Satanic Temple's SatanCon 2022 Coming To Scottsdale

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Satanic Temple's Satancon 2022 is coming to Scottsdale in February.

Satancon is the organization's first religious convention, according to a news release.

The event is set for Feb. 11-13, at the Saguaro Hotel in Scottsdale, with a second venue to be announced soon. Click here for tickets at $95 apiece.

The mission of The Satanic Temple is, "to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense, oppose injustice, and undertake noble pursuits," according to its website.

SatanCon is set to feature talks and presentations about the various campaigns The Satanic Temple is currently championing. These include efforts to protect the reproductive rights of its members, fighting against psychiatric abuse, protecting children from abuse in schools, promoting addiction recovery and building support for the temple's after-school club.

The convention will also feature vendors, entertainment and a keynote presentation by Satanic Temple co-founder, Lucien Greaves.

The Satanic Temple sued the city of Scottsdale in 2018 for refusing to allow it to deliver an invocation prior to its city council meetings. The city had not rejected requests to deliver an invocation from any other organization.

In May, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the city's favor, saying that Scottsdale did not engage in unlawful discrimination.

"In addition to creating a community for our members, SatanCon serves as an expression of our good will toward the city of Scottsdale, despite the perplexing and unfortunate ruling against us which defied precedent and common sense," Greaves said in the news release. "In the course of litigation, Scottsdale officials desperately made clear that they are, in fact, accepting and inclusive regarding Satanists. We heard you, Scottsdale, and we accepted that as an invitation to turn Scottsdale into the Happy Satanic Fun Capital of the World."

Greaves added that The Satanic Temple is dedicating SatanCon to the Scottsdale City Council.

"Far from being disgruntled and put off, we're going to bring Satan to Scottsdale," Greaves said. "We're bringing the party to you, Scottsdale, and it's going to be an event to remember."

The Scottsdale City Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment.