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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 1,400-seat Pickwick Theatre. G-Fest is presently held in Rosemont, Illinois, at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare Hotel.


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! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Convention
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Location
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Location
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Guests
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Guests<br>
*{{Font color||yellow|{{tt|MSA|Mangled Skyscraper Award}} recipient(s)}}
! scope="col" colspan="4"            | Screenings
! scope="col" colspan="4"            | Screenings
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | {{tt|MSA|Mangled Skyscraper Award}} recipient(s)
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Notes
! scope="col" rowspan="2"            | Notes
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*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            | Small gathering of ''G-Fan''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s publisher, editors, and<br>contributors, along with Chicago-area kaiju fans.
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Small gathering of ''G-Fan''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s publisher, editors,<br>and contributors, along with Chicago-area kaiju fans.
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!                                    | G-Con '95<ref name="Gfest95" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '95.</ref><br>(August 18-20, 1995)
!                                    | G-Con '95<ref name="Gfest95" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '95.</ref><br>(August 18-20, 1995)
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|                                    | N/A
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| colspan="4"                        | N/A
| colspan="4"                        | N/A
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            | First formal kaiju convention outside of Japan. Opened to the public on the 20th.
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*First formal kaiju convention outside of Japan. Opened to the public on the 20th.
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!                                    | G-Con '96<ref name="Gfest96" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '96.</ref><br>(August 16-18, 1996)
!                                    | G-Con '96<ref name="Gfest96" group="note">Retroactively referred to as G-Fest '96.</ref><br>(August 16-18, 1996)
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*''[[The Return of Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]''
*''[[The Return of Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]''
*''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
|                                    | N/A
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|                                    |
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*''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*''[[Gunhed]]''
*''[[Gunhed]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|                                    |
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*''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*''[[Space Amoeba]]''
*''[[Space Amoeba]]''
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            | Collaboration with The Prehistoric Times, a dinosaur magazine. Four<br>additional movies played on August 1, but their titles are unknown.
|style="text-align:left;"            | Collaboration with The Prehistoric Times, a dinosaur magazine.<br>Four additional movies played on August 1, but their titles are unknown.
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!                                    | G-Fest '99<br>(July 23-25, 1999)
!                                    | G-Fest '99<br>(July 23-25, 1999)
|                                    | Hilton Hotel, Burbank, California
|                                    | Hilton Hotel, Burbank, California
|style="text-align:left;"            |  
|style="text-align:left;"            |  
*{{font color||yellow|Forry Ackerman}}
*Robert Scott Field
*Robert Scott Field
*Volker Engel
*Volker Engel
*Forry Ackerman
*[[Noriaki Yuasa]]
*[[Noriaki Yuasa]]
*[[Wataru Mimura]]
*[[Wataru Mimura]]
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|style="text-align:left;"            |
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Forry Ackerman
|style="text-align:left;"            | First G-Fest to book a film in a theater, with ''Gamera 3:<br>Revenge of Iris'' playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.
|style="text-align:left;"            | First G-Fest to book a film in a theater, with ''Gamera 3:<br>Revenge of Iris'' playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.
