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30th Annual Dragon Con Atlanta 2016  08/30/2016

Dragon Con is this weekend. Check out all the details from Midtown Patch. And to all our friends and customers who are attending, MTFBWY...Always.

Dragon Con, the internationally known pop culture convention held each Labor Day in Atlanta, celebrates its 30th annual convention in a few days.

Organized for fans, Dragon Con features more than 3,300 hours of comics, film, television, costuming, art, music and gaming over four days. Dragon Con is the largest multi-media convention focused on fantasy, science fiction, gaming, comics, literature, art, music and film.

The event runs from Sept. 2-5 over several downtown Atlanta hotels -- the Hyatt Regency, Marriott Marquis, Atlanta Hilton, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Westin Peachtree Plaza, and AmericasMart buildings 1 and 2.

Registration will be located at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel.

More than 70,000 fans, dealers, artists, guests, and volunteers attended Dragon Con in 2015. Dragon Con 2016 is expected to draw more than 75,000 unique visitors.

Prices for four-day memberships $130 but are only available on-site. One day memberships are also available, and can be purchased on-site at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel only.

Major events include our Annual Parade down Peachtree Street, the inaugural Dragon Awards for fantasy and science fiction literature, Guest of Honor Awards Banquet, Masquerade, and Dragon Con Night at the Georgia Aquarium.

In 2016, Karl Urban, William Shatner, Alex Kingston, James Marsters, Charlie Cox, Jack Gleeson, and Robin Lord Taylor will be among the all-star guest list that covers television, movies, literature, comics, gaming and other realms.

Credit:  Tim Darnell (Patch Staff)