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Musician Announcement: Mane in Green

Musician Announcement: Mane in Green

With a little over a week left till the party starts it's time to announce our last musician: Mane in Green! Mane In Green is an orchestral composer and pianist bard who’s been writing pony music since 2016. She likes to tell little stories with her melodies, inspired...

Musician announcement: Velvet R. Wings

Musician announcement: Velvet R. Wings

Velvet R. Wings is a singer, songwriter, harpist and creator of the ILLUMNATION project that brought together musicians from all over the world, under the symbol of a lighthouse. Their music focuses on the topic of fairy-tales, hopes, dreams and life experiences from...

Musician Announcement: BlackIceMusic

Musician Announcement: BlackIceMusic

Another week, another amazing musician to announce for our Saturday Night Party!Introducing BlackIceMusic at PonyCon Holland 2023! BlackIceMusic, a talented electronic music producer with a career dating back to 2014, has continually evolved his sound. From his early...

Musician Announcement: MC-Arch

Musician Announcement: MC-Arch

Fillies and gentlecolts!Prepare for a one-of-a-kind musical journey! We're thrilled to introduce homegrown talent MC-Arch, affectionately known as "Mossel," within the Dutch Brony Community, who will be gracing the stage at PonyCon Holland 2023! Let Arch through his...

Musician Announcement: Blackened Blue

Musician Announcement: Blackened Blue

Fillies and Gentle Colts! We're proud to announce our next astonishing musician for our breathtaking Saturday Night music show! For the third time in a row, Blackened Blue has flown over from the Britlands to make a scene at PonyCon Holland once again! Now with a...

Guest Announcement: AssasinMonkey

Guest Announcement: AssasinMonkey

AssassinMonkey’s art is well known throughout the community. Over 10 years of experience making My Little Pony fanart, he continues to bring you ponies in the highest fine art quality. With hundreds of existing paintings, no end in sight, and a purpose to keep sharing...

Guest Announcement: FlitterKriz

Guest Announcement: FlitterKriz

Some of you remember FlitterKriz from last year's PonyCon Holland, and this year she is back! Back with a panel about how to start with voice acting for the ones who have never tried before, some tips on equipment, how to do and don'ts and maybe even a few can try to...

Musician announcement: BlackIceMusic

Musician announcement: BlackIceMusic

BlackIceMusic has been making electronic music since 2014, originally inspired by Big Room music, he later branched out to Dubstep but then came back to focus on Melbourne Bounce and now Future Bounce. You may know him from his tracks "The Fuff", "Jinxies", or more...

Musician Announcement: Blackened Blue

Musician Announcement: Blackened Blue

One of the brony fandom's British musical exports, Blackened Blue is ready to take the stage at PonyCon Holland once again in 2022! 8 years into the brony metal game and he's showing no signs of stopping. With heavy-hitting songs under his belt such as "Don't Hold Me...

Guest Announcement: Fiaura

Guest Announcement: Fiaura

Fiaura is a scientist and writer, she builds panels based upon questions asked by those within fandoms and tries to figure it out with SCIENCE! Doing this she has built hundreds of panels and dozens of videos ranging from Battletech to Anime to Ponies. Wanna know how...

Theme Announcement

Theme Announcement

During all these carnival festivities happening, we have been brewing together the second edition of PonyCon Holland!And even though carnival season now may be over, Waffels and Poffertje couldn't wait to get dressed in their costumes! Can you guess our theme...

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...

Announcing our DJs: BlackIceMusic & Tw3Lv3

Announcing our DJs: BlackIceMusic & Tw3Lv3

BlackIceMusic & Tw3Lv3 will be both be DJing during the Saturday Eve party. BlackIceMusic has been producing electronic music since 2014 and made himself known in the fandom for his high-energy Melbourne Bounce tracks. He's now bringing you this energy live in...

Announcing: Imalou & AssasinMonkey

Announcing: Imalou & AssasinMonkey

Imalou will be joining us together with AssasinMonkey to host a panel about Art & G5. Renowned fandom artist since 2011, Imalou got to work for several years as character designer for MLP A New Generation, starting all the way back in 2017. Responsible for...

Announcing: Elley Ray & FlitterKriz

Announcing: Elley Ray & FlitterKriz

Elley Ray & FlitterKriz will be teaching you the basics of voice acting during their Voice Acting workshop on Saturday the 16th. Elley will be joining us through Zoom and FlitterKriz will be present physically. About FlitterKrizFlitterkriz is a voice actor and...

Announcing: Fiaura the Tank Girl

Announcing: Fiaura the Tank Girl

We are pleased to announce that Fiaura the Tank Girl will be joining us during PCH! Known for her scientific analysis of the world of MLP and her involvement with the Fallout: Equestria universe, she will have a panel detailing the history of Fallout Equestria. Fiaura...

Announcing: PrinceWhateverer

Announcing: PrinceWhateverer

PrinceWhateverer, a brony musician from the UK and brony since the ancient early years of the fandom is coming to PonyCon Holland to perform his music live on stage.He is well known in the pony music scene for his rock and metal music and has collaborated with several...

Announcing: Cosplay Contest

Announcing: Cosplay Contest

Hello everypony!  In the tradition of pony conventions worldwide, PonyCon Holland will be hosting a cosplay contest!Cosplayers of all levels are welcome to join, show off their costumes, act and just have fun on stage. You’ll be able to do a simple walk-on, a single...

Announcing: Cathy Weseluck

Announcing: Cathy Weseluck

During PonyCon Holland 2021 Cathy will be making an appearance on the big screen to answer all your questions! Internationally known, award-winning voice-over actor Cathy Weseluck’s acting/production career extends over a  wide range of areas. In addition to her...

Announcing: Dutch Brony Musicians

Announcing: Dutch Brony Musicians

The DBM brothers Agatan, MC-Arch and Sam Quak Brony are back to play their music at PonyCon Holland! During the Corona pandemic, they have worked on some new songs, including some material from several albums which have been made or are in the making. But of course,...

PonyCon Holland is looking for volunteers!

PonyCon Holland is looking for volunteers!

To make PonyCon Holland 2021 as awesome as it can be, we need volunteers!  The convention itself will be held on 16th and 17th of October, and we could also use some volunteers that can help on the 15th of October as well.  We expect to schedule volunteers to work...

PonyCon Holland is Happening!

PonyCon Holland is Happening!

It’s been a week filled with lots of good news for us here in the Netherlands! It’s now more likely than ever before that we’ll be able to have an exciting weekend of Pony in October with PonyCon Holland! To celebrate all this good news we’ll be giving out discounts...

Ticket sales for PonyCon Holland are about to start!

Ticket sales for PonyCon Holland are about to start!

Hello Everypony! We’ve got some awesome news to share with y’all! So take a seat, grab a drink, a snack and your credit card because we’re going to start our ticket sales today at 8 p.m. CET! Simultaneously we’re also opening our applications for volunteers, vendors,...

We’ve got a date!

We’ve got a date!

Hi everypony! We are very happy to announce the date for PonyCon Holland: June 5&6 2021. We’ll announce our venue very soon as well, so stay tuned!

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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...