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|-
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|                                    | Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,<br>Los Angeles, California
|                                    | Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,<br>Los Angeles, California
|style="text-align:left;"            |
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*[[Koichi Kawakita]]
*{{Font color||yellow|[[Koichi Kawakita]]}}
*[[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]
*[[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]
*[[Haruo Nakajima]]
*[[Haruo Nakajima]]
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*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
*''Ultraman Tiga:<br>The Final Odyssey''
*''Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]''
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*[[Koichi Kawakita]]
|                                    |
|-
|-
!                                    | G-Fest '01<br>(July 13–15, 2001)
!                                    | G-Fest '01<br>(July 13–15, 2001)
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|Greg Shoemaker}}
*[[Shinichi Wakasa]]
*[[Shinichi Wakasa]]
*Bob Eggleton
*Bob Eggleton
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*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest '02<br>(July 12–14, 2002)
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*Greg Shoemaker
*{{font color||yellow|Stan G. Hyde}}
|                                   |
*[[Koichi Kawakita]]
|-<!--
*[[Hurricane Ryu Hariken]]
!                                    |
*Robert Scott Field
|                                    |
|                                    | N/A
|                                   |
|style="text-align:left;"            |
|                                   |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
|                                    |
*''[[Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|                                    |
|-
!                                    | G-Fest X<br>(July 18–20, 2003)
|                                    | Radisson Hotel,<br>Arlington Heights, Illinois
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Noriaki Yuasa]]}}
*Carl Craig
*Yoshikazu Ishii
*Robert Scott Field
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]''
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
|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]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|                                    |
|-
|-
!                                    |
!                                    | G-Fest XI<br>(July 9–11, 2004)
|                                    |
|                                    | Holiday Inn O’Hare<br>International Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    |
|style="text-align:left;"            |
|                                   |
*{{font color||yellow|[[Teruyoshi Nakano]]}}
|                                   |
*Robert Scott Field
|                                    |
*Brian Thomas
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]''
|                                    | N/A
|                                    |
|                                    |
|-
|-
!                                    |
!                                    | G-Fest XII<br>(July 8–10, 2005)
|                                    |
|                                    | Crowne Plaza<br>Chicago O'Hare Hotel,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    |
|style="text-align:left;"            |
|                                   |
*{{font color||yellow|Yoshikazu Ishii}}
|                                   |
*[[Yoshimitsu Banno]]
|                                    |
*Robert Scott Field
*Carl Craig
*Robert Conte
|                                    | N/A
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[The H-Man]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''[[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: 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 the 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 (film)|Gamera]]''
|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;"            |
*''20 Million Miles to Earth''
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]''
*''[[The X from Outer Space]]''
*''[[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;"            |
*''Them!''
*''The Deadly Mantis''
*''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]''
*''[[Gamera: 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]]''
*''The Green Slime''
|style="text-align:left;"            |
*''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]]''
*''[[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;"            |
*''Valley of Gwangi''
*''Dinosaurus!''
*''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]''
*''[[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 9-11, 2021)
|                                    |
|                                    | Hyatt Regency<br>O'Hare Chicago,<br>Rosemont, Illinois
|                                    |
|                                    | To be announced
|                                   |
| colspan="4"                        | To be announced
|                                   |
|style="text-align:left;"            | Originally scheduled for July 10-12, 2020, at the Crowne Plaza.<br>Hiroyuki Kawase and [[Brian Rogers]] were announced as guests before<br>the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
|                                    |
|                                    |
|--->
|}
|}
==G-Fest '02==
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
*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]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Stan G. Hyde
==G-Fest X==
*Location: Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois
*Dates: July 18–20, 2003
*Guests: [[Noriaki Yuasa]], Carl Craig, Yoshikazu Ishii, Robert Scott Field
*Friday Screenings: ''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'', ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Noriaki Yuasa]]
==G-Fest XI==
*Location: Holiday Inn O’Hare International Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 9–11, 2004
*Guests: [[Teruyoshi Nakano]], Robert Scott Field, Brian Thomas
*Friday Screenings: ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' and ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Teruyoshi Nakano]]
==G-Fest XII==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 8–10, 2005
*Guests: Yoshimitsu Banno, Yoshikazu Ishii, Robert Scott Field, Carl Craig, Robert Conte
