EAST
| EAST | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Website | |
| Status | Ongoing |
| First iteration | September 8, 2011 |
| Organizer(s) | Sachsen Furs e.V. |
| Subject | Convention |
| Resources | Photos, videos, reports: EAST resources |
EAST, or EAST-CON, is a convention in Eastern Germany, organized by the Sachsen Furs e.V..
With the permanent closure of Tropicon (due to changing land-use rules for the nature preserve where that event occurred), a consensus was arrived at to collect several other events in East Germany together into a singular convention.
The name of the convention is an acronym for "Episches Abfeiern Streunender Tiere" which translates into the English language as "Epic Partying of Straying Animals".
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Programming and accommodations[edit]
The convention offers accommodation for at least 460 guests in the Ringberg Hotel. More info HERE
Events at the first EAST include a dance, karaoke, Iron Artist, and game show panel. [1]
Meanwhile, more events were added, like a volleyball tournament, a paper chase, art auction, a fursuit walk, and many more.
History[edit]
2011[edit]
EAST 1 occurred over the weekend of September 8-11, 2011.[2][3]
2012[edit]
EAST 2 was scheduled for September 27-30, 2012, and took place in Falkenstein in the Harz Mountains.[4]
2013[edit]
In 2013, EAST 3 took place in the same location, from September 19-22.[5] The convention theme was fairytales and stories, with a tagline of "the kingdom far far away".[5]
2014[edit]
EAST 4 took place over July 24-27, 2014, at the Hostel Dessau-Rosslau (a change of venue after EAST 2013 was completely booked out).[6] The theme was "Furs in Space".
2015[edit]
EAST 5 was held over July 22-26, 2015,[7] at the Hostel Dessau-Rosslau.[8]
2016[edit]
EAST 6 was held over July 13-17, 2016,[9] at the Hostel Dessau-Rosslau.[10] The event was themed around pirates.[9]
The Guest of Honor was the 3D animator H0rs3.[10]
2017[edit]
EAST 7 took place July 12-16, 2017 at the Ringberg Hotel in Suhl,[11] which happens to be the same hotel that Eurofurence 13 was held at.
The theme was "The lucky number 7" and was a reference to EF13's theme "The unlucky 13".
2018[edit]
EAST 8 took place July 4-8, 2018 at the Ringberg Hotel in Suhl.[12]
Fittingly for the 8th EAST the theme "8-Bit" was chosen.
The Guest of Honor was Sethaa.
2019[edit]
EAST 9, "The Fellowship of the Ringberg" took take place in July 24-28, 2019 at the Ringberg Hotel in Suhl.[13]
2020[edit]
EAST 10 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponing the event until July 14-18 of 2021.[14]
2021[edit]
EAST 10 is rescheduled to 2022 due to the above-mentioned pandemic.
2022[edit]
EAST 10 took place July 20-24, 2022, at the Ringberg Hotel in Suhl.[15][16] The theme was "Dreamfactory Hollywood".[15]
The Guests of Honor were Cheetah and BigBlueFox.[17]
2023[edit]
"EAST 11" has been announced, and its theme is "CYBERPUNK". It is scheduled to go from September 13-17 of 2021.
References[edit]
- ↑ Announcement post to forums, Retrieved July 1, 2011
- ↑ Pictures of the first EAST on The Fursuit Archive
- ↑ Forum post about the first EAST instance
- ↑ EAST 2 convention website. Retrieved May 26, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 EAST 3 convention website. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- ↑ EAST 4 website. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
- ↑ EAST 5 website. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ EAST 5 hostel information. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 EAST 6 website. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 EAST 6 details on furcon.eu. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ↑ EAST 7 website (archived December 6, 2016)
- ↑ EAST 8 website (archived May 5, 2018)
- ↑ EAST 9 English website (archived January 30, 2019)
- ↑ LIEBE EAST 10-TEILNEHMER UND MITFURS announcement (in German) on the EAST's website. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 EAST 10 website homepage archived September 1, 2022 at Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ↑ Aaaand #EAST10 is already over. ... July 25, 2022 tweet posted by @Ryf_Fox, archived 2022 July 25 at Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ↑ (EAST 10 event page for) GoH Meet’n’Greet & Convention War Stories. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
External links[edit]
- EAST on Sachenfurs (English)
- EAST official website (English & down as of November 2022)
- Forums with EAST convention subforms available for discussions (down as of January 2019)
- Videos about EAST
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