Comic-Con’s Robert A. Heinlein Blood Drive returns for its 43rd massive year in 2019 with a 5-day drive.
Our blood drive is San Diego Blood Bank’s largest and longest-running event: last year we collected 2,804 pints of blood over our 4-day convention, our biggest year ever.
The growth of our blood drive over the years has been phenomenal. The Robert A. Heinlein Blood Drive began at San Diego Comic-Con back in 1977. That first year, 148 pints of blood were collected, and as the convention has grown, so has our blood drive. Over the past 42 years 22,607 pints of blood have been donated by Comic-Con attendees! San Diego Blood Bank estimates that our 42-year total has saved more than 67 thousand lives!!
This year blood donors will receive a free Avengers: End Game tee shirt and other goodies. PLUS, donors are also entered into daily drawings for many fantastic prizes donated by Exhibitors, Professionals, and Staff.
Where: Grand Hyatt Hotel, 4th floor, in the Coronado Ballroom
When: Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Thursday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sunday: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Wednesday July 17, 2019 9:00am - Sunday July 21, 2019 3:30pm PDT
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Experience the magic of Ryme City in an immersive walkthrough pop-up based on the hit film Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Guests will be able to explore the city and capture Instagrammable moments including the neon cityscape, Ryme City marketplace, film prop displays, an infinity room and more. Fans can win prizes while having the opportunity to take photos with multiple characters from the film including Detective Pikachu himself!
Where: MLK Promenade, behind the Omni Hotel
When: Wednesday: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday July 17, 2019 5:00pm - Sunday July 21, 2019 4:00pm PDT
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The official esports lounge of Comic-Con features a livestream filled with celebrity appearances and daily PC and console tournaments for a variety of games, with prizes and giveaways from Alienware, HyperX, Microsoft, and more! Hang out and play casually, or compete in tournaments for Apex Legends, Tekken 7, Soul Calibur VI, Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, Brawlhalla, Mortal Kombat 11, Injustice 2, and more! Esports professionals and celebrities will also be getting in on the fun all week long!
Where: San Diego Marriott Marquis Hotel, Pacific Ballroom 16-19
The fourth year of the Future Tech Live Pavilion brings even more immersive and robot goodness for Comic-Con’s 50th! We are excited to celebrate NASA’s 60th too and are featuring a Space Zone that will provide attendees with the experience of a lifetime: Alice Space—a multi-player free-roaming lunar mission designed collaboratively with NASA and the team at Noitom. Check out a variety of space-themed programming in the Pop-Up planetarium hosted by UCSD. In addition, we will have astronaut training simulations in mixed reality, an immersive tour of the International Space Station courtesy of Magnopus and space-themed VR tournaments and casual play featuring Beat Sabre, Echo Arena, and Space Junkies presented by Collegiate Virtual Reality Esports. To shake things up they will be hosting brave teams that are up for virtually defusing a bomb in Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. Blu Atom VR debuts a new multi-player Time Travel adventure; Sony Koov will be showing off their super fun robotics; Raymond is going big with their VR training simulations—try your hand at piloting heavy machinery. Interact with the world of the Legends of Lightfall, experience the new AR glasses from AR North, check out the exciting developments from Edge XR and Matty Rich, State Power (a gritty VR escape tour de force) from Chapman University, the new Hyper-X headphones with mapping tech, robots, AI, volumetric capture and more immersive and tech surprises.
Show-themed immersive experiences drop fans into the middle of highly charged scenarios in expertly designed spaces inspired by Amazon Original series The Boys, Carnival Row, and The Expanse. Enlist in a UN peacekeeping mission on a newly colonized planet, join anti-superhero vigilantes to cover up a crime scene, and visit a secret Victorian lounge where the oppressed are given a safe haven from the world outside. Look for the giant forty-foot tower lighting up at the corner of MLK & 1st, situated in the center of the activation.
Where: Corner of MLK and 1st, across from the convention center.
When: Thursday – Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday July 18, 2019 9:00am - Sunday July 21, 2019 5:00pm PDT
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Whether you're looking for drawings, paintings, jewelry, sculpture, or even something more unusual, you'll find an eclectic and beautiful selection of items in Comic-Con's Art Show. The Art Show contains original works for sale by both amateurs and professionals. It also displays the nominated books and comics for this year’s Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards and houses a special exhibit devoted to members of the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. Many of the original pieces displayed by artists are for sale by silent or voice auction. Some pieces are marked for quick sale. Bidder numbers and Art Show information can be obtained from the administration table inside the Art Show. You must be 18 or older and have legal identification to purchase artwork, and payments may be made with cash, check, Visa, or MasterCard.
Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt in Grand Hall CD on the lobby level
Located in the Pacific Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis is the Pinball Lounge, loaded with a variety of fun and challenging machines, all free to play courtesy of Stern Pinball. After getting some practice rounds in, try your luck against fellow players in one of the daily tournaments.
Where: Marriott Marquis, Pacific Ballroom 14–16
When: FREE PLAY: Thursday – Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 AM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
The very best genre films you’ve never seen! Showcasing genre filmmakers from around the world. Visit https://www.comic-con.org/cci/film-festival for more information and the full schedule of events.
Where: Marriott Grand Ballroom 6
When: All weekend long
Thursday July 18, 2019 10:00am - Sunday July 21, 2019 5:00pm PDT
All weekend long
Get up close and personal to panelists in this intimate, theater-style setup. Admission to Thursday, Friday, and Saturday panels at the Horton Grand Theatre require a ticket (they're free!) and a Comic-Con badge. Drawings for a pair of the day's tickets are held in the Autograph Area at 9:00 AM. Any tickets left from the day's drawings will be available at the Horton Grand Theatre box office. Follow #HortonGrandTixSDCC on Comic-Con's Twitter for official information on tickets available at the Horton Grand Theatre box office. Winning ticket holders must be in the Horton Grand Theatre 15 minutes before the panel start time or else they will forfeit their seats to standby ticket holders. Horton Grand Theatre is located at 444 4th Avenue, and can be reached via a two-block walk from the Convention Center or by shuttle.
FX challenges fans to survive the night during an immersive journey produced in anticipation of American Horror Story: 1984. The activation takes center stage at this year’s FX Fearless Forum located at the Hilton Bayfront Park and utilizes night vision goggles to reveal the horrors of the night. Guests can also reserve a spot to join vampire enthusiast in the exclusive What We Do in the Shadows Vampire Lair. Visit www.FXSDCC.com to register for your Fearless experience, see additional details and discover how FX will light up the night during San Diego Comic-Con 2019.
Where: Hilton Bayfront Park
When: Thursday: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM Friday and Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Thursday July 18, 2019 12:00pm - Sunday July 21, 2019 2:00pm PDT
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Presented by Her Universe, Hot Topic, and Dreamworks She-Ra, in partnership with BoxLunch and Cartoon Network. 24 designers compete with their original “geek couture” designs for a chance to win the ultimate prize: an opportunity to design a Her Universe fashion collection for specialty retailer Hot Topic. Hosted by actress and Her Universe founder Ashley Eckstein.
Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, Harbor Ballroom