Express, Dinotrux, Endangered Species, Kong, Nina’s World, Supernoobs and other stuff. In MLP: 'Rarity,' 'Luna,' 'Nightmare Moon,' 'Granny Smith,' 'Mrs. Cake,' 'Photo Finish,' 'Rarity's Mom,' 'Muffins (aka Derpy Hooves!),' 'Suri Polomare,' 'Pound Cake,' 'Spa Pony,' 'Flurry Heart' and others. Instrument also makes sauerkraut. Is no longer puce. ASHLEIGH BALL Ashleigh Ball does a little bit of everything, but she does it all brilliantly. As an actress, she’s been the voice behind several popular animated characters, including both 'Rainbow Dash' and 'Applejack' on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and 'Blythe Baxter' on Littlest Pet Shop. Other credits include Lolirock, Voltron Force, Exchange Student Zero, and more. As a musician, she is the lead vocalist and flautist for the Vancouver-based folk-pop phenomenon, Hey Ocean!, which is getting ready to release its fourth full-length album. And, when the curious cultural phenomenon known as “bronies” found its way into Ashleigh’s life, she teamed up with documentarian Brent Hodge to put together the critically-acclaimed A Brony Tale. TARA STRONG If you’ve watched Western animation at all in the last 25-plus years, you’ve almost certainly heard the voice of Tara Strong. She’s the voice of your childhood, the queen of the bronies, and the sweetest “twoll” you would ever want to meet. She’s voiced far too many animated characters to even possibly name them all here, but some highlights include 'Twilight Sparkle' on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, 'Raven' on Teen Titans and Teen Titants Go!, 'Bubbles' on The Powerpuff Girls, 'Dil Pickles' on Rugrats, 'Ben Tennison' on Ben 10, both 'Princess Clara' and 'Toot Braunstein' on Drawn Together, and so SO many more… She’s no less recognizable in the real of video games, with roles such as both 'Barbara Gordon/Batgirl' and 'Harley Quinn' in various Batman titles, 'Juliet Starling' in Lollipop Chainsaw, and 'Rikku' in Final Fantasy X, among others. Tara’s also a new member of the BABSCon 3-Timer’s club and the originator of our “The Voice: Equestria” contest during the first BABSCon in 2014! PETER NEW Peter New is an actor, voice actor and writer. He has nearly 90 professional credits including: Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow, Motive, Delete, Fringe, Mr Young, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon, Psych, and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. He has voiced many cartoon characters, from ‘Evan’ in Barbie Thumbelina, to ‘Ian Vashti’ in Gundam00, to ‘Lunk’ in Powerpuff Girls Z. He’s most well known as 'Sunil' in Littlest Pet Shop, and ‘Big Macintosh’ in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Other voice credits include InuYasha, Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War, Superbook, Sushi Pack, Fantastic Four, Rekkit Rabbit, Martha Speaks, Dino Train, Goola City, and Need 4 Speed: Hot Pursuit. Peter began acting with a sketch comedy troupe called The Legend of Bonefish. Look up "Whale Boy" on YouTube. That’s him in the Orca costume. He has broad interests, from astronomy to photography, architecture to environment. He is a large pink bag of water. NICK CONFALONE Nick Confalone is a TV animation writer in Los Angeles who has written for Disney, Cartoon Network, Discovery Family, Netflix, and PBS. He got his start in the industry as an assistant with Disney’s Shorty McShorts, a pilot program where he worked with—and learned from—an amazingly talented group of artists and writers (including My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’s M.A. Larson). Years later, he found himself spending his days locked in a room with Meghan McCarthy making up stories for Disney’s Fish Hooks, where she said to him, “Hey, you’re pretty good at fish. Want to try ponies?” The rest…is history. His Favorite pony is ALL THE PONIES. MIKE VOGEL Mike Vogel smashed his way onto the MLP Writing staff with the critically acclaimed “A Hearth’s Warming Tail!” After the successful holiday themed musical, he continued his solo writing efforts with “Spice Up Your Life” and “Every Little Thing She Does!” But he didn’t stop there! Joining forces Josh Haber he also penned “Stranger Than Fan Fiction” and the season 6 finale “To Where and Back Again!” In addition to writing for the show, Mike also wrote the book "My Little Pony: Good Night, Baby Flurry Heart." ANDY PRICE Since issue one, Andy Price has been the lead pencil/ink artist for the incredibly successful and record breaking My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book from IDW Publishing. MLP: FiM broke the 100,000 presale mark, which made it the first independent book to beat out DC or Marvel in nine (9) years! The book has reached an all age audience, and bought new readers to comic shops. The book has reached worldwide distribution, and achieved a Diamond Gem Award. Coming this year, Andy will be doing the penciling and inking for Sabrina the Teenage Witch from Archie Comics! Andy is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School, and works in most mediums. Andy has also done work from comics to trading cards to toy designs to whatever comes along, for BOOM!Studios, Archie Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Rittenhouse Archives, Innovation Comics, LEGO, and Slave Labor Graphics, among others. He lives in Georgia, USA where he is completely swamped with Batman collectibles and makes steak & Guinness pie for his wife Alice and is slave to cats. He also celebrates Batman's and James T. Kirk's birthdays. His work can be found on Deviant art http://andypriceart.deviantart.com and updates on projects on Twitter @andypriceart. Art can be purchased at http://andypriceart.bigcartel.com TONY FLEECS Fan favorite artist Tony Fleecs is currently hard at work writing and drawing My Little Pony comics for IDW Publishing and the creator owned, Jeff Steinberg: Champion of Earth at Oni Press. He's a prolific cover artist on everything from Ponies to Turtles, Grumpy Cats to samurai named Jack, the world's cutest dog, warrior princesses, vampires, Batmen, Wasps, Santa Clauses and almost everything in between. He lives and works in North Hollywood, CA. His mother says he is handsome.

This April, BABSCon welcomes back brony fan animator extraordinaire MInty Root as our latest Community Guest! Minty Root is a Canadian fan animator who you might recognize for his work on Dinky's Destiny, Good Morning Baltimare, the upcoming Luna's Determination, and many other fan animated projects including our 2017 animation! Minty isn't your typical snappy comedy animator, his work is slow, heartbreaking, silent and driven by very careful framing, lighting and detailed scenery. Minty Root joins fellow Community Guests Duo Cartoonist this year at BABSCon. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available but, will disappear fast! So don’t be left out of this chance to meet animation greatness and register today: registration.babscon.com BABSCon has more Community Guest Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you! (Art by Minty Root)

Get ready to shake your tails this April at BABSCon! For NEIGHhem at this year’s Bay Area Brony Spectacular has got Chang31ing and Taps to help bring the house down! That’s right! Not one but two new music sensations are joining Alex S as Community Guest Musicians! As a Master of Underground Bass, Taps effortlessly flows between grimy trap, dirty deep house and lighthearted future bass. Whether jamming to his classic “Sound Barrier” or his most recent release "grind", his skills (and the dance floor) resonate through his music! One of the best technical DJs in the fandom, Chang31ing never sticks to just one genre. Whether it's his own high energy remixes or the songs you know so well, you can be sure he'll keep you guessing! If you truly want to get your rock on, BABSCon is where to be! Memberships are selling fast, but are for the moment still available, so get yours today: registration.babscon.com Be sure to keep eye on your local pony news outlet! BABSCon has more Community Guest, Musician, and Industry Guest of Honor announcements coming soon! http://www.babscon.com/2017/news/post/babscon-welcomes-chang31ing-and-taps-to-neighhem

This April, Mike Vogel joins BABSCon’s Ohana as the newest Guest of Honor! The former Hasbro VP of development and current Co-Executive Producer on My Little Pony: The Movie will be making his Brony Convention premiere at this year’s Bay Area Brony Spectacular! Mike smashed his way onto the MLP Writing staff with the critically acclaimed “A Hearth’s Warming Tail!” After the successful holiday themed musical, he continued his solo writing efforts with “Spice Up Your Life” and “Every Little Thing She Does!” But he didn’t stop there! Joining forces Josh Haber he also penned “Stranger Than Fan Fiction” and the season 6 finale “To Where and Back Again!” In addition to writing for the show, Mike also wrote the book My Little Pony: Good Night, Baby Flurry Heart. Those who bring the book to BABSCon’s Autograph Hall might be able to get it signed! Mike Vogel joins fellow show writer Nick Confalone, voice actress Ashleigh Ball, voice actress Tara Strong, voice actress Tabitha St. Germain, and voice actor Peter New as a Guest of Honor at BABSCon 2017. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor Meet and Greet are still available but, much like a pig at a luau, will disappear fast! So don’t be nothing but a hound dog and get yours today: registration.babscon.com Remember, ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten. BABSCon has more Guest of Honor Announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you! (Art by LostinTheTrees)

Do you want to go to BABSCon? Maybe bring a friend or even a Very Special Somepony™ with you? Here’s your chance to do it using just the power of love…and art! Up for grabs are 2 pairs of BABSCon 3-day Ponyville Pony memberships for two lucky couples. These awards will be given out in two categories: Best Photo representing Hearts & Hooves Day and Best Art representing Hearts & Hooves Day involving BABSCon’s elder sibling mascot, Golden Gates! The winner of each category will receive two free Ponyville Pony passes, for themselves and their “Schmoopy Doo,” which includes access to all 3 days of the con! To enter, all you need to do is tweet your entry to @babscon, or post to our facebook page, with the tag #LoveBABS and you’re entered! Pictures and artwork should be “Rated PG” (or less) and only one category per person can be entered. The winners will be picked on Wednesday the 15th. So open up that camera app and fire up your tablet for your chance to see Tara Strong, Tabitha St. Germain, Peter New, Nick Confalone and more industry Guests of Honor at the very best in pony-themed entertainment this April! (Special thanks to our friends at JapanPonycon for the use of Poniko. Art by LostInTheTrees.) The Bay Area Brony Spectacular (BABSCon) is the first convention devoted to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in the San Francisco Bay Area. In our first year, we became the second-largest MLP con anywhere, and we’re back for our fourth year April 14-16, 2017 at the SFO Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, CA. Contact info@babscon.com for more information! babscon.com • facebook.com/babsconsf • twitter.com/babscon • babsconsf.tumblr.com

This April, BABSCon is gonna rock your world with legendary MLP Remix Sensation Alex S! That’s right, the master of the music electronic will be performing live in this year’s Bay Area Brony Spectacular NEIGHhem Concert! After exploding the developing Brony Scene back in 2011 with his Remix of the My Little Pony Intro, Alex S continued his rise to stardom with Party with Pinkie, and many more! He returns to the Brony Music scene for only a few select convention performances this year, so don’t miss out on this rare opportunity! Alex S is only the first of the many Community Guest Musicians BABSCon has lined up for the NEIGHhem this year. Limited Sponsor Memberships still available, so get yours today: registration.babscon.com And while you wait for this year’s show, be sure to keep an ear to the ground. There’s more than one rumbling of Community Guest, Musician, and Industry Guest of Honor announcements coming soon! "BABSCon, the Bay Area Brony Spectacular, is the San Francisco Bay Area's annual convention for fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and associated titles. Operating since 2014, BABSCon brings together some of the most talented actors, writers, and artists in the industry and fandom to meet and interact with attendees, and provides a family-friendly safe space for fans to buy and sell wares and art, support local charities, and make new friends that attend from all around the world." Email info@babscon.com for more information! babscon.com • www.facebook.com/babsconsf • www.twitter.com/babscon • http://babsconsf.tumblr.com/

