THE GATHERING II – World’s Largest Gathering of Full-Size Daleks!
IMPORTANT UPDATE – 20.11.2020
Following the sad news on Wednesday that the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon would remain closed permanently at the end of the current lockdown, we are now actively looking around for a new venue to stage THE GATHERING II in early November 2021. Our thanks go to the staff at the Oasis who had been so very helpful with our preparations and they also have our best wishes for the future. We will keep you posted on developments.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
As everyone is aware we are at the beginning of the most uncertain times of our lives in recent history.
For many of us, things will be considerably changed during this time, especially those of us involved in the convention scene in whatever capacity. From the biggest organisers & celebs, to the smallest events, cosplayers and all attendees, we will all have to be sensible, considerate and adaptable.
Although many planned events have been affected, fortunately the majority seem to be being postponed & rescheduled to later in the year, rather than being cancelled.
However, this now means there are a very large number of incredibly popular and fantastic events very close together in a relatively short space of time.
It would appear now that August, September & October (and possibly November) will end up being the preferred months for the majority of the rescheduled events.
The Gathering 2 had been planned to take place 1st November 2020. After much deliberation and discussion, we have decided to reschedule our event to November 2021.
We feel that to proceed would be not only detrimental to our cause, (raising as much as we possibly can for BBC Children In Need), but would be an immense strain on us as a group.
Obviously, we attend and exhibit at a large number of events throughout the year, which enables us to promote & raise funds partly to pay the pre-show costs involved in putting on the event.
With so many events now so close together, it would be a huge ask for us to attend these events, plus get into place all that is necessary for us to host our own.
Also it will be a difficult time for all of us financially and many people will find it a struggle to attend and be generous to so many closely held together conventions, which would certainly impact on our ticket sales and the viability of our event.
Ticket sales have currently been suspended, and all tickets purchased for the 2020 event will remain valid for the 2021 event. An announcement of the new date will be made in due course, and ticket holders will be automatically notified. Please be patient though as some of us are working hard in local government at present, and do not have much spare time to devote to other things.
Also please be aware that our announced guest list may change considerably, however, we will endeavour to keep as many of our originals as is possible, with some additions.
We hope you all understand this hard decision but we truly feel this is the best course of action at this time. We wish you all well, stay safe and much unlike our alter egos at Sons of Skaro…be nice and help those around you that you can. Everything in life is easier if we do it together…we can do this.
Robert, Dean & All the Team at Sons of Skaro.
