G-FEST XXVI Announces Film Lineup

Art by Ray Fromme; Used with permission

The film lineup for the twenty-sixth G-FEST, the annual kaiju convention held in Rosemont, IL, has been announced. All movies will be screened at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, IL, in their newly-renovated Megatheatre.

All films will be presented in English, with the exception of GMK, which will be Japanese.

For more information about, and to register for G-FEST, click here or see below.

Film Lineup:

Thursday Afternoon (07/11/2019)
GODZILLA'S REVENGE (ALL MONSTERS ATTACK, 1969)
GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964)

Thursday Evening (07/11/2019)
THE X FROM OUTER SPACE (1967)
GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK (2001)

Friday late (07/12/2019)
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (2019)

Saturday late (07/13/2019) 
MONSTER ZERO (INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER, 1965)

Image courtesy of the Pickwick Theatre

From the G-FAN website:

G-FEST is the largest regular gathering of Godzilla and Japanese monster fans in the world. Held each summer, it typically attracts more than 1000 attendees, but has seen a gradual increase in attendance over the past few years. G-FEST 2018, its 25th anniversary, was the most successful convention to date, bringing in more than 3000 Japanese science fiction and fantasy film fans!
G-FEST is a family-oriented convention which caters to a wide variety of interests within the kaiju genre. G-FEST features presentations and Q & A sessions by actors and crew from the Japanese Godzilla films, fan presentations on topics of interest, contests and gaming, new and classic kaiju movies, the western world’s largest kaiju-oriented dealers room, and lots of fun and camaraderie.

G-FEST XXVI will be held from July 12th to July 14th, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare. Special guests, movies, and events schedule for G-FEST XXVI are to be announced. Explore past G-FESTs to see many of the exciting guests, movies, and presentations that have featured at previous conventions.