Fandemonium is one of southwest Idaho's Sci-Fi, Anime, Gaming Conventions, created to bring multi-genre conventions to Idaho. Held annually in Nampa, Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...

 at the Nampa Civic Center, the convention takes place during the first full weekend of August. The convention has featured role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons and HarnMaster

HârnMaster

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, Cosplay Groups

Cosplay

, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...

 and competitive contests for costume designs, collectible card games like Magic, the Gathering, computer games

Computer Games

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, and more.

Events

Events held at the convention are produced by the attendees at the event. Attendees create events by requesting space and time slots months before the convention, and then they are given a space to run their panel, event, competition, and other activities.

• Cosplay and Costume contests are common as photographers attend to take action shots and different cosplay group photos for their organizations.
• Dances and mini-events occur often at the will of the Random Games Staff at Fandemonium for where they have been known to throw in different events for audience plesure.
• Stage Performers and cosplay groups create productions just for Fandemonium each year and perform for audiences on stage.
• Concerts where local bands can come out and play for the attendees during the evenings.
• One of the largest boffer sword melees in the Treasure Valley
  Treasure Valley
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   occur at Fandemonium each year, as the Convention Chairman, Borneo, produces a class on creation and use of boffer swords and then holds a contest with anyone with safe weapons.

Timeline

Event	Date	Location	Attendance
Fandemonium '04	August 13–15, 2004	Red Lion Hotel Boise Downtown Boise, Idaho Boise, Idaho Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...	256
Fandemonium '05	August 5–7, 2005	Nampa Civic Center Nampa, Idaho Nampa, Idaho Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...	178
Fandemonium '06	August 4–6, 2006	Nampa Civic Center Nampa, Idaho Nampa, Idaho Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...	320
Fandemonium '07	August 3–5, 2007	Nampa Civic Center Nampa, Idaho Nampa, Idaho Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...	478
Fandemonium '08	August 1–3, 2008	Nampa Civic Center Nampa, Idaho Nampa, Idaho Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...	680
Fandemonium '09	August 7–9, 2009	Nampa Civic Center Nampa, Idaho Nampa, Idaho Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...	778

External links

• Fandemonium.org
• Fandemonium Fan Forums (the convention forums)