Avalon Expo 15 Fall

Fri-Sun, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2025

St. John’s Convention Centre, St. John’s, NL, Canada

Vendor hours: 1pm-8pm Friday; 10am-7pm Saturday (10am-11am accessibility hour); 10am-6pm Sunday.

Gaming, lobby, and calm room will also be open in the evenings.
Box office closes half an hour before vendor room, readmission possible.

Passes on sale soon

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Vendor application
Panels/Workshops application
Clubs/Groups participation form

With AvEx now KIDS GO FREE!!! with paid adult pass. (Passes online and at the door.)

Ticket pricing (available online (soon) and at the door). Includes taxes and fees – no extra charges:
Ages 13 and up:
Friday 25
Saturday 30
Sunday 25
Weekend 50 (savings of $30! vs day passes)
Four-person weekend 125 (savings of $195! vs day passes)
Fast-pass weekend 90 (front row seating in panels, line-skip privileges, special fast-pass badge (picked up at reg desk), know you’re helping to extra support the convention)
Ages 12 and under free – must be accompanied by a paid 18-plus adult, maximum of two per adult.
Persons with a disability no charge companion pass at the door.

St. John's Comic Con

Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez
Photo credit: Ritche Perez

Fabulous Guests!

ALYSON COURT, the voice and face of your childhood. From LOONETTE the Clown to LYDIA in BEETLEJUICE, JUBILEE in X-MEN to CLAIRE REDFIELD in Resident Evil, Alyson has starred in some of the world’s most iconic roles and properties.
– Sesame Street’s Follow That Bird
– My Pet Monster
– Ewoks
– Garbage Pail Kids
– Clifford
– The Big Comfy Couch
– Resident Evil franchise
– the original X-Men animated series and X-Men ’97
– Beetlejuice, the animated series
We are tremendously excited that Alyson will be joining us! Also, she’s a really nice person. 🙂
FRED STINSON is coming to Avalon Expo 15/Fall!
Best known as Major Bedhead, the lovable, unicycle-riding mail delivery clown from The Big Comfy Couch, Fred brought joy and giggles to a generation of kids across Canada and beyond. But there’s more behind the makeup — Fred is also a master puppeteer with an impressive resume in Hollywood horror and fantasy!
He’s worked behind the scenes on major productions like Bride of Chucky, Poltergeist (2015), Goosebumps, and many more, bringing creatures and characters to life with his expert hands and imagination.
Here’s a more detailed rundown of Fred Stinson’s incredible film and TV work beyond Major Bedhead on The Big Comfy Couch:
Notable Film & Puppeteering Credits
Bride of Chucky (1998) – Additional puppeteer on Chucky, part of the core team manipulating the iconic doll
The Thing (2011) – Worked as part of the additional puppeteer crew on this John Carpenter–produced horror‑sci‑fi reboot
Cult of Chucky (2017) – Credited as puppeteer on the latest Chucky horror entry
Television & Puppetry Performances
Groundling Marsh (1994–1997) – Played Hegdish and Slinger across 65 episodes, enchanting young audiences
Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy III (1997) – Puppeteer behind Rocky, the creepy dummy featured in two episodes
We are super excited to have Fred joining us!
GIANNI MATRAGRANO is coming to Avalon Expo 15/Fall!
“Gianni Matragrano has made a filthy name for himself in voicing lots of stupid memes, and lots of great games. If you’ve played stuff in the Retro FPS genre especially you may have heard him as Gabriel in ULTRAKILL, Maw in Turbo Overkill, The Patriarch in Trepang2, and many more. He’s been on some large scale projects such as voicing Stalker in Warframe or Boyang in Genshin Impact, but he mainly operates with a sick penchant for indie games, such as his work as Satan in ANTONBLAST, 2BDamned in Madness Combat, or Sebastian in Pressure. He’s also worked on some anime roles such as Leo in Arte, Hyakutaro in Tribe Nine, and Egba Atler in Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island. Now he’s even targeting independent animation, by voicing Breadhead in The Gaslight District. The final verdict: nowhere is safe. Gianni Matragrano is coming to voice everything, and you might be next.”
We are very excited to have GIANNI joining us!
Z. M. Thomas is a Minnesota Indigenous indie comic-book writer and publisher for Trepidation Comics. He is known mostly for his satirical work—Bible 2, Joseph Smith in Space, and Abe the Aborted Fetus—as well as some more serious works, including Dead Reckoning and Sioux Falls.
When he isn’t busy scripting one of his awesome graphic novels, he is off saving the world from any number of perils without leaving the comfort of his own couch. Armed with only his DualShock 4, he is ready to face the next great threat to life as we know it, even if that threat is himself. (Having become a dark overlord ruler for Lordran and Drangleic, this evil mastermind has recently taken the city of Los Santos under his reign as well. After all, sometimes playing the hero can be overrated.)
His favorite game series is the Demon/Dark Souls franchise, as well as anything that can offer a strong narrative, including games like Uncharted and The Last of Us. Of course, he also has a special fondness for some of the worst gaming has to offer. To paraphrase Hugh Grant, “Sometimes you just want a greasy Duke Burger.” (That’s right, he liked Duke Nukem: Forever. Get over it.)
We’re very happy to have him joining us. 🙂

