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[[File:Gfestxviii.png|200px|right]]'''G-Fest''' is an annual convention devoted to the [[kaiju]] film genre and sponsored by Daikaiju Enterprises, Ltd. It regularly features panels, contests, and screenings of giant monster movies at the 1,400-seat Pickwick Theatre. G-Fest is presently held in Rosemont, Illinois, at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare Hotel.
[[File:Gfestxviii.png|200px|right]]'''G-Fest''' is an annual convention devoted to the [[kaiju]] film genre and sponsored by Daikaiju Enterprises, Ltd. It regularly features panels, contests, and screenings of giant monster movies at the 1,000-seat Pickwick Theatre. G-Fest is presently held in Rosemont, Illinois, formerly at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare Hotel, and currently at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel.


Actors, directors, and special effects technicians who worked on [[kaiju]] films in Japan are frequent guests at G-Fest. Since 1999, one guest per year has been honored with the "Mangled Skyscraper Award," sculpted by Gene Rizzardi, for their lasting contributions to the [[kaiju]] genre. Consistent features of G-Fest are a Dealers' Room full of kaiju memorabilia, video game tournaments, a 24/7 broadcast of kaiju and tokusatsu content on hotel room television sets, and contests in art, film, modeling, and cosplay. In recent years, it has also introduced a large Artists' Alley and film festival for independent kaiju productions.
Actors, directors, and special effects technicians who worked on [[kaiju]] films in Japan are frequent guests at G-Fest. Since 1999, one guest per year has been honored with the "Mangled Skyscraper Award," sculpted by Gene Rizzardi, for their lasting contributions to the [[kaiju]] genre. Consistent features of G-Fest are a Dealers' Room full of kaiju memorabilia, video game tournaments, a 24/7 broadcast of kaiju and tokusatsu content on hotel room television sets, and contests in art, film, modeling, and cosplay. In recent years, it has also introduced a large Artists' Alley and film festival for independent kaiju productions.


G-Fest was founded by ''[[G-Fan]]'' magazine editor and publisher J. D. Lees, a Canadian high school teacher. Persons assisting Lees in organizing G-Fest include Jeff Horne, Brett Homenick, Armand Vaquer, Stan Hyde, and Dawn McKechnie. Actor Robert Scott Field regularly attends G-Fest as a celebrity guest and translator.
G-Fest was founded by ''[[G-FAN]]'' magazine editor and publisher J. D. Lees, a Canadian high school teacher. Persons assisting Lees in organizing G-Fest include Jeff Horne, Brett Homenick, Armand Vaquer, Stan Hyde, and Dawn McKechnie. Actor Robert Scott Field regularly attends G-Fest as a celebrity guest and translator.
 
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==G-Fest (Friends of [[G-Fan|G-FAN]]) '94==
==Conventions==
*Location: Howard Johnson Addison O'Hare Airport in Addison, Illinois
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:smaller;"
*Dates: September 3-4, 1994
|-
*Screenings: ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'', ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Convention
*Notes: Small gathering of ''G-Fan'''s publisher, editors, and contributors, along with Chicago-area kaiju fans.
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Location
 
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Guests<br>
==G-Fest (G-Con) '95==
*{{Font color||yellow|{{tt|MSA|Mangled Skyscraper Award}} recipient(s)}}
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
! scope="col" colspan="4"            | Screenings
*Dates: August 18-20, 1995
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Notes
*Notes: First formal kaiju convention outside of Japan. Opened to the public on the 20th.
|-
 
