FunCon Two

By funcon_admin, 6 November, 2025
Funcon logo variant with a wasp hovering over a pint of stout

Happy International Stout Day!

Memberships have been on sale for just 24hrs and there are already only 15 remaining from the first 40 tickets, at the bargain price of £55 each!

Grab yours now before they sell out!

If you happen to want to support the convention, and leave the lower priced tickets for those who need them, our higher price points (40 tickets at £65 and unlimited at £70) are also available.

Concessions (unwaged, low wage) for those who otherwise wouldn't be able to attend will always be available for £50, or by contacting us to discuss your situation.

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By funcon_admin, 5 November, 2025
FunCon logo variation with fireworks in the background, Guy Fawkes in the foreground, and as usual, a wasp hovering over everything

Memerships now available!

It's Guy Fawkes Night today in the UK, but we know the real reason for all the fireworks - you can now register for FunCon Two! 🎆

Visit our registration page to sign up now and join us for a weekend of much fun and silliness in Buxton, 11-13 June 2027.

Membership Rates:

  • £55 - first 40 members
  • £65 - next 40 members
  • £70 - everyone else

Concessions (unwaged, low wage, etc) £50, or contact us.

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By funcon_admin, 4 November, 2025
Variant of FunCon logo with wasp hovering over Yorkshire Pudding

Roast Dinner

Happy Roast Dinner Day!

(It's a Yorkshire pudding, honest....😁)

Don't forget, memberships will be available from tomorrow.

By funcon_admin, 24 October, 2025
Variant of FunCon logo with wasp in front of carved pumpkin

Happy Hallow'een

It's spooky season, and what could be scary than a thousand angry wasps? Not much! Thankfully, Funcon 2 is guaranteed to be better than that, and we're excited to announce that memberships will be available on our website from November 5th.... Mark the date, and bookmark funcon.lol!

Venue

Our venue is the Palace Hotel, Buxton, which has a great selection of function space for a convention our size, and plenty of bedrooms.

It also has a health centre and swimming pool, and spacious grounds outside.

Accommodation

Accommodation bookings will open closer to the convention. We will send details to all members when bookings open.

What to do while you're there

We are putting together a page of things you can do in and around Buxton.

Jim

Jim's past jobs may include goat herding in Nepal, giving swimming lessons to a Monacan princess, and testing elastic in a bra factory. Or we may have made this up. 

About FunCon Two

If you'd like to know about previous FunCons, please see our short history of FunCons.

For information about things we got up to at Funcon One, please check out the Programme Items page. You can expect some similar things at Funcon Two - details of exactly what will be available closer to the convention. 

Please also see our Code of Conduct to see how you should behave at FunCon.

 

Julia Daly

 A long, long time ago at a Worldcon far away I joined a group called Octarine. I enjoyed their humorous magazine full of anarchic humour, and one day I fell prey to their desire to run a convention of their own. I believed that I was signing on to provide help on the day, as a gopher perhaps. It seemed odd that they wanted me to attend so many meetings in the two year run-up, and by the end of the first meeting I became aware that I was actually on the committee of Inconsequential. We had a ton of fun. Friendships were forged and broken.

James Shields

James has been involved in fandom and conventions since the early 1990s. He has helped organise many conventions in Ireland and abroad, including Octocon, Eurocon, Eastercons, Worldcons, and the first Funcon. He has been involved in fanzines, fan clubs and fan funds, and is a massive space nerd with a particular fascination about zero gravity toilets. A huge fan of LEGO, James will attempt to include it in convention programmes at every opportunity.

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