Armageddon (convention)

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Armageddon Expo
Status Active
Genre Science fiction
Location New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton (2012) Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide
First held 1995
Organizer Pulp Culture Expo Ltd
Attendance 44,000 in 2010 (Auckland alone)
Official website http://www.armageddonexpo.com/
King Kapisi Star Wars concert, Christchurch 2007 (Photo/Martin Caie)

Armageddon is a commercial science fiction and comics convention held in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. In recent years it has also showcased computer and video gaming, animation, and consumer electronics. The convention attracts celebrity guests from popular TV shows and computer games.

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[edit] History

Armageddon was first held in Auckland, New Zealand on the weekend of 2 December 1995 at the Avondale Raceway. In 1997 the convention first came to Wellington, then a first Melbourne event was held in 1999; followed by the first Christchurch event held in 2007. The event is a mixture of computer gaming, wrestling, music, anime, sci-fi, fantasy, comics and stalls.

Armageddon has become the largest fantasy event in New Zealand with 44,000 attendees at the 2010 Auckland event.

The Expo will expand in 2012, with its first expo in Hamilton.

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Special events that take place at Armageddon include a Dragonball Z kamehameha contest (created in NZ in 2001), Pizza Eating Contest, Pillow Fight, Black Box Session console gaming tournament, Wuss Factor (fear factor style eating contest), AMV and Cosplay, trading card tournaments, movie screenings, and celebrity panels.

Armageddon also hosts a variety of stalls run by Tamika.Y and Mikaela.V and companies from all over NZ and Australia, with DVD, gaming, trading card, comic, anime, and sport memorabilia sales.

[edit] Venues and guest appearances

[edit] 1995-1997

  • 1995 (2–3 December) - Avondale Raceway, Auckland [1]
  • 1996 (25 August) - Freemans Bay Community Centre, Auckland [2]
  • 1997 (9 March) - Freemans Bay Community Centre, Auckland [3]
  • 1997 (17 August) - Freemans Bay Community Centre, Auckland [4]
  • 1997 (24 August) - Victoria University, Wellington [5]

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27/28 March 2010, Christchurch Convention Centre [37]

2–4 April 2010, TSB Bank Arena, queens wharf, Wellington [38]

June 2010, Castle Complex Otago University, Dunedin. NZ Anime convention, [39]

16/17 October - Melbourne, Melbourne exhibition centre, [40]

23–25 October - Auckland, ASB Showground's (Fifteenth anniversary event!)

[edit] 2011

26/27 February - Sydney showgrounds, the dome, Sydney, Australia. [42]

5/6 March - Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, Australia, [43]

2/3 April - Christchurch convention center, Christchurch, New Zealand [44]

and was demolished in 2012 due to extensive damage [46].

9/10 April - TSB Arena, Wellington, New Zealand, [47]

4/5 June - NZ Anime convention - Dunedin, New Zealand, [48]

2/3 July - Christchurch, Addington Raceway (previously Christchurch Convention Center)[49]

22/23 October - Melbourne, Australia, [50]

28–31 October - Auckland, New Zealand (First Four Day Event) [51]

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