! scope="col"                        | Thursday
==G-Fest (G-Con) '96==
! scope="col"                        | Friday
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
! scope="col"                        | Saturday
*Dates: August 16-18, 1996
! scope="col"                        | Sunday
*Guests: [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]], [[Haruo Nakajima]], Guy Mariner Tucker
|-
*Screenings: ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'', ''[[The Return of Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
!                                    | Friends of [[G-FAN]]<ref name="Gfest94" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '94.</ref><br>(September 3-4, 1994)
 
|                                    | Howard Johnson Addison<br>O'Hare Airport,<br>Addison, Illinois
==G-Fest '97==
|                                    | N/A
*Location: Wyndham Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|
*Dates: August 1-3, 1997
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
*Guests: Don Glut, [[Marc Cerasini]], Bob Eggleton, Stuart Galbraith IV, David Kalat, Steve Ryfle
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*Screenings: ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', ''[[The Mysterians]]'', ''[[Latitude Zero]]''. ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'', ''[[Gunhed]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
 
|style="text-align:left;"            | Small gathering of ''G-FAN''{{'}}s publisher, editors, and contributors, along with Chicago-area kaiju fans.
==G-Fest '98==
|-
*Location: Wyndham Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
!                                    | G-Con '95<ref name="Gfest95" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '95.</ref><br>(August 18-20, 1995)
*Dates: July 31-August 2, 1998
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Guests: William Stout, Mike Fredericks, Yoshikazu Ishii, Gene Rizzardi
|                                    | N/A
*Screenings: ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'', ''The Lost World'', ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'', ''The Valley of Gwangi'', ''Super Atragon'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'', ''[[Space Amoeba]]''
| colspan="4"                        | N/A
*Notes: Collaboration with ''The Prehistoric Times'', a dinosaur magazine. Four additional movies played on August 1, but their titles are unknown.
|style="text-align:left;"            | First formal kaiju convention outside of Japan. Opened to the public on the 20th.
==G-Fest '99==
|-
*Location: Hilton Hotel in Burbank, California
!                                    | G-Con '96<ref name="Gfest96" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '96.</ref><br>(August 16-18, 1996)
*Dates: July 23–25, 1999
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Guests: Robert Scott Field, Volker Engel, Forry Ackerman, [[Noriaki Yuasa]], [[Wataru Mimura]], Hiroshi Kashiwabara, [[Shusuke Kaneko]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Sunday Screening: ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*[[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Forry Ackerman
*[[Haruo Nakajima]]
*Notes: First G-Fest to book a film in a theater, with ''Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris'' playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.
*Guy Mariner Tucker
 
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|
==G-Fest 2000==
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''
*Location: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California
*''[[The Return of Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]''
*Dates: July 14–16, 2000
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]''
*Guests: [[Koichi Kawakita]], [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]], [[Haruo Nakajima]], [[Noriaki Yuasa]], [[Megumi Odaka]], Kieta Amemiya, Yuji Sakai, Robert Scott Field, [[Sadamasa Arikawa]], Jerry Ito, Mach Fumiake
|                                    |
*Friday Screening: [[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
|-
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', ''Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey''
!                                    | G-Fest '97<br>(August 1-3, 1997)
*Sunday Screening: ''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]''
|                                    | Wyndham Hotel,<br>Chicago, Illinois
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Koichi Kawakita]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
 
*Don Glut
==G-Fest '01==
*Marc Cerasini
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
*[[Bob Eggleton]]
*Dates: July 13–15, 2001
*Stuart Galbraith IV
*Guests: Shinichi Wakasa, Bob Eggleton, Robert Scott Field
*David Kalat
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*Steve Ryfle
*Saturday Screening: [[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|
*Sunday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Greg Shoemaker
*''[[The Mysterians]]''
 
*''[[Latitude Zero]]''
==G-Fest '02==
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]''
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
*''[[Gunhed]]''
*Dates: July 12–14, 2002
|                                    |
*Guests: [[Koichi Kawakita]], [[Hurricane Ryu Hariken]], Robert Scott Field
|-
*Friday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion]]''
!                                    | G-Fest '98<br>(July 31-August 8, 1998)
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|                                    | Wyndham Hotel,<br>Chicago, Illinois
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Stan G. Hyde
|style="text-align:left;"            |
 
