Set your course for Aberdeen, South Dakota, for Oz the National Convention 2025! Registration is open and plans are in place to fill July 17-20 with an unforgettable weekend.
As a Club, we’ve visited Baum’s New York birthplace, the home where he and Maud married, the Chicago area where he wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, even the site of his Michigan “Sign of the Goose” vacation home. This year we add Aberdeen, his home from 1888-1891. Here Baum experienced the prairie, honed his skills as a writer, and grew his reputation as a children’s storyteller. Our program will make the most of this destination—with plenty of more general Oz fun for fans.
The $290 registration fee covers events beginning with a Thursday evening reception and running through 4pm Sunday. Friday lunch and dinner, Saturday dinner, and Sunday lunch are included.bWrite us at [email protected] to register children (12 and younger) at half price.
We have a group rate of $129 The Quality Inn Aberdeen 2923 6th Ave SE, Aberdeen, SD 57401-5403 For reservations call (605) 226-0097 or visit the hotel website at: https://www.choicehotels.com/south-dakota/aberdeen/quality-inn-hotels/sd022
While camaraderie (and carpooling!) is generally considered a fun part of an Oz Club convention, no programming will be held at the hotel should you prefer to make other housing arrangements.
Need to fly in? There are two flights a day into Aberdeen from Minneapolis arriving at 12:45 and 8:10 pm. Departure times are daily at 6:39 am and 2:41 pm; if you plan to participate in Sunday afternoon activities, you’ll want to fly out Monday. Other airports within a four-hour drive include Sioux Falls, Fargo, Bismarck, and Watertown, SD. If you planned to rent a car in Aberdeen anyway, compare fares and times; driving a last leg of the trip from Sioux Falls, for example, might prove to be a more economical choice. Even more so if you drive it with a friend.
