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Fan Expo is a group of fan conventions operated by Fan Expo HQ, a unit of the Informa Connect division of Informa plc. Most of its events are run under the Fan Expo brand, which stems from its namesake, the
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Fan Expo Canada Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995Fan Expo Canada Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995Metro Toronto Convention Centre Metro Toronto Convention Centre (originally and still colloquially Metro Convention Centre, and sometimes MTCC), is a convention complex located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada along Front Street West in the former Railway Lands in downtown Toronto. ...
. In 2014, Informa acquired the Dallas Comic Con. In 2015, Informa acquired MegaCon in Orlando. In August 2016, Informa acquired Boston Comic Con, which was rebranded as Fan Expo Boston in 2018. In October 2017, Informa acquired the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo and Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo. In March 2021, Informa acquired
Denver Pop Culture Con Fan Expo Denver (previously Denver Pop Culture Con and Denver Comic Con) is a speculative fiction fan convention held annually in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. The event is a celebration of comics, books, movies, TV, gaming, and other p ...
, which was rebranded as Fan Expo Denver. In August 2021, Informa acquired Wizard Entertainment's conventions; all of its remaining events for 2021 were cancelled, barring Wizard World Chicago (which was held in October 2021 as the final Wizard World-branded event). All six of its conventions in Chicago, Cleveland, New Orleans, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Portland were rebranded as Fan Expo beginning in 2022.


Events

Events held as part of the Fan Expo family include: * Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo *Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo * Fan Expo Boston *
Fan Expo Canada Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995Toronto Comicon * Fan Expo Chicago *Fan Expo Cleveland *
Fan Expo Dallas Fan Expo Dallas, previously known as Dallas Comic Con (or DCC for short), is a three-day speculative fiction, (including comic books and gaming) fan convention held annually in the Dallas, Texas area. Larger in scale than the Dallas Fan Days events ...
**Dallas Fan Festival * Fan Expo Denver *Fan Expo New Orleans *Fan Expo San Francisco *Fan Expo St. Louis *Fan Expo Philadelphia *Fan Expo Portland *Fan Expo Vancouver * MegaCon


Former events

* Fan Expo Regina


See also

*
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References

{{Reflist Comics conventions in the United States Comics conventions in Canada Informa brands