Star Trek events: Thursday, November 11th - Wednesday, November 17th, 2021

Destination Star Trek London headlines this weekend’s events

Destination Star Trek London: Thursday, November 12 – Sunday, November 14

Guests from across the Star Trek franchise will be gathering with fans at “Europe’s Official Star Trek Convention,” Destination Star Trek, in London, UK from Friday through Sunday. The event will take place at The ExCeL London, beside the Royal Victoria Dock. The convention will feature an exclusive UK screening of Star Trek: Prodigy, introduced by Kate Mulgrew. For all the details visit DestinationStarTrek.com.

Portal 47 6th Annual Open House: Monday, November 15

Roddenberry Podcast Network friend and colleague, Larry Nemecek, will be hosting the sixth annual Portal 47 Open House Telebriefing Monday evening. This year’s guest will be Star Trek: Lower Decks showrunner, Mike McMahan. The evening will also include an “Ask Dr. Trek” roundtable and door prizes. The virtual event starts at 7pm PT/10pm ET and is open to the public. For more information and to reserve your spot head over to LarryNemecek.com.

Evening with George Takei: Wednesday, November 17

The National Film & Sci-Fi Museum in Milton Keynes, UK is hosting a charity fundraiser with guest George Takei next Wednesday evening. Admission includes a drinks reception, autograph, and photo op, among other perks. Doors open at 5pm. For all the details and to purchase tickets visit the NFSFM on Facebook.

Russ’s Rockin’ Rollercoaster: Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore: Wednesday, November 17.

Author Russ Colchamiro is hosting another interview session, this time with Star Trek authors Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore. The conversation gets underway at 8pm ET and is free with registration. All the details are available at EventBrite.com.

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.

• Virtual Trek Con’s “Sunday Mini Cons” run every Sunday morning from 9am PT. Find out more, including the schedule of events, at virtualtrekcon.com.

• 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.

• 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