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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 Theater. 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.
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.


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.
 
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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==
 
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:smaller;"
==G-Fest (Friends of G-FAN) '94==
|-
*Location: Howard Johnson Addison O'Hare Airport in Addison, Illinois
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Convention
*Dates: September 3-4, 1994
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Location
*Screenings: ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'', ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Guests<br>
*Notes: Small gathering of ''G-Fan'''s publisher, editors, and contributors, along with Chicago-area kaiju fans.
*{{Font color||yellow|{{tt|MSA|Mangled Skyscraper Award}} recipient(s)}}
 
! scope="col" colspan="4"            | Screenings
==G-Fest (G-Con) '95==
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Notes
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
|-
*Dates: August 18-20, 1995
! scope="col"                        | Thursday
*Notes: First formal kaiju convention outside of Japan. Opened to the public on the 20th.
! scope="col"                        | Friday
 
! scope="col"                        | Saturday
==G-Fest (G-Con) '96==
! scope="col"                        | Sunday
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
|-
*Dates: August 16-18, 1996
!                                    | Friends of [[G-FAN]]<ref name="Gfest94" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '94.</ref><br>(September 3-4, 1994)
*Guests: [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]], [[Haruo Nakajima]], Guy Mariner Tucker
|                                    | Howard Johnson Addison<br>O'Hare Airport,<br>Addison, Illinois
*Screenings: ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'', ''[[The Return of Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
|                                    | N/A
 
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|
==G-Fest '97==
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
*Location: Wyndham Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*Dates: August 1-3, 1997
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*Guests: Don Glut, [[Marc Cerasini]], Bob Eggleton, Stuart Galbraith IV, David Kalat, Steve Ryfle
|style="text-align:left;"            | Small gathering of ''G-FAN''{{'}}s publisher, editors, and contributors, along with Chicago-area kaiju fans.
*Screenings: ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', ''[[The Mysterians]]'', ''[[Latitude Zero]]''. ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'', ''[[Gunhed]]''
|-
 
!                                    | G-Con '95<ref name="Gfest95" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '95.</ref><br>(August 18-20, 1995)
==G-Fest '98==
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Location: Wyndham Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
|                                    | N/A
*Dates: July 31-August 2, 1998
| colspan="4"                        | N/A
*Guests: William Stout, Mike Fredericks, Yoshikazu Ishii, Gene Rizzardi
|style="text-align:left;"            | First formal kaiju convention outside of Japan. Opened to the public on the 20th.
*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]]''
|-
*Notes: Collaboration with ''The Prehistoric Times'', a dinosaur magazine. Four additional movies played on August 1, but their titles are unknown.
!                                    | G-Con '96<ref name="Gfest96" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '96.</ref><br>(August 16-18, 1996)
==G-Fest '99==
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Location: Hilton Hotel in Burbank, California
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Dates: July 23–25, 1999
*[[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]
*Guests: Robert Scott Field, Volker Engel, Forry Ackerman, [[Noriaki Yuasa]], [[Wataru Mimura]], Hiroshi Kashiwabara, [[Shusuke Kaneko]]
*[[Haruo Nakajima]]
*Sunday Screening: ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*Guy Mariner Tucker
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Forry Ackerman
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|
*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.
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''
 
*''[[The Return of Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]''
==G-Fest 2000==
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]''
*Location: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California
|                                    |
*Dates: July 14–16, 2000
|-
*Guests: [[Koichi Kawakita]], [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]], [[Haruo Nakajima]], [[Noriaki Yuasa]], [[Megumi Odaka]], Kieta Amemiya, Yuji Sakai, Robert Scott Field, Sadamasa Arikawa, Jerri Ito, Mach Fumiake
!                                    | G-Fest '97<br>(August 1-3, 1997)
*Friday Screening: [[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
|                                    | Wyndham Hotel,<br>Chicago, Illinois
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', ''Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Sunday Screening: ''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]''
*Don Glut
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Koichi Kawakita]]
*Marc Cerasini
 
*[[Bob Eggleton]]
==G-Fest '01==
*Stuart Galbraith IV
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
*David Kalat
*Dates: July 13–15, 2001
*Steve Ryfle
*Guests: Shinichi Wakasa, Bob Eggleton, Robert Scott Field
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*Saturday Screening: [[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*''[[The Mysterians]]''
*Sunday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*''[[Latitude Zero]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Greg Shoemaker
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]''
 
*''[[Gunhed]]''
==G-Fest '02==
|                                    |
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
|-
*Dates: July 12–14, 2002
!                                    | G-Fest '98<br>(July 31-August 8, 1998)
*Guests: [[Koichi Kawakita]], [[Hurricane Ryu Hariken]], Robert Scott Field
|                                    | Wyndham Hotel,<br>Chicago, Illinois
*Friday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*William Stout
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Stan G. Hyde
*Mike Fredericks
 
*Yoshikazu Ishii
==G-Fest X==
*Gene Rizzardi
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|
*Dates: July 18–20, 2003
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*Guests: [[Noriaki Yuasa]], Carl Craig, Yoshikazu Ishii, Robert Scott Field
*''[[wikipedia:The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]''
*Friday Screenings: ''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'', ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]''
Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Valley of Gwangi|The Valley of Gwangi]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Noriaki Yuasa]]
*''[[Super Atragon]]''
 
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]''
==G-Fest XI==
*''[[Space Amoeba]]''
*Location: Holiday Inn O’Hare International Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            | Collaboration with ''The Prehistoric Times'', a dinosaur magazine. Four additional movies played on August 1, but their titles are unknown.
*Dates: July 9–11, 2004
|-
*Guests: [[Teruyoshi Nakano]], Robert Scott Field, Brian Thomas
!                                    | G-Fest '99<br>(July 23-25, 1999)
*Friday Screenings: ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' and ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
|                                    | Hilton Hotel, Burbank, California
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Teruyoshi Nakano]]
*{{font color||yellow|Forrest J Ackerman}}
 
*Robert Scott Field
==G-Fest XII==
*Volker Engel
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*[[Noriaki Yuasa]]
*Dates: July 8–10, 2005
*[[Wataru Mimura]]
*Guests: Yoshimitsu Banno, Yoshikazu Ishii, Robert Scott Field, Carl Craig, Robert Conte
*Hiroshi Kashiwabara
*Friday Screenings: ''[[H-Man (film)|H-Man]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*[[Shusuke Kaneko]]
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''
|                                    |
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Yoshikazu Ishii
|                                    |
 
|                                    |
==G-Fest XIII==
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*Dates: July 7–9, 2006
|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.
*Guests: [[Kazuki Omori]], Robert Scott Field, Yoshikazu Ishii
|-
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
!                                    | G-Fest 2000<br>(July 14–16, 2000)
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Negadon: The Monster from Mars]]'', ''[[Gamera the Brave]]''
|                                    | Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,<br>Los Angeles, California
*Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Robert Scott Field
|style="text-align:left;"            |
 
*{{Font color||yellow|[[Koichi Kawakita]]}}
==G-Fest XIV==
*[[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*[[Haruo Nakajima]]
*Dates: July 6–8, 2007
*[[Noriaki Yuasa]]
*Guests: Rhodes Reason, Shelley Sweeney, Robert Scott Field, Don Glut
*[[Megumi Odaka]]
*Saturday Afternoon Concert Performed by: Rieko Wada, Tomomi Matsumura, Shetoshi Yamada, Marcus Dunleavy
*Keita Amemiya
*Friday Screening: ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
*[[Yuji Sakai]]
*Saturday Screening: ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
*Robert Scott Field
*Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Don Glut
*[[Sadamasa Arikawa]]
 
*[[Jerry Ito]]
==G-Fest XV==
*Mach Fumiake
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Dates: July 4–6, 2008
*[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*Guests: [[Haruo Nakajima]], Don Frye, Robert Scott Field
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'', ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'', ''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]''
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey|Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Haruo Nakajima]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
 
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]''
==G-Fest XVI==
|                                    | N/A
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|-
*Dates: July 3–5, 2009
!                                    | G-Fest '01<br>(July 13–15, 2001)
*Guests: [[Kenji Sahara]], Robert Scott Field, [[August Ragone]], David Kalat
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Friday Screening: ''[[The Mysterians]]''
*{{font color||yellow|Greg Shoemaker}}
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit]]''
*[[Shinichi Wakasa]]
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Kenji Sahara]]
*Bob Eggleton
 
*Robert Scott Field
==G-Fest XVII==
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*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 (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*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 vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*Saturday Screening: [[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
|                                    | N/A
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Akira Takarada]]
|                                    |
 
|-
==G-Fest XVIII==
!                                    | G-Fest '02<br>(July 12–14, 2002)
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Dates: July 15–17, 2011
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Guests: Hiroyuki Watanabe, [[Shinji Higuchi]], Hiroshi Sagae, Robert Scott Field, [[August Ragone]]
*{{font color||yellow|Stan G. Hyde}}
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Gamera: Super Monster]]'', ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*[[Koichi Kawakita]]
*Friday Screening: ''Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace''
*[[Ryu Hariken|"Hurricane" Ryu Hariken]]
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]''
*Robert Scott Field
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Shinji Higuchi]]
|                                    | N/A
 
|style="text-align:left;"            |
==G-Fest XIX==
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]''
*Dates: July 13-15, 2012
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], [[Bin Furuya]], Robert Scott Field, Svengoolie
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*Thursday Screening: [[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'' (1933)]], ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'', ''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]'', ''[[Gamera (1965 film)|Gamera]]''
|                                    | N/A
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)#U.S. Release|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]''
|                                    |
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
|-
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Bin Furuya]]
!                                    | G-Fest X<br>(July 18–20, 2003)
 
