Vidukon, 30 May to 1 June 2025, (Bristol & Online)

If you’re attending, follow these steps to get the most out of your con experience:

* Make an account on Conline, our online convention platform, at http://conline.club/login/ - all content will be available here.

* Join the convention itself by visiting https://vidukon.conline.club and clicking "Join".

* Click on your name at the top right of the page to adjust your account details, including updating your display name to the name you’re using for the con if needed.

* If you’d like to, you can also amend your timezone in the account details page to have the option of viewing content in line with your own timezone.

* Once you’re registered (there may be a short wait while we manually link your registration to your con membership), don’t forget to visit the schedule and sign up for any pre-registration content you’d like to participate in, namely the Friday Quiz and the Group Vidding Workshop.

* On any VidUKon Conline page, click on the bluey-purpley Discord icon in the row on the top right of the screen to join the VidUKon Discord server, where most of the weekend’s socialising will take place, including chats during each vidshow. If you do not already have a Discord account, you will need to create one.

* Check out the PDF version of the conbook, which will be available on Conline once the con starts. If you provided your address when you registered, you’ll also receive a physical copy after the con!

Looking forward to seeing you all at the con!

We’ll be releasing a full schedule very soon, but in the meantime, here’s an idea of what you can look forward to:

• A brand new online con platform, so that you can conveniently access all programming from one handy location. (We’re also hoping to include some extra bells and whistles, like the ability to experience some parts of the con in line with your own timezone - more information coming soon!
• A dedicated Discord hangout space to socialise with your fellow attendees
• Panels! Including the return by popular demand of in-depth analysis of favourite vids!
• Activities, like our regular quiz and our first ever totally-online, who-knows-what-the-heck-will-happen group vidding workshop! Join a team to be part of creating what will surely be a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
• And of course, streaming vidshows! Watch along at home and join others in each vidshow’s chat to discuss and squee during the show. 

Vidshows coming up this year include a 2010 retrospective, a look at recruiter vids, a celebration of C-dramas, an entire vidshow of Jewish dancing, and more! Plus of course regular shows like Vidder’s Choice, The Best of Festivids and the Saturday night Premieres showcase!

Here are the dates to remember:

Sunday 10 May - deadline for both Premieres (open to absolutely anyone who has a brand-new unseen vid to show off) and Vidder’s Choice (open to all registered members to showcase a back-catalogue vid). More information can be found HERE.

Sunday 24 May - deadline to register for the convention

Fri-Sun 12-14 June - VidUKon 2020! The con’s home timezone is BST (UK time), and things will likely be kicking off on the Friday late afternoon/evening!

Programming

In order to have a con, we need programming, so we’re delighted to announce that programming suggestions are now open until the end of February! Please bring us your ideas for vidshows and panels you’d like to run, and don’t hesitate to let us know if you have an idea for something new that’s not quite either of those things.

We welcome programming ideas from first-time VJs and panellists as well as from veterans - if you’d like to give it a try but you’re not sure where to start, get in touch! You’re also very welcome to VJ as a pair or a group. In the event that we have too many programme items to choose from priority will be given to attending members, but supporting members are also very welcome to submit vidshow ideas.

To submit a vidshow idea, go HERE, and to submit a panel idea, go HERE.

Premieres

As usual, we are seeking brand new, never-before-seen vids for our Saturday night Premieres show. 

All vidders are invited and encouraged to submit premieres, whether or not they are attending or supporting the con. Vids can be any fandom, theme, or style, and there is no minimum level of experience required.

The only requirement is that the vid be completely new, showing for the first time at the con. This means that once you submit it to us, you cannot release it online or show it at any other convention until after the Premieres show on Saturday night of the con. After that you can release the vid as usual.

The deadline for Premieres submissions is May 10. We’ll give fuller instructions on how to submit closer to the time.

Room Bookings

As usual we have reserved a block of rooms at a special convention rate (including breakfast) at the Future Inn, Cardiff Bay. These are available on a first-come, first-served basis and can be booked by getting in touch with the hotel by phone or email, and mentioning that you are attending the con and would like one of the VidUKon reserved rooms. Each room can hold up to four occupants across two double beds. These rooms will be held for us until Monday April 13 2020, so make sure you book before then!

The prices for these rooms are as follows:

Friday - £81.52 single or £93.52 twin/double
Saturday - £125.52 single or £137.52 twin/double
Sunday - £72.72 single or £84.72 twin/double

If you have more than two people in your room, check with the hotel as these numbers will change slightly!

Saturday Night Dinner

For this year’s Saturday night dinner, we will be trying something slightly different. Instead of taking place in the hotel, the dinner will be held at a local restaurant. We will confirm the location soon, but it will be close to the hotel in order to give everyone plenty of time to return for evening programming.

Concom News

As a founding member of VidUKon, LithiumDoll has put incredible amounts of time, effort and love into the con over the years. This year she is stepping back from the day-to-day running of the con, and so we’re pleased to welcome to the concom purplefringe, who will be helping us to bring you all a wonderful weekend of vids, vidding and fandom fun!

Each year, wonderful vidders offer their services for folks to bid on. The money raised has helped us to buy our own AV equipment and paid for extra tea and coffee and other amenities at the con, with a proportion of the money raised beyond our targets going to charity. Plus, vidders and bidders have put their heads together and come up with some terrific vids, most of which have premiered at the con!

Signups for vidders are now open for this year’s auction. You can sign up as a vidder until 17 January, and bidding will be open from 24 January to 8pm UK time on 31 January.

If you want to offer your services to create a vid for the highest bidder, just head HERE, hit the blue Sign Up button, and fill in your details! This information will later appear on the auction page to help potential bidders choose which vidders to bid on. In the Fandoms box, you can provide a list of specific fandoms and/or broader details of the kinds of things you are comfortable vidding. In the Notes box you might include a link to your existing vids, a few sentences describing your style or favourite themes, information on how people should contact you to discuss potential ideas before bidding, or anything else that you think might help potential bidders decide!