MarsCon 2018 Music Guest of Honor BRENTALFLOSS! Also newcomer Donita Smith and more!

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MARSCON 2018
March 2nd through 4th, 2018
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Main Convention website: https://marscon.org/2018/

MUSIC GUEST OF HONOR: BRENTALFLOSS!

AND MARSCON NEWCOMER: DONITA SMITH!

Donita Smith 200Also performing:
Devo Spice
Insane Ian
The Library Bards
the great Luke Ski
Marc with a C
Power Salad
TV’s Kyle and Lindzilla
and more to be announced!

Returning events/things include: the immense “Table 27” merch table full of CDs & swag by all our performers, “Dementia Smackdown Wrestling” hosted by Commissioner J.P. Tuesday and Duke “Flyboy” DuJour, the “FuMP Jukebox” concert, and the traditional closing “Dementia Smackdown” concert! More events to be announced.

Watch the video announcement on YouTube!

And please share it online!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-8Z_llqgcw

 

Podcasters, streamers, & radio DJs! Here’s a 60-second audio commercial!
Please download it and play it on your streams & shows!
https://tinyurl.com/MarsCon2018DT

Registration (done through the main MarsCon website):

  • Adult weekend badges are $50 through 1/31/18, $65 at the door.
    Single day adult badge prices are Friday $25, Saturday $40, & Sunday $25.
  • Child (6-12) badge prices are $25 through 1/31/18, $30 at the door.
    Single day child (6-12) badge prices are Friday $10, Saturday $20, & Sunday $10.
Coming soon: The MarsCon 2018 Dementia Track Fund Raiser MP3 album, featuring nearly 4 hours of comedy & music highlights recorded live at MarsCon 2017! All proceeds cover the hotel costs of the track performers!

I’ll be updating this website soon with the info for the forthcoming 2018 convention. For now, get registered and get psyched for another great year of funny music!


~ Luke Ski,

Chair of the MarsCon Dementia Track

~ Carrie Dalhby,
Vice Chair of the MarsCon 2018 Dementia Track

and the MarsCon 2018 Dementia Track Team:
~ Devo Spice, Jered Perez, Byron Lee, John Eichenlaub, Insane Ian, & Chris Mezzolesta

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Comedy & Music Guest of Honor JUDY TENUTA! Also the Library Bards and more!

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MARSCON 2017
March 3rd thru 5th, 2017
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Main Convention website: https://marscon.org/2017/index.php

COMEDY & MUSIC GUEST OF HONOR: JUDY TENUTA!

AND MARSCON NEWCOMERS: THE LIBRARY BARDS!

AS WELL AS: MARC WITH A C!
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ALSO PERFORMING:
CARRIE DAHLBY,
DEVO SPICE,
THE GREAT LUKE SKI,
INSANE IAN,
MIKEY MASON,
POWER SALAD,
TV’S KYLE with LINDZILLA!

Registration for a weekend badge is $65 at the door.
Single day adult badge prices are Friday $25, Saturday $40, & Sunday $25.
Single day child (6-12) badge prices are Friday $10, Saturday $20, & Sunday $10.

Please head over to the Shop page and pick up the MarsCon 2017 Dementia Track Fund Raiser MP3 album! It’s nearly 4 hours of live concert recordings from MarsCon 2016, for only $20.00! All proceeds cover the hotel costs of the track performers!

Fund Raiser Initial Goal: $840 – ACHIEVED!
Stretch Goal: $1080 – ACHIEVED!!!
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Thanks so much to all our donors! The MP3 albums are still available to order all year round, so feel free to buy / donate anytime! 😀

Announcing the MarsCon 2017 Comedy & Music Guest Of Honor!

Click the link below to watch the surprise announcement on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHDxNeQ8O4

MARSCON 2017
March 3rd thru 5th, 2017
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Main Convention website: https://marscon.org/2017/index.php

I’ll be updating this website soon with the info for the forthcoming 2017 convention. For now, watch the above video to find out all the initial booked acts and planned events, and get psyched for another great year of funny music!

~ Luke Ski,
Chair of the MarsCon Dementia Track

MarsCon 2016 Podcast Round-up!

