PonyCon AU 2017 - Coming Soon!

With just a few days left to go, the PonyCon AU donation drive has hit it's final goal. And it's all thanks to some amazingly generous final donations by our fans. The PCAU team would like to thank every single person who participated in helping out with the fundraiser over the last few months - be it with a donation or just by sharing our announcements.

Without all your help, we never could have got this far.

PonyCon AU and the team are dedicated to bringing the best possible events to Australian Bronies, but we also want to make sure that PonyCon AU suits our unique community. We will do our best to cater to our fans requests, be that specific types of guests, pre-event crowdfunding, and ensuring that our chosen location is available to as many attendees as possible.

Once again, thank you to everyone who has interacted with us and the donation drive - you can expect to hear more from us soon. We're looking forward to the future and all the other events we can bring to you then! As always, if you have any comments or queries, please ask us here in the comments or via private message, we'll do our best to get back to you ASAP!

PCAU Art Stream

The PonyCon AU donation drive is hitting the home stretch with our April deadline fast approaching, and we want to thank every single one of you who has donated to the campaign thus far.

On Sunday, April 19th we will be running an art stream and auction to help us reach our final goal. Featuring a fantastic variety of artists who will be available to do sketches, YCH and more in exchange for donations.

We'll also be running an auction simultaneously, with six original MLP inks from Paul Abstruse, and several other items the community has been kind enough to donate to us.

Don't worry, if you've already donated you won't miss out! To show our appreciation we're giving away twelve pony badge packs and the chance to win a Pony comission from the talented Blu-boisen on Deviantart.

Track the donation progress here: http://ponycon.com.au/sos

DONATE: http://bit.ly/1Ck50E4 -- PonyCon AU would like to once again thank everyone who came to Seaponies Paradise this year, it's only with the support of our community that we were able to host such a fantastic weekend for Aussie Bronies.

Unfortunately, PonyCon AU has run into some trouble with costs we incurred running the event in 2015. Due to unforeseen issues arising at the eleventh hour, we still have roughly $8000 to pay off by the end of April. Whilst we will continue to work on the problem from our end, the PCAU team could really use some help from the community that's supported us so well in the past.

Nobody is obligated to donate anything, of course, but without some help we will sadly be unable to run the event in next year or in the future - PCAU needs 3,000 by the end of March, and a further 5,000 by the end of April.

If you're interested in helping out, please follow this link here:http://bit.ly/1Ck50E4 be

Even if you are unable to donate, simply sharing this message to others in the fandom will help us out immensely. Keep an eye on our Facebook page as we continue to upload the panels and events to our YouTube.

We'd once again like to thank everyone who came to PonyCon AU this year. We've said it before, but we really could not produce PCAU without all the support we receive from our fans and your passion for the show! After each PonyCon AU, we like to offer a survey for our attendees to fill out, that way they can let us know what they especially enjoyed and would like to see again, and advise us of anything they'd like to see changed or added in future years.

If you'd like to fill out this year's survey, you can find it above.

Since there's quite a few questions this year, we've decided to offer some prize packs for people who complete the survey. Thanks to our friends over at Ponified, we have some of their fantastic card packs as prizes. Just fill in and submit your answers and you'll go in the running to win!

Didn't have the chance to see everything you wanted to see on the Main Stage at Seaponies Paradise? We've got you covered! Thanks to our dedicated Production team, we're now in the process of uploading a variety of the panels and events from PCAU 2015.

If you didn't get the chance to see the Artist Challenge live this year, you really shouldn't miss the recording. Watch as our talented artists go head to head in a competition for the ages.

Make sure to keep an eye on our page for more Panels and Events from Seaponies Paradise, as well as a survey all our attendees will be able to fill out.

Pre-Registration for PonyCon AU: Seaponies Paradise is this Friday! Head over to the Outrigger between 2 - 5pm to pick up pre-bought passes or to buy Weekend, Sat/Sun tickets. You can even secure your place for the After Dark concert and games night.

Bringing a receipt will speed up the pickup process, and Photo ID will be required if you need to pickup a ticket without your Eventbrite receipt. Weekend passes will cost $70 at the door, Sat/Sun tickets will be $45 abad After Dark entry will cost $15.

Ticket Registration will still be available on the Saturday and Sunday of the Convention, if you can’t make it down on the Friday. Want to beat the at-the-door prices? Pre-Purchase online is still available at our website: ponycon.com.au/tickets

There’s only a few days left till PonyCon AU: Seaponies Paradise, and there’s some general protips we’d like to share to make sure everyone has a great time at the Convention

1. Drink plenty of water. Although it seems to weather will be doing it’s best to drown us it would be good to bring a large bottle with you so you have enough for the day. Just because it’s raining doesn’t mean it won’t be hot, and dehydration is no fun for anybody!

