GalaxyCon returns to Raleigh with celebrities and more

It's a four-day festival of fandom with celebrities, artists, writers, voice actors, cosplayers, entertainers, creators, wrestlers, fan groups, panelists and people like you.
Posted 7/24/2025, 11:17:12 AM Updated 7/24/2025, 12:00:06 PM

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SECTION OF WRAL DOT COM.

TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED

TO HEAD TO DOWNTOWN RALEIGH FOR

THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR

AT THE CONVENTION CENTER TODAY.

GALAXY CON KICKS OFF WRAL'S

EMILY KELLY BAR IS THERE NOW

WHERE CREWS ARE SETTING UP FOR

THIS, ALI. THIS EVENT IS HUGE.

IT GENERATES MILLIONS IN

ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY

OF RALEIGH.

>> YESTERDAY AND WE CAN SEE

THAT SET UP HAPPENING RIGHT

NOW EARLY THIS MORNING. WE CAN

SEE THIS IS WHERE THE LOCAL

AND NATIONAL VENDORS WILL BE AS

WELL AS CELEBRITIES ON THE

OTHER SIDE, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU

THIS IS VIDEO OF LAST YEAR'S

GALAXY CON. IT FEATURES

MULTIPLE GENRES FROM COMIC

BOOKS TO TV SHOWS AND MOVIES.

AS YOU MENTIONED, RENEE, IT IS

A BIG DEAL LAST YEAR, THE

GREATER RALEIGH CONVENTION

CENTER AND VISITORS BUREAU SAYS

THIS EVENT BROUGHT IN 45,000

ATTENDEES GENERATED 9.0.

75 MILLION DOLLARS OF ECONOMIC

IMPACT. IT'S SO BIG THAT THIS

YEAR THEY EVEN EXTENDED TO A

STREET FEST WHICH IS A FREE

EVENT HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE

MANY GALAXY CON OUTSIDE.

THAT'S FREE.

>> AND IT'S SO BIG THAT THEY

DID THAT. SO AGAIN, THEY'RE

EXPECTING MORE THAN 50,000

PEOPLE TO COME OVER HERE.

THEY'RE ALREADY SOLD OUT

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