Armageddon Expo 2011

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Sat 22 Oct 2011 - Sun 23 Oct 2011

The Armageddon Expo returns to Melbourne on the weekend of October 22nd and 23rd, 2011. While general admission tickets for this event will not be on sale until August 1st (tickets will be available through Ticketek ), the first official announcement of the guest line up has just been unveiled.



Expected at the Melbourne events will be;

Nicholas Brendon, who portrayed Xander Harris in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Brendon has since appeared in Criminal Minds, Without a Trace and Private Practice.



Actress Alaina Huffman, who portrayed Maureen Bowers in Painkiller Jane, Black Canary/Dinah Lance in Smallville and Lt. Tamara Johansen in SGU Stargate Universe.



The Lone Gunmen aka Bruce Harwood, Dean Haglund and Tom Braidwood of X-Files fame.



Actor Bruce Boxleitner who portrayed Tron/Alan Bradley in Tron and in Tron: Legacy. Boxleitner also appeared in How the West Was Won, Babylon 5 and most recently in NCIS.



Mark Ryan who starred in Robin of Sherwood and currently is the voice of Bumblebee in the Transformers feature film franchise .



Mark Sheppard, who stars as Crowley in Supernatural and most recently appeared as Canton Delaware III in Doctor Who.



Louise Jameson of Doctor Who fame will also be attending the Melbourne events.



Other guests include Kevin Conroy aka 'The Voice of Batman' , Kyle Hebert , Paul Eiding , Steven Blum , Bill Willingham , Bill Sienkiewicz and Frank Cho .

Many more guests will be revealed closer to the event date - keep a lookout on the Armageddon website , Facebook and Twitter for all the latest news and special events.

All the usual events are back for 2011, including panel discussions, special events and autograph and photo sessions.

This really is a fantastic event if you love feature film, sci-fi, comic books, animation, anime, manga and video games.



As with previous Armageddon conventions, most who attend choose to dress up as their favourite characters - usually to enter the Cosplay Parade , but it is also just to have a bit of fun - you can actually wear a cape and not feel silly.

This is a family friendly event and the two day event will be held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre and Auditorium , from 9am to 6pm on both the Saturday and Sunday.

Ticket prices are as follows;

General Admission is $21.50 (Single Day Pass) or $38 (Two-Day Pass) for adults.

Children (5-12) $11.50 (Single Day Pass) or $18.50 (Two-Day Pass).

You can purchase Gold and Silver Passes at Culture Shock Events now - simply click here for further details.

(Please note to participate in autograph and photo sessions, you will have to purchase 'tokens' on the event day at an additional fee).

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