A Weekend with The Nightowl

A Weekend with The Nightowl was a series of Sentinel fan gatherings held in Vancouver and Toronto.
First, there were informal 'gatherings' held in 1998 and 1999 in which fans would meet at a pre-arranged hotel and rent a party suite. These were also called "house parties," or 'relax-a-cons" and were held in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, where the Sentinel TV show was produced. These more informal gatherings became "A Weekend with The Nightowl" in 2000 and continued until 2003.This evolution and meld of the events can be seen in the way they are referred to: the first "Weekend" in 2000 was referred to as the "4th annual," and the official "Weekend" in 2003 was referred to as the "3rd annual."
==1998==
==1999==
"Weekend with The Nightowl, Toronto Sentinel Get-Together -- July 2–4, 1999
Nightowl's annual party that's grown into a full-fledged Relax-a-Con. Videos-watching, chatting and sharing, a Jim meal, a Blair meal, etc. It's still in the planning stages.
Some photos of this event.
==2000==
information about 2000
"Due to popular demand, there will be two (2) Weekends with the Nightowl Sentinel Get-Togethers in 2000. The Nightowl has talked to the other Toronto TS fen, and we decided we're up to two -- maybe three -- The Sentinel gatherings this year.
There were two cons that year:
* June 9–11, 2000 -- 4th Annual TS Toronto Get-Together ("This year's Toronto TS Get-Together will be a TS house-party similar to that held in 1998.")
* October 13–15, 2000—TS Relax-a-con in Vancouver. ("There will be a full-fledged relax-a-con held in Vancouver on the Weekend of October 13–15. Similar to the relax-a-con held at the Neill-Wyick in Toronto in 1999, this event will take place at the Landis Hotel and Suites in downtown Vancouver. We currently have one full floor of the hotel reserved.")
===2000: Con Zine===
This con generated a con zine. It is not a con zine in the usual manner, with fans contributing fiction, art, and poetry to it in advance, but instead written solely by Nightowl, the con's organizer, and published after the con was over.
The zine is over 300 pages and includes:
* Con Reports (of the recent Nightowl con)
* Descriptions of Set Vists
* Biographies of the actors
* Detailed descriptions of the Loft
* Synopsis, a list of cast and crew for each episode
* Detailed analysis of each episode
The non-fiction info canon info is almost certainly a print version of Nightowl's website, which in 2000, was not necessarily available to fans who were not online.
===2000: Con Reports===
==2001==
==2002==
==2003==
* October 12–13, 2003, Vancouver, billed as "The Third Annual" event
See: .
"There will be only one Weekend with the Nightowl this year, and it is being held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Vancouver Relax-a-con will be held at the Landis Hotel and Suites as usual, and will be very laid-back this year. The group dinner, walking/driving tour(s)/door prizes will be the usual, with fandom focus on Smallville and The Sentinel this time around, although other Vancouver-filmed fandoms are also welcome. Vision (president of the John Sampson fan club) will be the Nightowl's co-host, as Hauntfox will be unable to make it this year.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON:
Registration sign-in and social activities
More events -- TBD
FRIDAY EVENING:
TBD
SATURDAY MORNING & AFTERNOON:
Walking and Driving Tours of Smallville and The Sentinel film sites
SATURDAY EVENING: GROUP DINNER:
Celebrity guests for group dinner: Currently actor/stuntman John Sampson and actor/screenwriter Craig McLachlan have expressed interest in attending the dinner. We are also extending invitations to other guests. A reminder, however: we make no commitment that any specific celebrity will appear, as their attendance is subject to their work commitments and good will.
Location -- TBD Cost -- The meal is included in the con membership. Alcoholic beverages non included.
SUNDAY MORNING:
Drawing for door prizes (fandom focus on Smallville and The Sentinel)
Invitation to try the infamous Blair Sandburg Algae Breakfast Shake" 
==References==
Category:Sentinel Conventions
Category:Con Zines
Category:1990s Conventions
Category:2000s Conventions
Category:Conventions in Canada