It's the best day of the week - #FanArtFriday! This depiction of Marius was done by the amazing Angeliki and put us in our feels this morning. 💔 Did you know we have a virtual Artists' Alley for our convention? Stay tuned for more details! 👀 Artist Credit: Angeliki Salamaliki

Annnnd the amazing artwork 😉

What do Jean Valjean and Santa Claus have in common? youtube.com/shorts/3Xx-cm7… via YouTube Happy holidays from all of us here at Barricades Con! We look forward to seeing you all again in 2024.

Want to read Les Misérables but find it intimidating to start? There are 365 chapters, which is one for every day of the year! You can subscribe to Les Mis Letters to get one emailed to you each day in 2024 for the daily 'book club' experience: lesmisletters.substack.com

Registration for Barricades: A Les Mis Convention 2024 opens today! You can register at the Barricades website or on our EventBrite page. General admission to the convention is £12. This covers admission to all panel streams and chat spaces. barricadescon.com/registration/

Excerpt from the Gavroche: the Musical Plenary by Guest of Honor, Bonnie Gleicher. If you have an idea for programming for Barricades 2024, please submit it on our website. Submissions for both academic and fan track programming close March 15. youtube.com/watch?v=KJX7X0…

Barricades invites fans and scholars to submit proposals for the convention’s fan track. Submissions could address any aspect of Les Mis and its adaptations. Deadline: 15 March 2024 barricadescon.com/submissions/

Excerpt from Staging Les Miserables in Amateur Theater by PiecesOfCait. If you have an idea for programming for Barricades 2024, please submit it to barricadescon.com/submissions/. Submissions for both academic and fan track programming close March 15. youtube.com/watch?v=snD00V…

Excerpt from Cholera in a Time of Les Miserables by Karen Davidge. If you have an idea for programming for Barricades 2024, please submit it to barricadescon.com/submissions/. Submissions for both academic and fan track programming close March 15. youtu.be/ZsX-05ioKzY

Excerpt from The Convent was Bad, Actually: We Have the Receipts by Ellen Fremedon and PilferingApples. If you have an idea for programming for Barricades 2024, please submit it to barricadescon.com/submissions/. Submissions close March 15. youtu.be/rCrnVwIfTpQ

Excerpt from the Make Your Own Tricolor Cockade Workshop by Melannen. If you have an idea for programming for Barricades 2024, please submit it to barricadescon.com/submissions/. Submissions close March 15. youtu.be/e3casF9lkYQ

We are excited to announce Christina Soontronbat will be joining us at the Barricades this July! Tickets are available at the link in our bio - see you there!

Excerpt from The Canonical Racialised Language of Les Miserables by Nemo Martin. If you have an idea for programming for Barricades 2024, please submit it to barricadescon.com/submissions/. Submissions close March 15. youtu.be/JYPQQBEx2GM

Barricades invites fans and scholars to submit proposals for the convention’s academic track. Submissions could address any aspect of Les Mis and its adaptations. Deadline: 15 March 2024 barricadescon.com/submissions/

Excerpt from The Secret Name of All the Virtues by Raven. If you have an idea for programming for Barricades 2024, please submit it to barricadescon.com/submissions/. Submissions close March 15. youtu.be/gLzI6b35BzQ

GUEST OF HONOUR | We are excited to announce Luciano Muriel will be joining us as a Guest of Honor at the Barricades this July! Tickets are available here --> barricadescon.com/registration/ #BarricadesCon24

REMINDER | We are still looking for panelists to present on all things Les Mis at Barricades this July! Make sure you submit ideas by Friday, March 15, 2024. For more information, click here --> barricadescon.com/submissions/ #BarricadesCon24

DEADLINE EXTENDED | There's still time for you to join us to present at the Barricades! Submit your all your programming ideas to [email protected] by March 31! barricadescon.com/programming-su… #BarricadesCon #LesMiserables #LesMis #LesMisConvention #FandomConvention

Are you a Les Mis enthusiast? Do you enjoy discussing critical analysis of the brick & it's real-world correlations? Please consider presenting at the Barricades this summer! More info here --> barricadescon.com/fan-track-or-a… #BarricadesCon #LesMis #LesMisCon #FanCon

Barricades 2024 takes place this weekend, July 12-14! We have three great guests of honor, meetups, a singalong, and more! Registration gets you access to panel recordings for two weeks after the con. Register at barricadescon.com/registration/. Scholarships are still available!