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
==G-Fest XX==
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*{{font color||yellow|[[Noriaki Yuasa]]}}
*Dates: July 12-14, 2013
*Carl Craig
*Guests: [[Tsutomu Kitagawa]], Shinichi Wakasa, Shizuo Nakajima, Robert Scott Field, Frank H Woodward, Cleve Hall
*Yoshikazu Ishii
*Thursday Screenings: ''20 Million Miles to Earth'', ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'', ''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'', ''[[The X from Outer Space]]'', ''[[Pacific Rim]]'' (midnight premiere)
*Robert Scott Field
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
|                                    | N/A
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Shinichi Wakasa
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]''
 
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
==G-Fest XXI==
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack|Godzilla, Mothra and<br>King Ghidorah: Giant<br>Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*Dates: July 11-13, 2014
|                                    | N/A
*Guests: [[Koichi Kawakita]], Tomoko Ai, [[Katsuhiko Sasaki]], Hiroshi Sagae, Don Frye, Robert Scott Field, Shinpei Hayashiya
|                                    |
*Thursday Screenings: [[King Kong (1976 film)|''King Kong'' (1976)]], ''[[King Kong Lives]]'', ''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'', ''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]''
|-
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
!                                    | G-Fest XI<br>(July 9–11, 2004)
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
|                                    | Holiday Inn O’Hare<br>International Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Bob Eggleton
|style="text-align:left;"            |
 
*{{font color||yellow|[[Teruyoshi Nakano]]}}
==G-Fest XXII==
*Robert Scott Field
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Brian Thomas
*Dates: July 10-12, 2015
|                                    | N/A
*Guests: [[Masaaki Tezuka]], Noboru Kaneko, [[August Ragone]], Robert Scott Field, [[Kow Otani]]
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Thursday Screenings: ''Them!'', ''The Deadly Mantis'', ''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Masaaki Tezuka]]
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]''
 
|                                    | N/A
==G-Fest XXIII==
|                                    |
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|-
*Dates: July 15-17, 2016
!                                    | G-Fest XII<br>(July 8–10, 2005)
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], Linda Miller, [[Bin Furuya]], Hiroko Sakurai, Robert Scott Field, August Ragone, Yoshikazu Ishii, Hiroshi Sagae, Carl Craig, Sojiro Uchino, Tony Isabella
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'', ''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'', ''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]'', ''The Green Slime''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Friday Screening: ''Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy''
*{{font color||yellow|Yoshikazu Ishii}}
*Saturday Screening: ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
*[[Yoshimitsu Banno]]
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Hiroko Sakurai
*Robert Scott Field
 
*Carl Craig
==G-Fest XXIV==
*Robert Conte
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    | N/A
*Dates: July 14-16, 2017
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Guests: [[Michiru Oshima]], Yuji Kaida, [[Shinji Higuchi]], Ryuki Kitaoka, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, [[Kiyotaka Taguchi]], Robert Scott Field, Tony Isabella
*''[[The H-Man]]''
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[D-War]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'', [[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest XIII<br>(July 7–9, 2006)
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|Robert Scott Field}}
*[[Kazuki Omori]]
*Yoshikazu Ishii
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Negadon: The Monster from Mars|Negadon: The<br>Monster from Mars]]''
*''[[Gamera the Brave]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
! rowspan="2"                        | G-Fest XIV<br>(July 6–8, 2007)
| rowspan="2"                        | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|Don Glut}}
*Rhodes Reason
*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://mobile.twitter.com/gfest_gfan?lang=en Offcial Twitter page]
*[http://www.mania.com/49124.html/ Mania Movies coverage of G-Fest 2005]
*[http://www.mania.com/49124.html/ Mania Movies coverage of G-Fest 2005]
*[http://community.webshots.com/album/552189488dOeRzj/ Photo Coverage of the G-Fest 2006 model show]
*[http://community.webshots.com/album/552189488dOeRzj/ Photo Coverage of the G-Fest 2006 model show]
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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]
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==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Comments}}
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{{Era|FAN}}
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[[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

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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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