Buy tickets at the ADMISSIONS booth all weekend long, and at the door.
With great programming and surprises, our Sunday Night Event is back in FORCE!
At a mere $5 cover price, this Sunday post-show gathering is the place to cap off your WonderFest weekend!
5/13/12:
Sunday Night Club WTF! Event
Last year's event was a step in the right direction...and now we're taking it to the next level based on your feedback! This year we've lowered the ticket price to only $5 by making the food portion a la carte. As always, we'll have a cash bar, and special short video programs of exclusive material to punctuate the evening. Louisville's The Alley Theater has agreed to present a live performance of the Episode IV portion of their successful parody Star Wars: The Original Trilogy in 60 Minutes or Less. Visit our AFTER-HOURS page for the full scoop!
Only 12 days left until WonderFesters Assemble!
More Frights, Saturday premieres, and final Guest Talk schedule!
5/13/12:
More Friday Night Frights
Yes, there's more! After the Hammer documentary previously announced, Cortlandt Hull and Bill Diamond will be screening their just-completed new feature documentary. It's an in-depth loving look at the Classic Chillers of the Silver Screen, from the silent era to the 1970's. Read the details here.
Aurora's out; Vin is in
Documentary filmmaker Cortlandt Hull let us know that his new Aurora documentary we'd planned for a Saturday night lead-in for Beast Wishes:The Bob & Kathy Burns Movie just couldn't be completed in time. So programming chief Dave Conover got in touch with Tom Stockman to bring his wonderful Vincent Price Super-8 Film Festival in 3-D. That finalized our Saturday night lineup, which is followed by Doc Gangrene's Chiller CInema Live! at 11pm.
Final Guest Presentations
The final schedule of Guest Presentations is posted. Visit the DAYTIME ACTIVITIES page for the presentation list.
Friday Night Frights, our special Guest Presentations, and more demos!
It's the home stretch before the show, and details are arriving daily for a WonderFest for the record books!
4/30/12:
Friday Night Frights: This year's film program spotlights the work of filmmaker Daniel Griffith, fresh from his 2012 Rondo Award win for Best DVD Extra. He'll be unveiling a special super-secret sneak preview of his latest Hammer Films documentary for a rare and racy Friday night treat! Check out the particulars here.
Guest Presentations: Our lineup was just uploaded yesterday. While it's not quite complete, you'll find the usual batch of talks that will let you rub elbows with our celebrities and get a window into their creative work in TV, movies, books and the ever-important model kit industry. Visit the DAYTIME ACTIVITIES page for the presentation list.
WonderFest Finishing School and Airbrush 101: Iwata-Medea Airbrush Company and Humming Line Hobby Shop are teaming up to provide two opportunities to take a 3-hour workshop on airbrush painting, named WonderFest Finishing School, both to be held during the day on Friday, May 25th. These are separately ticketed events apart from WonderFest. Then on Saturday and Sunday they'll be conducting Airbrush 101; a series of 90-minute basic airbrushing classes that are free to paid WonderFest attendees. See the schedule for days and times.
Best Round 2 model award in Adult, Teen & Junior Divisions!
You can enter any kit produced by AMT, MPC and Polar Lights. From any era.
4/30/12:
Round 2 will be sponsoring three special awards in the Amazing Model Contest. The concept is simple: Show off your best Round 2 model and you may be chosen for their special prize. Because Round 2's brand family includes AMT, MPC and Polar Lights, there's a lot of kits to choose from. Best of all, they can come from any time period, even before Round 2 acquired the brands. Visit our SPONSORED AWARDS page to read more about the amazing awards you have a chance to win!
Just announced:
Bob Burns Returns! And Kathy too!
He's the big gorilla when it comes to being a super-fan archivist of fantastic cinema. She's Ms. Shock!
4/24/12:
Stop the presses! After a 3-year hiatus/rumored capture and escape, WonderFest is thrilled to announce the last-minute addition of fandom's favorite couple Bob and Kathy Burns (pictured in-costume as extras in Peter Jackson's King Kong) to our stellar 2012 guest lineup! Visit our GUESTS page to read more about Bob and Kathy, as well as all of the new and returning guests.
Giorgio Tsoukalos! Belle Dee! New guests, demo schedule now posted!
History Channel's Georgio Tsoukalos brings Ancient Aliens to the 'Fest!
