The ever fantastic artist, Kelly, who meticulously hand-paints our tall mug prizes is on the job for our 2016 pre-reg prize winners - and we have our first winner to announce! 

Of those who pre-registered onsite Sunday, March 15th at the 2015 convention - Kasey Aitken was our first winner! 
Congrats Kasey! 

April's pre-reg winner will be pulled later this week, and we will pull May's winner in early June. 

Remember - this is cumulative through the year. The earlier you pre-reg, the better your chance at winning one of these limited run prizes. 

Pickup will be in Registration at the Cleveland ConCoction 2016 Convention

Cleveland ConCoction's goal has been to be a local fan-run group that spreads the love of geekdom as well as the message of serving the community here in NE Ohio.

All of our events have had the goals of being fun, educational, share our the love of the arts & games and show Cleveland's geek side and to bring the geek community together. 

Our game days have also had the added benefit of being food drives to support the Cleveland Foodbank as well as other local food pantries that they serve. 
Our 2014 & 2015 Conventions held charity silent auctions that benefited NE Ohio hospitals through the Child's Play initiative.

We've been listed since our inception with the State of Ohio as a non-profit group and have been waiting on approval for Federal Non-Profit status. This week we received this approval and we are now a Public 501(c)(3). As a charitable organization we are able to receive tax deductible devices, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522. 

If you have any questions, or would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Cleveland Concoction, please feel free to contact us. 

Our annual ConCoction cookout & potluck is now less than a month away! 

Occurring June 21st, we will be holding this year's Staff & Volunteer event at the Intergrove Lodge Picnic Area at the Cuyahoga Metroparks in North Chagrin. 

Our June meeting will be held at the site from 10:30am-1:00pm, followed by our cookout, potluck, open games and more! 
Hours for the day's events run from 10:30am until pack out by 9-9:30pm.

If you are a past volunteer and would like to attend, please let us know by contacting us. 
Volunteers and their family are welcome!
Facebook Event Link

Space is limited to around 60 people due to the size of the site and is only open to ConCoction volunteers and their families. 

We had a fantastic time at this year's anniversary event, Marcon 50, celebrating 50 years of fan-run, volunteer run fandom in Ohio. 

This year was our third year with a hall table at Marcon. We were able to answer questions, share information on ConCoction 2016, and take pre-registrations onsite at the convention. 

This year was also our very first year of hosting a room party! Thanks to the leadership of our Hotel & Guest liaison volunteer, Eric, we had a great event on Saturday night. Many light refreshments, great music, snack & baked goods, and many cards games were available for play until late on Saturday night.

Thank you to all that stopped by to say hi at our table, partied with us Saturday night, and learned about all the great things our volunteers have been doing. 

Hope to see you all at ConCoction 2016, and at Marcon 51 (2016)! 

MarCon 50 is nearly here and Cleveland ConCoction will be there! 

Hall Table
We will have a hall table on the 2nd Floor of the Convention Center, so look for our banner, stop by and say hi! 

We will be able to sell pre-registration memberships for 2016, but we will not be able to sell the T-shirts we still have on hand. 
If you have questions or interest in our 2016 convention, this is a great time to talk with us! 


Saturday Night Room Party
On Saturday night we will be hosting a hospitality party on the 5th floor - "The Cleveland ConCoction Cards and Cocktails Corner". 

Drinks, card games and snacks will be available. 
Event is 21 and over only please, and Photo ID and convention badge will be required. 

Party will run around 8pm - midnight, premixed drinks will be provided, open card gaming & Cards Against Humanity! 
ConCoction Cups will be available for purchase and please remember to thank your bartender! 

Keep an eye out at MarCon for our flyers for room number! 

With the start of our 2016 convention run and the ringing in of our new website, we have already opened up online 2016 weekend membership pre-registration! 
Adult weekend pre-reg memberships are $35 until June 15th. 

Here's the break down - 

Adult Weekend Membership Rates:
(Ages 13+)

• Sunday 2015 Convention PreReg               closed
• March 30 - June 15, 2015 (current)               $35
• June 16 - October 15, 2015                             $40
• October 16 - February 29, 2016                    $45
• At the door                                                         $50

** ALL Mail-in registration forms MUST be postmarked by February 20, 2016**

Children's Weekend Membership Rates:
(Ages 7-12)

• Until February 29, 2016          $15
• At the door                                 $25

-- Our online registration can be accessed here --  


Group Memberships
We also have our group membership rates... 
Group rates for our 2015 convention offer a discount valid for:

• Valid on no less than 5 weekend badges, or more only
• Mailed in as a full set to our PO Box (Cleveland ConCoction, PO Box 770795, Cleveland, OH 44107)
  (check, MO, and Credit; all Credit transactions subject to $2 processing fee due to card charges) 
• Expiration after 2/20/2015; all orders must be postmarked by this date
• NO group discount @ door

Current weekend rate - $35
       5 - 20 badges:     $30/badge
      21 - 45+ badges:   $25/badge
      **postmarked by 2/20/2016**

Online Registration forms can be found on our Publications & Media page. 

We've received confirmation that we will be at NE Geek Expo again this year to join in the NE Ohio Geek fun and also to promote ConCoction's 2016 convention. This is a fantastic one day event and we're glad to be a part of it again!  

We'll have the remaining 2014 & 2015 T-shirts with us for fundraising, we will be able to take pre-registrations for the 2016 convention onsite and will have signups for our quarterly newsletter available. 

We look forward to all the demos, artists, cosplay, vendors and more on October 24th - Look for us in booth #22!