It was a big year for Phoenix Fan Fusion 2025.
With celebrity guests including Hayden Christensen, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Rainn Wilson and more, fans showed up and showed out in record numbers at the Phoenix Convention Center.
According to a post on the Phoenix Fan Fusion Facebook page, a record 130,145 people attended over the three days of festivities June 6-8.
This breaks the previous record of 106,096 attendees in 2016, which boasted a pretty impressive lineup of celebrities including Billie Piper and Alex Kingston from “Doctor Who,” Mark Pellegrino from “Supernatural” and Arrowverse actor David Ramsey, among others.
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Phoenix Fan Fusion 2025 packed the Phoenix Convention Center with fans, cosplayers and normies roaming around the Artist Alley with vendors selling all manner of merch; the ballrooms were filled with excited fans asking their favorite stars questions; and cosplayers were spreading joy throughout the venue.
“We certainly felt the energy from the community all year long leading up to this year’s Fan Fusion,” Joe Boudrie, Fan Fusion convention director, told The Arizona Republic.
“We cannot thank this community enough for supporting our convention year after year — 130,145 represents the hard work our staff puts in and the commitment from our community and supporters. We cannot thank you all enough. We’ve already begun work on next year’s Fan Fusion.”
Meredith G. White covers entertainment, art and culture for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. She writes the latest news about video games, television and best things to do in metro Phoenix.
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