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PonyCon Holland Feedback form

PonyCon Holland Feedback form

One week ago today we kicked off our 5th edition of PonyCon Holland! However, regardless of how many editions it's been, we're always looking to improve, and who better to give us feedback than our own attendees? If you attended PonyCon Holland 2025, please fill out...

Reminder: Figi has gone Cashless

Reminder: Figi has gone Cashless

Just like last year, Figi has gone completely Cashless. This only applies to payments handled by Figi themselves, like food & drink coins and hotelrooms. Payments handled by PCH, like the charity auction, signing sessions and any purchases made at the infobooth...

Music night schedules

Music night schedules

We are happy to present you the schedules for our music nights on Friday and Saturday! Anyone with a ticket can attend the concerts! Unlike last year, the friday eve concert is now also free of charge for all attendees! Make sure you come check out what awesome sets...

The 2025 Schedule is here!

The 2025 Schedule is here!

The PonyCon Holland 2025 schedule is finally here! You can find it on our website here! Make sure to take a close look at the amazing panels and workshops our lovely contributors have prepared for you all! Do note, the Them's Fightin' Herds Tournament as well as the...

Musician Announcement: DJ Sleepypony

Musician Announcement: DJ Sleepypony

We're happy to announce the final musician for PonyCon Holland 2025, DJ Sleepypony! With our entire lineup announced, look forward to seeing an announcement about the schedule soon! Sleepypony joins us from the rainy old land of England, where he has been active in...

Musician Announcement: Zecora

Musician Announcement: Zecora

We're happy to announce the second latest musician for the lineup of our Saturday night concert: Zecora! Known in German fandom like no other for parodies of famous songs, Zecora has explored new genres year after year. Most recently, he appeared at Everfree Encore...

Vendor map announcement!

Vendor map announcement!

Do you like spending money? Well... our vendors also love it when you spend money!Come take a look at all the amazing people who will be selling their goodies this edition! The vendor map for PonyConHolland 2025 is now available on our website! Map by Stjonal and...

Friday eve musicians!

Friday eve musicians!

We are happy to be able to announce our musicians for the friday eve party! Note: The friday eve party is free to attend for anyone with a ticket MC-Arch MC-Arch returns to the PCH stage to give you a Show to Remember! Make sure to remember it well! Let's make a...

Workshop tickets go live tomorrow!

Workshop tickets go live tomorrow!

Just like previous years, there will be several workshops with limited availability throughout the convention! The tickets for these workshops will become available tomorrow at 20:00! We offer the following workshops: Poffertje Plush Sewing workshop by MePlushYou...

Guest of Honour Announcement: Kelly Metzger

Guest of Honour Announcement: Kelly Metzger

With exactly one month to go until the con, we are happy to announce the final Guest of Honour for PonyCon Holland 2025, Kelly Metzger, also known as Spitfire. Kelly Metzger, an actress hailing from the vibrant city of Vancouver, Canada, has crafted a dynamic career...

Art contest winner!

Art contest winner!

The winner of this year's artpiece is Morrigun! Congratulations on winning a free ticket! "Poffertje and Waffles got distracted setting up for PCH completely forgetting that they were making dinner. They panicked. Waffles tried to put out the fire, but just made it...

Musician Announcement: Koa

Musician Announcement: Koa

Performing live for the first time in mainland Europe, we are happy to announce our next musician for PonyCon Holland 2025, its Koa!   As the resident changeling of pop, Koa aims to illustrate that a constant state of identity crisis can make for a really good...

Cosplay Contest Registrations are open!

Cosplay Contest Registrations are open!

After seeing all the amazing costumes you showed us last year, we simply had to bring the cosplay contest back! Fan Brush is happy to announce that she will once again be hosting the cosplay contest for PonyCon Holland 2025! The theme for PCH 2025 is "Big Birthday...

Musician Announcement: PrinceWhateverer

Musician Announcement: PrinceWhateverer

What would a PonyCon Holland anniversary edition be without the one and only PrinceWhateverer? Exactly! We are glad to be able to announce he will be joining our musician lineup once again.   PrinceWhateverer is a Brony from the United Kingdom who has been making...

Musician Announcement: Tw3Lv3

Musician Announcement: Tw3Lv3

We are glad to announce the next musician for our Saturday concert: Tw3Lv3! Tw3Lv3 is a Belgian producer and DJ active in the fandom since 2019. Their work explores a wide range of styles, blending Lo-fi, Hip Hop, Rock/Metal, and Drum & Bass. They use music as a...

PCH 2025 Art contest

PCH 2025 Art contest

It is that time of the year again! Get ready for the PonyCon Holland 2025 art contest! The winner will win a free standard weekend ticket! We accept accept all forms of artwork (AI isn't art), so get creative! We want to see your work! The references of the mascots...

