2000-2001: The Genesis - After failing to get WorldCon to come to Charlotte, a group of individuals headed up by Irv Koch, Kelly Lockhart, and Sheldon Drum calling themselves the South East Convention Fandom, Inc. (SECFI),[1] rallied support for a general science fiction convention in Charlotte.

The guest list was small and consisted mostly of local writers and artists such as Jeanne Foguth, dgk goldberg, Keith Bailey, and Gary Griffin.

goldberg, Stephen Euin Cobb, Mary M Buckner, Elaine Corvidae, and Andy Duncan.

Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead, Devil's Rejects), David Franklin (Farscape), Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th) and Bill Blair (Star Trek, Babylon 5) were the media guests at CC2005.

ConCarolinas 2006: June 2–4 (Con Chair: Ron McClung, Vice Chair: David Laws) - CC2006's Writer Guests of Honor was Spider Robinson and his wife, Jeanne, and Media Guest of Honor was Tony Amendola (Master Bra'Tac of Stargate SG-1).

Kelly Lockhart of Southern Fandom Resource Guide as their Fan Guest of Honor, the Geek Comedy Tour, and the Pirate Ball hosted by the Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast.

ConCarolinas 2008: May 30 - June 1 (Con Chair: Frank Parker, Vice Chair: Ron McClung) - Guests included Gary Jones from Stargate SG-1 and Suzie Plakson, as well as Mike Resnick as our Literary Guest of Honor.

Other guests included James Maxey, Mike Pederson, Edmund R. Schubert, Amy H. Sturgis, Ph.D., Robert V Aldrich, Gail Z. Martin, Steve Cross, and Stuart Jaffe, along with veterans Stephen Euin Cobb, and Davey Beauchamp.

Additional Author guests included: Tony Ruggiero, Michael J. Sullivan, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, Edmund R. Schubert From 2002 until 2008, ConCarolinas was held at the Marriott Executive Park Hotel in Charlotte, NC.