*Friday Screenings: ''[[The H-Man|H-Man]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Yoshikazu Ishii
==G-Fest XIII==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 7–9, 2006
*Guests: [[Kazuki Omori]], Robert Scott Field, Yoshikazu Ishii
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Negadon: The Monster from Mars]]'', ''[[Gamera the Brave]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Robert Scott Field
==G-Fest XIV==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 6–8, 2007
*Guests: Rhodes Reason, Shelley Sweeney, Robert Scott Field, Don Glut
*Saturday Afternoon Concert Performed by: Rieko Wada, Tomomi Matsumura, Shetoshi Yamada, Marcus Dunleavy
*Friday Screening: ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: Don Glut
==G-Fest XV==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 4–6, 2008
*Guests: [[Haruo Nakajima]], Don Frye, Robert Scott Field
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'', ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'', ''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Haruo Nakajima]]
==G-Fest XVI==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 3–5, 2009
*Guests: [[Kenji Sahara]], Robert Scott Field, [[August Ragone]], David Kalat
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[The Mysterians]]''
*Saturday Screenings: ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Kenji Sahara]]
==G-Fest XVII==
*Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 9–11, 2010
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], Bob Eggleton, Robert Scott Field, William M. Tsutsui, David Kalat, Damon Foster
*Thursday Screening: ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
*Saturday Screening: [[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Akira Takarada]]
==G-Fest XVIII==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 15–17, 2011
*Guests: Hiroyuki Watanabe, [[Shinji Higuchi]], Hiroshi Sagae, Robert Scott Field, [[August Ragone]]
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[Gamera: Super Monster]]'', ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*Friday Screening: ''Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Shinji Higuchi]]
==G-Fest XIX==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 13-15, 2012
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], [[Bin Furuya]], Robert Scott Field, Svengoolie
*Thursday Screening: [[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'' (1933)]], ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'', ''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]'', ''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]''
*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 XX==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 12-14, 2013
*Guests: [[Tsutomu Kitagawa]], Shinichi Wakasa, Shizuo Nakajima, Robert Scott Field, Frank H Woodward, Cleve Hall
*Thursday Screenings: ''20 Million Miles to Earth'', ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'', ''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'', ''[[The X from Outer Space]]'', ''[[Pacific Rim]]'' (midnight premiere)
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Shinichi Wakasa
==G-Fest XXI==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 11-13, 2014
*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]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Bob Eggleton
==G-Fest XXII==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 10-12, 2015
*Guests: [[Masaaki Tezuka]], Noboru Kaneko, [[August Ragone]], Robert Scott Field, [[Kow Otani]]
*Thursday Screenings: ''Them!'', ''The Deadly Mantis'', ''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'', ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Masaaki Tezuka]]
==G-Fest XXIII==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*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''
*Friday Screening: ''Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: Hiroko Sakurai
==G-Fest XXIV (Shin G-Fest)==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 14-16, 2017
*Guests: [[Michiru Oshima]], Yuji Kaida, [[Shinji Higuchi]], Ryuki Kitaoka, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, [[Kiyotaka Taguchi]], Robert Scott Field, Tony Isabella
*Thursday Screenings: ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[D-War]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'', [[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]]
*Friday Screening: ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Michiru Oshima]]
==G-Fest XXV==
*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
*Thursday Screenings: ''Valley of Gwangi'', ''Dinosaurus!'', ''The Mighty Peking Man'', ''[[Pacific Rim Uprising]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Rampage]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Megumi Odaka]], [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]], [[Keizo Murase]]
==G-Fest XXVI==
*Location: Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 12-14, 2019
*Guests: [[Akira Takarada]], [[Shusuke Kaneko]], Peggy Neal, Yoshikazu Ishii, Takuji Yamada, Sonoe Nakajima, Philo Barnhart, Tony Isabella
*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]]''
*Friday Screening: ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''
*Saturday Screening: ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: [[Shusuke Kaneko]]
==G-Fest XXVII==
*Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare Chicago in Rosemont, Illinois
*Dates: July 9-11, 2021
*Guests: To be announced
*Screenings: To be announced
*Mangled Skyscraper Award Recipient: To be announced
*Note: Originally scheduled for July 10-12, 2020, at the Crowne Plaza. Hiroyuki Kawase and [[Brian Rogers]] were announced as guests before the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Posters===
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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 1,400-seat Pickwick Theatre. G-Fest is presently held in Rosemont, Illinois, at the Crowne Plaza 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.

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
  • Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy
 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 9-11, 2021) 		Hyatt Regency
O'Hare Chicago,
Rosemont, Illinois 		To be announced To be announced Originally scheduled for July 10-12, 2020, at the Crowne Plaza.
Hiroyuki Kawase and Brian Rogers were announced as guests before
the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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.

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