Comic Con producer Fan Expo HQ has announced its schedule for 2022, which will include 17 events in the U.S. and Canada. Six of the shows are rebranded Wizard World shows, and the schedule also includes the debut San Francisco show (see “Fan Expo Plans Major San Francisco Convention”) and a newly branded Denver comic con (see “Cons on the Move”). Here’s the list:
- Fan Expo New Orleans, January 7-9. (Rebranded from Wizard World.)
- Fan Expo Portland, January 21-23. (Rebranded from Wizard World.)
- Fan Expo Vancouver, February 19-21.
- Toronto Comicon, March 18-20.
- Fan Expo Philadelphia, April 8-10. (Rebranded from Wizard World.)
- Calgary Comics & Entertainment Expo—15th Anniversary Celebration, April 21-24.
- Fan Expo Cleveland, April 29-May 1. (Rebranded from Wizard World.)
- Fan Expo St. Louis, May 13-15. (Rebranded from Wizard World.)
- Megacon Orlando, May 19-22.
- Fan Expo Dallas, June 17-19.
- Fan Expo Denver, July 1-3. (Rebranded; formerly Denver Pop Culture Con)
- Fan Expo Chicago, July 7-10. (Rebranded from Wizard World.)
- Fan Expo Boston, August 12-14.
- Fan Expo Canada, August 25-28.
- Edmonton Comics & Entertainment Expo, September 16-18.
- Dallas Fan Festival, October 14-16.
- Fan Expo San Francisco, November 25-27.
The New Orleans, Portland, Philadelphia, Cleveland, St. Louis, and Chicago shows are former Wizard World shows that Fan Expo has rebranded (see “Fan Expo HQ Acquires Six Wizard World Shows”).
Fan Expo HQ cancelled all its 2020 shows because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It did produce several events in 2021, some of them in special formats.
Source: ICv2
