Editing Dragon Con (section)

===Music and film===
From its origin, music has also been a significant feature of Dragon Con, with performances by groups and artists such as [[Abney Park (band)|Abney Park]], [[Blue Öyster Cult]], [[The Crüxshadows]], [[Celldweller]], [[Ego Likeness]], [[I:Scintilla]], [[Black Tape for a Blue Girl]], [[Bella Morte]], [[Chick Corea]], [[Edgar Winter]], Emerald Rose, [[Ghost of the Robot]], [[Godhead (band)|Godhead]], [[Iced Earth]], [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]], [[Jefferson Starship]], [[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]], [[GWAR]], [[Man or Astroman?]], [[The Bloodhound Gang]], [[Spock's Beard]], and [[Mindless Self Indulgence]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Annalee|last=Newitz|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2001/09/11/dragoncon/index.html?pn=1|title=Sex with storm troopers|work=Salon|access-date=2007-08-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606163306/http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2001/09/11/dragoncon/index.html?pn=1|archive-date=2011-06-06}}</ref>
[[File:Wikidragonpanel2011.jpg|thumb|Audience for a 2011 Dragon*Con Panel]]

The Dragon Con Independent Short Film Festival presents the "finest independent short films of the fantastic".<ref name=DragonCon-2005>{{citation | url = https://issuu.com/dragoncon/docs/program_book_-_complete | title = The Dragon*Con 2005 Program Book | volume = XIX | date = August 2005 | editor1-first = Eugie | editor1-last = Foster | editor2-first = Cassy | editor2-last = Gordon | publisher = Dragon*Con, Inc. | location = Atlanta, Georgia | access-date = August 24, 2018}}</ref> Awards are distributed for a number of categories.