Sci-Fi Valley Con

Sci-Fi Valley Con (formerly Sci-Fi in the Valley Con) is an biannual three day multi-genre convention held during June and October/November at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania.^[1][4] The conventions organizers also created Momento Con in Pittsburgh.^[4]

Sci-Fi Valley Con
Status	Active
Genre	Multi-genre[1]
Venue	Blair County Convention Center
Location(s)	Altoona, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Inaugurated	2012[2]
Attendance	Nearly 4,000 in 2015[3]
Organized by	Assett Conventions LLC[2]
Website	scifivalleycon.com

Programming

The convention typically offers board gaming, charity auction, costume contest, film festival, guest panels, role-playing gaming, table-top gaming, trivia tournaments, vendors, video gaming, and workshops.^[1][3][5][6] The 2012 charity auction raised $1200 for The Machine Gun Preacher's Save the Children Foundation.^[7] 2013's charity auction benefited Shriners Hospitals for Children and raised almost $1500.^[8] The 2022 charity auction benefited the Children's Miracle Network.^[9]

History

Sci-Fi in the Valley Con 2012 was moved from the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to the North Central Recreation Center in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. This occurred due to a local fee that would affect the conventions dealers.^[2][10][11] In 2013, the convention moved to the Jaffa Shrine and used the bottom floor.^[12][13] It used both of the Jaffa's floors in 2014.^[14] The convention used half of the Blair County Convention Center in 2015, and the whole facility in 2016.^[3][15] Sci-Fi Valley Con 2020 was moved from June to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later cancelled.^{[16][17][18][19]} Sci-Fi Valley Con 2021 was moved from June to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[20][21][22] The October 2021 convention had lower than normal attendance.^[9] The June 2024 event had additional parking offsite.^[23]

Starting with the November 2024 event, Sci-Fi Valley Con expanded to two events per year.^[4]

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
May 18–20, 2012[11]	North Central Recreation Center Ebensburg, Pennsylvania	1,000 (est.) or 1,200[12][13]	Jeremy Ambler, Joshua Emerick, Chiara Fattorusso, Garrett Free, Jeremy McHugh, Mark Tierno, Tod Allen Smith, and April A. Taylor.[24]
May 17–19, 2013[25]	Jaffa Shrine Altoona, Pennsylvania	2,000[14]	Brian O'Halloran[12][13]
June 27–29, 2014	Jaffa Shrine Altoona, Pennsylvania	Almost 3,000[5]	Rusty Gilligan, The Mandalorian Mercs,[26] Robert Bruce, Brian O’Halloran,[27] and Scott Schiaffo.[14]
May 15–17, 2015[28]	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania	Almost 4,000[3]	Blair Murphy[5]
June 10–12, 2016	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Brian O'Halloran, John Rhys-Davies,[29] Zach Galligan, Alaina Huffman, John Morton, Alex Vincent, and Fred Williamson.[3]
June 9–11, 2017	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Nicholas Brendon, Dameon Clarke, David Eddings, Donald Fullilove, Harry Waters, Jr., Jeffrey Weissman,[30] Bob Gunton, Sam Jones, and Martin Klebba.[1]
June 8–10, 2018	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Nicholas Brendon, Melissa Fahn, Richard Horvitz, Brian O'Halloran, Rob Paulsen, Rikki Simons, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons,[31] Lee Arenberg, Olivia d'Abo, and Tracie Thoms.[32]
June 7–9, 2019	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Rodger Bumpass, Seth Gilliam, Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Billy West,[33] Adam Fergus, David Haydn-Jones, Mark Pellegrino,[6] David Lee Madison, and John Russo.[34]
October 8-10, 2021	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Jim Cummings, Gigi Edgley, Olivia Hack, Sam J. Jones, Jennie Kwan, James "Brad Mick" McDonough, Michaela Jill Murphy, and Emily Swallow.[22]
June 17-19, 2022	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Grey DeLisle, Barry Gordon, Nolan North, Rob Paulsen, and Billy West.[35]
June 9-11, 2023	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Carlos Alazraqui, Greg Baldwin, Dante Basco, Grey DeLisle, Jennie Kwan, Maurice LaMarche, Cricket Leigh, Michaela Jill Murphy, Rob Paulsen, Janet Varney, Kari Wahlgren,[36] and Greg Sestero.[37]
June 7-9, 2024	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Greg Baldwin, Roger Clark, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Nolan North, Steven Ogg, Maggie Robertson, Lauren Tom, Billy West, Rob Wiethoff,[38] Shawn Fonteno, and Ned Luke.[23]
November 8-10, 2024	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Ruth Connell, Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, DJ Qualls, Mark Sheppard, Emily Swallow,[39] Omri Katz, Dave B. Mitchell, Bradley Pierce, Vinessa Shaw, and Rick Worthy.[4]
June 13-15, 2025	Blair County Convention Center Altoona, Pennsylvania		Dante Basco, Barbara Dunkelman, Kara Eberle, Peter Facinelli, Maggie Grace, Lindsay Jones, Michael Vincent Jones, Kellan Lutz, Ross Marquand, Nolan North, Jackson Rathbone, Janet Varney, and Arryn Zech.[40]

See also

• Setsucon