Dragon*Con

Filk Track Information

Dave McConnell and I talked about it at Dragon*Con 2003, and it was decided that I'd help him as far as the filk track was concerned. That's why this "official" Dragon*Con filk track page was set up.

As of April 1, 2008, I had still not heard a word about the filk track for Dragon*Con 2008. I called the convention office and was told to contact someone (no names here). I did so on April 8, 2008, and was awaiting news.

Since I'd heard nothing yet, I dropped a note to the Dragon*Con office via e-mail at around 9:00 AM on April 29. At 9:50 AM, I received an answer from the Dragon*Con office directly: "yes, there will be a Filk track for Dragon*con 2008. I do not know if we will have a Filk guest. We do not always have guests for the FAN tracks, which is what the Filk track is."

Update: I asked an acquaintance who is working on Dragon*Con who was going to the staff meeting on May 4 to see if he could find out anything about the filk track. Basically, it appears that there's someone who's supposed to be running it (the unnamed person mentioned above), but that this same person is in charge of tracks overall. I'm not sure what this means as far as filking goes, but I don't think it's good.

I sent another e-mail to the unnamed person the evening of May 8. Hopefully I"ll hear something soon.

The filk room is in the Hyatt Hotel in the room where child care is during the day on the level of the motor lobby. I have personally not confirmed this (as I was in Yokohama running filk at WorldCon 2007), but am guessing this remains true.

If you have any suggestions as to future filk guests, or if you have any questions, click here.