Witchbomb 4 took place August 7 – 9 2026 at the Renaissance Hotel London.
These blogs are based on my recollections of what I heard and remembered. I do admit that I might have misheard in places or misremembered. As always perceptions and recollections may differ.
I arrived at the hotel on Thursday, and so did a lot of people. At times the hotel lobby seemed to be full of Switches, Earpers and Halobearers. The addition of two guests from Wynonna Earp was new, but there is a big overlap in the fandoms and so they fitted right on in with those who have been going since the beginning.
Of course, there were cards to sign. There was a Birthday card for Emilie, as her birthday is the week after Witchbomb. There were also Thank You cards for Lyne and Jessica. Emilie got given her cards at Witchbomb. She was delighted with them. She told me that she was going to save reading them for a few days, until her actual Birthday. Making it even more special. Lyne and Jess will get given their cards in Vancouver. This is a special cast and it is important that they know how much we appreciate them and everything that they have done for the fandom.
And there were new pens.
The organisers of CityDrop Con had been asked for their favourite quote from that episode and they chose ‘Welcome to Citydrop’. I didn’t tell them why I was asking, I just got the pens made anyway. One of the organisers of CityDrop Con was at Witchbomb, so I was able to give her one of the new pens.
Friday morning we set up the Switch Welcome Desk in its traditional place in the Renaissance Foyer.
Blue balloons are mandatory – the Spree are always with us.
I was grateful to Earpfest who sent over some of the items left over from their convention in Toronto the weekend before. We may give away a lot of things but people come along and give us things too. These are generous fandoms.
Bearing in mind that the next Motherland Fort Salem convention is in Vancouver, there were 3 leaflets about visiting filming sites. This means that anyone who is going to CityDrop Con can visit at least a few of the locations if they wish to do so. These are a selection of the information from the Visiting Vancouver section of this website. I hope, eventually, to have these available to download from this website. In the meantime, if anyone would like to be emailed pdf copies, please contact me through the contact section of this website.
We also had leaflets from Scylla Publishing – yes, named after OUR Scylla. This offered those attending Witchbomb a discount on their next publications. Available at https://www.scyllapublishing.com/witchbomb
And the new convention banner was revealed.
Thanks to the many people who helped out, getting cards signed, freebies given out, people welcomed and just creating the welcoming, supportive atmosphere that we love about these fandoms. And, yes, the Switch Welcome Desk will be in Vancouver for CityDrop Con. Our world tour continues.
The party has started.
Up next, the Opening Ceremony and the Gold Meet and Greet
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