NESFA events are canceled until further notice because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NESFA events are highlighted like this. Non-NESFA events at the clubhouse are highlighted like this. Extraordinary and exceptional events, dates, and reminders are highlighted like this.
Please report any errors, and any relevant events which are not listed but are in or near New England or otherwise of interest to NESFA members, to calendar@nesfa.org.
In addition to the activities listed here, some NESFA members gather at the clubhouse almost every Wednesday evening to work, socialize, and play games (often Dominion). The building is almost always open between 6 pm and 10 pm on Wednesday evenings, and often later. When the weather is inclement, please call 617-625-2311 to make sure that there are people at the clubhouse before showing up.
The dumpster will be emptied every two weeks on Mondays (except on Tuesday when Monday is a holiday).
Please leave a clear path to the dumpster, and plenty of clear space around it on pickup days.
In 2020, upcoming dumpster pickup dates are Jul 6 & 20, Aug 3, 17 & 31, Sep 14 & 28, Oct 12 & 26, Nov 9 & 23, Dec 7 & 21.
The clubhouse will be cleaned by professional cleaners on the first Friday of every month (except July in 2020).
Please schedule your activities so as not to interfere with their work.
In 2020, upcoming clubhouse cleaning dates are Jul 2, Aug 7, Sep 4, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4.
HELIOsphere (virtual) FilKONtario, which runs the virtual FK-NO, and HELIOsphere, which runs the virtual Beyond the Corona(BTC), will be running a joint schedule
FilkONterio (virtual) FilKONtario, which runs the virtual FK-NO, and HELIOsphere, which runs the virtual Beyond the Corona(BTC), will be running a joint schedule
NESFA Writes (virtual) A Maker Space for Making Fiction
NESFA Business Meeting The NESFA business meeting will start 2PM
This meeting will be held online.
NESFA Writes (virtual) A Maker Space for Making Fiction
The Somerville Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club Book: Circe by Madeline Miller
This meeting will be held online.
New England Folk Festival 2021 (online) The New England Folk Festival will be online this year.
NESFA Writes (virtual) A Maker Space for Making Fiction
NESFA Writes (virtual) A Maker Space for Making Fiction
Marcon in Worthington, OH.
NESFA Reading Group Book: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
This meeting will be held online.
Annual Meeting The Annual meeting will be held online via Zoom.
NESFA Writes (virtual) A Maker Space for Making Fiction
NESFA Writes (virtual) A Maker Space for Making Fiction
The Somerville Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club Book: The Space Between Worlds by J. Conrad & Micaiah Johnson
This meeting will be held online.
NESFA Writes (virtual) A Maker Space for Making Fiction
ConQuesT 52 (virtual) ConQuesT will be virtual this year.
Balticon 55 (virtual) The Baltimore Science Fiction Society will hold Balticon 55 as a free virtual convention.
NESFA Writes (virtual) A Maker Space for Making Fiction
NESFA Reading Group Book: Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky This meeting will be held online.
Boskone and NESFA Business Meetings The Boskone meeting will start at 1PM. The NESFA business meeting will follow at about 2PM
These meetings will be held online.
The Somerville Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club Book: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
This meeting will be held online.
Fourth Street Fantasy in St. Louis Park, MN
Northeast Filk Convention
PortConMaine 2021 in Portland, ME
NESFA Reading Group Book: Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta by Doris Lessing
This meeting will be held online.
Readercon 31 (virtual) The 2021 convention will be a virtual one.
Shore Leave (virtual) The Shore Leave organizing committee has decided it is best that Shore Leave run in a virtual mode this year.
ConGregate 2021 in Winston-Salem, NC
ConnectiCon XVIII in Hartford, CT
The Somerville Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club Book: Contact by Carl Sagan
This meeting will be held online.
Otakon in Washington, DC
FanExpo Boston in Boston, MA
NESFA Reading Group Book: Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard
This meeting will be held online.
The Somerville Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club Book: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Morena-Garcia
This meeting will be held online.
Bubonicon in Albuquerque, NM
NESFA Picnic at The Shelter (a covered area with 6 grills and 8 tables) at Larz Anderson Park in Brookline.
Note that neither dogs nor hibachis are allowed in this area.
All fans are welcome. NESFA will provide the basics: hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, condiments, and fire; bring something to share.
There is a link for directions to the park on the same webpage.
FenCon XVII in Irving (DWF airport), TX.
Granite State Comicon in Manchester, NH
Capclave
Astronomicon 13 at RIT Inn and Conference Center, in Rochester, NY
World Fantasy Convention 2021 in Montréal, ON, Canada.
Rhode Island Comic Con in Providence, RI
Corflu Concorde in Bristol, England
end of daylight saving time 2 am EDT, end of daylight saving time; change clocks backward to 1 am EST.
SMOFCon Europe in Lisboa, Portugal
DisCon III the 79th World Science Fiction Convention, in Washington, DC, USA
Boskone 59
Intercon U in Warwick, RI
beginning of daylight saving time 2 am EST, beginning of daylight saving time; set clocks forward to 3 am EDT.
HELIOsphere in Tarrytown, NY
RavenCon in Glen Allen, VA
Anime Boston
Anime North in Toronto, ON, Canada
Chicon 8 the 80th World Science Fiction Convention, in Chicago, Illinois.
end of daylight saving time 2 am EDT, end of daylight saving time; change clocks backward to 1 am EST.
Smofcon 38 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Costume-Con 39 in San Jose, CA
