After 2017, BronyCAN to close its doors for good.

BronyCAN recently announced over Twitter that they shall be shutting down. Like BUCK, another convention bites the dust. More below the break, and press [F] to pay respects.

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We have a sad announcement, #BronyCAN 2017 will be our final year. Statement from the BronyCAN team: https://t.co/gvIqYMz5zV pic.twitter.com/kgd1HBM4u0

— BronyCAN (@BronyCAN) June 15, 2017

Hello to all our attendees, past and present, and to those who follow our antics for a giggle. For
those who don’t know us, we are the chairmen of BronyCAN for 2017. We’re working away as
usual to bring you all another great show for this year, but we have to interrupt that for a
moment for a sad announcement.

The board of Alicorp - the group that owns and finances the convention - has decided that
BronyCAN 2017 will be our final year. Why has this decision been made? If you’ve been
involved in the brony fandom for any length of time you can probably guess, but we’re an honest
bunch, so let’s be plain about it.

The brony fandom, this wild silly strangeness we all found ourselves swept up in, is shrinking.
We’re neither shocked nor scared by this; it’s inevitable for any fandom of its type that the
popularity will peak and then slide back to some extent. It isn’t a death, just a maturation, and
I’m sure many of us will be around here for a long time yet. Unfortunately, the first conventions
to feel the pinch in NA are going to be those north of the 49th parallel. Canada’s population is
much smaller than America’s, and frankly it’s harder to get folks to come north across the border
than to go south. BronyCAN’s attendance looks like it will reach a level after this year’s
convention that will no longer be financially viable.

There are, of course, ways we could try to counter this, but if we were to push prices higher, or
change the focus of our convention, then we feel that the convention just wouldn’t be BronyCAN
any more. We’re here to be goofy and fun, not exclusive and pricey. There’s a definite feel to
our little event, and we don’t want to ruin that. Better to end things with dignity, eh?

BronyCAN has had a very good run. We were the first Canadian brony convention back in 2013,
and we were the only northern convention to make it to two years, let alone the five we
managed. We’ve had dozens of guests, thousands of attendees and tons of fun. You were there
when the changelings invaded, when we doused Nicole Oliver in ice water, when Vincent Tong
and Peter New got their character dakimakuras, when we auctioned off an actor’s toes for
charity, and much more than that. I hope very much that you all had a great and daft time with
us.

On behalf of the crew, we’d like to extend very heartfelt gratitude to all of our volunteer staff,
both past and present. Without your efforts, the convention would not have existed at all to bring
joy to others. Thank you also to our sister convention, Vancoufur, as well as RAIN, Everfree
Northwest and CANterlot for their contributions.

And for those concerned, allow us to be especially clear on 2017: BronyCAN 2017 is not in
danger. ​The convention this year will happen as planned. In fact, we’re shaping up to send the
event off with a bang! We’ve just announced more guests and more musicians, and we’ll attach
the details of those below. If you want to come and celebrate five years of Canadian pony
fandom in the city where the show is made, head along to our website and register today. Hotel
rooms are running out fast, so don’t forget to book yours as soon as possible. Hopefully we’ll
see you there for our finale!

Be excellent to each other.

Thomas Tom3p0 Givlin
Chair, BronyCAN 2017
Silvershock
Vice Chair and Grumpy Git, BronyCAN 2017