Assemble for Fan Expo Vancouver Over Family Day Weekend

Photo: Rick Chung/YVArcade

Fans and families from every corner of geekdom are set to assemble over the upcoming Family Day long weekend for the 12th annual Fan Expo Vancouver (FXV) convention. Thousands of pop culture obsessives are expected to flock to the Vancouver Convention Centre for the three-day event being held from February 17-19.

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Assemble for Fan Expo Vancouver Over Family Day Weekend

Geek Out All Family Day Weekend Long at Fan Expo Vancouver

Photo: Rick Chung/YVArcade

Fandom takes centre stage over the upcoming Family Day long weekend when Fan Expo Vancouver (FXV) returns to welcome thousands of pop culture junkies to the Vancouver Convention Centre for the city’s very own comic-con from February 18-20.

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Geek Out All Family Day Weekend Long at Fan Expo Vancouver

Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend

Get your wine tasting on with a bit of cosplay; the Convention Centre is hosting both Fan Expo and the International Wine Festival this weekend. There’s also ballet, Icelandic marionettes, two plays that focus on religious experiences, soccer, a rap group from Taiwan and a local rock and metal cover band animal charity fundraiser.

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Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend

Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend

There’s less than three more crafting weeks until Halloween, and plenty going on to inspire your fantastical and ghoulish outfits! Fan Expo is this weekend with cosplay inspiration, there’s a Guo Pei couture garment show at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Cirque du Soleil is in town, and  there are several new spooky events and shows to add to your October calendar.

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Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend

What happens when the Fonz meets Phoenix? Find out at this year’s Fan Expo Vancouver.

Famke Janssen (pictured here as Phoenix) is one of the guests at this year’s Fan Expo Vancouver.

The cast of The Flash, Arrow, and iZombie are among the guests at this year’s Fan Expo Vancouver. Even the Fonz, Henry Winkler, is coming to town.

Western Canada’s largest family-oriented pop culture event, Fan Expo Vancouver celebrates fandom in all its myriad forms, from comics to movies and TV to gaming. Genres such as anime, sci-fi, and horror collide in this annual consumer jamboree.

This year, Fan Expo returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre (1055 Canada Place) for three days, Nov. 10-12.

Here’s a look at some more of what’s in store.

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What happens when the Fonz meets Phoenix? Find out at this year’s Fan Expo Vancouver.