MarsCon 2016 was a “Mighty” success! Here’s all the podcasts that covered the weekend’s festivities, so you can relive what all went down!

Kyle & Luke Talk About Toons – Episode #63: Show Me Your Finest Dolphins
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with TV’s Kyle, Luke Ski, Lindsay Smith a.k.a. Lindzilla, & Carrie Dahlby
recorded Sunday morning at MarsCon 2016 in front of a live studio audience!
3-6-2016 – http://ognetworks.tv/c/kyleandluke/show/62ac56a2644bac34e2c3adb18a7c03fb

The Funny Music Podcast – Episode #299 – with Devo Spice and Luke Ski
3-10-2016 – http://www.thefump.com/podcast_episode.php?id=1277

The Insider – Episode #110 –  with Devo Spice, featuring Insane Ian
3-22-2015 – http://devospice.com/insider_public/insider_110.mp3

Luke & Carrie’s Bad Rapport
– Episode #123: Enthusiastic, Sober, and Paying Attention

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4-2-2016 – with Carrie Dahlby & Luke Ski
http://badrapport.com/2016/04/02/episode-123-enthusiastic-sober-and-paying-attention

MarsCon 2016 Dementia Track acts, events, & Fund Raiser announced!

MARSCON 2016
March 4th thru 6th, 2016
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Main Convention website: http://marscon.org/2016/index.php

We’re proud to announce our Main Stage concert line-up for MarsCon 2016…

Luke Ski 2016 cropped web sizeMusic Guest Of Honor:
THE GREAT LUKE SKI

As requested by the Con Chair, Jolene Hardy, this year’s Music GoH is none other than the man who through sheer will and obnoxious audacity manifested the MarsCon Dementia Track into existence over a decade ago, the great Luke Ski. He’s “The Dr. Demento Show’s” most requested act of the 21st Century, and he’s won 2 Logan Awards for Oustanding Song Parody. Currently working as a Storyboarder, Writer, and Voice-Over artist at Cartoon Network on “Mighty MagiSwords”, he’s taking time off from Turner to bring his nerdy comedy music back to his favorite convention ever in a 1-hour concert on Saturday afternoon!

Special Event: The LOGAN AWARDS

Whitney Avalon's Logan Award 2014 200The 6th Annual Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music is a concert and award ceremony celebrating the best in comedy music from the year 2015. Awards will be given out in the categories of Outstanding Parody Song, Outstanding Original Comedy Song, and Outstanding Comedy Music Video. We’ll be showing the videos and performing the songs live on stage, and handing out the three awards to the winners at the end. For details on this year’s jury and nominees, visit the Logan Awards website.

Returning favorite comedy music acts performing on the main stage:

STEVE GOODIE
CARLA ULBRICH
DINO-MIKE
KATIE GOODMAN
DEVO SPICE
SCHÄFFER THE DARKLORD
RAYMOND & SCUM
TV’S KYLE featuring LINDZILLA
POWER SALAD
INSANE IAN

To learn more about our acts, visit the Performers page.
Other events include:
DEMENTIA SMACKDOWN WRESTLING
with commentary by J.P. Tuesday & Duke ‘Flyboy’ DuJour
KYLE & LUKE TALK ABOUT TOONS live podcast panel
THE FuMP JUKEBOX concert
DEMENTIA SMACKDOWN concert
For details on these, visit the Other Events page.

THE MARSCON 2016 DEMENTIA TRACK FUND RAISER MP3 ALBUM!

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For just $20, this nearly 4-hour MP3 download album features highlights from all the live main stage concerts of MarsCon 2015! The funds raised go to cover the hotel room costs of all the non-Guest-of-Honor comedy music acts of MarsCon 2016. To buy it now, go to the Shop page. To hear a FREE 30-MINUTE PREVIEW of the album, listen to or download Episode 450 of Devo Spice’s podcast ‘Manic Mondays’.

REGISTRATION for MarsCon 2016 is $65 at the door. So get psyched for another awesome year of the MarsCon Dementia Track!

Thanks, and I hope to see you all at MarsCon 2016!
~ Luke Ski,
Chair of the MarsCon Dementia Track