Fanboy Expo Knoxville: Friday, October 29 – Sunday, October 31

Fanboy Expo Knoxville will take place at the Knoxville (Tennessee) Convention Center from October 29-31. Guests include William Shatner (Fri-Sat), George Takei (Sat-Sun), Walter Koenig (all three days), Peter Weller (Sat-Sun), Mark Sheppard (all three days), Lee Arenberg (all three days), and Ed Begley, Jr. (all three days). For all the details, visit FanboyExpo.com.

Chiller Theatre Toy, Model, and Film Expo: Friday, October 29 – Sunday, October 31

The 30th anniversary Chiller Theatre Expo is happening Friday through Sunday at the Hilton Parsippany, in New Jersey. Ronny Cox will be making a rare appearance, along with Corbin Bernsen and Mel Johnson, Jr. More information is available at ChillerTheatre.com.

FanExpo Denver: Friday, October 29 – Sunday, October 31

Zachary Quinto will be appearing on Saturday only, and William Shatner will be appearing on Sunday only at FanExpo Denver. The event is taking place Friday through Sunday at the Colorado Convention Center. Head over to FanExpoHQ.com to find out more.

GalaxyCon: Nightmare Before Christmas: Saturday, October 30.

Chris Sarandon will be part of a live virtual Q&A from GalaxyCon on Saturday at 4pm ET. Registration is free but required. You can find more details and the registration link at GalaxyCon.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