Okay, so every year there is a group of Tolkien fans (mainly people from the Chicago Line Party, but also people from elsewhere) who get together to attend the Bristol Ren Faire. This year I was planning on making it the same weekend as the Wizard World convention in Chicago. That way we can have two geekful days at the con (Friday and Saturday) and one fun faire day (Sunday). Anyone interested in joining us!? I guarantee that good times will be had by all!
If your worried about hotels and stuff, here's the thing... I, wonderfully, work for hotel chain and can get some dirt cheap rooms! So, it could end up costing less than $10 each per night!
So, the weekend that this occurs is August August 5-7th. Here is the WizardWorld site:
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/conventions/chicago.cfm
Not many guests have been announced, but they usually get great ones! Last year some of the guests included Kevin Smith, Joss Whedon, Kelly Hu, Jim Lee... and more greats!