4/21/12:
Barely a month till the show and we're still adding guests and attractions. After-Hours program details will be posted in the coming days.
New Guests
Giorgio Tsoukalos from The History Channel's Ancient Aliens - The series just agreed to make his first WonderFest appearance. Also, Belle Dee (aka Shana Bilbrey) is returning with more of her phenomenal caricatures! Visit our GUESTS page to see all of the new and returning guests.
Adam Johnson, previously announced presenter, is now a published author with the release of his book, 2001: The Lost Science. He'll have copies for sale at his talk.
How-To Demos
Both days at WonderFest feature demonstrations on model-building, sculpting and painting techniques and are free to paid attendees. Se the full details and schedule on our Demo Page.
Model news: Two 'shots' at the big Enterprise and a kit of super-archivist Bob Burns!
Two WonderFest attendees will go home with test shots of an all-new Enterprise kit!
4/21/12:
Thanks to Polar Lights, modelers will have not one but two chances to walk away from WonderFest with a set of test shots of their all-new, classic 1/350 scale U.S.S. Enterprise! So, how can you get a hold of one? One is available only to the 1701 Club members through a drawing at the show's end. But the other will be up for grabs in our silent auction. Place your bid and cross your fingers. Money earned from the auction goes to Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a charity that supplies free training for guide dogs.
Bob Burns immortalized in plastic!
Moebius Models last week announced an all-new Monsters of the Movies kit: The Mighty Kogar. This is 1:12 scale plastic kit features the classic movie gorilla portrayed by the legendary Bob Burns. The Kogar model comes with two bonus heads of Tracy the Gorilla from TV’s Ghostbusters, along with a Bob Burns head so you can build three different models. The figure is sculpted by Jeff Yagher, with box art by Vincent DiFate. There will also be a Deluxe version of the kit with a second figure of Bob's lovely wife Kathy!
Both Moebius and Polar Lights/Round 2 will have exciting new product announcements at WonderFest!
More guests, special exhibits and a killer Friday Night Party added!
Bill Moseley, Julie Adams among the new guests signed on for our May show.
3/25/12:
WonderFest staffers have been working overtime to pull together lots of new stuff for your enjoyment. New guests just signed on include Texas Chansaw Massacre 2 star Bill Moseley, Creature from the Black Lagoon legend Julie Adams, British FX master Mat Irvine, and Adam Johnson, who will present a truly eye-popping presentation on 2001 A Space Odyssey. Visit our GUESTS page to see all of the new and returning guests.
New exhibits include a prop and makeup display by Tony Hardy and a 30th Anniversary display of SF3D models! Not to mention the always-amazing life-sized horror character display by Witch's Dungeon. Visit the EXHIBITS PAGE for all the details.
Lastly, but far from least, we have completely revamped and energized our Friday Meet & Greet Party. It's moved now to the mail hallway of the Crowne Plaza Hotel and will feature rooms where you can relax and visit with some of our incredible hobby sponsors. Visit the FRIDAY EVENTS PAGE for more info.
Kitbuilders U and Sci-Fi U will both be back in session on Friday, May 25th.
The day before WonderFest, these two day-long, hands-on workshops build better modelers.
3/19/12: Kitbuilders Magazine and Black Heart Models have literally put their heads together for another day-long workshop, Kitbuilders University. Two different classes are being offered: One has a strong emphasis on airbrushing, the other on sculpting. Read more, on our Kitbuilders U page...
3/16/12: Federation Models and CultTVman are back with another Sci-Fi University. This workshop is focused on vehicular model building and painting, and the class will take a provided styrene model kit from start to finish.. Read more at the Federation Models Sci-Fi U page...
Note: Kitbuilders U and Sci-Fi U are separately-ticketed from WonderFest.
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Galactica 2003 designer Eric Chu signs on for WonderFest in May.
He helped bring the "new" Galactica TV series to life in 2003 with stunning designs.
Eric Chu started out in the animation business as a storyboard artist in 1985. Today he's a concept artist / director and owner of Paranoid Delusions. For Battlestar Galactica 2003, Eric Chu worked on the concept designs of the Cylon Centurion, Raider and Basestar as well as the Colonial Viper Mk VII and the Battlestar Galactica. He'll be making his first WonderFest appearance.