{"id":276486,"date":"2026-05-02T23:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276486\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T23:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:43:07","slug":"el-paso-comic-con-2026-kicks-off-weekend-in-downtown-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276486\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Comic Con 2026 kicks off weekend in Downtown El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso Comic Con expanded its opening-day schedule and eliminated the cost of admission on Friday for its 2026 event, giving fans more time to take in the convention\u2019s celebrity guests, vendors, gaming and panels.<\/p>\n<p>The event sponsored by Mango Cannabis is scheduled for May 1 through May 3 at the El Paso Convention Center in Downtown El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>Hours of operation for the weekend are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the 2026 event will include TV and film celebrities, voice actors, comic creators, professional wrestlers, interactive attractions and family-friendly programming.<\/p>\n<p>Paid admission will still apply for Saturday, Sunday, weekend passes, VIP and Kevin Smith VIP, with ticket options and payment plans available.<\/p>\n<p>For updates, a list of guests and ticket information, organizers encouraged fans to follow El Paso Comic Con on social media and visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasocomiccon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/guide-utep-issues-sun-bowl-bts-fan-guide-outlines-parking-ticketing-general-information?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guide: UTEP issues Sun Bowl BTS fan guide outlines parking, ticketing, general information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso Comic Con expanded its opening-day schedule and eliminated the cost of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-276486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}