Vampire-con is the world’s first convention devoted exclusively to vampire pop culture.
The weekend-long event debuts August 14th –16th, 2009 in Hollywood, CA. Vampire-Con kicks off on Friday and Saturday with a Vampire Film Festival at the New Beverly Cinema featuring special guests and prizes.
On Sunday, Vampire-Con moves to The Music Box Theatre @ Fonda for a day of celebrity panel discussions, vampire merchandise and contests. Topics of discussion will include TRUE BLOOD, TWILIGHT and more.
On Sunday evening, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the sexy comic-book icon, VAMPIRELLA, 18+ children of the night will descend upon the danse macabre VAMPIRELLA’S BALL to experience the darker side of Los Angeles’ acclaimed underground vaudeville cirque LUCENT DOSSIER. The audio line-up will include the alchemy of DJ XIAN of Los Angeles’ hottest dark underground parties. DJ Gary Calamar, music supervisor of HBO’s TRUE BLOOD and KCRW (89.9) DJ will perform a special late night set and DJ Pumpkin will open the Ball.
In conjunction with Vampire-Con’s partner charities, a blood drive will be held for the American Red Cross, APLA will offer free HIV testing and the Santa Monica-based non-profit Virginia Avenue Project will hold an auction for items such as a True Blood script signed by the show’s creator, Alan Ball. Local comedian Count Smokula and Scarlet Rose will emcee the day. Highlights of the panel discussions include “Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History of the Undead” featuring Bram Stoker’s great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker and screenwriter Ian Holt, authors of Dracula, The Undead, the first officially sanctioned sequel to the original classic Dracula; and “Hot Blooded: Vampires & Sexuality,” featuring Celeste Yarnall, star of “The Velvet Vampire” and the cast of HereTV’s steamy drama “The Lair.” Panel discussions will conclude with “Inked In Blood: 40 Years of Vampirella,” celebrating the 40th anniversary of the legendary sexy comic book heroine. The winner of the “Are You Vampirella?” spokesmodel contest will be crowned immediately following.
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This is not something the actors will attend, right??
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Prob not, but I wish I could be there. Sounds like a party.
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