VIECC | Vienna Comic Con 2024

Pop Culture fan can be happy as they will enjoy about a new meeting for Central and Eastern Europe: VIECC Vienna Comic Con, to be held on November 21-22 at Messe Wien. The show floor will be packed with exhibitors, autograph and photograph sessions with the hottest celebrities and also you will discover here the latest comic and entertainment content and the chance of meet face to face with entrainment and cosplay artists. If you can't wait any more, here you have a little taste about what you will find on VIECC first edition. We've been talking with the organisers and they revealed us some details...

What's up on the first edition of VIECC Vienna Comic?

The VIECC Vienna Comic Con is a premiere edition of a quite successful ReedPOP convention series of Comic Cons. The VIECC will bring grand names of the entertainment industry, gaming and major comic artist to Vienna. A first timer altogether.

3 reasons to visit VIECC Vienna Comic Con?

VIECC will be the biggest pop-culture extravaganza ever seen in Austria. Reasons for buying a ticket?

1. Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Espositio,
2. Game of Thrones stars Finn Jones and Gemma Whelan,
3. comic artist Jae Lee…to name a few.

Others can be found on http://www.viecc.com/en/guests/

What I have to know to exhibit in Vienna?

Reed Exhibitions is the best contact when wanting to exhibit in Vienna (Austria). www.messe.at will give you a thorough outline if what we can do & what to expect at the venues, tax wise etc.

Benefits to exhibit here?

• Reed Exhibitions in Austria is the market leader in the exhibitions industry – also globally.
• Our expertise and know-how is your key advantage and benefit.

What benefits brings VIECC Vienna Comic Con to the city?

Because of the VIECC we do expect a lot of international guests what means a lot of money for the city: hotels, restaurants...

What is the visitors profile?

• Pop-culture fans
• "Nerds"
• Cosplayers
• Comic fans etc.

For the first time, Vienna will held the best pop culture event in eastern and central Europe: the Vienna's Comic Con, that will showcase under one roof the latest comic and entertainment content, leading artists and of course, fans from all around Europe! On November 21-22 you have a date at Messe Wein, so if you want to learn more about this exciting event, with New York Comic Con as the main reference, don't stop reading what the organizers have to tell us!

What's up for this Vienna Comic Con's first edition?

The Vienna Comic Con is a premiere altogether. The two-day pop culture and gaming event will be produced by Reed Exhibitions Messe Wien in cooperation with ReedPOP, the world’s leading producer of pop culture events including New York Comic Con and the PAX video game shows. from our partners of ReedPOP in the US.

3 reasons to visit VIECC

1. Vienna Comic Con will bring the best of pop culture to Central Europe with a vibrant exhibit hall floor, entertainment and panels, and the opportunity for guests to meet favourite pop culture celebrities.

2. VIECC Championships of Cosplay, which makes its debut at VIECC this November, will be the largest and most prestigious costume contest in Central and Eastern Europe. The winner of the VIECC Championships of Cosplay will represent the Vienna Comic Con in the 2016 “C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay” in Chicago, the final round in the “Quest for the Crown Cosplay Competition Circuit”. There the winner will battle it out with the best Cosplayers in the world for a shot at the crown and large cash prizes.

3. Meet & greet the big stars in showbiz e.g. Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito or the Korean-American comic book artist Jae Lee.

Benefits to exhibit here?

VIECC is the ultimate comic and entertainment event for pop culture fans in Central and Eastern Europe. Vienna Comic Con will bring the world of pop culture to a new and influential audience. When exhibitors present their company at the show, they’ll reach hardcore pop culture fans, casual lifestyle fans, as well as major media. Our event will reach the local Austrian fan-base as well as fans in Central and Eastern Europe. Vienna Comic Con is aggressively targeting attendees within a radius of 1.5h flight time from Vienna. We will also attract local and regional casual pop culture fans.

What benefits brings VIECC to the city?

The target is set quite clearly: We aim to make Vienna Comic Con – and Vienna – the place for the leading pop culture event in Central Europe.

What is the visitor’s profile?

VIECC fans are from the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys, anime, manga and video games.

The facts about the Vienna Comic Con first edition by now

• Ticket sales announcements on Facebook reached over 47,000 Facebook users
• 2 stages offer enough room for 200 spectators and 500 spectators
• More than 605,000 page views by 17,000 unique visitors to the Vienna Comic Con website per month

Visitors at the www.Vienna-ComicCon.com key facts:

• 28% between 18 and 24
• 34% between 25 and 34
• 16% between 35 and 44
• 12% between 45 and 54
• 46% femaleand 54% male website visitors