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BABSCon (short for Bay Area Brony Spectacular, a reference to the character Babs Seed from "One Bad Apple"[2]) was an annual brony convention held in the San Francisco Bay Area, California organized for the fandom of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, whose adult fans are commonly referred to as bronies. In 2019, BABSCon was the third-largest brony convention in the United States.[3]
BABSCon operated from April 2014 until its cessation in April 2025.[4][5]
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BABSCon is an annual convention primarily dedicated to fans of the animated television show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, particularly the adult fans known as bronies. The convention was founded in 2013[4] by Sonya Hipper and co-founded by Sophianna Ardinger.[6] The event features a rainbow-maned, yellow pony mascot named Golden Gates.[3]
BABSCon was the first brony convention in the San Francisco Bay Area[7] and was described by its founders as the "fandom version of Burning Man."[6] In 2019, the convention was the third-largest brony convention in the United States (after BronyCon and Everfree Northwest) and attracted approximately 2,000 attendees.[3]
In 2015, Samuel Miller presented his doctoral research on the brony fandom at a BABSCon panel and subsequently published it in The Journal of Men's Studies.[8]
BABSCon themes included: a cinema-themed "And, Action!" in 2017; a renaissance-based "Fables and Fantasy" in 2018; "Cyberpunk City" in 2019; "SPAAACE!" from 2020–2022; a 90s styled "Memory Lane" in 2023; "Sweet Tooth" in 2024; and finally a "Slumber Party" theme in 2025. [4]
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Burning Mare Concert
 | This section possibly contains original research. (November 2025) |
In March 2025, the BABSCon convention chairs dismissed its music concert coordinator, Pinkaboo, due to repeated internal incidents[33]. The decision prompted all of its brony musicians to withdraw from the official concert after hearing Pinkaboo's claims against the convention[34]. With funding from 15 (the creator of 15.ai) and a separate GoFundMe campaign, Pinkaboo and the musicians organized an alternative event called "Pinkaboo's Neighhem" that was to be held immediately after the end of the convention at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California.[35][36]
BABSCon promised an alternative concert and proposed the event "Burning Mare", a pun on the music festival Burning Man, which would take place on Saturday night. On April 11th, they announced their headliner, Mystery Skulls[37], with alternative musical acts "Tuo Li presents Brony Syndrome", HTO (The Summoning); as well as the events "Party Cannon Panel" with guest Elley-Ray Hennessy, "The Burning", and "The wedding of Cadence and Twilight and the Final Ca-Dance Party".[38]
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