FAN EXPO Boston 2026

FAN EXPO Boston returns to the Seaport from 7 to 9 August 2026. This edition is built around ensembles rather than isolated celebrity bookings. The result is a weekend with several clear fandom centres and more reasons to plan meetings together.

The largest centre is Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy reaches its 25th anniversary with Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd reunited in Boston. Orlando Bloom, Miranda Otto, John Noble, John Rhys-Davies and David Wenham extend that connection beyond the four Hobbits. A separate Evening with the Hobbits is scheduled for Saturday night.

The Boys forms another substantial cluster. Karl Urban, Erin Moriarty, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Valorie Curry, Cameron Crovetti and Laz Alonso connect the current television series across heroes, antagonists and Vought itself. Smallville brings Tom Welling together with Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk and Erica Durance, while Star Trek links William Shatner with Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and Gates McFadden.

The wider programme reaches across Hocus Pocus, The Goonies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Twilight and Lethal Weapon. That range matters because it gives families and mixed-fandom groups several distinct routes through one event. Anime voices, gaming performers, comic creators, cosplay and an Artist Alley run alongside the screen lineup rather than beneath it.