*William Stout
==G-Fest X==
*Mike Fredericks
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Yoshikazu Ishii
*Dates: July 18–20, 2003
*Gene Rizzardi
*Guests: [[Noriaki Yuasa]], Carl Craig, Yoshikazu Ishii, Robert Scott Field
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|
*Friday Screenings: ''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'', ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Noriaki Yuasa]]
*''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]''
 
*''[[wikipedia:The Valley of Gwangi|The Valley of Gwangi]]''
==G-Fest XI==
*''[[Super Atragon]]''
*Location: Holiday Inn O’Hare International Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]''
*Dates: July 9–11, 2004
*''[[Space Amoeba]]''
*Guests: [[Teruyoshi Nakano]], Robert Scott Field, Brian Thomas
|style="text-align:left;"            | Collaboration with ''The Prehistoric Times'', a dinosaur magazine. Four additional movies played on August 1, but their titles are unknown.
*Friday Screenings: ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' and ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
|-
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]''
!                                    | G-Fest '99<br>(July 23-25, 1999)
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Teruyoshi Nakano]]
|                                    | Hilton Hotel, Burbank, California
 
|style="text-align:left;"            |
==G-Fest XII==
*{{font color||yellow|Forrest J Ackerman}}
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Robert Scott Field
*Dates: July 8–10, 2005
*Volker Engel
*Guests: Yoshimitsu Banno, Yoshikazu Ishii, Robert Scott Field, Carl Craig, Robert Conte
*[[Noriaki Yuasa]]
*Friday Screenings: ''[[The H-Man|H-Man]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*[[Wataru Mimura]]
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''
*Hiroshi Kashiwabara
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Yoshikazu Ishii
*[[Shusuke Kaneko]]
 
|                                    |
==G-Fest XIII==
|                                    |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    |
*Dates: July 7–9, 2006
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Guests: [[Kazuki Omori]], Robert Scott Field, Yoshikazu Ishii
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            | First G-Fest to book a film in a theater, with ''Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris'' playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Negadon: The Monster from Mars]]'', ''[[Gamera the Brave]]''
|-
*Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Robert Scott Field
!                                    | G-Fest 2000<br>(July 14–16, 2000)
 
|                                    | Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,<br>Los Angeles, California
==G-Fest XIV==
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*{{Font color||yellow|[[Koichi Kawakita]]}}
*Dates: July 6–8, 2007
*[[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]
*Guests: Rhodes Reason, Shelley Sweeney, Robert Scott Field, Don Glut
*[[Haruo Nakajima]]
*Saturday Afternoon Concert Performed by: Rieko Wada, Tomomi Matsumura, Shetoshi Yamada, Marcus Dunleavy
*[[Noriaki Yuasa]]
*Friday Screening: ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
*[[Megumi Odaka]]
*Saturday Screening: ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
*Keita Amemiya
*Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Don Glut
*[[Yuji Sakai]]
 
*Robert Scott Field
==G-Fest XV==
*[[Sadamasa Arikawa]]
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*[[Jerry Ito]]
*Dates: July 4–6, 2008
*Mach Fumiake
*Guests: [[Haruo Nakajima]], Don Frye, Robert Scott Field
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'', ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'', ''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]''
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Haruo Nakajima]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
 
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey|Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey]]''
==G-Fest XVI==
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]''
*Dates: July 3–5, 2009
|                                    | N/A
*Guests: [[Kenji Sahara]], Robert Scott Field, [[August Ragone]], David Kalat
|-
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
!                                    | G-Fest '01<br>(July 13–15, 2001)
*Friday Screening: ''[[The Mysterians]]''
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Kenji Sahara]]
*{{font color||yellow|Greg Shoemaker}}
 
