Event description
EVENT Update:
As many of you will be aware the Australian Federal Government and the South Australian government has put restrictions on large gatherings of people, because of this AVCon 2020 will not be held until July 9th-11th 2021. All tickets purchased for the July 2020 and January 2021 event will be refunded fully, and you will need to purchase new tickets for the July 9th-11th event. Please contact ticketing@avcon.org.au if you have any questions.
AVCon brings the best of anime and video gaming to Australia. The event has been held annually in July since 2002 and is managed by a dedicated team of volunteers through the not-for-profit organisation Team AVCon Incorporated.
As well as a focus on allowing local, interstate and international traders and artists to display their works and wares, AVCon hosts many additional attractions. Among these include; independent video game developer spaces, along with guests, panels and workshops on these and related areas of interest to our attendees.
Friday:
We are running exclusively for Quiz Night patrons only. Tickets to this event is extremely limited.
When booking, please email ticketing@avcon.org.au your group name and proof of purchase, so we can allocate you to the correct table. If you do not have a group, please email ticketing@avcon.org.au your name and proof of purchase, and you will be assigned to a 'public' table where you will be playing with other patrons who do not have a team.
Saturday:
3x 4 hour sessions will be running, with an hour between sessions so we can ensure we have done a full clean and sanitise of the venue, this is inline with SA Health recommendations.
Running the event in sessions helps keep our numbers to stick to our room capacities, and ensures that everyone gets to enjoy the event.
18+ session will be held Saturday evening, this is an event where artists, exhibitors etc. can sell NSFW content, attendees can participate in mature gaming, panels of mature themes will be able to run. This session will be strictly monitored, and a more expansive code of conduct and guidelines for sellers and cosplayers will be in place, if you do not abide that code of conduct you will be removed from the event entirely, and will be permanently banned from attending ANY future AVCon events.
Sunday:
1x 4 hour session, 1x 3 hour session, with an hour between sessions so we can ensure we have done a full clean and sanitize of the venue, this is inline with SA Health recommendations.
Our sessions are as follows:
Friday- 7pm-10pm
Saturday- 10am-2pm, 3pm-7pm, 8pm-12am (after dark session)
Sunday- 10am-2pm, 3pm-6pm
Ticketing Terms and Conditions
- A session ticket allows you access to that one session only, if you wish to attend multiple, you need to purchase a weekend pass, please keep in mind numbers are limited.
- All attendees will be asked to leave the venue in the hour between sessions to ensure the event can be fully cleaned and reset
- Ticket pricing has been calculated based on several factors including but not limited to, venue costs, full priced ticket sales from previous years and breakeven points.
- Children 5 and under can enter AVCon 2021 at no charge if accompanied by a ticket holder. A children's pass can be added to order. Maximum 1 free kids passes per standard ticket holder.
- No refund or exchange on any ticket except as required by law.
- AVCon tickets guarantee entrance into the AVCon festival, but do not guarantee advertised guests, artists or programs. AVCon reserves the right to add, withdraw, reschedule or substitute guests or artists and / or vary advertised programs at any point. Any addition, withdrawal, reschedule or substitution of guests or artists and / or any variation to advertised programs will not entitle a ticket purchaser to a refund.
- Entry may be refused if tickets are damaged or defaced in any way or are not purchased from AVCon or other authorised points of sale.
- AVCon tickets may not be resold, except with the written consent of AVCon. If a ticket is sold in breach of this condition, the ticket may be cancelled without a refund and the bearer of the ticket may be refused admission.
- All prices quoted include the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
- Lost Tickets. If your tickets are lost or stolen, you must produce proof of original purchase and ticket number before a ticket will be reissued.
- If payment for a ticket is reversed by chargeback or other mechanism, the tickets purchased may be invalidated and the ticket purchaser and associated ticket holders may be barred from future events.
- AVCon accepts Companion Cards
- AVCon's Code of Conduct can be found here at avcon.org.au. By entering AVCon, you agree to the AVCon Code of Conduct.
- Inquiries or complaints: if you have an inquiry or complaint, please contact us at ticketing@avcon.org.au.