Chicago Rocky Horror Convention 2014

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Convention Mini-FAQ - May 2011

This site/page/link will be the home site for the Chicago 2014 Rocky Horror convention from now all the way through the convention and after. Disaster aside, you will always be able to come here for the latest and greatest information. You can also add our Facebook and Twitter feeds for updates. The Twitter feed will have many live updates throughout the con.

A Chicago convention in 2014 - are you kidding?
No

A Chicago convention in 2014 - are you serious?
Yes, at present we are pretty much committed to making this happen.

Didn't jefF say in the program to the 2006 Chicago convention that he was never doing this again?
Yes. He lied. Most of what comes out of that guy's mouth is made up or a lie.

Seriously though, why did he/you change his mind?
Because this is our passion and love in life. We made some mistakes in 2006, not the least of which was being late on official announcements, and as well as it all turned out in the end, we sincerely believe that we can do it better and bigger this time.

Realistically, what's the chance it's going to happen?
Realistically, it's got as good a chance as any event that is put on by unpaid volunteers in their spare time, three years out, will be. In our minds, we like to believe that after almost 25 years as a cast, jefF (and at least a few MM members) attending the vast majority of Rocky Horror conventions in the last dozen or more years, and that we made a full con happen in the recent/modern Rocky (ubiquitous internet/web/new media) era, that we have SOME cachet and that you'll give our event serious consideration and pencil it on your calendar now. That said too, three years is a long time in which a lot of stuff can happen, good and bad (look at your own life from 3 years ago and see how much has changed and what has happened - same with us), so it could turn into a grand spectacular thing with three years of work and effort shining in a bright blaze, or collapse in a glorious firestrom of drama a/o literal bright blaze of fire.

So WHEN is it going to happen - when will we see some dates?
We are hoping we'll have the final date set no later than the fall of 2012.

Right now our best/closest answer is anywhere between April 1st and Sept 1st 2014. It will NOT happen during Oct./Halloween or any cold weather month (Rocky Horror and fishenets in winter/snow SUCKS). Unfortunately, Chicago has a LOT going on during the summer that we would compete with for hotel space and location, so that will eliminate a lot of weekends for this. We likely will not do it during Lollapalooza, or any of the other major Grant/Millennium Park music fests. We will also avoid major "Geek" Con weekends, such as Comicon (Chicago and San Diego), GenCon, and Dragon Con. So, while we can't say exactly when it will happen right now, we can say when it likely won't.

So, WHERE will it happen?
We're looking at a few options right now. We have a top 3 or 4 list, depending mostly on venue availability. We likely won't announce the hotel/exact location until about a year out from the con, in 2013. We WILL know by the August 2013 RKO Convention. If it isn't all set and ready by then, we'll cancel the whole thing. We're NOT going to do stuff 3-6 months out and expect you to drop/alter plans like we did last time - that shit killed us in 2006.

Is this a Midnight Madness con, or a "Chicago" Rocky Horror convention?
Just like before, Midnight Madness will be heading up and doing the majority of the work/coordination/paying the bills for this convention, but it will be run and staffed by people from ALL of the Chicago Rocky Horror casts, what we like to call the CRHAP casts (Chicagoland Rocky Horror Area Performers), all of the casts within (or within a reasonable distance of the Chicagoland area).

Is it going to be called CRHAPCon (II)?
Like with did in 2006 when we called CRHAPCon I "The Un-Toucha-Touchables Unconventional Convention", Eventually we will pick a more "media friendly" name that can be published in news outlets and press releases. The name should come in conjunction with a hotel/venue announcement. For now it's CRHAPCon II, or Chicago 2014 (and you're free to use either of those names through the con).

Are you guys going to have any friggen T-Shirts for this convention - you stiffed us on shirts in 2006?
YES, we will have the damn shirts. If things go according to plan, we'll have SEVERAL of them this time, including a VERY limited edition run of the 2006 T Shirts we were *supposed* to have last time (the will be pre order/pre-pay only and we're only going to run the exact number and sizes people buy in advance).

What's that logo you're using to represent this convention?
The logo is the City of Chicago Flag with the Rocky Horror lips over the stars. Like the Chicago flag where the stars all represent something, the 4 lips on stars represent the 4 major conventions that Midnight Madness / Chicago has played host to in the past 25 years (1988, 1989, 2006 and now 2014). We also use the single lips on the star to represent the 2014 contention itself. We *might* (likely will) come up with something different/better, or we may keep this as the main/only logo. We'll see how it goes during the years up to the con.

Any other questions - then email us
thesearenotenoughfaqs @ crhap.org or con @ crhap.org