*[[Shinichi Wakasa]]
==G-Fest XVII==
*Bob Eggleton
*Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois
*Robert Scott Field
*Dates: July 9–11, 2010
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], Bob Eggleton, Robert Scott Field, William M. Tsutsui, David Kalat, Damon Foster
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*Thursday Screening: ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Friday Screening: ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*Saturday Screening: [[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Akira Takarada]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
 
|                                    | N/A
==G-Fest XVIII==
|                                    |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|-
*Dates: July 15–17, 2011
!                                    | G-Fest '02<br>(July 12–14, 2002)
*Guests: Hiroyuki Watanabe, [[Shinji Higuchi]], Hiroshi Sagae, Robert Scott Field, [[August Ragone]]
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Gamera: Super Monster]]'', ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Friday Screening: ''Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace''
*{{font color||yellow|Stan G. Hyde}}
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion]]''
*[[Koichi Kawakita]]
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Shinji Higuchi]]
*[[Ryu Hariken|"Hurricane" Ryu Hariken]]
 
*Robert Scott Field
==G-Fest XIX==
|                                    | N/A
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Dates: July 13-15, 2012
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], [[Bin Furuya]], Robert Scott Field, Svengoolie
*''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]''
*Thursday Screening: [[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'' (1933)]], ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'', ''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]'', ''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)#U.S. Release|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
|                                    | N/A
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Bin Furuya]]
|                                    |
 
|-
==G-Fest XX==
!                                    | G-Fest X<br>(July 18–20, 2003)
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Dates: July 12-14, 2013
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Guests: [[Tsutomu Kitagawa]], Shinichi Wakasa, Shizuo Nakajima, Robert Scott Field, Frank H Woodward, Cleve Hall
*{{font color||yellow|[[Noriaki Yuasa]]}}
*Thursday Screenings: ''20 Million Miles to Earth'', ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'', ''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'', ''[[The X from Outer Space]]'', ''[[Pacific Rim]]'' (midnight premiere)
*Carl Craig
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*Yoshikazu Ishii
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*Robert Scott Field
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Shinichi Wakasa
|                                    | N/A
 
|style="text-align:left;"            |
==G-Fest XXI==
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]''
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*Dates: July 11-13, 2014
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Guests: [[Koichi Kawakita]], Tomoko Ai, [[Katsuhiko Sasaki]], Hiroshi Sagae, Don Frye, Robert Scott Field, Shinpei Hayashiya
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|Godzilla, Mothra and<br>King Ghidorah: Giant<br>Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*Thursday Screenings: [[King Kong (1976 film)|''King Kong'' (1976)]], ''[[King Kong Lives]]'', ''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'', ''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]''
|                                    | N/A
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
|                                    |
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
|-
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Bob Eggleton
!                                    | G-Fest XI<br>(July 9–11, 2004)
 
|                                    | Holiday Inn O’Hare<br>International Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
==G-Fest XXII==
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*{{font color||yellow|[[Teruyoshi Nakano]]}}
*Dates: July 10-12, 2015
*Robert Scott Field
*Guests: [[Masaaki Tezuka]], Noboru Kaneko, [[August Ragone]], Robert Scott Field, [[Kow Otani]]
*Brian Thomas
*Thursday Screenings: ''Them!'', ''The Deadly Mantis'', ''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
|                                    | N/A
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Masaaki Tezuka]]
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
 
|style="text-align:left;"            |
==G-Fest XXIII==
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]''
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    | N/A
*Dates: July 15-17, 2016
|                                    |
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], Linda Miller, [[Bin Furuya]], Hiroko Sakurai, Robert Scott Field, August Ragone, Yoshikazu Ishii, Hiroshi Sagae, Carl Craig, Sojiro Uchino, Tony Isabella
|-
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'', ''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'', ''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]'', ''The Green Slime''
!                                    | G-Fest XII<br>(July 8–10, 2005)
*Friday Screening: ''Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy''
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
*Saturday Screening: ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Hiroko Sakurai
*{{font color||yellow|Yoshikazu Ishii}}
 