Musician Announcement: Blackened Blue

Musician Announcement: Blackened Blue

We are glad to be able to announce our first musician for PonyCon Holland 2025! Blackened Blue, who has been with us since the very first edition! Bring your combat boots and earplugs, because Blackened Blue returns to PCH, armed with a batch of bittersweet goods! Be...

Charity announcement: Transvisie

Charity announcement: Transvisie

Trans rights are human rights! That's why PonyCon Holland is proud to annouce this year's charity: Transvisie! Transvisie is the primary Dutch organization for transgender and gender-diverse individuals within healthcare. They are committed to answering and helping...

Happy pride month everypony!

Happy pride month everypony!

Waffles, Poffertje and Fan Brush hope everypony has an amazing pride month! With PonyCon Holland rapidly approaching (in a couple of months) and at least 2 of our mascots being far from straight, Waffles would like everypony to hear a very inspirational quote he...

Guest of Honour announcement: Imalou

Guest of Honour announcement: Imalou

Waffles, Poffertje and Fan Brush are happy to announce their second special birthday guest, and, the first ever guest of honour to visit PonyCon Holland twice: Imalou Imalou is a french brony working in the animation industry as a character designer and a storyboard...

Vendor Applications are closed!

Vendor Applications are closed!

The vendor applications for PonyCon Holland 2025 are officially closed! We really appreciate anypony who applied for a table! Make sure you save up enough money to throw it at these wonderful artists during the convention! For legal reasons, please do not actually...

Urgent! Mascot needed!

Urgent! Mascot needed!

Waffles has been arrested at the bakery for multiple healthcode violations and unauthorised use of icing. Poffertje and Fan are at a loss for what to do. In order to try and help them out, we need a new mascot and we need your help! If you think your OC has got what...

Reminder: Vendor applications are open!

Reminder: Vendor applications are open!

What's the most important part of a birthday party? Waffles sure knows, the birthday presents! What? You did bring Waffles a present right? ...right? If not that is no worries, because there will be plenty of vendors ready to sell you the most amazing birthday...

Reminder: Volunteer Applications are live!

Reminder: Volunteer Applications are live!

Do you really believe Waffles, Poffertje and Fan Brush can organise a birthday party all on their own? Waffles for example, is not allowed within 100 meters of responsibilities (court ordered). In order to make sure this convention birthday party becomes the very best...

Guest of Honour Announcement: Ashleigh Ball

Guest of Honour Announcement: Ashleigh Ball

Poffertje has returned from her travels sooner than expected! And look what other ponies she picked up along the way!Waffles, Poffertje and Fan Brush are excited to annouce the very first special guests at their birthday party: Rainbow Dash and Applejack (also known...

Ticket sales are live!!!

Ticket sales are live!!!

The long awaited ticket sales birthday invitations are finally here! So grab some balloons, dust off your party cannon and prepare yourself for a crazy, fun-filled PonyCon Holland 2025!For legal reasons, we do not endorse the unauthorized use of party cannons during...

Ticket sales start March 8th!!!

Ticket sales start March 8th!!!

Hello everypony! You are hereby invited to the birthday party of Waffles, Poffertje and Fan Brush! We are celebrating our birthday at the Hotel Theater Figi in Zeist on the 25th and 26th of October 2025! We will start selling handing out tickets birthday invitations...

PonyCon Holland 2024 pictures are here!

PonyCon Holland 2024 pictures are here!

Last week we got the panel recordings, this week we get the pictures! Our photographers, Alkel (https://mstdn.social/@alkelu3) and Xeto (https://twitter.com/xeto_de) have been working very hard to get these pictures out to you all! You can find the albums here: Alkel:...

PonyCon Holland 2025 Theme Annoucement

PonyCon Holland 2025 Theme Annoucement

🎵 Happy birthday to us! Happy birthday to us! 🎵 We would like to invite you all to PonyCon Holland's 5th birthday party on 25 & 26 October 2025! There's no need for presents*, but we do love ourselves a good piece of cake! So gather your ingredients, dust off the...

Musician Annoucement: BlackIceMusic

Musician Annoucement: BlackIceMusic

New Character Unlocked: BlackIceMusic Skills: Fast BPM Weaknesses: Supportive Friends BlackIceMusic has been a prominent figure in the electronic music scene since 2014, initially drawn to the vibrant sounds of Big Room music. While his journey led him into the realm...

Workshop/Tournament Sign-Ups are now open!

Workshop/Tournament Sign-Ups are now open!

Hello everypony, With just a week left to go until PCH24, you are now able to sign up for our events with limited availability. These are: Them's Fightin' Herds Tournament by Baltoist Scissorless Shadowbox by Lucius Plushie Workshop by Violet Rose Please note that...

