Star Trek Events: Thursday, August 25 – Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Be sure to schedule in some fun this week!

FanExpo Canada: Thursday, August 25 – Sunday, August 28

William Shatner (Thu, Fri, Sat), LeVar Burton (Fri, Sat, Sun), and Brent Spiner will be in Toronto this weekend for FanExpo Canada. It’s happening at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and all the details are at FanExpo.

56-Year Mission Las Vegas: August 25 – Sunday, August 28

The Convention Formerly Known As STLV is still happening, this year at Bally’s Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. Creation Entertainment is still behind it, and a plethora of Star Trek folks will be there. Creation Entertainment has everything you need to know, including COVID-19 policies.

SiliCon with Adam Savage: Saturday, August 27 – Sunday, August 28

Join Christopher Lloyd, George Takei, and Shohreh Aghdashloo at SiliCon, happening at the San Jose (California) Convention Center. Get all the skinny at SiliCon.

To Proudly Go: Ongoing, beginning Saturday, August 27.

See the updated Regular Stuff listing below for the Star Trek: Lower Decks season three viewing parties.

The Regular Stuff

·These are the Twitter watchalongs:

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

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

o   #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: Lower Decks season three 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. Each viewing party is dedicated to supporting Impac+NYC which is a social support community of queer, gay, bi, and trans men living with HIV living in New York together. 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.

· Join Grey Havens Philosophy and Outworld Brewing every first Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. as they discuss the big ideas inspired by Star Trek. The gatherings are at Outworld Brewing, in Longmont, Colorado. Attendance is free, but an RSVP for planning purposes is appreciated at Eventbrite.

·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