*[[Yoshimitsu Banno]]
==G-Fest XXIV (Shin G-Fest)==
*Robert Scott Field
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Carl Craig
*Dates: July 14-16, 2017
*Robert Conte
*Guests: [[Michiru Oshima]], Yuji Kaida, [[Shinji Higuchi]], Ryuki Kitaoka, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, [[Kiyotaka Taguchi]], Robert Scott Field, Tony Isabella
|                                    | N/A
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[D-War]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'', [[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Friday Screening: ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''
*''[[The H-Man]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Michiru Oshima]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
 
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]''
==G-Fest XXV==
|                                    | N/A
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    |
*Dates: July 13-15, 2018
|-
*Guests: [[Megumi Odaka]], [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]], [[Keizo Murase]], Don Frye, Gene Rizzardi, Robert Scott Field
!                                    | G-Fest XIII<br>(July 7–9, 2006)
*Thursday Screenings: ''Valley of Gwangi'', ''Dinosaurus!'', ''The Mighty Peking Man'', ''[[Pacific Rim Uprising]]''
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
*Friday Screening: ''[[Rampage]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*{{font color||yellow|Robert Scott Field}}
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Megumi Odaka]], [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]], [[Keizo Murase]]
*[[Kazuki Omori]]
 
*Yoshikazu Ishii
==G-Fest XXVI==
|                                    | N/A
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Dates: July 12-14, 2019
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], [[Shusuke Kaneko]], Peggy Neal, Yoshikazu Ishii, Takuji Yamada, Sonoe Nakajima, Philo Barnhart, Tony Isabella
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[All Monsters Attack]]'', ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'', ''[[The X from Outer Space]]'', ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*''[[Negadon: The Monster from Mars|Negadon: The<br>Monster from Mars]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''
*''[[Gamera the Brave]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
|                                    | N/A
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Shusuke Kaneko]]
|                                    |
 