Sponsors and Friends

Escape Quest

Platinum Sponsor

Escape Quest is an escape room experience in downtown St. John’s. Crafted by local artists and gamers, our five interactive escape scenarios provide a thrilling combination of challenge, entertainment, and teamwork.

WHAT IS AN ESCAPE ROOM?

Escape rooms are a new form of entertainment that has caught on all over the world! Groups are sent into one of several exciting, thematic rooms filled with obstacles, locks, and clues. Working together, they must solve each problem in the hopes of finding a way out before the time is up.

Each success gives players a rush of excitement, but as the game goes on, the challenges get tougher. Only by working together and finding every clue can players hope to escape!

WHO IS ESCAPE QUEST?

Located in scenic downtown St. John’s, Escape Quest has been designed by a local group of artists and gamers to deliver the definitive escape room experience. Each room has been carefully developed to tell a story with you and your friends as the main characters! Our designers believe that gaming is an art; we love a great game with rich, immersive settings, with intelligent, challenging obstacles, and with unexpected twists and turns. Escape Quest delivers a one-of-a-kind gaming adventure, all with the vibrant local flare St. John’s is known for.

 

 

Sandbox Gaming

Friend of the Convention

Sandbox Gaming Inc. is a registered non-profit organization located in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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The organization was founded in November of 2010 when a group of local gamers decided to do something great with their love of video games!

Sandbox Gaming has since raised

over $150,000

for local charities!

What we do:

  • Bi-annual fundraising live stream marathons with all proceeds donated directly to our Annual Charity Fund.

  • Full-day Gaming Carnivals, with organized Tournaments, Demos, & more!

  • Community Events – Fan Conventions, Escape Room Experiences, Trivia, Game Release Day Parties, etc…

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… And 100% Volunteer-Run!

 

🎃HALLOWEENTOWN RAVE🎃
Rave admission included with admission to Avalon Expo

Saturday November 1
Convention fully opens 11am (after accessibility/quiet hour from 10am-11am)
RAVE HOURS: 730pm-10pm

Featuring original live electronic music by Arcade Knights

Costume Contest (by cheers), for best SPOOKY costume!

ALL cosplay/costumes welcome!
No alcohol services available on site.

Please note costumes that can stain or otherwise damage Convention Centre or Avalon Expo assets are not permitted (example: dripping “blood”)

Come for the con, stay for the rave. It’s about to get SPOOKY

Share your cosplays for the weekend. Tag the event if you’d like us to share.

Registration

Passes available online and at the door.