Star Trek events: Thursday, April 7th - Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

Time to get out your calendar again, for this week’s Star Trek events!

Star Trek Mission Chicago: Friday, April 8 – Sunday, April 10

The new official Star Trek convention gets underway this weekend at McCormick Place, in Chicago. Let’s just say almost everyone will be there. All the details are at Star Trek Missions.

FanExpo Philadelphia: Friday, April 8 – Sunday, April 10

William Shatner (Fri/Sat), Jonathan Frakes (Fri/Sat/Sun), John de Lancie (Sat/Sun), Gates McFadden (Sat/Sun), Brent Spiner (Fri/Sat/Sun), Ron Perlman (Sat), and Chris Sarandon (Sat/Sun) will be appearing at FanExpo Philadelphia. The con is happening at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Head over to FanExpoHQ for all the details.

Yuri’s Night LA: Saturday, April 9

Space exploration advocates Tim Russ, Robert Picardo, and VFX supervisor and producer Dan Curry will be among the guests attending Yuri’s Night LA on Saturday, celebrating “A Just, Equitable, Diverse & Inclusive Space (A J.E.D.I. Space). The event, featuring art cars, droids, interactive exhibits, meet & greet with space ambassadors, food, games, fine art exhibits, games, dancing under a space shuttle, and more runs from 6pm to 12am at the California Science Center, in Los Angeles. More information is available at Yuri’s Night LA 2022.

Watch Trek / Look Forward: Wednesday, April 13

Join Watch Trek / Look Forward for another virtual watch party and discussion next Wednesday from 6:30-9:30pm PT. The episodes under consideration this time will be Star Trek Voyager’s “Nightingale” and “The Good Shepherd.” Registration is free at Watch Trek / Look Forward.

The Regular Stuff

• These are the Twitter watchalongs:

  • #allstartrek runs Sunday through Friday at 8/7C and follows the Heroes and Icons Channel’s All Star Trek programme.

  • #TOSSatNight starts at 9pm PT on Saturday night and follows a different episode of The Original Series every week, and

  • #StarTrekHour is a Q&A-format event, every Tuesday at 1pm PT.

• Then there’s Star Trek: Watch Party, hosted daily and coordinated on Facebook. Every evening, they use the Teleparty browser extension to watch Star Trek together. To find out more, head over to Star Trek: Watch Party on Facebook.

• Speaking of a Star Trek watch party: the iBlind Users Group hosts Trekkie Talk on the first and third Thursdays of every month. They watch an audio descriptive version of a Star Trek episode and get together virtually to discuss it. To find out how to join in, visit ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk.

• But wait, there’s more watch partying: Club IDIC hosts a weekly watch party and discussion at 6pm Alberta Time every Friday. The schedule and Zoom links are available at the Club IDIC Facebook page.

• To Proudly Go, a New York-based nonprofit, will be hosting Star Trek: Picard season 2 viewing parties each Saturday. The gatherings begin at 6:00pm ET at the Barracuda Lounge in New York City. Tickets are free, and vaccination is required. The viewing parties also include Star Trek trivia games, special Star Trek-themed drag performances, two-for-one drinks, fabulous Star Trek prizes, and merchandise. Contributions help benefit the Love Wins Food Pantry. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit To Proudly Go.

• Virtual Trek Con presents The Main Viewer every Tuesday - a live discussion show on YT with occasional special guests and an open chat geared towards fan interaction.

• Disco Does DnD - livestream DnD game with DSC actors on Twitch, every Sunday at 1pmPT/4pmET. 

• And finally, there’s Sid City Social Club, hosted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig’s official fan website. They meet twice-monthly on the first Tuesday and third Friday of every month, with occasional pop-up meetings with Sid as his schedule allows. For more details, and how you can join in, visit sidcity.net.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk