No Brand Con
Programming
No Brand Con features anime viewings, an anime music video contest, artist alley, board games, comics, dealers room, independent films, panels, role playing, video games tournaments, and voice actor appearances.
History
In 2005 the convention moved to the Plaza Hotel and Suites, which allowed for food sales, and the convention to run for a full 24 hours. From 2006 to 2010 the convention was located at the Ramada Inn Convention Center, until returning to the Plaza Hotel and Suites for 2011. In 2011, the convention brought around $277,000 to the economy of Eau Claire, and held a benefit for the Japanese Red Cross. In 2016, the event relocated from Eau Claire to the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI. No Brand Con 2020 was moved from April to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was later cancelled. No Brand Con 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Event history
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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April 5–6, 2002 | UW-Eau Claire Davies Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 115 | Tiffany Grant and Steve Kurth. |
April 4–6, 2003 | UW-Eau Claire Davies Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 250 | Tiffany Grant, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, Steve Kurth, and Doug Smith. |
March 12–14, 2004 | UW-Eau Claire Davies Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 300 | Rob Giffen, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, and Monica Rial. |
April 15–17, 2005 | Plaza Hotel and Suites Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 400 | Greg Ayres, Mike McFarland, Chris Patton, and Monica Rial. |
April 21–23, 2006 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 605 | Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, and Kyle Hebert. |
April 20–22, 2007 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 905 | Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, Kyle Hebert, and Spike Spencer. |
April 18–20, 2008 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 1,075 | Johnny Yong Bosch, Kyle Hebert, R. K. Milholland, The Slants, and Sonny Strait. |
April 24–26, 2009 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 1,249 | Robert Axelrod, Tiffany Grant, Jason Griffith, Steam Century (HMA Badger), Kevin "Vinnk" Tambornino, and Michael "Mookie" Terracciano. |
April 30-May 2, 2010 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | Chris Cason, Dr. Cancer and the SKAmbies, Todd Haberkorn, Wendy Powell, and Michael "Mookie" Terracciano. | |
April 15–17, 2011 | Plaza Hotel and Suites Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 1,271 | Jay Bauman, brentalfloss, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Monica Rial, Chris Seward, Mike Stoklasa, and Matthew Taranto. |
May 4–6, 2012 | Plaza Hotel and Suites Eau Claire, Wisconsin | Jason "Liquid86" Bruner, Chris Cason, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Quinton Flynn, Kyle Hebert, Mega Ran, K-Murdock, and Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith. | |
April 12–14, 2013 | Plaza Hotel and Suites Eau Claire, Wisconsin | DJ Amaya, Leah Clark, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Richard Horvitz, Jamie Marchi, The Protomen, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, and Kent Williams. | |
April 25–27, 2014 | Plaza Hotel and Suites Eau Claire, Wisconsin | Jason "Liquid86" Bruner, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Darrel Guilbeau, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, Eric Stuart, and Katie Tiedrich. | |
April 24–26, 2015 | Plaza Hotel and Suites Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 1,504 | Tia Ballard, Jason "Liquid86" Bruner, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Kyle Hebert, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, and Matthew Taranto. |
April 15–17, 2016 | Chula Vista Resort Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin | DJ Amaya, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Mr. Creepy Pasta, Tiffany Grant, Briana Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, and Jessica Walsh. | |
April 21–23, 2017 | Chula Vista Resort Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin | Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Mr. Creepy Pasta, John Gremillion, Kyle Hebert, Katie Tiedrich, and Uncle Yo. | |
May 4–6, 2018 | Chula Vista Resort Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin | SungWon Cho, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Kid Yuki and the Otakus, Micah Solusod, and John Swasey. | |
March 29–31, 2019 | Chula Vista Resort Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin | Mr. Creepy Pasta, Lewis Lovhaug, Kyle McCarley, and Xander Mobus. | |
April 22-24, 2022 | Chula Vista Resort Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin | Chris Hackney, Lewis Lovhaug, and Sarah Wiedenheft. | |
September 1-3, 2023 | Holiday Inn Stevens Point - Convention Ctr Stevens Point, Wisconsin | Chris Guerrero, Christina Marie Kelly, Lewis Lovhaug, and Wig-Wig Cosplay. |
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