{"id":426580,"date":"2026-08-07T16:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/426580\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:50:25","slug":"stars-and-collectibles-take-over-bakersfield-collector-con-aug-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/426580\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars and collectibles take over Bakersfield Collector-Con Aug. 8-9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield is about to get a major pop-culture glow-up as actors, vendors and fans head to Dignity Health Arena for the annual Bakersfield Collector-Con on Aug. 8 and 9.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day convention is set to bring plenty for collectors and costume lovers alike, with multiple events planned, including meet-and-greets and a cosplay contest.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Leilani Shu and actor Frank Todaro spoke with Eyewitness News Mornings anchor Cornelia Nicholson about who attendees can meet during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignityhealtharena.com\/events-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield is about to get a major pop-culture glow-up as actors, vendors and fans head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-426580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}