Northern FanCon fills CN Centre yet again

Celebrities, cosplay, comics, candy, creatives, and convention-goers.

These can all once again be found in the CN Centre, as Northern Fancon 8 is officially underway.

Day 2 of Northern FanCon starts at 10AM and we’re going HARD today, Prince George! Check out everything going on in the CN Centre!

What’s been your favourite thing so far? #NorthernFanCon #FanCon8 #FanCon2023 #cityofPG #takeonPG pic.twitter.com/BHtMTNNoIj

— ɴᴏʀᴛʜᴇʀɴ ꜰᴀɴᴄᴏɴ (@northernfancon) May 6, 2023

Event organizer Norm Coyne previously told My PG Now this year’s fancon has more vendors than ever before.

On a glance around the arena, you can find modern and retro video games, toys, collectables, artwork, tattoo shops, food and candy vendors, and photo opportunities galore.

Celebrities are also front and center, some notable guests at this year’s convention include:

• Forrest Griffin – UFC Light Heavyweight Champion & UFC Hall of Famer
• Lou Diamond Phillips – La Bamba, Stand and Deliver, Young Guns 1 & 2
• Emily Swallow – The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Supernatural
• Michael Cudlitz – The Walking Dead, Clarice, Band of Brothers
• Summer Glau – Firefly, Serenity, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• 501st Legion

The pheoms of Cosplay! Meet these lovelies on the floor of CN Centre, see their panel on the main stage at 1:30PM and be sure to stick around for our epic Cosplay contest at 6PM! #NorthernFanCon #FanCon8 #FanCon2023 #cityofPG #takeonPG pic.twitter.com/zi9Eyya8kX

— ɴᴏʀᴛʜᴇʀɴ ꜰᴀɴᴄᴏɴ (@northernfancon) May 6, 2023

My PG Now was able to speak with Derek Travers, a Garrison and Event Coordinator with the 501st Legion, an international Star Wars Costuming Group, who are raising money for

the Hospice Palliative Care Society at the convention during the weekend.

“We raise money for charity when we dress up,” Travers explained, adding they charge a donation for fans to take a picture with their characters.

“Donation can be as small as you want or as large as you feel your heart will let you do,” he said.

Five or six of the members currently at Fancon are from the Prince George based “outer rim garrison,” but Travers said some people traveled from as far as Alberta and Vancouver to take part in the convention.

The characters pictured above are just a small slice of what the Legion is offering, he said characters rotate every hour.

“Come down, check it out,” Travers urged people. “It is one of the largest displays we have ever done. Come check us out, come support other vendors, and definitely please support the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society.”