This April, you’ll find your wish granted at BABSCon when Ashleigh Ball comes swashbuckling in! Voicing the inconceivable dual roles of Rainbow Dash and Applejack, you can be sure that Ashleigh Ball exists in this year’s Bay Area Brony Spectacular! Aside from lending her voice to The Wonderbolt and The Farmer on Friendship is Magic, Ashleigh has appeared on such shows as Littlest Pet Shop, Johnny Test, Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures, and many more! Ashleigh is also the lead singer of the Vancouver based alternative rock/folk band Hey Ocean! Inconceivable! The inconceivable Ashleigh Ball joins voice actress Tara Strong, voice actress Tabitha St. Germain, show writer Nick Confalone, and voice actor Peter New as a guest of honor at BABSCon 2017. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor are still available but going at an inconceivable pace! So get yours today: registration.babscon.com BABSCon would like to remind you that the applications for vendors, artists, panels, events, activities, and musicians are all inconceivably closing down on January 15th, so get your applications in while you can! Click here for: Vendor/Artist application, Panel/Event application, Musician/Guest application. Keep watching this space. We have more inconceivable Guest of Honor announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you! (The Princess Bride-themed art by the inconceivable LostInTheTrees) "BABSCon, the Bay Area Brony Spectacular, is the San Francisco Bay Area's annual convention for fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and associated titles. Operating since 2014, BABSCon brings together some of the most talented actors, writers, and artists in the industry and fandom to meet and interact with attendees, and provides a family-friendly safe space for fans to buy and sell wares and art, support local charities, and make new friends that attend from all around the world." Email info@babscon.com for more information! babscon.com • www.facebook.com/babsconsf • www.twitter.com/babscon • http://babsconsf.tumblr.com/

Happy #FridayThe13th! It's your UNLUCKY day! Grab 13% off ANY badge with promo code "FRIDAY13" TODAY, FRIDAY THE 13th ONLY! http://www.babscon.com/2017/registration/ #Brony

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Would you please clarify?

This April, you’ll find more than the wicked Queen Quake of the West at BABSCon when Tara Strong comes skipping in! Voice of the legendary Princess Twilight Sparkle, Tara Strong stars in this year's fast-approaching Bay Area Brony Spectacular! Besides lending her voice to Purple Smart on Friendship is Magic, Tara and her thousand voices have been entertaining us for years in such shows as The Fairly OddParents, The Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans Go!, Ultimate Spider-Man, and Ben10 just to name a few of her over 400 acting credits. She’s also integral to BABSCon history. Did you know that it was Tara who originally suggested “The Voice: Equestria”? True story. Tara Strong joins voice actress Tabitha St. Germain, show writer Nick Confalone and voice actor Peter New as a Guest of Honor at BABSCon 2017. Sponsor tickets that include the Guest of Honor are still available but going fast, so get yours today: registration.babscon.com In honor of Tara’s triumphant return to BABSCon, we’re holding a flash sale! Use the promo code TARA to get 10% off pre-registration for any BABSCon membership until Tuesday, 1/10, including those swanky sponsor tiers that come with meet-n-greets, exclusive swag, and more. While we have your attention, BABSCon would like to remind you that applications for vendors, artists, panels, events, activities, and musicians are all closing down on January 15th, so get your applications in while you can! People will start hearing back about their applications after applications close. Click for: Vendor/Artist application, Panel/Event application, Musician/Guest application. Keep watching this space. We have some more amazing Guest of Honor announcements coming very soon to a pony media outlet near you! (Wizard of Oz-themed art by SugaryViolet) BABSCon, the Bay Area Brony Spectacular, is the San Francisco Bay Area's annual convention for fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and associated titles. Operating since 2014, BABSCon brings together some of the most talented actors, writers, and artists in the industry and fandom to meet and interact with attendees, and provides a family-friendly safe space for fans to learn about animation, buy and sell wares and art, support local charities, and make new friends that attend from all around the world. Email info@babscon.com for more information or check us out below: www.babscon.com • www.facebook.com/babsconsf • www.twitter.com/babscon • babsconsf.tumblr.com

Also I'll be arriving at about 1:00 am on Friday. Is that still alright with you?

