What to Expect at Fan Fest* 
October 16-18, 2026

What’s Included for Ticket Holders?

📋 Registration - 9am 10/16 (available all weekend)
🎶 Live music from Grant-Lee Phillips
🤩Cast Panel
📸 Meet & Greets w/ cast & crew 
✌🏼Solo traveler & newcomer meet ups 
🛍️ Fan Fest Treats
🎁 Token Exchange
🎨 Painted Rock Hunts
🙋🏽‍♀️ Trivia w/ Cast Guests
📝 Table Topics
🎭 Cosplay
📸 Portraits by cast member Nick Holmes
🍪 Ambassador reception w/ Cast Guests
🌼 Paper making & flower pressing
🎤 Panels
😁 Games & activities w/ Cast Guests
👏🏼 Gabbing Gilmore’s “Team Stars Hollow vs. Team Yale”
🍷 Tastings
📚 The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore Book Signing
🛍️ Gifts with purchase from local shops
🎤 Sing-a-longs
🎸 Troubadour pop ups
🫶🏼 Pop Culture Palooza w/ Matt Browning
🍷 Complimentary wine & shopping
🦍 👩🏼‍🍳 🔨 Costume Parade
🎶 Musical bingo w/ Cast
📚 Book exchange
🧵 Craft corner
🎤 The Gilmore Way “Last Four Words”
🎂 Cake & Karaoke w/ Cast
🖍️ Ornament decorating
📋 Pro/Con List Session
☕️☕️☕️The Coffee Monologues w/ Cast
🧶 Knit-a-thon
🪩 Dance Marathon Trivia w/ Cast Guests
🎭 Improv Hour 
👟 Walk & Talk
🛍️ Swap Meet
🥰 Giveaways
🍽️ Add-on meals (available for purchase in August)

*the schedule was sent to ticket holders in July, but the printed version will be in the program at registration.