 Fans commonly organize local meet @-@ ups and conventions in their local areas . One of the first published conventions was BronyCon , which was first held in New York City at which the show 's supervising director Thiessen was as a guest . The first convention attracted 100 people , but the third , held in January 2012 , was attended by 800 , and the fourth , where developer Lauren Faust and voice actors John de Lancie , Tara Strong , Andrea Libman , Peter New , Lee Tockar , Amy Keating Rogers , Cathy Weseluck and Meghan McCarthy were special guests which expanded to a two @-@ day event in June 2012 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in New Jersey , with more than 4 @,@ 000 attending . Tara Strong had even attended the convention Canterlot Gardens in a full Twilight Sparkle cosplay to surprise fans . Subsequent BronyCon events since 2013 moved to a larger space provided by the Baltimore Convention Center , with more than 8 @,@ 000 attending . Other brony conventions include Everfree Northwest in Seattle , Washington , Midwestria in Chicago , Illinois , Canterlot Gardens in Cleveland , Ohio , Equestria LA in Los Angeles , BABSCon in Burlingame , California , Ponycon NY in the metropolitan New York City region , BronyCAN in British Columbia , Canada , GalaCon in Germany , BUCK in Manchester , United Kingdom , PonyCon AU in Sydney , Australia , Crystal Mountain Pony Con in Salt Lake City , Utah and Pacific PonyCon in San Diego , California . Nearly a dozen brony conventions were planned in 2012 . In addition , established My Little Pony conventions prior to the Friendship Is Magic show , such as the " My Little Pony Fair " or " UK PonyCon " , have seen increases in their numbers due to the attendance of bronies . A long @-@ running annual art show , the " My Little Pony Project " , where artists re @-@ imagine My Little Pony figurines and toys into works of art , has also seen additional attendance and contributions from the brony community . 
