BABSCon
BABSCon (short for Bay Area Brony Spectacular, a reference to the character Babs Seed from "One Bad Apple"[2]) was an annual brony convention held in the San Francisco Bay Area, California organized for the fandom of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, whose adult fans are commonly referred to as bronies. In 2019, BABSCon was the third-largest brony convention in the United States.[3] BABSCon operated from April 2014 until its cessation in April 2025.[4][5] Overview
BABSCon is an annual convention primarily dedicated to fans of the animated television show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, particularly the adult fans known as bronies. The convention was founded in 2013[4] by Sonya Hipper and co-founded by Sophianna Ardinger.[6] The event features a rainbow-maned, yellow pony mascot named Golden Gates.[3] BABSCon was the first brony convention in the San Francisco Bay Area[7] and was described by its founders as the "fandom version of Burning Man."[6] In 2019, the convention was the third-largest brony convention in the United States (after BronyCon and Everfree Northwest) and attracted approximately 2,000 attendees.[3] In 2015, Samuel Miller presented his doctoral research on the brony fandom at a BABSCon panel and subsequently published it in The Journal of Men's Studies.[8] The final BABSCon was held April 18–20, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport[5] and had 2,084 attendees.[1] See alsoReferences
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