|-
==G-Fest XXVII==
! rowspan="2"                        | G-Fest XIV<br>(July 6–8, 2007)
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
| rowspan="2"                        | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 10-12, 2019
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Guests: Hiroyuki Kawase, others to be announced
*{{font color||yellow|Don Glut}}
*Screenings: To be announced
*Rhodes Reason
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: To be announced
*Shelley Sweeney
*Robert Scott Field
| rowspan="2"                        | N/A
|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
| rowspan="2"                        | N/A
| rowspan="2"                        |
|-
|style="text-align:left;"            | Saturday performance by:
*Rieko Wada
*Tomomi Matsumura
*Shetoshi Yamada
*Marcus Dunleavy
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XV<br>(July 4–6, 2008)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Haruo Nakajima]]}}
*Don Frye
*Robert Scott Field
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]''
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon|Orochi, the Eight-<br>Headed Dragon]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla|Godzilla Against<br>Mechagodzilla]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XVI<br>(July 3–5, 2009)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Kenji Sahara]]}}
*Robert Scott Field
*[[August Ragone]]
*David Kalat
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|Godzilla, Mothra and<br>King Ghidorah: Giant<br>Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[The Mysterians]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit|Monster X Strikes Back:<br>Attack the G8 Summit]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XVII<br>(July 9–11, 2010)
|                                    | Donald E. Stephens<br>Convention Center,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Akira Takarada]]}}
*Bob Eggleton
*Robert Scott Field
*William M. Tsutsui
*David Kalat
*Damon Foster
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XVIII<br>(July 15–17, 2011)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Shinji Higuchi]]}}
*[[Hiroyuki Watanabe]]
*Hiroshi Sagae
*[[Robert Scott Field]]
*[[August Ragone]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Gamera Super Monster]]''
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe|Gamera: Guardian<br>of the Universe]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''Ultraman Gaia:<br>The Battle in Hyperspace''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion|Gamera 2: Attack<br>of the Legion]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XIX<br>(July 13-15, 2012)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Bin Furuya]]}}
*[[Akira Takarada]]
*Robert Scott Field
*Svengoolie
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*[[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'' (1933)]]
*''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms|The Beast from<br>20,000 Fathoms]]''
*''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]''
*''[[Gamera the Giant Monster]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)#U.S. release|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XX<br>(July 12-14, 2013)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Shinichi Wakasa]]}}
*[[Tsutomu Kitagawa]]
*[[Shizuo Nakajima]]
*Robert Scott Field
*Frank H Woodward
*Cleve Hall
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[wikipedia:20 Million Miles to Earth|20 Million Miles to Earth]]''
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]''
*''[[The X from Outer Space]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]'' {{small|(midnight premiere)}}
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XXI<br>(July 11-13, 2014)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|Bob Eggleton}}
*[[Koichi Kawakita]]
*Tomoko Ai
*[[Katsuhiko Sasaki]]
*Hiroshi Sagae
*Don Frye
*Robert Scott Field
*[[Shinpei Hayashiya]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*[[King Kong (1976 film)|''King Kong'' (1976)]]
*''[[King Kong Lives]]''
*''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]''
*''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep|Yongary, Monster<br>from the Deep]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XXII<br>(July 10-12, 2015)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Masaaki Tezuka]]}}
*Noboru Kaneko
*[[August Ragone]]
*Robert Scott Field
*[[Kow Otani]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[wikipedia:Them!|Them!]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Deadly Mantis|The Deadly Mantis]]''
*''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]''
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe|Gamera: Guardian<br>of the Universe]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XXIII<br>(July 15-17, 2016)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|Hiroko Sakurai}}
*[[Akira Takarada]]
*Linda Miller
*[[Bin Furuya]]
*Robert Scott Field
*[[August Ragone]]
*Yoshikazu Ishii
*Hiroshi Sagae
*Carl Craig
*Sojiro Uchino
*Tony Isabella
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
*''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]''
