Announcing: MuseCon 1 - Finding Our Muse

A new convention in northeastern Illinois celebrating music and the hands-on arts beginning in 2011

Welcome

This site just underwent some major changes. We are planning a convention for THIS YEAR too, and would like to invite you to participate. See the links to MuseCon 0 - The Secret Muse for more details.

The grid of programming for MuseCon 0 (THIS YEAR) is UP. We have a great lineup. You will have problems deciding which things you won't want to attend!

MuseCon (www.musecon.org) is a new convention for artists, musicians, inventors, gadgeteers, makers, tinkerers, and so forth. We have lots of cool things in the works and we would like to invite you to be in on the ground floor. We want you at our 1st convention to participate and help define the future direction MuseCon.

When, Where and Who

MuseCon 1 will be held at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL the weekend of August 5, 6 and 7th 2011. Memership rates can be found on the registration page. Online registration will available soon.

More information about the hotel can be found on the hotel page. The hotel has spent a lot of time and effort upgrading the place - we were impressed, and know that you will pleased with the rooms.

We have a guest of honor!! Her name is SJ Tucker. Read more about her on the Guest of Honor page.

We Could Use YOUR Help Too

We're are also looking for folks to help out with MuseCon in a variety of roles. Including but not limited to the actual running of the con, providing advice and programming participants. If you want to join the team preparing for the 2011 convention please contact us. Or, track us down at one of the other conventions and talk to us in person!

If you'd like to be part of MuseCon, have ideas, or just want to learn more about what we're trying to do please contact us.

Feel free to join us in one of our future planning meetings. Our current schedule will be up after the first convention.