Oz Comic Con

Oz Comic Con is a speculative fiction entertainment and comic convention that has been running since 2012 within various major Australian cities, and is a local franchise of the New York Comic Con. Attendees have included Nintendo Australia.^[1] Oz Comic Con in 2023 will run in the cities of Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra.

Oz Comic Con
Status	Active
Genre	Speculative fiction
Venue	Various
Country	Australia
Inaugurated	2012
Organized by	Expertise Events
Website	www.ozcomiccon.com

Locations and dates

Year	Location	Venue	Dates	Guests
2012	Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	31 March – 1 April	Sean Astin, Ben Browder, Debi Derryberry, Gigi Edgley, Jonathan Frakes, Corin Nemec, Queenie Chan, Norman Reedus, Sean Schemmel Jewel Staite[2]
	Melbourne	Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre	30 June – 1 July	Todd Haberkorn, Stan Lee, Sean Maher, Jason Momoa, Corin Nemec, Chris Sabat, Armin Shimerman, Patrick Stewart, Eric Vale[3]
2013	Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	2–3 March	Paul Eiding, Colin Ferguson (actor), J. G. Hertzler, Eddie McClintock, Jason Momoa, Robert O'Reilly, Teryl Rothery, Chris Sabat, William Shatner[4]
	Perth	Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre	9–10 March	Gigi Edgley, Paul Eiding, Colin Ferguson (actor), J. G. Hertzler, Eddie McClintock, Jason Momoa, Robert O'Reilly, Teryl Rothery, Chris Sabat, William Shatner[5]
	Melbourne	Royal Exhibition Building	6–7 July	Rodger Bumpass, Tia Carrere, Debi Derryberry, Gigi Edgley, Colin Ferguson (actor), Erin Fitzgerald, Neil Grayston, Rob Paulsen, William Shatner[6]
2014	Perth	Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre	29–30 March	John Billingsley, Todd Haberkorn, Mike McFarland, Corin Nemec, Rob Paulsen, Sean Schemmel, Kevin Sorbo, Jewel Staite, Amanda Tapping, Connor Trinneer, Nana Visitor[7]
	Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	5–6 April	John Billingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Todd Haberkorn, Mike McFarland, Corin Nemec, Rob Paulsen, Billie Piper, Sean Schemmel, Kevin Sorbo, Jewel Staite, Amanda Tapping, Connor Trinneer, Nana Visitor[8]
	Melbourne	Royal Exhibition Building	5–6 July	Dante Basco, Arthur Darvill, Aron Eisenberg, Robert Englund, Max Grodenchik[9]
	Brisbane	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	6–7 September	Nicholas Brendon, Rodger Bumpass, Emma Caulfield, Jim Cummings, Paul Eiding, Colin Ferguson (actor), Christopher Judge, Eddie McClintock, Jason Momoa, Queenie Chan, Monica Rial, William Shatner[10]
	Sydney	Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island	13–14 September	Nicholas Brendon, Rodger Bumpass, Emma Caulfield, Jim Cummings, Paul Eiding, Colin Ferguson (actor), Christopher Judge, Eddie McClintock, Jason Momoa, Corin Nemec, Queenie Chan, Monica Rial, William Shatner, Mark Sheppard[11]
2015	Perth	Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre	11–12 April	Ben Browder, Emma Caulfield, Robert Englund, Neil Kaplan, Dominic Keating, Jason Marsden, Billie Piper, Monica Rial, Michael Shanks, Cliff Simon, Marina Sirtis, Kevin Sorbo[12]
	Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	18–19 April	Dante Basco, Ben Browder, Robert Englund, Neil Kaplan, Dominic Keating, Michael Shanks, Cliff Simon, Kevin Sorbo[13]
	Melbourne	Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre	27–28 June	Jewel Staite[14] Bruce Campbell[15]
	Brisbane	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	19–20 September	Dante Basco, Daniel Ewing, Todd Haberkorn, David Hewlett, Mike McFarland, Queenie Chan, Mark Sheppard, Rikki Simons, Kevin Smith, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons[16]
	Sydney	Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island	26–27 September	Dante Basco, Dan Ewing, Todd Haberkorn, David Hewlett, Mike McFarland, Queenie Chan, Rikki Simons, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons[17]
2016	Perth	Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre	2–3 April
	Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	9–10 April
	Melbourne	Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre	11–12 June	Robert Patrick
	Sydney	Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island	10–11 September	Robert Englund, Joe Flanigan, Charles Martinet, Queenie Chan, Katee Sackhoff, Karl Urban[18]
Brisbane	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	17–18 September	Robert Englund, Joe Flanigan, Charles Martinet, Queenie Chan, Karl Urban[19]
2017	Perth	Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre	25–26 March	[20]
	Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	1–2 April	[21]
	Melbourne	Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre	1–2 July	Alyson Hannigan[22]Joe Flanigan, Sylvester McCoy, Jason Momoa, Queenie Chan[23]
	Brisbane	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	23–24 September	W. Chew Chan, Jenna Coleman, Paul Eiding, Mark Meer, Jason Momoa, Queenie Chan, Catrin Stewart[24]
	Sydney	International Convention Centre Sydney[25]	30 September - 1 October	W. Chew Chan, Jenna Coleman, Paul Eiding, David Giuntoli, Tom Hopper, Mark Meer, Jason Momoa, Queenie Chan, Denis O'Hare,[26] Catrin Stewart,[27] Bitsie Tulloch
2018	Melbourne	Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre	9–10 June	Corin Nemec, David Ramsey, David Sobolov, Clare Kramer, Keiynan Lonsdale, Katherine McNamara, Lauren German, Lesley-Ann Brandt[28]
	Brisbane	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	22–23 September	[29]
Sydney	Sydney Showground	29–30 September	[30]
2019	Melbourne	Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre	8–9 June	Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, DB Woodside, Clare Kramer, Rick Cosnett, Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Sam Witwer, Tricia Helfer[31]
	Brisbane	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	21–22 September
	Sydney	International Convention Centre Sydney	28–29 September
2021	Sydney	Sydney Showgrounds	6-7 March	4-5 December
	Brisbane	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	11–12 December
	Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Cancelled
	Melbourne	Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre	27–28 November (date changed due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2022	Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	21-22 May
	Canberra	Exhibition Park in Canberra	27–28 August
	Brisbane	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	17–18 September
	Sydney	International Convention Centre Sydney	24–25 September

External links

• Official website

References

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