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Armageddon
StatusActive
GenreScience fiction
Location(s)New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch. Australia: Sydney, Melbourne
Inaugurated1995
Attendance28,000 in 2006
Organized byPulp Culture Expo Ltd
Websitehttp://www.pulpexpo.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 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.

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, a first Melbourne event was held in 1999, a first Christchurch event was held in 2007, and a first Sydney event was held in 2008. The event is a mixture of gaming, wrestling, music, anime, sci-fi, fantasy, comics and stalls. Armageddon has become the largest fantasy event in Australia/New Zealand with 28,000 attendees at the 2006 Auckland event.

Contents

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 stores and companies from all over NZ and Australia, with DVD, gaming, trading card, comic, anime, and sport memorabilia sales.

Venues and guest appearances

1995-1997

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

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2007

2008

2009

See also

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