Octocon 2024 Programme
Octocon is going hybrid again on October 5th and 6th at the Gibson Hotel, Dublin and Online, with the programme streamed from Dublin as well as online-only. As well as all our usual panel discussions, workshops, talks and readings, we’ll also be giving you the chance to join in hosted chats with other fans on specific topics, or sit down in a small group to talk to one of our attending creators.
Our full programme schedule is now available!
Discover our panels, workshops, group chats and other events and activities.
Octocon 2024 Programme Highlights
As well as the programme items taking place in the Gibson Hotel, we will have many live online-only items as well as streamed from Dublin on our Member Portal, and accessible to anyone with an Attending or Virtual & Supporting membership. Many of our panels will also be recorded for rewatch.
Events
Opening Ceremony
Saturday 5th October – 10:00 – Dublin and streamed online
Closing Ceremony
Sunday 6th October – 19:00 – Dublin and streamed online
Guest of Honour Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne interviewed by Sarah Rees Brennan:
Saturday afternoon – Dublin and streamed online
Cosplay Parade
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Sunday afternoon – Dublin and streamed online
Teddy Bear Tea Party
Saturday lunchtime – Dublin
Build a City / Destroy a City
Come help build a cardboard city on Saturday afternoon, and knock it down before the closing ceremony on Sunday! (Dublin)
Saturday night Watch Parties
Dublin and online
The Greater Octocon Table Quiz
Saturday night – Dublin
Workshops (Dublin)
We will be running a selection of workshops – sign-up required:
- Learn to Crochet (Saturday afternoon) and Crochet an Octo (Sunday afternoon)
- Writing science fiction flash fiction with Rachel Handley
- Writing horror with Paul Carroll
- Writing cosy fantasy with David Green
- Scrapheap Cosplay (Sunday)
- Lockpicking with TOG (Saturday afternoon)
Meet the Authors and Creators
You’ll be able to meet our guests in small informal chat sessions throughout the weekend (Dublin and online) – sign-up required.
Panels
Come listen to our knowledgeable and entertaining panellists as they discuss a wide range of topics (Dublin and online), including:
- What we like about heist plots
- Greek gods
- Cosy fantasy
- Romance and desire
- Creating while neurodivergent
- Writing queer fantasy
- 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons
- 70 years of The Lord of the Rings
- Writers supporting writers
- Interactive fiction
- Horror in science fiction
Watch Again
You can watch highlights from Octocon’s online programme in previous years on our Twitch and YouTube channels, OctoconIRL & OctoconIRL2, and on YouTube.
Octocon 2023
Log into our Octocon 2023 Members Portal to view the 2023 videos.
