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{{Short description|Annual pop culture fan convention in Atlanta}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox Convention
| image       = [[File:Dragonconlogo.png|frameless]]
| caption     =
| status      = Active
| genre       = [[List of multigenre conventions|Multigenre]]
| venue       = [[Hyatt Regency Atlanta]], [[Atlanta Marriott Marquis]], Atlanta Hilton and Towers, Courtland Grand Hotel (Formerly Sheraton Atlanta), [[Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel|Westin Peachtree Plaza]], [[AmericasMart]]
| location    = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| country     = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|33.761397|-84.387536|type:event_region:US-GA|display=title,inline}}
| first       = 1987
| last        =
| organizer   = Rachel Reeves and David Cody, Co-Chairmen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=teams_and_departments|title=Teams and Departments  |publisher=Dragoncon |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208112013/http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=teams_and_departments|archive-date=2015-02-08}}</ref>
| filing      = For-profit
| attendance  = 80,000+ in 2017<ref name="attendance2017">{{cite web |url=http://mediarelations.dragoncon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Dragon-Con-Wrap-Up-2017.pdf |title=Dragon Con Wrap Up 2017 final |publisher=Dragon Con |access-date=2017-09-07}}</ref>
| website     = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Dragon Con''' (previously '''Dragon*Con''' and sometimes '''DragonCon''') is a North American [[List of multigenre conventions|multigenre convention]], founded in 1987, which takes place annually over the [[Labor Day]] weekend in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. {{As of|2017}}, the convention draws attendance of over 80,000.<ref name="attendance2017"/> It features hundreds of guests, encompasses five hotels in the [[Peachtree Center]] neighborhood of [[downtown Atlanta]] near [[Centennial Olympic Park]], and runs thousands of hours of programming for fans of science fiction, fantasy, comic books, and other elements of fan culture. It is owned and operated by a private [[for-profit]] [[corporation]], with the help of a 1,500-member volunteer staff. Dragon Con has hosted the 1990 [[Origins Game Fair]] and the 1995 [[North American Science Fiction Convention]] (NASFiC).<ref>{{Cite book |author1=Wurts, Janny |author2=Resnick, Mike |author3=Asprin, Robert |year=2008 |title=Here be dragons: Tales of Dragon*Con |publisher=Wildside |isbn=978-0-8095-7331-8}}</ref>