Next ‘Fest: June 1-2, 2024 | Crowne Plaza Louisville Hotel
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Tickets
Sold at the door only.
Adults: $36 for 1-day, $50 for 2-days.
Ages 4 to 12: $13 for 1-day, $20 for 2-days
Age 3 and under free.
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Hotel & Restaurant
Special WonderFest room rate at the Crowne: $142 per night! It’s convenient to stay in our show hotel with an award-winning restaurant
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Louisville Attractions
Bring your family and take extra time to visit exciting tourism sites in and around Louisville. Go exploring the Bourbon Trails and more.
Fun in Louisville…
MEET THE 2024 GUESTS
Guests will sign autographs at their table or at posted times!
VANESSA HARRYHAUSEN
Daughter of Ray Harryhausen: Author, illustrator and Trustee of the Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation
BELINDA BALASKI
Artist, writer & actress: Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins 1 & 2, Matinee, Food of the Gods
FON DAVIS
Production designer, modelmaker: Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline
ROGER CHRISTIAN
Set decorator, production designer and feature film director; Star Wars, Alien, Final Cut, Nostradamus, Underworld
DANIEL ROEBUCK
Actor, voice actor, filmmaker; The Fugitive, Star Trek TNG, The Munsters, Jedi Fallen Order
FRANK DIETZ
Actor, Writer, Animator, Producer, Director: Creepshow, I Hate Kids, Black Roses, Zombie Nightmare
JOHN EAVES
Production Illustrator, Star Trek Picard, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and 3, WandaVision, Loki
SAM IRVIN
Director: Elvira's Haunted Hills; Author: The Epic Saga Behind 'Frankenstein: The True Story'
THE AMAZING MODEL CONTEST
Greatest in the World for Imaginative Modelers!
The WonderFest “Amazing” Model Contest is focused on all types of science-fiction, horror and comics models. It’s the biggest contest of its type in America, and it’s fun to look at even if you don’t build models yourself!
The contest is sponsored by Amazing Figure Modeler magazine, which is providing a special $300 award for the Most Amazing Figure!
Entry Hours: Saturday, June 1st, from 8 a.m. ’til Noon
- $15.00 per first 2 models for adults, up to 8 additional entries free
- $10.00 per first 2 models for teens, up to 8 add’l entries free (ages 13-19)
- Free for ages 12 & under
With over 1,049 entries in 2023, it filled an entire ballroom and featured some of the best modeling we’ve ever seen.
MUST-SEE PROGRAMMING
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How-To Demos
All weekend! Learn techniques from other great modelers! Demos last from 30 minutes to an hour. Become a better modeler!
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Iron Modeler
Teams are given a “base model,” a big pile of parts, and 4 hours to build the craziest model with only what they’ve got. Best model & presentation wins!
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The Rondo Awards
4pm Saturday! Fandom’s only classic horror awards—decided by fans. Recognize the best in print, film, web, art, media, toys and models!
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Sunday Wrap Party
Sunday night at 7:30 celebrate the end of the show with exclusive programming! Optional a la carte food and cash bar.
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WHAT IS WONDERFEST?
A weekend of wonder in Louisville!
WonderFest is a weekend of hobby escape that’s held every Summer in Louisville, Kentucky USA!
Now in its 34th year, WonderFest features movie special effects guests, the largest model contest in the U.S. for sci-fi, horror & comics-related subjects, model and toy dealers galore, and seminars to entertain and improve hobbyists of all ages!
It’s always held at our mothership, the Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Hotel, 830 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY 40209.
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
They help make this event possible!
WONDERFEST LATEST NEWS
From our Facebook feed...
The full weekend schedule is now online. It has two main programming rooms, four demo tracks, and after-hours fun. Best of all, it works on mobile. Hold your phone in portrait to see a list view, or turn it landscape for the calendar view.
We'll be adding a button for a downloadable PDF version with a hotel floor plan as well as the show nears.
Find the schedule here:
www.wonderfest.com/upcoming-show/weekend-schedule/
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It still says 2023.
Please consider recording ALL seminars and demos and then uploading them to the site or to YouTube - many of us want to see 2 that conflict, or which overlap by half an hour.
NEW GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: JOHN EBLAN
In his John's words: "Visual effects, models and environments have captured my interest ever since I was a kid, watching those great spaceships zooming across the big screen. I thought to myself, ‘how did they do that? I want to do that’.
"In high school, one of my drafting instructors told me ‘no one is ever going to pay you to put that much detail into anything’. Since then, I have built miniatures for several films, including STAR WARS, STAR TREK and INDIANA JONES, before starting my own studio. Ah, the irony.
"Today (as President of Eblanworx) I get to ‘do that’ with the assistance of my team, designing, engineering and creating so many wonderful, iconic and amazingly detailed props, replicas and miniatures."
Find show details at: www.wonderfest.com
#wonderfest2024 #wonderfesthobbyexpo #eblanworx
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RETURNING GUEST: JOHN GOODWIN
WonderFest welcomes back its resident makeup maestro: Emmy Award winner John Goodwin! And he's here to collect a 2023 Rondo Award!
John's been a friend and 'Fest collaborator for decades while juggling Master-of-Mayhem duties on hit shows CSI, CSI: NY, and feature films like MEN IN BLACK, TREMORS, CRITTERS, JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING, and the more recent TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN.
John worked in Universal's legendary makeup department and has changed some unsuspecting WonderFesters into things too horrible to describe!
Find show details at: www.wonderfest.com
#wonderfest2024 #wonderfesthobbyexpo
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NEW GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: DANIEL ROEBUCK
Long-time WonderFesters will remember DANIEL ROEBUCK from his visits in the 1990s. He's played a Romulan in the STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION episode "Unification," and even Grandpa Munster! Video gamers can hear his voice as "Greez Dritus" in STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER. His film credits are myriad, having starred in blockbusters like THE FUGITIVE, US MARSHALS and FINAL DESTINATION, as well as popular titles including AGENT CODY BANKS, and it's sequel, THAT'S WHAT I AM, MONEY TALKS, FLASH OF GENIUS and so many more.
Daniel's a bona fide Monster Kid! Recently, he enjoyed working in a number of horror movies--his favorite genre. He's collaborated with filmmaker Rob Zombie on HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN 2, DEVIL'S REJECTS, and LORDS OF SALEM (as well as a commercial for AMDRO, the insecticide)--as well as playing Grandpa Munster in Rob Zombie's THE MUNSTERS. He also appeared in Don Coscarelli's cult favorite BUBBA HO TEP, as well as the director's REGGIE'S TALES and JOHN DIES AT THE END.
Daniel is a 2023 Rondo Award winner!
Find show details at: www.wonderfest.com
#wonderfest2024 #wonderfesthobbyexpo #DanielRoebuck
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Heck yeah!!
This is great! So glad to know Dan will be there!
What a guest!! Looking forward to seeing Dan.
