DomCon is America's Premier Professional and Lifestyle Domination Convention and is now celebrating it's 6 Year Anniversary. It started as a concept of Mistress Cyan in Los Angeles a number of years ago when she noticed a disparity and disassociation between those involved in Professional Domination and those in "The Lifestyle". Wanting to do something that would help bridge that gap between the two communities and make it more united, she developed the concept of DomCon. Two years later, Mistress Cyan chose Los Angeles as the location of her first DomCon... DomCon LA 2004.
In August 2003, The Beverly Garland Hotel in North Hollywood was chosen as the location to host DomCon LA 2004. America's Top Professional Dominatrices, Switches, submissives and Fetish Models registered to attend, and even some from Europe and Tokyo, Japan sent their registrations... Soon thereafter, Exhibitor Booths sold out and what began as a Los Angeles regional event quickly became a National Event within 60 days.
DomCon LA 2004 broke new ground and has set new standards that many other Adult-Oriented Conventions are striving to match. DonCon LA 2004 was the first convention to feature a Main Stage on the Convention Floor to , present Demos, conduct performances and feature Exhibitor Showcases. DomCon LA 2004 was the first Convention to issue Certificates of Recognition to it's Special Guests, and most importantly, the first convention to successfully bring those in Professional Domination and those in "The Lifestyle" together on the same level at the same place and time.
The weekend convention was packed, The Friday Night Meet and Greet drew almost 400 people and the Saturday Night Play Party was sold out with more than 350 in attendance. DomCon LA 2004 was warmly embraced by the entire BDSM Community, and the success of the event far exceeded the expectations of everyone involved.
But even before DomCon LA 2004 started, Mistress Cyan was making plans with Ms Whip of Atlanta to present DomCon on the East Coast. Naturally, Atlanta was chosen as the location and the prestigious Hilton Hotel was named as the host hotel. DomCon Atlanta 2004 was held over the weekend of November 11th through November 14th, 2004, Organizing and presenting a convention over 2000 miles away from home proved to be a monumental task, but despite the logistics, DomCon Atlanta was a great success.
DomCon LA returned to The Beverly Garland Holiday Inn over the weekend of April 28th through May 1st, 2005 with a convention even bigger and better than before. The convention has been expanded to three days of exhibiting, with The Meet and Greet on Thursday night, The DomCon Fetish Ball on Friday night and The DomCon Play Party on Saturday night, was all on site !!!
DomCon returned to Atlanta in November 2005 with the beautiful Magnolia Manor Hotel, formerly The Radisson, as the conventions host hotel and Ms Whips extraordinary dungeon, 1763, hosting the Friday night and Saturday night festivities. The Convention was embraced by the Atlanta Community as community politics were set aside for a weekend to come together in the spirit of unity . DomCon hosted and unprecedented 22 workshops over the weekend with each being standing room only. For the first time, The Gay Leather Community showed up en force and in support of DomCon, truly brining all the communities together as one.
In 2006, The Sheraton Four Points Hotel at LAX was chosen for it's convenient location and larger ballroom for the additional vendors wishing to attend. Three breakout rooms were used for the 23 classes and workshops scheduled. Such noteworthy presenters included Master Skip Chasey, Ms Joan Kelly, Princess Kali, Slave Pug and Rev Bob Goss. The 2006 DomCon LA brought the Lifestyle, Professional, and Leather Communities together for a weekend of education and fun.
The Magnolia Manor was once again the chosen site for DomCon Atlanta. The event featured an incredible lineup of 29 classes and workshops, as well as two play parties and The Fetish Ball. Tis convention also featured an "After Hours Dungeon" for those VIP Guests to play well past the closing hours of the convention's night;y events.
In April 2007, DomCon returned home to Los Angeles for what turned out be it's biggest and best convention yet. The Los Angeles Hilton Hotel at LAX had been chosen as the site for the 2007 convention and the largest Dungeon on The West Coast, the 7000 square foot Passive Arts Studios, once again named DomCon's Official Dungeon for Friday Nights DomCon Play Party and Saturday Nights DomCon Fetish Ball. There were be more vendors, more stage shows, more workshops (38 in all) and more fun tha any of the six previous conventions. On Saturday night, at The DomCon Fetish Ball Play Party, mistress Cyan celebrated Her Birthday with 450 of Her kinkiest friends. It was a surprise party that everyone except Mistress Cyan was in on!
DomCon returned to Atlanta in October 2007 and, once again, Mistress Cyan found a way to make DomCon even bigger and better (a statement DomCon ALWAYS seems to live up to) by hosting The South East Olympus Leather Contest! This brought an even greater number of Leatherfolk to Atlanta and DomCon. The goal was to feature more workshops and panels discussions than the 33 that were featured in 2006, a bigger and better Fashion Show and more stage performances. DomCon brought the Souteast BDSM, Fetish and Leather Communities together for a unforgettable weekend.
2008 marked the 5 Year Anniversary for DomCon. The convention in Los Angeles was the largest DomCon to date, and has been labeled ny many as "Event of The Year" in Los Angeles. The convention featured more than 55 Exhibitor Booths, 49 workshops, an Industry Only Seminar Series , the first West Coast Olympus Leather Contest and two massive play parties, with the Saturday night party drawing more than 480 people. DomCon then moved onto Atlanta to celebrate it's 5 Year Anniversary and the event rivaled Los Angeles in size for the girst time.
DomCon LA 2009 was another huge success despite a bad economic recession. With more than 56 workshops, 55 exhibitor booths and guests from all over the world such as Great Britain, Norway, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore and Egypt. Now DomCon comes back to Atlanta tp celebrate it's 6th Year and plans are to continue to make DomCon an even bigger and better event than it was the year before. Southeast Olympus Leather will be returning, and DomCon Atlanta will present more Industry Only Seminar Series following the success in Los Angeles and last year in Atlanta
DomCon celebrates diversity. DomCon promotes awareness and understanding of BDSM in the adult alternative lifestyle through seminars, demonstrations, panel discussions and education. DomCon is brings people of like-minded interests from all over the world to network and enjoy the things hat make all of us who we are,so, come join the world's top Dominatrices, Switches, submissives, Bondage & Fetish Models, Webmasters, Fetish Photographers, Performing Artists, Educators and Lifestyle Practitioners as DomCon returns to Atlanta, be a part of it, you'll be glad you did !!!