This year, Octocon is running a full programme online on both days of the convention (Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2025), and we need volunteers to help us! We are especially looking for people who either have streaming experience or would like to train up to produce our streamed panels via OBS. Full training…
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Wanted: Your LGBTQ+ Books for Outhouse
Octocon’s chosen charity partner this year is Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre in Dublin. They host a library of almost 4000 LGBTQ+ books and we would like to contribute some science fiction, fantasy and horror books to the collection! If you have a printed book or two you’d like to donate, we’d like you to let us…
ABSOLUTE last call for programme participants
We’ve decided to extend our registration for programme participants until 8:00am Irish time on Saturday 13th September – this will give any last volunteers the chance to look through our list of panels they might like to be on before the deadline for panel applications closes at noon on Monday 15th. So if you’ve got…
Help Needed: ISBNticing
We’re planning to run a panel-slash-gameshow at Octocon this year where panellists have to guess the identity of a book based only on a brief description – similar to the way some bookshops offer ‘a blind date with a book’ where the book’s wrapped in plain paper with some clues to the subject and themes…
Charity Partner 2025: Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre
Octocon is delighted to announce our charity partner for 2025: Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre in Dublin. For more than 25 years, Outhouse has been a space for LGBTQ+ people to connect with one another, with their community, and with themselves. In addition to offering LGBTQ+ events, programmes, and support services, the Outhouse building in the centre…
Last call for programme participants
The Programme team is hard at work finalising the panels, talks, workshops and chats we hope to have this year at Octocon. We’re still looking for programme participants – particularly online! – so if you’ve got something to say about science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, anime, books, TV and film, science and all sorts of…
Proudly supported by South Dublin County Council
We would like to thank South Dublin County Council for their support in bringing you the National Irish Science Fiction Convention on Saturday the 11th of October at the Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, and online on Saturday 11th and Sunday the 12th of October.
#OctosDayOut at Dublin Comic Con 2025, Summer Edition
On a hot weekend in August, the Octocon Team arrived at Dublin Comic Con. We brought Octos, flyers, bookmarks, Octo-stickers and chocolates to tempt unwary travellers. By Sunday evening, most of our chocolates, stickers, bookmarks, flyers, and travellers softly and silently vanished away. Happily, our Octos got to come home with us. On Sunday afternoon,…
Crochet Your Own Octo
The Octo crochet pattern has been updated for 2025! Why not crochet your very own member of the Octo collective? Basic crochet knowledge required. Download the crochet pattern (PDF).
#OctosDayOut at Dublin Comic Con 2025, Spring Edition
On a sunny weekend in March, Octo arrived at Dublin Comic Con and set off with our Comms Team on a grand adventure. Intrepid explorer Octo visited traders and fan clubs, found last year’s Co-Chair, faced off Klingons and Storm Troopers, performed with the Muppets, barely survived the Gremlins’ House … … and finally, swapped…