2. Wear deodorant. With lots of people in the one space, it can get warm even when air conditioned. Deodorant is a must! That being said, please also be considerate of those with asthma and similar conditions, and don't spray deodorant around the convention. 3. Shower. Lots of deodorant is no substitute for a shower. Be considerate to your fellow convention goers!

4. Sunscreen. If you plan to leave the convention to go get food etc, sunscreen and a hat would be wise. Even if the sky is overcast, the UV rating can still get quite high, and it’s prudent to come prepared.

Lets have the best possible time at PonyCon AU: Seaponies Paradise!

It's time to announce the 15 lucky people who have won a prize pack from Banter Toys. If you see your name here, we'll be emailing you very soon! You'll be able to collect your prize on the day when you pick up your ticket.

Congratulations to: Brandon Bentzen David Hilder Darren Tan David Hadlow Andrew Watson Madison Cooper Harry Sewalski Ray Williams Andrew Monsif Abbie Costa Melissa Raynor kelly wilson Andrew Hobbs Carson Marain Marc Pastyr

We want to thank everyone that has bought tickets to PonyCon AU: Seaponies Paradise, thank you for supporting us and helping us make this convention a reality. Remember to buy your tickets! Online sales close midday on Friday, and ticket sales on the day will cost $3 more for After Dark, $5 more for single day passes, and $10 more for a weekend pass. 

Buy tickets here: https://ponycon.com.au/tickets/

We've got some very unfortunate news for everyone attending PonyCon AU this year. We were advised recently by Cathy Weseluck that due to sudden and unforeseen circumstances, she will regrettably no longer be able to attend the convention in Surfers Paradise. She is immensely disheartened and disappointed by this unavoidable decision, understands fully the disruption and disappointment for all of us that this may cause, but assures us if there were any way at all the situation could be rectified, she would do so.

We are deeply saddened that our attendees will be unable to meet her in person, and she has assured us that she is equally upset that she won’t be able to meet the attendees who have come to see her.

Despite the sad news, it’s not all doom and gloom. Cathy still wants to make an appearance and talk to everyone that has come up to Queensland for the weekend, and she’ll be stopping by via Skype on the Saturday and Sunday during the guest panels to answer some questions and talk about her voice acting career. Cathy will also be participating in a VIP question time on the Saturday evening.

Not only that, Cathy’s agency has secured for us a replacement second AND third guest: Ingrid Nilson the voice of Maud Pie, and GM Berrow, author of the popular My Little Pony chapter books and one of the newest show writers. We look forward to having them attend the convention, and thank them for setting aside the time to do so on such short notice. We’re dedicated to ensuring all of our attendees get the full value of their time at our convention, and we will work with all of our guests to ensure that nobody goes home disappointed.

The L-Train is a tirelessly hard worker and a great Musician, having produced a huge quantity of Hard Rock and Metal for the Brony community. L-Train is most significantly known for his impressive symphonic metal pieces, which can almost be operatic in scope. He really does bring a great deal of style and finesse to both his original work and covers of other songs.

We're really happy to have The L-Train performing for us at this year's After Dark concert. You can check out some of his work above.

And his Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/the-l-train-9000

There's only a week to go until PonyCon AU: Seaponies Paradise and we're all super excited! We can't wait for you to see all the awesome activities we have planned. There's so many amazing panels, performances, games, contests and more! What are you looking forward to the most? See our timetable here and plan your days!https://ponycon.com.au/activities/timetable/ Scared you'll get lost? Don't worry, just check out our "Getting There" section on our website https://ponycon.com.au/info/venue/ Don't forget to buy your tickets. Ticket sales on the day will cost $3 more for After Dark, $5 more for single day passes, and $10 more for a weekend pass. Book online now here https://ponycon.com.au/tickets/

There comes a time during every PonyCon AU that we call on you, the congoers to flex those artistic and creative muscles of yours, regardless of your level of skill. That’s right, it’s the much celebrated OC O’Clock, a PonyCon AU tradition where we ask as many of the congoers that are willing to design and submit an original pony character for judging and display for all the world to see. The more “creative” the better, just be sure to keep it safe for all audiences!

There’ll be plenty of prizes up for grabs for a number of different categories, and everyone is invited to join. In the past, we’ve even had some of our guests join in on the competition. We’re sure it’ll be fun for all involved, and we just know you’ll make our judges laugh or cry, or even both at the same time.

Grab your tickets here: https://ponycon.com.au/tickets

If you went to PonyCon AU: Marebourne, you probably saw a few Ponified cards around! Ponified is a collectible card project by Kez (Graphite Sketch) and Brylian (Miss Chaos) that features My Little Pony OCs (original characters). It also functions as a regular set of playing cards when you have the full set!

Kez was kind enough to donate some of her art for the PCAU passes this year, so you're sure to see some of her art around the convention weekend! For more information about this awesome project and the two incredible artists, check out the Ponified Panel at PonyCon AU: Seaponies Paradise. "

Their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PonifiedCards Plan your day at PCAU: https://ponycon.com.au/activities/timetable/