Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Network Ten Adelaide has signed as primary sponsor of AVCon, Adelaide's only Anime and Video Game Convention and the largest such festival in Australia, to be held at Adelaide Convention Centre for the first time this year (25th and 26th of July 2009 with opening night on the 24th).

"Network Ten Adelaide is the leading television network with a primary audience of 18-49 year olds. For many years TEN has been the leading network with under 40s generally," says Rob Richards, the Marketing and Publicity Manager for Network Ten Adelaide. "These strengths, combined with our youth focus, make TEN the ideal partner for AVCon. We are delighted to be sponsoring AVCon 2009 and look forward to seeing our relationship grow and develop over time."
Read Full Press Release Here

Our poster drive has officially ended and the Winners are................. Kstars!! (team member names to come)

Thank you to everyone who put up posters, keep up the the awesome work. We want ALL of Adelaide to know who we are - so tell your friends, tell your family, tell your enemies, hey even tell your teachers!

BTW we now have some awesome bookmarks available to be given out at local businesses (or to be handed out at schools), feel free to volunteer to help with this. There are two designs one of Switch and one of Ayvee.

The Indie Games Room featuring at this year’s AVCon has received an astonishing array and diverse set of South Australian made games. With in excess of 10 submissions to get up games from both professional and novice based studio groups, this year promises to be the biggest and best yet.

From high end hard core race car action, to iPhone sports craziness, from Wii smash and bash to one inch superhero craziness, from Hadron Collider particle insanity to the very Meanest of Beans, the Indy Games Room in 2009 will be the place to be for homegrown video game brilliance.

Watch this space for updates over the coming weeks!

Volunteer Registration Open

AVCon 2009 volunteer registrations are now OPEN! Yes, you too can assist in making this year even more awesome than ever. We need motiated, hard working and enthusiastic people to help out in every area of the convention. So whether you love videogames, are a fan of anime, or just want to hang around with a bunch of awesome people, sign up today!

Tickets are now on sale through BASS!

You can purchase through their website*, one of their outlets or via their hotline*.

Website*: http://www.bass.net.au/events/database/AVCON2009/

Outlets: http://www.bass.net.au/info/outlets.php for list of outlets

Phone*: 131 246

Alternatively, tickets are also on sale at
Pulp Fiction Comics: 34a King William Street, Adelaide
GameTraders Marion: Shop 2010a/ 297 Diagonal Rd, Oaklands Park
GameTraders Prospect: Shop 38 Northpark Shopping Centre, 264 Main North Rd,
Prospect

* Phone & Web services will require a credit card for the transaction.

Ticket Prices

Pre-registration

Weekend - $35 (No Concession)

On the Day

Weekend - $45
Day - $25

Concession - $5 off either price (must show applicable ID card at registration)

Entry is free for children under the age of 10 with a paying parent/guardian.

Upgrades

Merchandise and Gold Pass tickets will be available through the online AVCon Store.

With the move to the Adelaide Convention Centre next July, AVCon will host its biggest event ever. Twice the floor space will equate to more room for vendors, more room for video games and more room for happy little attendees like you to fully enjoy the AVCon Experience.