TV stars like the 1960-70s Star Trek, William Shatner will be on hand. Juliana Harkavy, of Green Arrow and the Walking Dead fame, was tweeting about the event.
What’s up #Atlanta! I’ll be at @DragonCon until Monday, signing autographs, taking selfies, doing meet and greets, and speaking on @WalkingDead_AMC and @CW_Arrow panels. Come say hi! 🐉#dragoncon #arrow 🏹#thewalkingdead pic.twitter.com/gHYfZddlw5
— Juliana Harkavy (@JulianaHarkavy) September 3, 2021
Delta Variant limits Dragon Con attendance
In-person events, including Dragon Con, went 100% virtual in 2020 due to the pandemic. And the Covid Delta Variant has put a damper on 2021.
On August 17th the convention announced its 2021 Covid-19 guidelines. In order to attend in person, you have to have proof of vaccination or a negative test. Conventioneers must honor the city of Atlanta’s indoor mask requirement. And there will be no public parade spectators. For the first time, only badged attendees of the sci-fi convention can watch the parade.
There will also be a cap on the number of attendees. The convention expects to host about 40,000 people, which is less than half of 2019’s record 85,000 attendees.
Live Streaming encouraged
The Dragon Con website is encouraging anyone that wants to be there and can’t make it in-person to live stream the events.