Fan Event & Convention Ticket Watch

Why this is recommended

San Diego badges, a hotel block and a fan-first screening each sell out in minutes at a time posted a week before. One caught on-sale is the trip; missing it is the resale price.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The fans who plan a year around one convention or one opening weekend, and the friends who buy their tickets.

When it runs

Conventions and studios announce badge sales and fan screenings on weekdays and they sell out in minutes

Scope

San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, Anime Expo, Anime NYC, PAX, Dragon Con, Emerald City, C2E2, Star Wars Celebration, D23, WonderCon, Fan Expo, MegaCon, TwitchCon, BlizzCon, Gen Con, the Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox showcases, Sundance, TIFF and Fantastic Fest; fan-first and premium-format screenings for the 20 biggest releases of the season; photo-op and autograph sales; event-exclusive merchandise; cancellations and refunds; North America

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Badge and ticket sale dates and times for the major comic, anime, gaming and pop-culture conventions, fan-first and premium-format movie screenings, celebrity photo-op and autograph sales, exclusive merch drops at events, hotel block openings and lottery windows and event cancellations and refund policies, with the event first and the sale time in the title.

Track fan events and screenings in North America. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: badge, ticket, lottery and hotel block sale dates and times for San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, Anime Expo, Anime NYC, PAX, Dragon Con, Emerald City, C2E2, Star Wars Celebration, D23, WonderCon, Fan Expo, MegaCon, TwitchCon, BlizzCon, Gen Con, the Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox showcases with fan events, and Sundance, TIFF and Fantastic Fest; fan-first, early-access and premium-format screenings with on-sale times for the 20 biggest releases of the season; celebrity photo-op and autograph sales; event-exclusive merchandise drops; and cancellations, postponements and refund policies. Prefer organizer pages, studio announcements, official social accounts and established fan reporting; ignore resale listings and rumors. Put the event first in the title with the sale date and time. Use high severity for an on-sale within 72 hours for an event that sold out in under an hour last year. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what is on sale, when, how to get it, the price, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.