Sci Fi Weekender

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Book Sci Fi Weekender tickets for one of the best sci fi festivals in Great Yarmouth

Friday 21st March - Saturday 22nd March 2025 - For a limited time only!

Intergalactic beings, time-travellers, fantasy warriors and everyone in-between, you're invited to the biggest Sci Fi and Fantasy Festival in Europe! Cosplay as your favourite character, meet your all-time favourite actors and connect with likeminded individuals from the world of Sci Fi and Fantasy!

Everything you need-to-know about Sci Fi Weekender:

  • Dates: Friday 21st March - Saturday 22nd March 2025
  • Suitable for: All ages! Screenings are for adults only
  • PLUS: One child goes free per one adult!

Things to do at the Sci Fi Weekender in Great Yarmouth

Get ready to spend the day surrounded by TV and film legends, gifted authors and passionate individuals who have come together to create another successful sell-out year of Sci Fi fun!

  • Meet & Greet: Meet your favourite actors and actresses from a variety of TV and film blockbusters!
  • Stage Panels: Unlike other conventions, SFW want you to make the most of being in the presence of Sci Fi legends, which is why they'll take to the stage and host talk panels and Q&A sessions
  • Social Media Masterclass: Learn how to take your social media profiles to the next level with advice from experts
  • Board Games: Dive into the galaxy of games as you play against new friends on classic board games
  • Retro Computer Museum: Step into the past as you discover how the first computers came to exist before following the journey of technology
  • Life-Sized D&D: You've heard of life-sized Monopoly, now you can experience life-sized Dungeons and Dragons!
  • The Sci-Fi Band: Enjoy timeless tunes from your favourite TV shows as you explore the Convention Hall
  • Cosplay: Dress up as your favourite character or just stand back and admire the skill and creativity of fellow Sci Fi Fans!
  • Shopping: Swing by a variety of tables and grab autographs, sculptures, leather goods, sketches and so much more!
  • PLUS: Enjoy photo studios and opportunities, quizzes, crime-writing workshops, the Kanoka Club and so much more!

Sci Fi Weekender 2024 Line-Up:

With an ever-growing star-studded line-up, you can look forward to meeting and greeting Sci Fi legends from past, present and even future films and TV shows!

  • Christina Chong: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Doctor Who, Black Mirror
  • Noah Hathaway: Never-ending Story, Battlestar Galactica
  • Marcus Nispel: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday 13th
  • Paul McGann: Doctor Who, Alien 3, Withnail and I
  • Daphne Ashbrook: Doctor Who, The A Team, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Fame
  • John Roberston: The Dark Room
  • PLUS: Meet the likes of Tony Slattery, Bryony Pearce, Anna Stephens, Tav McDougall, Charlotte Bond, Noelle Holten, Raven Dane, Graham Smtih, CJ Tudor, Level-Up Leroy, John Simpkin & more to be announced!

With so many things to see, do, interact with, experience and enjoy, you can look forward to diving into the world of weird at Europe's biggest Sci Fi convention in Great Yarmouth!

Acle New Road,
Norfolk NR30 1TB
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How to find us

Address: Vauxhall Holiday Park, Acle New Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1TB

What3Words: desire.achieving.deep

  • Train: The nearest train station is Great Yarmouth.
  • Bus: The nearest bus stop is located at Great Yarmouth Train Station.
  • Toilets
  • Food and drink
  • Free onsite parking
  • Wheelchair accessible

Yes, the majority of the Sci Fi Weekender is wheelchair accessible. If you have any queries, please contact the Sci Fi Weekender team here.

The large majority of the Sci Fi Weekender is suitable for children - however, please bare in mind that there are no child-minding facilities.

Children are not allowed into the Screenings, which are for adults only.

Yes! The team request that you only bring food and drink in if you are staying in onsite accommodation. No food or drink from the outside will be permitted into the convention hall. 

Sci Fi Weekender's opening times are as follows:

  • Open: Thursday 20th March at 11am
  • Close: Sunday 23rd March at 12pm

Please note: The official Sci Fi Weekender runs on Friday 21st March - Saturday 22nd March 2025.

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