Consonance

Consonance is a filk convention held annually in the San Francisco / Silicon Valley area. It was founded by Bob Laurent in 1990. Since 2001, Consonance has been sponsored by FanFare Music, Inc.

From 2003 to the present, Consonance has had at least one guest from outside the U.S. every year.

Mike Rubin was originally selected as the 1996 Toastmaster, but he passed away before the con, and was replaced by Alan Thiesen.

Consonance 2018 raised over $20,000 so that Santa Cruz filker Summer Russell could have surgery, not covered by her insurance, to cure a painful condition from which she had suffered for two decades.

Convention	Dates	Guests
Consonance 1990	March 2-4, 1990	GoH: Barry Childs-Helton and Sally Childs-Helton; Toastmaster: Chris Weber; Fan Fund guest: Tom Smith
Consonance 1991	March 1-3, 1991	GoH: Gytha North; Toastperson: Rilla Heslin
Consonance 1992	March 6-8, 1992	GoH: Mark Bernstein; Toastmaster: Nick Smith; Interfilk Guest: Mike Whitaker
Consonance 1993	March 5-7, 1993	GoH: Carol Roper; Toastmaster: Gary Anderson
Consonance 1994	March 4-6, 1994	GoH: Larry Warner; Toastperson: Jane Robinson
1995	no con	From 1995 through 1997, Consonance and ConChord (the Southern California filk con) were held in alternate years.
Consonance 1996	March 1-3, 1996	GoH: Murray Porath; Toastmaster: Alan Thiesen; Interfilk Guest: Timelines (a group that included Teri Wachowiak)
1997	no con	From 1995 through 1997 Consonance and ConChord (the Southern California filk con) were held in alternate years.
Consonance 1998	March 6-8, 1998	GoHs: Barry Childs-Helton and Sally Childs-Helton; Toastmasters: Heather Alexander and Phil Obermarck; Interfilk Guest: Diana Huey; Special Guests: Rand Bellavia and Adam English; Chair: Alan Thiesen
Consonance 1999	March 5-7, 1999	GoH: Clam Chowder (Bob Esty, John Huff, Cliff Laufer, Kathy Sobansky, Sam Van Wyck, Carl Zwanzig); Toastmaster: Cecilia Eng; Interfilk Guest: Gary Ehrlich; Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2000	March 3-5, 2000	Filk GoH: Steve MacDonald; Folk GoHs: Margaret Davis and Kristoph Klover; Toastmaster: Jeff Hitchin; Interfilk Guest: Heather Borean; Also Starring: Juliane Honisch and Katy Dröge; Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2001	March 2-4, 2001	GoH: Urban Tapestry (Debbie Ohi, Jodi Krangle, and Allison Durno); Toastmaster: Mike Stein; Interfilk Guest: Dave Weingart; Chair: Lynn Gold
Consonance 2002	March 1-3, 2002	GoH: Tom Smith; Toastmaster: Jordin Kare; Interfilk Guest: Sherman Dorn; Chair: Jane Robinson
Consonance 2003	March 7-9, 2003	GoH: Talis Kimberley; co-GoH: Simon Fairbourn; Toastperson: Jane Mailander; Interfilk Guest: Mark Mandel; Also Starring: Ookla the Mok; Chair: Lynn Gold
Consonance 2004	March 5-7, 2004	GoH: Dandelion Wine (Dave Clement and Tom Jeffers); Toastperson: Steve Savitzky; Interfilk Guest: Franklin Gunkelmann; Chair: Lynn Gold
Consonance 2005	March 4-6, 2005	GoH: Terence Chua; Toastperson: Blake Hodgetts; Extra Special Guest: Juanita Coulson; Fan Fund Guests: Rand Bellavia and Adam English of Ookla the Mok; Interfilk Guest: Adam Selzer; Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2006	March 3-5, 2006	GoH: Bill Roper and Gretchen Roper; Interfilk Guest: Marty Coady Fabish; Also Starring Peter Beagle; International Guest: Chris Conway; Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2007	March 2-4, 2007	GoH: Jeff Bohnhoff, Maya Bohnhoff, and Alex Bohnhoff; Toastmistress: Kathy Mar; Interfilk Guest: Dave Rood; International Guest: Gwen Knighton; Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2008	March 7-9, 2008	GoH: Graham Leathers and Becca Leathers; Toastperson: Mary Crowell; Interfilk Guest: Carl William Thiel (of the Fibs); Fan Fund Guest: Judi Miller; International Guest: Summer and Fall (Eva van Daele-Hunt and Crystal Blum); Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2009	March 6-8, 2009	GoH Vixy and Tony (Michelle Dockrey and Tony Fabris); Toastperson: Erica Neely; Interfilk Guest: Mary Bertke; International Guest: Playing Rapunzel (Mich Sampson & Marilisa Valtazanou); Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2010	March 5-7, 2010	GoH: Tricky Pixie (Alexander James Adams, SJ "Sooj" Tucker, and Betsy Tinney); Toastmistress: Judi Miller; Interfilk Guest: Chris O'Shea; International Guest: Juliane Honisch and Katy Dröge; Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2011	March 4-6, 2011	GoH: Carla Ulbrich and Joe Giacoio; Toastmistress: Lynn Gold; Interfilk Guest: Denise Gendron; International Guest: Chris Malme; Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2012	March 2-4, 2012	GoH: all four of the Three Weird Sisters (Mary Crowell, Teresa Powell, Brenda Sutton, and Gwen Knighton Raftery); Toastmistress: Seanan McGuire; Interfilk Guest: Partners in K'Rhyme (W. Randy Hoffman and Kira Heston); International Guest: Brooke Lunderville; Chair: James Robinson
Consonance 2013	March 1-3, 2013	GoH: Ookla the Mok West (Adam English, Rand Bellavia, and Luis Garcia); Toastmaster: Scott Snyder; Interfilk Guest: Merav Hoffman; International Guest: "Downtown" Freddy Brown; Chair: Victor Stevko
Consonance 2014	March 7-9, 2014	GoH: Margaret Davis and Kristoph Klover; Toastmaster: Mark Osier; Interfilk Guest: Jonathan Turner and Robin Holly; International Guest: Rika Körte; Chair: Victor Stevko
Consonance 2015	March 6-8, 2015	GoH: Wild Mercy (Barry Childs-Helton, Sally Childs-Helton, Debbie Gates, Jen Midkiff, and Amy McNally); Toastmaster: Jim Partridge; Interfilk Guest: Gary Hanak; International Guest: Phil Mills; Chair: Victor Stevko
Consonance 2016	March 4-6, 2016	GoH: Cheshire Moon; Toastmaster: Tim Griffin; Interfilk Guest: Jela Schmidt; Special Guest: Kathleen Sloan; Chair: Victor Stevko
Consonance 2017	March 24-26, 2017	GoH: Bill Sutton and Brenda Sutton; Toast: Deb Baudoin; Interfilk Guest: Leslie Hudson; Chair: Victor Stevko
Consonance 2018	March 23-25, 2018	GoH: The Blibbering Humdingers; Toast Mistress: Summer Russell; Interfilk Guest: Art Warneke; ; International Guests: Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps; Chair: Victor Stevko
Consonance 2019	March 22-24, 2019	GoH: TomBoat; Toast Mistress: Char MacKay; International/Interfilk Guest: Vanessa Cardui; Chair: Victor Stevko

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