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Welcome to the Baitcon pages

Baitcon XxxiI

ICv4 – No Need to Masquerade

Will Be Held 26-29 June 2026‡.

at the

Mountain Campground of the Abode of the Message.

The invitation is live here..†

The latest news/posts are:

Are you busy and distractable? Have you bailed on FB? (Smart) Do you want very occasional mail when you should come back over here and check things out? (I’m guessing about 3 pieces a year??)
Well, here’s a form for joining a mailing list

If you have any questions or ideas, please send them to bcc at baitcon dot org(*)  via email or comment on the Baitcon FB or DW.

Please note that if you have not been to a Baitcon before, you must:

  • know a host or previous attendee
  • contact us in advance BEFORE registering for this year’s Baitcon
  • register in advance

What is Baitcon?

Baitcon is a private event for JB’s friends and members of his various communities. Despite how much organization we’ve put in to it, it’s not a commercial event, it’s more of a reunion. Each summer, a camping party is held in (or near) the mountains of eastern New York. A large multi-generational social tribe attends and enjoys (or at least tolerates) nature, eats many kinds of homemade ice cream (flavors are any or all of: creative, odd, innovative, different, bizarre, classic, and (usually) GOOD), partakes of decent food (available both in meat and veg selections), and creates, or enjoys or both, some or all of music, drumming, stargazing, frolicking in the mountains, and general silliness.

Contact us at the “info” email address (ALL BAITCON EMAIL ADDRESSES should be suffixed with “-2026” currently. I hate spammers). (If 26 fails, try 25 and let us know)

Our brief history of Baitcon will tell you not nearly enough about how we got started and give you some (maybe) interesting statistics. You can also find pictures of some past Baitcons here.

(Anyone who wants to interview JB and the rest of BCC to put together a better history of Baitcon should contact JB. He’s been embarrassed by his half-assedness in this respect for years.)

(PLEASE!! Anyone who has pictures not linked above should send a link to JB, or tell him where to download an archive of said pictures to be hosted on our server.)

  • Email addresses are all {address}-{this year}@baitcon.org

†We were waiting to finalize the contract before we opened the invitation. We haven’t quite, but we feel confident.

‡Yes, we know a local burn starts literally the next day. We’re sorry. These things happen, as there aren’t nearly enough weekends in the summer. **

** This note was already here from a previous year. The more things change…

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