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In 2012, for the first time ever, Fan Expo Canada was the site of a wedding. Two longtime Fan Expo attendees were married in front of a live audience of thousands of fans on the afternoon of August 24. There was also a proposal of marriage that took place between two attendees on the afternoon of August 26.
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 Toronto -based Fan Expo Canada .
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From 2001 to 2012, Hobby Star Marketing, Inc. (who also ran Fan Expo Canada) held fall, spring, and winter one-day comic book conventions called the Toronto ComiCON at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. From 2004 to 2011, the spring event was referred to as the "Fan Appreciation Event" and included free admission held in conjunction with ...
The convention was the largest of its kind in Canada and among the largest in world, filling the entire South building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre with over 91,000 attendees in 2012. The CNAnime brand has now been retired as the entire event has been folded into Fan Expo Canada.
Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (Calgary Expo) – Calgary, Alberta in April; CanGames – Ottawa, Ontario in May; Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo – Toronto, Ontario in October; FallCon – Calgary, Alberta in August; Fan Expo Canada – Toronto, Ontario in August or September; Hal-Con – Halifax, Nova Scotia in November
The list of modern fan conventions for various genres of entertainment extends to the first conventions held in the 1930s. Some fan historians claim that the 1936 Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference, a.k.a. Philcon, was the first science fiction convention ever held.
Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in Calgary, Alberta (est. 2005) Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, Ontario (est. 1995) Hal-Con in Halifax, Nova Scotia (est. 2010) Montreal Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (est. 2006) Ottawa Comiccon in Ottawa, Ontario (est. 2012) Toronto Comic Arts Festival in Toronto, Ontario (TCAF) (est. 2003)