ArtistAlly

Search fan conventions (furry, anime, gaming) across 51 US and Canadian metro areas. Returns upcoming conventions by default (soonest first); set include_past to search the archive too. Filter by text, community, region, state, metro, or date range. Returns dates, venue, location, registration windows and table costs, plus a canonical ArtistAlly URL per convention.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "description": "Free-text match on convention name, venue, or city, e.g. \"Otafest\" or \"Atlanta\"."
    },
    "community": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "furry",
        "anime",
        "gaming",
        "multi"
      ],
      "description": "Filter by community: furry, anime, gaming, or multi (multi-genre)."
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 30,
      "description": "Coverage region, e.g. \"Southeast\", \"Midwest\", \"West Coast\", \"Canada\". Valid values come from artistally_get_coverage."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 2,
      "description": "Two-letter US state or Canadian province code, e.g. \"GA\", \"TX\", \"ON\"."
    },
    "metro": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "description": "Metro slug from artistally_get_coverage, e.g. \"atlanta\", \"toronto\"."
    },
    "starts_after": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      "description": "Only conventions starting on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
    },
    "starts_before": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      "description": "Only conventions starting on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
    },
    "include_past": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Include conventions that have already finished (default false). Past results are still sorted soonest-first; use starts_after/starts_before to target a specific year."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "description": "Max results, default 20."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Pagination offset, default 0."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Full profile of one convention by slug: dates, venue and address, website, artist-alley and vendor registration windows/costs/URLs, portfolio and table-share policy, hotel block, transit access, organizer verification, and up to 6 years of attendance/pricing history. Get slugs from artistally_search_conventions or an ArtistAlly event URL.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "Convention slug, e.g. \"otafest\" — the last segment of an ArtistAlly /events/ URL."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Artist-alley and vendor/dealer registration windows that are open right now or opening soon, sorted by urgency (soonest close date first). The go-to tool for questions like "which cons can I still apply to?" or "what artist alleys open this month?".

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "artist",
        "vendor",
        "both"
      ],
      "description": "Which registration kind to include. Default: both."
    },
    "within_days": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 120,
      "description": "Look-ahead window in days for \"opening soon\". Default 30."
    },
    "community": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "furry",
        "anime",
        "gaming",
        "multi"
      ],
      "description": "Filter by community: furry, anime, gaming, or multi (multi-genre)."
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 30,
      "description": "Coverage region, e.g. \"Southeast\", \"Midwest\", \"West Coast\", \"Canada\". Valid values come from artistally_get_coverage."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 2,
      "description": "Two-letter US state or Canadian province code, e.g. \"GA\", \"TX\", \"ON\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "description": "Max entries per section, default 30."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

The regions, states/provinces, and metro areas ArtistAlly tracks, with approved-convention counts. Use it to learn valid region/state/metro filter values for the other tools. Takes no arguments.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}