Parties

Attention partygivers: all suites on the 13th floor are filled – there are still some standard king rooms available. There will also be parties on the 12th floor (now non smoking). Be sure to check them out.

What do people at MarsCon do after programming is ended for the day? After Science Room, Prop-a-torium, Dealers Room and Art Show have closed? Why, they party until the wee hours, of course!

Taylor, 2nd floor — Re(a)d Mars Filk-sing

Re(a)d Mars will host open filking after 10:00 p.m. each evening. All are welcome to stop by and sing of strange planets and rockets in flight.

Baldwin Ballroom, 3rd floor — Apocalypse Disco Bunker

Friday & Saturday Hours 5pm–LATE
New to MarsCon! Get ready for a hip hopping, dubstepping, jive talking, music room. Come in to shake your groove thang or just to listen and watch the laser show. Live DJs spinning the latest in techno and dubstep remixes into the wee hours. Contact Music Man Mark with song suggestions and he’ll do his best so find it for you. Better yet? Create your own playlist, and he’ll hook it up to the speakers!

1212 — The End Café (Formerly Dragon’s Breath)

Hosted by Angela Ahles / MarsCon
Friday / Saturday 7am–11pm
Sunday 7am–6pm
The End is near but we’re not dead… yet.
Stay awake for the Apocalypse
Even Zombies have enough brains to stay caffeinated.
The End Café… coffee good enough to wake the dead!

12th floor suite TBD — Geek Partnership Society

Hosted by GPS
Friday 7pm–Midnight
Saturday 6pm–1am
Hey we are back, bringing with us all that which is Geeky. Join us for fun, games, movies, and Mini-Cupcakes!

12th floor suite TBD — Minicon

Hosted by Joel Phillips
Friday and Saturday 8pm–1 or 2am
The Minions are coming! The Minions are coming!

1301 — Superhero Sanctum

Hosted by MN Superheroes United / Damon Thrift
Friday and Saturday 10pm–2am
Superfriends vs Legion of Doom

1302 — Superhero Auditions

Hosted by No-Brand Con
Saturday Only

1306 — Snarky’s Café & Volunteer Lounge

Join Snarky’s Café, and Lady Jan and her staff will keep the agents of hunger at bay. For a low price in addition to MarsCon registration fee, MarsCon attendees who volunteer 5+ hours and Dealers stuck at their posts may enjoy three meals a day from start of Con to the end. All food served in Snarky’s is purchased with money from Snarky’s Registrations – not Con Funds.

1307 — Rue Morgue Massage

Rue Morgue Massage, the crew with the magic touch, returns to MarsCon and joins the ranks of the Hospitality Guild. See Reiki Master Joe and team for their famous back and full body massage. Or Drop into the Black Hole and vibrate your way through space and time. Escape may be impossible loosing track of time probable.

1308 — Tarzan Apocalypse Karaoke

Hosted by John and Denise Gardner
Friday and Saturday 7pm–2am
The name says it all.

1313 — Gaylaxicon 2012

Hosted by Gaylaxicon
Friday and Saturday 8pm–Midnight
Gaylaxicon Promotional Party

1318 — Karaoke Krypt

Presented by your hosts Gene Stoneman and Carla Simonson

Friday
Open Mike Karaoke 7pm–3am

Saturday
Anime Music Videos 1pm–5pm
Open Mike Karaoke 7pm–10pm
Karaoke Contest 10pm–11pm
Open Mike Karaoke 11pm–3am

Sunday
Dementia Fan Showcase 11am–12:30pm

Karaoke Krypt - When hell is full the dead will take main stage. Don’t worry, that’s not the shriek of the mutilated you hear, it’s just karaoke. Join us again at the Karaoke Krypt as we usher in the apocalypse by singing our heads off. Karaoke Friday and Saturday from 7pm–3am. The karaoke competition returns Saturday Night from 10pm–11pm, sign up at the Karaoke Krypt.

1321 — Elysium Sanctum (Con Suite)

They say an army marches on its stomach, so visit Elysium Sanctum room 1321 to get your rations. Open from 7am–LATE for your snacking pleasure. Breakfast, Vegetarian Options, Sandwiches, Soup… all that AND a bag of chips! Remember to stop by room 1322 any time during the convention to keep yourself hydrated, a selection of beverages await you. There’s nothing better than greeting the apocalypse on an full stomach!
*Volunteer for KP duty and get dibs on chow

1324 — Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

Hosted by The Seamstress Guild

Friday and Saturday 6pm–2am
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Seamstresses’ Guild Party
North American Discworld Convention, Baltimore , July 5th–8th 2013
Come celebrate all things Pratchett with movies, refreshments and, after 9pm, adult activities.

1325 — The Dude’s Abode

Hosted by Crystal Therese
The Dude Abides – The Big Lebowski
Friday and Saturday 8pm–2am

1328 — TARDIS Tea Society

Hosted by TARDIS Tea Society
Friday 8pm–late
Saturday 8pm–late
Sunday 2pm–closing ceremonies
After a two year hiatus traveling the universe, the TARDIS Tea Society is back to bring you a hot cuppa tea, some fine ale, Pimms cocktails and delicious nibblies from our galactic visits. Join us in conversation, fun, and Doctor Who viewing.

