Welcome to GAFilk!

January 8-10, 2027

Guest of Honor

Cheshire Moon

The enigma of sarcasm and silliness that is Cheshire Moon is composed of dynamic duo of Lizzie Crowe and Eric Coleman.

And composed is the right word! Eric studied theatre and has been performing since he was very young (ask him about being repeatedly killed off by his dad, it’s a trip!). Lizzie, daughter of a concert pianist, has been around music and performance her whole life as well. One of her earliest memories was hanging over the orchestra pit wall during the Nutcracker (her waistband held fast by her wise father, who know full well she would go over the wall with half a chance), and fallling in love with the stringed section.

Together, these two music mavens weave song and story into beautiful worlds, filled with colorful and powerful characters. Some of their own making, others lovingly reworked into modern day marvels.

And so Cheshire Moon rises over the horizon, shining down with a wry grin, and sharing wondrous stories as they go.

Toastmaster

Jen Midkiff

Jen Midkiff has somehow become a long-time filker, with two decades as part of the filk band Wild Mercy, and three albums with that band, as well as three solo releases of her own. In her mild-mannered mundane persona, she teaches harp, piano, and voice lessons; teaches harp as part of her local schools' orchestra program; and teaches elementary music two days a week. In her not-so-mild mundane persona, she is half of the rock duo, Harp & Axe, playing local establishments in her home stomping grounds of central Indiana. Jen loves reading, knitting, and snuggling up with the various four-foots of her Underfoot Clan.

Interfilk Guest

Mark Horning

Mark Horning first discovered Filk at the 1993 Worldcon, and learned guitar (starting with a 12-string he purchased for $100 out of the back of the newspaper. This is... not recommended), switched to a six string, moved to Phoenix, and took guitar lessons from Joe Bethancourt. (Yes, that Joe Bethancourt.) He formed half of the performing duo Fyne Working Order, with Patrick Connors. The band plays filk and folk music for various Browncoat events.

Well-known among Arizona and Southern California Filk circles for bringing way too many guitars to the circle, he can often be found in the presence of his wife and three children who are also SF fans.

Mark has published 4 albums of filk music (one with his wife Jennifer). He has been the Music GoH at CopperCon, and a featured music participant at TusCon, WesterCon, KoCoCon, and BayCon. And yes, he misses ConChord deeply. He is excited for GAFilk, which will be his first convention East of the Rockies.

He will probably sing songs about space... or Jackelopes... he lives in Arizona after all.

Super Secret Guest

We Ain't Tellin'! (until December)

We can't tell you until December, but we promise you, it's gonna be AWESOME.

ConCom's Choice

To Be Announced

Information coming December-ish!