I actually misspoke; I'm staying Thursday - Sunday nights, and leaving Monday. Does that still work? Is that how long your reservation goes for?

It’s time to go back, back to the BABSCon!!! And to meet you there is none other than Friendship is Magic writer Nick Confalone in his first ever pony convention appearance. Nick is the mind behind great episodes like "No Second Prances", "The Saddle Row Review", and "Dungeons & Discords.” He’s one of MLP’s hottest new writers and brings years of experience in animation. Confalone’s other writing credits include Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Johnny Test, Littlest Pet Shop, Future-Worm!, and more. He joins Tabitha St. Germain, and Peter New as a Guest of Honor at BABSCon 2017 and if you want to be there for less: Today only use code CYBERMONDAY at checkout for 20% off any badge! Sponsor memberships are running out fast including ones that will let you meet with Nick personally over drinks and hors d'oeuvres, so hurry and get yours today! Book here: http://www.babscon.com/2017/registration/ BABSCon, the Bay Area Brony Spectacular, is the San Francisco Bay Area's annual convention for fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and associated titles. Operating since 2014, BABSCon brings together some of the most talented actors, writers, and artists in the industry and fandom to meet and interact with attendees, and provides a family-friendly safe space for fans to learn about animation, buy and sell wares and art, support local charities, and make new friends that attend from all around the world. Email info@babscon.com for more information or check us out below: www.babscon.com • www.facebook.com/babsconsf • www.twitter.com/babscon • babsconsf.tumblr.com

Unfortunately I'm only staying Friday-Monday, and not Thursday night as well. Also, it looks like your older post was initially hidden by mistake (I think it was confused as a post from last year). Would you like me to un-hide it?

This year BABSCon is full of adventure and movie magic. To help you get there, Golden Gates and Co. have recovered a promo code for 20% off ANY membership. Use code BLACKFRIDAY20 at checkout and get your membership at the lowest price you could ever get it. Oh, and the sale starts now until Cyber Monday! Noble Pony Only 11 left! $1000 $800 Crystal Pony Only 25 left! $500 $400 High Society Only 28 left! $280 $224 Canterlot Pony $130 $104 Ponyville Regular 3-day $70 $56 Kid’s Crusader 3-day $40 $32 Once again, go to https://registration.babscon.com and use code BLACKFRIDAY20 for 20% off ANY membership, before it goes away. BABSCon, the Bay Area Brony Spectacular, is the San Francisco Bay Area's annual convention for fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and associated titles. Operating since 2014, BABSCon brings together some of the most talented actors, writers, and artists in the industry and fandom to meet and interact with attendees, and provides a family-friendly safe space for fans to learn about animation, buy and sell wares and art, support local charities, and make new friends that attend from all around the world. Email info@babscon.com for more information or check us out below: www.babscon.com • www.facebook.com/babsconsf • www.twitter.com/babscon • babsconsf.tumblr.com

You have a good point! It appears we have accidentally missed MLP Forums this time around. I'll relay your feedback to our PR team as we have many more guest announcements to come! Thank you for the feedback!

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Where's the link to the original page and to donate?

Why is it that some profiles have MLP Fourms birthday badges but others don't? How do we get them? I've searched but have been unable to find any info on them.

I can totally see myself participating in something like that. I say go for it!

Ponyville Live and Equestria Daily? What an awesome collaboration! It's really neat to see two totally separate websites and sections of the fandom come together like this. I look forward to joining in on all the fun! It would be cool if there were organized tournaments or something...

I sent an email submission with a question a few weeks ago or so, but I haven't heard anything back on it yet.