1329 — WDF – World Defense Force

Hosted by WDF
WDF – Defending the planet one invasion at a time
Friday 8pm–2am
Saturday 7pm–2am

1330 — Babylon 5: Londo’s Day of Ascension Celebration

Hosted by D.O.O.M. Squad
Decorated in the manner of a Centauri celebration, the room will be hung with tapestries, and lavish decor in the most indulgent style (as befitting the Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5).

The culinary repast, served buffet style, will be a representation of the various cuisines found on B5, such as Narn Breem, Minbari Flarn, Earth Root Beer, and the (in)famous Spoo!

Hosting the gala will be Londo Molari’s three wives; DaGuirre, Timov and the lovely Mariell. Paying their respects will be Security officer Michael Garibaldi, and Ranger Marcus Cole. Perhaps we may even see Captain Sheridan or Commander Susan Ivanova! With any luck, there may be a Vorlon in attendance!
Friday and Saturday 9pm–1am

1332 (Concierge Lounge) — Krushenko’s

Krushenko’s and its sometime partner, Krushenko’s Annex (Room 1331), are spaces that encourage conversation about science fiction and fantasy at SF conventions. Krushenko’s, named after a Manhattan bistro in Larry Niven’s novel Ringworld, started at the 1983 Minicon, and now also travels to CONvergence, Diversicon, and Arcana in the Twin Cities and WisCon in Madison. A regular feature of MarsCon since 1999, Krushenko’s (with help from the Annex) this year serves up panels and discussions about SF in literature and other media in the daytimes, and conversational SF-related parties in the evenings. “Krushenko’s is accustomed to serving alien guests!”

Tales of the Unanticipated Party
Come and make friends with the first 30 issues of this Twin Cities speculative fiction magazine-anthology, meet staff and contributors, and hear about our 25th anniversary issue, #31, due out later this year.
Friday 8:30pm–2am

Bandana Square Cons Party
Hosted by three cons to be held at Best Western—Bandana Square, St. Paul this year: Con-Sarnit, a Western convention, Saturday, June 2; Diversicon, a multicultural, multimedia speculative fiction convention, August 3-5, with Guests of Honor Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due; and Arcana, a convention of the dark fantastic, October 19-21, with Guest of Honor S.T. Joshi.
Saturday 8:30pm–2am

A Party for Readers and Viewers
Sponsored by Second Foundation, a Twin Cities speculative fiction book-discussion group that has met regularly since 1983, whose members are also film buffs. Krushenko’s Annex (room 1331): Space for conversation & viewers’ choice film viewing; Krushenko’s (if available): space for conversation & gaming.
Sunday 7:30pm

1334 — Space Oddity Music Club & Brew Pub

Hosted by Beth Kinderman
Friday and Saturday 7pm unless we fall asleep
Beer, cookies, board and card games, and awesome music circles

1335 — ValleyCon

Hosted by ValleyCon
Friday and Saturday 8pm–????
Stop by the ValleyCon suite to help kick-off our 38th annual celebration of everything pop-culture! ValleyCon welcomes back Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Dean Haglund and many more to be announced soon! Stop by the suite for more information, fun and “x” (you’ll have to stop by to find out what “x” is!)!!!

1337 — Galactic Destruction Tour

Hosted by the IKV RakeHell
Friday 9pm–1am
Saturday after Masquerade–2am
The IKV RakeHell invites you backstage for the fourteenth annual farewell reunion tour of Disaster Area. It’s the end of the world as we know it and we feel fine.

1340 — A.V. Club Room

We’ll be hosting our Second MarsCon Midwest Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Film Festival!
See program schedule for the final movie list.

1341 — Brit Con #1

Hosted by Brit Con
Friday and Saturday 7pm–1am
Step through the wardrobe and into Narnia, a land where it is always winter but never Christmas.

Brit Con MN, a 1st Annual British themed Sci-Fi and media convention happening Labor Day weekend 2012 at the Hilton Bloomington Hotel, gives a nod to The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis with its first ever MarsCon Party. Stop by and join Mr. Tuminus, the White Witch, Father Christmas, and other fabled characters of renown from these classic tales of wonder. Sample Turkish Delight and other delicacies while engaging in stimulating conversation.

At MarsCon only we are offering an early registration special when you stop by the party room. Sign up now and receive $5 off the already low low membership rate.

1342 — Cosmic Tulip Lounge

Hosted by Bette Dawn Morrow
Friday and Saturday 10pm–1am
Come listen to Tiny Tim’s version of Eve of Destruction (all 23 minutes of it) as we rock the apocalypse at the Cosmic Tulip Lounge!

Would you like to add your party to this august group? Of course you would, but you are wondering “how do I do this?” It is fairly easy really:

First, fill in the form below to let us know about your party.

Next, contact the hotel and book your room. The hotel will assign you a room on some other floor; that’s OK.

Last, send an email to parties and give us your confirmation number. We’ll have the hotel re-assign your reservation to the party floor.

If you have any questions, comments, concerns please contact us at parties.

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your party at the convention!

Here’s the form to sign up for a MarsCon party…

Some of the rooms in the parties area have connecting doors, so if you’d prefer two rooms which connect or a room which connects with another group’s party, just let us know.

MarsCon 2012
March 9-11, 2012

Crowne Plaza Hotel and Suites
(Same hotel, different name)
3 Appletree Square
Bloomington, MN 55425

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