Post-mortem of the 2017 edition!
Taking on the form of a exhaustive review of all the different aspects of the festival, the post-mortem meeting for the 2017 edition will be taking place on April 30th, starting at noon, in room 3105 of Pavillon Desjardins-Pollack on the Université Laval campus. If you would like to join us in giving us your comments and suggestions, we will be there for several hours, so you are welcome to do so!
Speaking of the 2017 edition, we received word concerning the final count of attendees! We were approximately 2300 in Pavillon Desjardins-Pollack during that weekend, discovering and spreading the love for Japanese culture and its various aspects! Thank you so very much!
Final hour
And so the 7th official edition, which was on the theme of luck, comes to a close! So many activities, guests, shows, screenings and panels all more memorable than the next.
The comments and suggestions panel has started. Be it bad, be it good, let it all out and let us know what you think of the festival. If you feel so inclined you may also make suggestions for the future for us to consider. The closing ceremony has also ended, marking the official end to this year’s amazing festival. A big thank you to all the guests, panelists, volunteers, medias, merchants, artists, and, of course, attendees for coming around and making this festival a success! We will see you all again next year for our 8th edition, but also in various events and conventions before that throughout the year!
Dawn of the final day
Registrations for today are open, with badges at 50% off for the last day of the con! Also don’t forget to grab your bracelets for the Orchestre Portable de Jeux Vidéo show and our guests of honour’s second show in front of Salle Hydro-Québec, starting at 10!
Activities will also start at 10, with various panels from our attendees and the auditions for the Nadeshicon Idol! Grab your mic, and impress our staff!
Night of the second day
And so the last panels for today are just starting; one about the ins and out of running a convention, another that is in fact a competition between the most knowledgeable Vocaloid fans, and one last one which pertains to the My Little Pony phenomenon. On the fourth floor and in Salle Hydro-Québec, people are dancing and singing the night away, for it is still young. We will see you all again tomorrow, for yet another festival day packed full of amazing panels and shows!
Where to eat during the festival?
To start things off, we were informed this morning that the Union of Support Employees of Université Laval is no longer on strike. Despite that, parking rules will remain as they were during the strike for Friday and Monday, which means we modified yesterday’s post yet again to reflect those changes:
With that being said, Nadeshicon starts tomorrow! We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that, despite everything going on, it is very important for you to stay hydrated, as well as sleep and eat. In the case of that last one, you really have no excuse; there’s food everywhere!
Starting on site, we have our very own Nadeshicon Café, situated in the Gaming Room, where you will be able to get hot dogs for a very low price. In the Dealers Room, you may find various merchants selling snacks of all kinds, as well as the Fanamanga serving various dishes and beverages at the counter. If that’s not enough, are also on site the Fou AELIÉS Café, the university pub, and the Chez Alphonse convenience store.
Just a short distance from the venue, one may find Place Ste-Foy and Place Laurier, both of which host a number of food counters, and Pyramide Ste-Foy, in which various restaurants do business. One such restaurant is Ogari San Sushi, which was sadly unable to be on site this year. Fear not, however, because they will be offering 15% off the menu if you show them your badge from our festival!
As you may have noticed by now, variety is really not an issue here, so go ahead and eat your fill! After all, having fun is good and all, but taking care of yourself is just as important! See you tomorrow!
Parking during the event, and 50% off badges on the Sunday of the festival!
Parking during the event, and 50% off badges on the Sunday of the festival!
(Modified again on March 31th due to parking rules remaining the same as previously, despite the Union of Support Employees of Université Laval not being on strike anymore)
Since the Union of Support Employees of Université Laval were on strike, policies regarding the parking lots on campus will be slightly different this year. First off, the usual free hours are unaffected; as such, all parking lots are free on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday, the 00 underground lot of Pavillon Desjardins-Pollack, where our event is held, will be free starting at 4:30pm. You may find more information regarding what lots are free when on this website, in French.
Outside of these free periods, rules are slightly different from usual. Parking lots that fall under categories #2 and #3 will be available to everyone free of charge, while lots under category #1, including the aforementionned underground lot, are reserved to owners of a parking permit. You may find more information regarding these rulings on this website.
To know what parking lots fall under which category, you may find a plan named « Règlement sur le stationnement » in the above page. #1 parkings lots are coloured grey, while #2 are blue and #3 are yellow.
Schedule now available, bracelets required for some shows!
You’ve been asking for it, and here it is! The schedule of the activites is now available on the Programme page! Again, please note that, in the event of a discrepancy between the programme and the schedule, the times and locations in the schedule will prevail.
Please note that some shows, namely the masquerade, the Orchestre Portable de Jeux Vidéo show, as well as the mpi&Benjamin Anderson shows will require you to have a bracelet to attend. Those will be handed out, for free, starting at 10am on the morning of the respective shows at a table in front of Salle Hydro-Québec, where the shows are held. Make sure to grab the ones you need!
HOSHI★FURU unable to attend the event; Tortuga to offer a performance instead!
We are sorry to inform you that HOSHI★FURU will be unable to perform this coming weekend. The news of the band disbanding came as a blow to us, as fans ourselves, and we sincerely wish the best to all the members in the future. The group also sent us a letter for you all, their fans, which you may read here.
With that being said, we did not have much time to mourn, for the gods of metal required a tribute. Rock and metal fans rejoice, for the Montreal-based band Tortuga will present you, on stage, their interpretation of some of the greatest classic video game themes including Megaman II, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Undertale, F-Zero and more! You definitely won’t want to miss it, so gather all your friends, and come let yourself rock to the nostalgia!
You may find more information concerning Tortuga in the Guests page.
Unveiling of the programme, and a reminder of the policy on weapons!
Here it is! Fresh out of the oven, the programme is available in the Programme page! You may find, among other things, all the activities, guests, as well as a plan of the Dealers Room! Don’t forget that you will also get a physicial copy of it during the festival, alongside your badge. Please note that, in the event of a discrepancy of the times and locations of activities between the programme and the schedule, the latter prevails.
Also included in the programme are the rules, among which are the ones concerning weapons and weapon replicas. We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the policy concerning them during the festival. As such, are forbidden the following:
- Any firearm, replica of a firearm, or anything resembling a firearm;
- Any object that can shoot projectiles, including but not limited to guns, bows, bolas, slingshots, water guns and nerf guns;
- Weapons made of metal, even if they do not cut, and even if they’re packaged, hidden, or sheathed (weapons made of wood or other soft materials are accepted unless otherwise forbidden by other rules);
- Taser guns, brass knuckles, truncheons, nunchakus, pepper spray or any other object forbidden by law;
- Excessively large, long or heavy accessories may be confiscated, if considered dangerous by the security;
- Any other object considered dangerous by the security.
The items described are forbidden on the whole campus, per the rules of Université Laval.
The flea market is back!
Shivers go down your spine when you try to find a place for your new figure in your display? Your manga library is so full, even dust is too afraid of it breaking down to get close? Your fridge is the only place left for you to store your games? Fear not, for the flea market is here to save the day!
The process is quite simple: You deposit your items at the market and specify the price at which you wish to sell them. We put them on sale. Later on or when leaving the convention, you come back and get your money and/or unsold items. If they were sold, we keep a 20% cut on the price your specified; if not, we keep nothing.
Of course, selling things is but one facet of a flea market! Whether you’re a seller or not, drop by the market often to check on new arrivals! You may very well find some gems!
If you have several items to put on sale, we encourage you to download, fill, and bring (in digital format) this Excel document to facilitate and accelerate the registration process!