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BJC is traditionally held in the Easter school holiday, this makes it easier for people with children or students to attend. To make this more complicated Easter changes date every year and schools in different regions have different holiday dates.
 
BJC is traditionally held in the Easter school holiday, this makes it easier for people with children or students to attend. To make this more complicated Easter changes date every year and schools in different regions have different holiday dates.
  
The early BJCs were only two days, at Exeter (in 1990) BJC became three days, at Manchester (in 1994) BJC became 4 days and at Nottingham (in 2007) BJC became 5 days, BJC Nottingham 2011 was 6 days. Traditionally BJC ends on a Sunday, but BJC 2011 ran from Friday to Thursday.
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The early BJCs were only two days, at Exeter (in 1990) BJC became three days, at Manchester (in 1994) BJC became 4 days and at Nottingham (in 2007) BJC became 5 days, BJC Nottingham 2011 and BJC Pickering were 6 days. Traditionally BJC ends on a Sunday, but BJC 2011 ran from Friday to Thursday.
  
 
BJC 2009 had summer dates, and lovely weather, which definitely contributed to people's enjoyment of the convention. Note that August is statistically one of the wettest months in the year, so summer dates don't necessarily imply better weather.
 
BJC 2009 had summer dates, and lovely weather, which definitely contributed to people's enjoyment of the convention. Note that August is statistically one of the wettest months in the year, so summer dates don't necessarily imply better weather.

Revision as of 14:09, 24 March 2013

One of the main criteria when choosing the date for your BJC is the availability of the venue. The weather in the UK is very variable, so you can not pick a weekend with good weather 12 or more months in advance, that is just down to luck.

BJC is traditionally held in the Easter school holiday, this makes it easier for people with children or students to attend. To make this more complicated Easter changes date every year and schools in different regions have different holiday dates.

The early BJCs were only two days, at Exeter (in 1990) BJC became three days, at Manchester (in 1994) BJC became 4 days and at Nottingham (in 2007) BJC became 5 days, BJC Nottingham 2011 and BJC Pickering were 6 days. Traditionally BJC ends on a Sunday, but BJC 2011 ran from Friday to Thursday.

BJC 2009 had summer dates, and lovely weather, which definitely contributed to people's enjoyment of the convention. Note that August is statistically one of the wettest months in the year, so summer dates don't necessarily imply better weather.


History

1  BJC (London) was four weeks before Easter.
6  BJCs (Exeter, Coventry, Birmingham, York, Brighton & Nottingham '11) were the weekend before Easter.
3  BJCs (Bath, Bristol & Whitstable) were on Easter weekend.
12 BJCs (Leeds, Norwich 95, Edinburgh, Durham, Cardiff, Derby, Perth, Bodmin, Nottingham '07, Doncaster, Huddersfield & Southend) were the weekend after Easter.
3  BJCs (Manchester, Nottingham 97 & Pickering) were two weeks after Easter.
BJC Norwich 09 was in August.