{"id":2485420,"date":"2026-07-02T19:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2485420"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:38:55","slug":"comic-con-shocker-entertainment-weekly-scraps-annual-party-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/comic-con-shocker-entertainment-weekly-scraps-annual-party-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic-Con Shocker: Entertainment Weekly Scraps Annual Party | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><iframe class=\"trinity-player trinity-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/trinitymedia.ai\/player\/trinity-i\/2900023920\/?pageURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2Findustry-news%2Fbusiness%2Fentertainment-weekly-comic-con-party-canceled-2026%2F&amp;readContentType=URL\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; width: 100% !important; height: 80px !important\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Entertainment Weekly\u2019s annual Saturday night comic-con party is skipping Comic-Con this year, TheWrap has exclusively learned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not host our traditional EW Comic-Con party,\u201d an Entertainment Weekly spokesperson tells TheWrap. \u201cEW is focusing its Comic-Con presence on its usual photo, video and hospitality suite, as well as high-profile panels throughout the weekend at EW HQ at the Hard Rock Hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously considered to be the con\u2019s\u00a0<em>hottest<\/em>\u00a0ticket and most anticipated party of the weekend, that has traditionally taken place at Float at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-wrap-read-more\">\n<div class=\"the-wrap-read-more__container\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/comic-con-parties-2025-sdcc-photos\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the party isn\u2019t happening, other bashes are set to go as Fandom is headed back to San Diego for its annual event during Comic-Con 2026. This year, rock band\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the__coverups\/?hl=en\">The Coverups<\/a>, featuring Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, will take center stage, the company announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The ninth annual\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandom.com\/\">Fandom<\/a>\u00a0Party \u2014 taking place at FLOAT at the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday, July 23 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. \u2014 is presented by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/halo\">Xbox\u2019s Halo: Campaign Evolved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional sponsors include official spirits partner Suntory Global Spirits\u2019\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minus196.com\/en-us\/\">-196 Vodka Seltzer<\/a>\u00a0featuring Lemon, Strawberry, Peach and Grapefruit fruit-forward flavors, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/z2comics.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOoqk6BonofOYmr0oPFh2VZFfIBH12g6c0bEsCGqo9ooGf3B1uOXl\">Z2 Comics<\/a>, presenting the graphic novel and film\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andoutcomesthewolf.com\/\">\u201c\u2026And Out Comes the Wolf.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Fandom Party, meanwhile, has cemented itself as the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/comic-con-parties-2025-sdcc-photos\/\">ultimate convention-week celebration<\/a>, bringing all types of fans \u2014 including industry partners, celebrities and influencers \u2014 under one roof to celebrate the entertainment, gaming and pop culture universes they love most. Fans should keep an eye on Fandom\u2019s social channels for more details on how they can enter to attend.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thewrap.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment Weekly\u2019s annual Saturday night comic-con party is skipping Comic-Con this year, TheWrap has exclusively learned. \u201cWe will not host our traditional EW Comic-Con party,\u201d an Entertainment Weekly spokesperson tells TheWrap. \u201cEW is focusing its Comic-Con presence on its usual photo, video and hospitality suite, as well as high-profile panels throughout the weekend at EW [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2485421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[351270,489379],"class_list":["post-2485420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment-weekly","tag-ew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Comic-Con-Shocker-Entertainment-Weekly-Scraps-Annual-Party-Exclusive.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485422,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485420\/revisions\/2485422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}