MAY 23 - 26, 2025
Full Weekend Memberships
Adult (25+) | Young Adult (13 - 24) | Child (12 and under) | |
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Winter Rate (Through Feb 28) | $75 | $38 | Always free |
Early Bird Rate (March 1 - April 15) | $80 | $40 | |
Advance Rate (April 16 - May 15) | $85 | $43 | |
Full Weekend (May 16 - At The Door) | $89 | $45 | |
Friday | $40 | $20 | |
Saturday | $50 | $25 | |
Sun/Mon | $60 | $30 | |
Sunday | $45 | $23 | |
Monday | $30 | $15 | |
Virtual Only | $30 |
*Age is of the first day of the con.
** Virtual Memberships are included with ALL memberships
Registration Hours
Friday
1:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday
8:45 am – 7:00 pm
​Sunday
8:45 am – 5:00 pm
Monday
10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
Balticon will be held at The Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA, inside the Baltimore Inner Harbor Entertainment District. Multiple shops, restaurants and entertainment venues are adjacent to the hotel.
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Stay in the hotel and never miss a minute of Balticon! We've negotiated the best room rate possible for you at $158 per night (plus taxes) for either a King or Double Queen room. Full details on rooms are available on the hotel's website. By booking through our block, not only do you get the best rate, but you help support us, too. Space is limited!
Public Transportation: Routes and schedules for bus and light rail are available on the MTA website.
Room Parties: If you wish to host a party in your room, please contact the party coordinator at Party@Balticon.org for party guidelines and how to reserve a room on the party floor.
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Balticon Anywhere HubAll Virtual Programming is accessed through the Balticon Anywhere Hub. You will be emailed a unique password-free login link to the email address you provided at Registration.
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ZoomStreamed program items are broadcast via Zoom from meeting rooms in the hotel. Whenever possible, we will have someone in the room to relay questions and comments from remote viewers. There is no physical location for our virtual programming! Our participants join from their own locations, and the program is hosted either through a Zoom webinar or meeting. Each event is its own session, with 2 or 3 simultaneous events scheduled during most of the weekend. Attendees will be able to watch and listen to program participants and ask questions via Zoom’s built-in Q&A feature. Zoom is free to use. It is accessed in a web browser or through the free app. A Zoom account is not required to be able to view a session in Zoom. Most Zoom events will have automatic closed-captioning. To enable, click the Closed Captioning button in the meeting controls toolbar. See Zoom help. Zoom links are at the bottom of the program description within the Balticon Anywhere Hub after you’ve logged in.
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DiscordJoin us on our Discord server, ‘BSFS & Balticon’, to interact via text chat and voice chat. Discord is the place to go to talk with Dealers and Fan Tables, after panel discussions, technical help, and general socializing. Each Programming room, both virtual and in-person, has an associated channel with the same name that can be used for continued discussions after the panel. Video watch parties, scavenger hunt, and similar events may also be organized over Discord channels. Discord is a free voice, video, and text chat app that’s used by tens of millions of people aged 13+ to talk and hang out with their communities and friends. Apps are available on Google Play and the Apple Store. If you prefer to use a computer, there is a desktop app, or you can use it from a web browser. Use our invite link to go to our server https://discord.gg/5U3s2YzPzQ and create an account. You can also choose to use the web browser or download the app, if desired. This is a good beginner’s guide for using Discord.
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YouTubeReplays of panels and presentations will be available on YouTube through the Balticon Anywhere Hub within two weeks after the con has ended (or sooner, if volunteer time allows!) Sign up for our email newsletter and we’ll let you know as soon as they’re up! YouTube can be used in a web browser with or without logging in, or you can download the YouTube app for your device.