CONVENTIONS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Chiller Theatre

Cast members from Land of the Giants (Deanna Lund, Heather Young, Gary Conway, and Don Marshall) and Dennis Cole (Cave In!) are scheduled to attend the 17-19 April 2009 Chiller Theatre convention in New Jersey. Unfortunately, Don Matheson is no longer able to attend. Come along and celebrate 40 years of Land of the Giants!

Photographs from Chiller 2009

Showstoppers

Deanna Lund, Don Matheson and Don Marshall will be appearing at the SHOWSTOPPERS signing event on 16-17 May 2009 in North Hollywood.

Western Film Fair, 15-18 July 2009

Deanna Lund will be attending the Western Film Fair in Winston Salem, North Carolina, 15-18 July 2009.

Olde Salem Days, 12 September 2009

Deanna Lund will also be going to the Old Salem Days arts and crafts festival in Salem, Virginia on 12 September 2009. She will have a table in the front lobby of Salem Library.

RECENT EVENTS

SCOUTCON 2008

The Land of the Giants cast recently attended a fabulous new event called ScoutCon which was held on Saturday 24th May 2008 in Tampa, Florida. Attendees included: Gary Conway, Don Marshall, Deanna Lund, Don Matheson, Heather Young, as well as Don and Deanna's daughter Michele Matheson, Mark Goddard from Lost in Space, Malachi Throne (guest in several Irwin Allen productions), Barbara Luna (Five Weeks in a Balloon), Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea (stars of 2001: A Space Odyssey), Gil Gerard and Erin Grey (Buck Rogers), and Grace Lee Whitney and Sean Kenny (Star Trek).

Click here for the ScoutCon Convention Reports plus more pictures

Click here to visit the new ScoutCon Gallery

Labor Day Flea Market & Gun Show in Hillsville

Deanna Lund attended the Labor Day Flea Market & Gun Show in Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia on Saturday 30th to Sunday 31st August, 2008. Click on here or on the image below to view a gallery of pictures from her trip.

PAST EVENTS

AUTOGRAPHICA

Cast members from all four of Irwin Allen's Sci-Fi shows have attended the Autographica events in the United Kingdom. For details of future events, please visit the Autographica Web Site.

CHILLER THEATRE EXPO

The Chiller Theatre Expo in New Jersey, USA, regularly includes Irwin Allen cast members.

For full list of guests, please visit the Chiller Web Site guest list.

For details write to the following address:
Chiller Theatre
PO Box 23
Rutherford, NJ 07070

Chiller Theatre Expo Voyage Anniversary Report

SHOWSTOPPERS

Several Irwin Allen cast members regularly attend this event - visit the Showstoppers Website.

Conventions are held at BEVERLY GARLAND'S HOLIDAY INN at 4222 Vineland Blvd in North Hollywood, California.

WONDERFEST

Click here for the WonderFest website.

Hollywood Memorabilia & Celebrities Show

Several of the Irwin Allen stars including Deanna Lund, Don Marshall and Heather Young regularly attends the Hollywood Memorabilia & Celebrities Show. The event is now held at The Hilton Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center. The next event is 20-21 July 2007.

Burbank dates are:
20-21 July 2007
6-7 October 2007
15-16 February 2008
25-26 April 2008
11-12 July 2008
4-5 October 2008

Motor City Comic Con

Motor City Comic Con 18-20 May 2007 features Richard Anderson and Barbara Luna.

MegaCon

Next event at MegaCon at the Orange County Convention Center is 7-9 March 2008.

FX SHOW

Florida FX Show, 28-30 January 2005: David Hedison attended this event with Mark Goddard. For more details of this event, please visit the FX Show website.

CREATION CON

For the latest CreationCon events, please visit the CreationCon web site.

DRAGON*CON

Next Dragon*Con event is 31 August - 3 September 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Past events have featured Irwin Allen cast members including David Hedison, Billy Mumy and Angela Cartwright. Visit their web site regularly for details of future events.

CONVENTION LINKS AND REPORTS

AUTOGRAPHICA

The first ever UK Irwin Allen cast reunion took place on the weekend of 8-10 October 2004 at the Autographica autograph show at the Coventry Royal Court Hotel in Coventry, United Kingdom. Attendees included:

Land Of The Giants:
Don Marshall
Deanna Lund
Heather Young

Lost In Space:
Mark Goddard
Marta Kristen
Angela Cartwright
Bob May

Time Tunnel:
Lee Meriwether

The Irwin Allen News Network and Giants Log arranged a welcome get-together for Irwin Allen fans attending the event. For pictures from our get-together, please visit the IANN Autographica page.

STARCON 97

IANN had the pleasure of attending the STARCON convention in Pasadena, California in 1997.

SEND IN CONVENTION DETAILS

If you have any news of conventions and actor appearances, please send us all the details, especially date, location, event name, guests, contact person and address/telephone no, prices and any other relevant information.

IANN also has various convention report sites, so if you attend any events, we would welcome your reports and photos for which you will be credited. Please only send duplicates of photos as we cannot return them. You can post them to us at IANN, PO Box 349, Bedford MK40 2ZR, UK.

Important Note

Please be aware that guest lists can change at any time. Always confirm with convention organisers before attending.