Upgrade unlocked: Venue Expansion

Upgrade unlocked: Venue Expansion

With our ticket sales reaching record numbers (and some tough negotiating with Nom Took) we were able to rent some extra space in the venue to allow for a more spacious setup of the vendor hall and therefore also increase the capacity! This means we once again have...

Musician Announcement: MelodyBrony

Musician Announcement: MelodyBrony

New character unlocked: MelodyBrony Skills: - Powerful vocal cords Weaknesses: - Really cool art Melody is a 21 Year Old Multi-Instrumentalist Brony musician based in southeast Michigan. Melody specializes in rock and metal but also does softer genres as well. With a...

Musician Announcement: Mane in Green

Musician Announcement: Mane in Green

New character unlocked: Mane in Green Skills: - Pitch Perfect Weaknesses: - Broken strings Just like last edition, Mane in Green will be joining our line-up on Saturday night. She is an orchestral composer and pianist bard who's been writing pony music since 2016. She...

Musician Announcement: Velvet R. Wings

Musician Announcement: Velvet R. Wings

New character unlocked: Velvet R. Wings. Skills: - Enchanting Voice Weaknesses: - Forgetfulness Just like last year, Velvet R. Wings will be joining us at PCH. She is a singer, songwriter, harpist and creator of the ILLUMNATION project that brought together musicians...

Cosplay Contest registrations are open!

Cosplay Contest registrations are open!

After seeing all the wonderful cosplays and costumes from last year, Poffertje and Fan Brush just had to organize another one for this edition! If you would like to submit your cosplay for the competition you can now do so on the cosplay contest registration page....

Charity announcement: Transvisie

Charity Auction submissions

Just like every year, Ponycon Holland will be holding a charity auction. You are now able to submit items for the Charity Auction through the form below! All proceeds of this year's auction will go to the foundation "Je mag er zijn". This foundation offers practical...

Reminder: Figi has gone Cashless

Cashless Figi

Dear attendees, this year, Figi has announced to be completely cashless. This only applies to payments handled by Figi themselves, like food & drink coins and hotelrooms. Payments handled by PCH, like the charity auction, signing sessions and any purchases made at...

Ticket deadlines

Ticket deadlines

The PCH ticket deadlines are coming up. If you haven't already, make sure to buy your tickets soon. Tickets can be purchased via our ticket shop. We only have a limited amount of tickets and we expect to sell out, if they're gone, they're gone.   The deadlines...

Blog

BREAKING: PonyCon Holland not in Holland

BREAKING: PonyCon Holland not in Holland

Waffles never really paid attention during his geography lessons when he was a little colt. But when Fan Brush asked him if he could point out PonyCon Holland’s venue on a map. It took him a while to figure it out, but when he did, he made a terrifying discovery! They...

Meet Poffertje

Meet Poffertje

Hi everypony! I am Poffertje. From this year onwards I’m going to help Waffles with organizing PonyCon Holland. I’m really hyped for it as well, since I wasn’t able to visit the first one. But Waffles couldn’t stop talking about it so I watched the videos on YouTube...

Waffles day on the market

Waffles day on the market

It’s 6 in the morning on a Saturday. Waffles gets up, he is as energetic as always even though it’s still so early. That’s because he works his waffle stand on the local market in his hometown on Saturdays. He walks to the bathroom to brush his teeth and as he stares...

One year to go!

One year to go!

Those silly ponies… PonyCon Holland isn’t happening today, it’s exactly one year from now. One full year to make the convention the best it can possibly be and we’re very excited to tackle this huge task that is organising a convention. The first big steps towards...

Baking dutch Stroopwafels with Waffles

Baking dutch Stroopwafels with Waffles

After nagging for weeks we finally convinced Waffles to write down his special recipe into a pictorial so everyone can make his delicious treats from home. So get your waffle irons out and let's start the baking without further ado! Necessary equipment A very flat...

Kingsday, the biggest party of the Netherlands

Kingsday, the biggest party of the Netherlands

Waffles cleaned out the attic and sorted out the old things he wanted to sell at the Kingsday flea market before we had the chance to tell him it got cancelled this year. Seeing how excited he is we can't seem to find the heart to tell the poor guy he has to stay home...

Hi! I'm Stroopwafeltje!

Hi! I'm Stroopwafeltje!

Hi everypony!  My name is Stroopwafeltje, but you can call me: Waffles! I’m the official mascot for PonyCon Holland, and I’d like to tell you a few things about myself! But where to start?  Ahh, yes I know! Stroopwafels! Did you know I absolutely love those...

Finally! We got to announce PonyCon Holland!

Finally! We got to announce PonyCon Holland!

Last weekend, after months of keeping it a secret, the moment was finally there: we were ready to announce our plans to run a My Little Pony convention in 2021 during the final edition of Hearth’s warming con (with which we aren’t affiliated). We had a booth right...