*''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep|Yonggary, Monster<br>from the Deep]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Green Slime|The Green Slime]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie|Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XXIV: Shin G-Fest<br>(July 14-16, 2017)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Michiru Oshima]]}}
*Yuji Kaida
*[[Shinji Higuchi]]
*Ryuki Kitaoka
*Kazuhiro Nakagawa
*[[Kiyotaka Taguchi]]
*Robert Scott Field
*Tony Isabella
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[wikipedia:D-War|D-War]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XXV<br>(July 13-15, 2018)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Megumi Odaka]]}}
*{{font color||yellow|[[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]}}
*{{font color||yellow|[[Keizo Murase]]}}
*Don Frye
*Gene Rizzardi
*Robert Scott Field
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[wikipedia:The Valley of Gwangi|The Valley of Gwangi]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Dinosaurus!|Dinosaurus!]]''
*''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Pacific Rim Uprising|Pacific Rim Uprising]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Rampage]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XXVI<br>(July 12-14, 2019)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Shusuke Kaneko]]}}
*[[Akira Takarada]]
*Peggy Neal
*Yoshikazu Ishii
*Takuji Yamada
*Sonoe Nakajima
*Philo Barnhart
*Tony Isabella
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]''
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster|Ghidorah, the Three-<br>Headed Monster]]''
*''[[The X from Outer Space]]''
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|Godzilla, Mothra and<br>King Ghidorah: Giant<br>Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XXVII<br>(July 15-17, 2022)
|                                    | Hyatt Regency<br>O'Hare Chicago,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*[[Tomoko Ai]]
*[[Hiroyuki Kawase]]
*Ninsai Kato
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            | [[Hiroyuki Kawase]] and [[Brian Rogers]] were announced as guests in 2020 before the event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled for July 10-12, 2020, at the Crowne Plaza, then July 9-11, 2021, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. Don Frye was also booked as a guest, but forced to cancel his appearance less than a week before the convention due to injury.<ref name="Frye">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/godzillafest/photos/a.87427677214/10158933255287215/?type=3&theater|title="We are sad to report that Don Frye has been hospitalized for back problems. He has to cancel his appearance at G-FEST. At this late date there will not be replacement guests arranged. We apologize for the disappointment."|author=G-Fest|date=11 July 2022|work=Facebook}}</ref>
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XXVIII<br>(July 14-16, 2023)
|                                    | Hyatt Regency<br>O'Hare Chicago,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*[[TJ Storm]]<ref name="Storm">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GFEST_GFAN/status/1626765425672347648|title=G-FEST IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TJ STORM AS OUR FIRST GUEST FOR 2023|date=19 February 2023|work=Twitter}}</ref>
*Linda Miller
*[[Douglas Gordon|Don Frye]]
*[[Yumiko Shaku]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*''[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|GODZILLA]]'' (1998)
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]''
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
|                                    | ''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''
|                                    | [[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]]
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            |
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Posters===
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.g-fan.com/ Official site for ''G-Fan'' and G-Fest]
*[http://www.g-fan.com/ Official site for ''G-FAN'' and G-Fest]
*[https://www.g-festcon.com/ Official site for the G-Fest convention]
*[https://www.facebook.com/godzillafest/ Offcial Facebook page]
*[https://www.facebook.com/godzillafest/ Offcial Facebook page]
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/gfest_gfan?lang=en Offcial Twitter page]
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/gfest_gfan?lang=en Offcial Twitter page]
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*[http://kaiju.boomcoach.com/gcon97/index.html A fan's coverage of the 1997 G-Con (before the name was changed to G-Fest)]
*[http://kaiju.boomcoach.com/gcon97/index.html A fan's coverage of the 1997 G-Con (before the name was changed to G-Fest)]
*[http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/TSNorthAmerica/ Titanosaurus Society of North America Yahoo Groups G-FEST Photo Archives]
*[http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/TSNorthAmerica/ Titanosaurus Society of North America Yahoo Groups G-FEST Photo Archives]
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Comments}}
{{Comments}}
{{Era|FAN}}
{{Era|FAN}}
[[Category:Toho]]
[[Category:Toho]]
[[Category:Fandom]]

