CitizenCon

CitizenCon is a yearly fan convention organized by Cloud Imperium Games as an anniversary to celebrate another year with the community, look back on all that has been accomplished, as well as to look forward to upcoming game content.

The event takes place in a different location every year, and has evolved to include cosplay contests,^[1] memorabilia, sales, prizes, community booths,^[2] and more.

"We planned the CitizenCon event to celebrate the anniversary with the team, who were scheduled to meet in Austin for our first company-wide development summit. As the event came together, we realized that we needed to include the community that made this game possible."^[3]

CitizenCons

Event	Date	Location	Venue	Webpage	Recordings	Notes
CitizenCon 2943	10th October 2013	Austin, Texas - USA	Alamo Drafthouse: The Ritz (now closed)	RSI	YouTube	This was the first CitizenCon event which was to celebrate the 1st anniversary of original Star Citizen's announcement.
CitizenCon 2944	10th October 2014	Los Angeles, California - USA	Avalon Hollywood	RSI	YouTube	This event launched the 890 Jump concept.
CitizenCon 2945	10th October 2015	Manchester - UK	Runway Visitor Park, Manchester Airport	RSI	YouTube	The event was held in a hangar which contained a retired British Airways Concord.
CitizenCon 2946	9th October 2016	Los Angeles, California - USA	Avalon Hollywood	RSI	YouTube	This event featured the now infamous Homestead Demo.
CitizenCon 2947	27th October 2017	Frankfurt - Germany	Capitol Theater	RSI	YouTube	The event was sponsored by Intel who promoted the launch of the Sabre Raven which only came with purchases of Intel's Optane 900P SSDs.
CitizenCon 2948	10th October 2018	Austin, Texas - USA	Long Center	RSI	YouTube	Originally the live panels were only to be available live for Subscribers, Concierge or owners of a paid pass, with only the keynote address being free. This plan was not received well by the community. The plan was soon dropped and the entire event was streamed for free on the RSI website for all backers. The CitizenCon Digital Goodies Pack was sold instead to help cover the event costs.
CitizenCon 2949	23rd November 2019	Manchester - UK	Manchester Central Convention Complex	RSI	YouTube	The event is sponsored by LG, AMD, Actina, and Corsair.
CitizenCon 2950	10th October 2020	Los Angeles, California - USA	Los Angeles Convention Center	RSI	-	The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CitizenCon 2951	9th October 2021	(Various)	(Online)	RSI	YouTube	Rather than meeting in a convention center due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event was prerecorded from various CIGs studios and streamed on Twitch.
CitizenCon 2952	8th October 2022	Manchester - UK	CIG's 'The Only Constant' studio set	RSI	YouTube	Because the COVID-19 pandemic was still ongoing, CIG decided to hold a live online event which also included prerecord videos.
CitizenCon 2953	21st/22nd October 2023	Los Angeles, California - USA	Los Angeles Convention Center	RSI	YouTube	This was first in person event held since 2019. It was also the first event to be held over 2 days which included a 'VIP' afterparty held in the CIG LA office for people who purchased the 'VIP Ticket'.