Fan Gatherings at Page's Bar in London

Fan Gatherings at Page's Bar in London were casual gatherings at a pub in Westminster, London, England.
They were a form of a regional, small fan gathering, and in some instances, a very small scale convention.
These fan gatherings began in 1999 with only a few fans in attendance. The focus of the first gatherings was Xena.
As the years went on, more and more of the gatherings included appearances of actors who portrayed characters from a variety of science fiction television shows such as Buffy, vampires, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, Farscape, Babylon 5, and others. 
It is unknown who produced and organized these events.
Earlier in the 1990s, Bob Benton, the landlord of the pub, had already established a weekly event known as The Star Trek Fan Club on Saturday nights. Fans and staff alike would cosplay as Star Trek characters on the theme nights, and food and drinks were renamed with trekkish monikers like Cardassian Korma or Romulan ale. Memorabilia were sold and fans could watch Star Trek episodes that were shown on a large video screen all night.See: (The Independent, 1994)
As of February 1996, Page's was already refered to as London’s Star Trek-themed bar.See: LBC/IRN, "Star Trek bar has re-fit". http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/lbc/index.php/segment/0001300341008 (Accessed 09 Mar 2024)
==Some Similar Gatherings==
* a list of fan gatherings (and photos) is at Steve Rogerson's web pages.
* London Group
* Slash Bashes
* fan field trips like the Blake's 7 ones described in some issues of Horizon Newsletter
==Fan Photos==
=== 1999===
* By the Gods I & III (Xena-centric) (October 1998 and January 1999)
* By the Gods V (Xena-centric) (April 1999)
* By the Gods VI (Xena-centric) (June 13, 1999)
* By the Gods VII (Xena-centric) (August 1999)
* By the Gods: The Special Edition (Xena-centric) (September 1999)
* By The Gods VIII (Xena-centric) (October 17, 1999)
* By The Gods IX (Xena-centric) (December 19, 1999)
===2000===
* By The Gods X (Xena-centric) (February 20, 2000) 
* Vampire Nights (Xena-centric) (Feb & March 2000)
* By The Gods XIII (Xena-centric) (June 25, 2000)
* Jeffrey Combs Night (August 26, 2000) (guest: Jeffrey Combs as Brunt and Weyoun in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
* Buffy Night (Buffy the Vampire Slayer-centric) (December 10, 2000)
* Pages Bar Xmas Party (general frivolities) (December 16, 2000)
===2001===
* Buffy Night (February 11, 2001)
* Buffy Night (March 11, 2001)
* Fantastic Fun Day (May 20, 2001) (with special guest Steve Englehart)
* Dwight Schultz Night (guest was Dwight Schultz from The A-Team and Star Trek: The Next Generation) (September 1, 2001)
===2002===
* Alice Krige Night (Krige portrayed the Borg Queen, Star Trek: Voyager-centric) (January 19, 2002)
* Robert Beltran Night (Beltran portrayed Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager) (May 25, 2002)
* Andrew Robinson Night (June 29, 2002) (guest was Andrew Robinson who portrayed Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
* By the Gods (Xena-centric) (October 12, 2002) 
* Claudia Christian Night (October 29, 2002) (guest was Claudia Christian from Babylon 5)
===2003===
* Rom and Nog (October 7, 2003) (guests were Aron Eisenburg (Rom) and Max Grodenchik (Nog) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
* Gigi Edgley (September 13, 2003) (guest was Gigi Edgley who portrayed Chiana in Farscape)
* Villains of Deep Space Nine (July 19, 2003) (guests were Casey Biggs (Damar), Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun) and Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat) of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
* End of Days Party (May 10, 2003) ("After the previous week's End of Days convention in Blackpool, some of the guests (Julie Benz, Andy Hallett, Mark Lutz, Brody Hutzler and Chase Masterson) dropped by at Pages Bar before going home.") 
* Clare Kramer and Juliet Landau (April 26, 2003) (guests were Clare Kramer who portrayed Glory in Buffy and Juliet Landau who portrayed Drusilla in Buffy and Angel the Series) 
* Mark Lutz and Chris Owens (April 6, 2003) (guests were Mark Lutz who portrayed Groosalugg in Angel the Series and Chris Owens who portrayed Agent Spender in The X-Files) 
* Marina Sirtis Night (April 12, 2003) (guest was Marina Sirtis who portrayed Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation)
==References==
Category:1999 Conventions
Category:2000s Conventions
Category:Xena: Warrior Princess
Category:Star Trek Conventions
Category:Jossverse Conventions
Category:X-Files
Category:Farscape 
Category:Babylon 5Category:Conventions in United Kingdom