Interesting. There is nothing on PennLUG’s calendar on their website. I could not log into their forums as I was listed as “inactive”. Since that is using the “BrickFest” name rather than “BrickFair”, this may be a WAMALUG driven convention.
Quick history lesson for anyone interested (or see Wikipedia here – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrickFest). The original Lego fan convention was BrickFest and it was put on by WAMALUG (Washington Metro Area Lego Users Group) starting back around 2000. The convention was held in mid-August at George Mason University in northern Virginia, and it quickly became very popular. Several members of WAMALUG everntually trademarked the name “BrickFest” and expanded in 2004 to another convention in Portland (“Brickfest PDX”). In 2005 and 2006, it was back in Virginia. In 2007 and 2009, it was held in Portland and 2009 was the last BrickFest. In years when BrickFest was in Portland, there was no Virginia based convention. To fill the gap, BrickFair was created and has been going every year in Virginia since 2008.
Also, Greg, nice new avatar. I assume that is you, yes?