Minecraft annual events

MINECON (initially referred to as MinecraftCon, and sometimes capitalized as MineCon) is an annual Minecraft convention held by Mojang AB.

The official MINECON website is available at https://minecraft.net/minecon/.

MinecraftCon


MinecraftCon 2010 was a spontaneous gathering of Minecraft fans in Bellevue, Washington, USA on August 31.

It was conceived by Notch in a blog post.

MINECON 2010


MINECON 2010 was a gathering of Minecraft fans on a Minecraft Classic server.

This thread on the Minecraft Forums was an unofficial organization point for the Con.

2011
MINECON 2011 was held at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on November 18th, coinciding with the official release of the game.

Tickets went on sale on August 11, 2011. Attendees received an exclusive MINECON 2011 cape.

MINECON featured many exciting events, including the official release of Minecraft, keynote speeches from members of the Minecraft community (including one from Notch), building contests, breakout classes with different Minecraft topics, costume contests, exhibits, meeting worldwide Minecraft personalities and commemorative merchandise.

2012


MINECON 2012 was held in Disneyland Paris from November 24 - 25. The convention was attended by 4,500 people - approximately the same amount as the previous year.

Attendees received an exclusive MINECON 2012 cape.

2013


MINECON 2013 was held in Orlando, Florida, USA from November 2–3.

Mojang revealed on June 27 that MINECON 2013 would be held in Orlando, Florida from November 2–3. After a lot of mystery, it was officially confirmed by Mojang that MINECON 2013 would be hosted in the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC).

Early on July 31, Mojang confirmed that tickets would start going on sale later that day. These tickets were said to be released in batches of 3, each of those batches selling 2,500 tickets and at $150 a piece (7,500 tickets in total).

On September 5, Mojang posted that attendees of MINECON would receive an exclusive MINECON 2013 cape.

2015


MINECON 2015 was held at ExCeL London, London, UK from July 4–5.

On March 30, 2014, it had originally been announced that the next MINECON would take place somewhere in Europe. It was later confirmed that MINECON was unable to be held in 2014, instead it had to be moved to Spring 2015, and was held in London.

On March 18, 2015, Mojang announced that tickets would be on sale on Friday March 27th and Saturday March 28th, respectively. The tickets were released in two batches.

2016


MINECON 2016 was held in Anaheim, California, USA from September 24–25.

On March 7, MINECON 2016 was announced.

On April 18, Mojang announced that tickets will be on sale on Friday May 6th and Saturday May 7th, respectively.

2017


MINECON Earth 2017 was an online livestream held at the official MINECON website on November 18.

On August 8, 2017, Mojang announced that MINECON will be taking the form of an interactive 90-minute livestream on November 18, dubbed MINECON Earth. Tickets were free to the event, and attendees were able to purchase MINECON-branded merchandise online to be delivered to their place of residence.

After this announcement came the introduction of 'Official Community Events', which allow events such as Minefaire, Minevention and Multiplay's BlockFest to be considered 'Official Minecraft Conventions'.

At MINECON Earth 2017, Update Aquatic was announced and some of its features were showcased.

2018


MINECON Earth 2018 was an online livestream held at the official MINECON website on September 29.

On April 10, 2018, it was announced that MINECON Earth 2018 would take place on September 29, 2018.

At MINECON Earth 2018, Village & Pillage was announced and some of its features were showcased.