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G-Fest is an annual convention devoted to the kaiju film genre and sponsored by Daikaiju Enterprises, Ltd. It regularly features panels, contests, and screenings of giant monster movies at the 1,000-seat Pickwick Theatre. G-Fest is presently held in Rosemont, Illinois, formerly at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare Hotel, and currently at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel.

Actors, directors, and special effects technicians who worked on kaiju films in Japan are frequent guests at G-Fest. Since 1999, one guest per year has been honored with the "Mangled Skyscraper Award," sculpted by Gene Rizzardi, for their lasting contributions to the kaiju genre. Consistent features of G-Fest are a Dealers' Room full of kaiju memorabilia, video game tournaments, a 24/7 broadcast of kaiju and tokusatsu content on hotel room television sets, and contests in art, film, modeling, and cosplay. In recent years, it has also introduced a large Artists' Alley and film festival for independent kaiju productions.

G-Fest was founded by G-FAN magazine editor and publisher J. D. Lees, a Canadian high school teacher. Persons assisting Lees in organizing G-Fest include Jeff Horne, Brett Homenick, Armand Vaquer, Stan Hyde, and Dawn McKechnie. Actor Robert Scott Field regularly attends G-Fest as a celebrity guest and translator.

Conventions

Convention Location Guests
  • MSA recipient(s)
 Screenings Notes
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Friends of G-FAN[note 1]
(September 3-4, 1994) 		Howard Johnson Addison
O'Hare Airport,
Addison, Illinois 		N/A Small gathering of G-FAN's publisher, editors, and contributors, along with Chicago-area kaiju fans.
G-Con '95[note 2]
(August 18-20, 1995) 		Radisson Hotel,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 		N/A N/A First formal kaiju convention outside of Japan. Opened to the public on the 20th.
G-Con '96[note 3]
(August 16-18, 1996) 		Radisson Hotel,
Arlington Heights, Illinois
G-Fest '97
(August 1-3, 1997) 		Wyndham Hotel,
Chicago, Illinois
  • Don Glut
  • Marc Cerasini
  • Bob Eggleton
  • Stuart Galbraith IV
  • David Kalat
  • Steve Ryfle
G-Fest '98
(July 31-August 8, 1998) 		Wyndham Hotel,
Chicago, Illinois
  • William Stout
  • Mike Fredericks
  • Yoshikazu Ishii
  • Gene Rizzardi
 Collaboration with The Prehistoric Times, a dinosaur magazine. Four additional movies played on August 1, but their titles are unknown.
G-Fest '99
(July 23-25, 1999) 		Hilton Hotel, Burbank, California First G-Fest to book a film in a theater, with Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.
G-Fest 2000
(July 14–16, 2000) 		Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,
Los Angeles, California 		N/A
G-Fest '01
(July 13–15, 2001) 		Radisson Hotel,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest '02
(July 12–14, 2002) 		Radisson Hotel,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 		N/A N/A
G-Fest X
(July 18–20, 2003) 		Radisson Hotel,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 		N/A N/A
G-Fest XI
(July 9–11, 2004) 		Holiday Inn O’Hare
International Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A N/A
G-Fest XII
(July 8–10, 2005) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A N/A
G-Fest XIII
(July 7–9, 2006) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A N/A
G-Fest XIV
(July 6–8, 2007) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois
  • Don Glut
  • Rhodes Reason
  • Shelley Sweeney
  • Robert Scott Field
 N/A N/A
Saturday performance by:
  • Rieko Wada
  • Tomomi Matsumura
  • Shetoshi Yamada
  • Marcus Dunleavy
G-Fest XV
(July 4–6, 2008) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XVI
(July 3–5, 2009) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XVII
(July 9–11, 2010) 		Donald E. Stephens
Convention Center,
Rosemont, Illinois
  • Akira Takarada
  • Bob Eggleton
  • Robert Scott Field
  • William M. Tsutsui
  • David Kalat
  • Damon Foster
 N/A
G-Fest XVIII
(July 15–17, 2011) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois
  • Ultraman Gaia:
    The Battle in Hyperspace
 N/A
G-Fest XIX
(July 13-15, 2012) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XX
(July 12-14, 2013) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XXI
(July 11-13, 2014) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XXII
(July 10-12, 2015) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XXIII
(July 15-17, 2016) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XXIV: Shin G-Fest
(July 14-16, 2017) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XXV
(July 13-15, 2018) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XXVI
(July 12-14, 2019) 		Crowne Plaza
Chicago O'Hare Hotel,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A
G-Fest XXVII
(July 15-17, 2022) 		Hyatt Regency
O'Hare Chicago,
Rosemont, Illinois 		N/A Hiroyuki Kawase and Brian Rogers were announced as guests in 2020 before the event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled for July 10-12, 2020, at the Crowne Plaza, then July 9-11, 2021, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. Don Frye was also booked as a guest, but forced to cancel his appearance less than a week before the convention due to injury.[1]
G-Fest XXVIII
(July 14-16, 2023) 		Hyatt Regency
O'Hare Chicago,
Rosemont, Illinois 		Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla Godzilla (2014) N/A

Gallery

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Notes

  1. ↑ Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '94.
  2. ↑ Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '95.
  3. ↑ Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '96.

References

This is a list of references for G-Fest. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ G-Fest (11 July 2022). ""We are sad to report that Don Frye has been hospitalized for back problems. He has to cancel his appearance at G-FEST. At this late date there will not be replacement guests arranged. We apologize for the disappointment."". Facebook.
  2. ↑ "G-FEST IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TJ STORM AS OUR FIRST GUEST FOR 2023". Twitter. 19 February 2023.

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