Salt Lake Comic Con | |
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Patrick Stewart in 2014 with Farr and Brandenburg
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Status | Active |
Genre | Multi-genre |
Venue | Salt Palace Convention Center |
Location(s) | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | September 5, 2013 |
Attendance | 127,000 (September 2015) |
Organized by | Dan Farr Productions |
Filing status | For-profit |
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Coordinates: 40°36′7.812″N 111°53′0.7794″W / 40.60217000°N 111.883549833°W
Salt Lake Comic Con is a biannual multi-genre fan convention held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is produced by Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg under Dan Farr Productions in partnership with MediaOne of Utah. The first convention took place at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. The second event, Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience, took place in April 2014. Since then, the main Salt Lake Comic Con event has been held at the beginning of September each year, and the FanXperience event has been held at the beginning of the year.
The third event, Salt Lake Comic Con 2014, took place on September 4–6, 2014. The event was sold out with over 120,000 attendees and was closed down on several occasions by the fire marshal for safety reasons. The fourth event, the second annual FanXperience, was called Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience 2015 and took place on January 29–31, 2015. Ticket sales were capped at 50,000, with attendance measuring just above that, ensuring a more "streamlined" event. The fifth event, Salt Lake Comic Con 2015, took place on September 24–26, 2015. The sixth event and the third annual FanXperience, Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience 2016, took place on March 24–26, 2016 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The seventh event, Salt Lake Comic Con 2016, took place on September 1–3, 2016. The eighth event and the fourth annual FanXperience, Salt Lake Comic Con FanX 2017, is scheduled to take place on March 17–18, 2017.