The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

‘Stranger Things’ convention coming in December

Millie Bobby Brown and Priah Ferguson will be in attendance.

- By Rodney Ho rho@ajc.com

The Stranger Con in honor of “Stranger Things” is finally coming to Atlanta, where the show is shot.

It will be held Dec. 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency downtown.

Season four will be production at the time.

The guests scheduled right now include regulars Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair) and Atlanta’s own Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair). Actors in smaller roles will be there as well: Matty Cardarople (arcade and video store manager Keith), Chester Running (bad guy Tommy H.) and Chelsea Talmadge (Tommy’s girlfriend Carol).

Rushing will be the weekend emcee.

VIP tickets, which include special seating and guaranteed autographs from the big stars, are available now starting at $389. Lower-priced ticket options will be available soon. (Details can be found at www.creationen­t.com/ cal/stranger_atl.htm.)

Those other packages will not include autographs. Those will be priced separately. The show’s biggest star, Brown, is the priciest option at $99 and she will only be there Sunday. What’s amusing is this restrictio­n: “Millie is unable to autograph any products or pictures that include EGGOS product.” (Her character is super into waffles.) The same restrictio­n is for photos at $109.

There will be cosplay, a trivia game and karaoke, as well as vendors.

Over the past couple of years, Creation Entertainm­ent has held Stranger Cons in Chicago, Nashville and New Jersey.

The company has also done convention­s nationwide for shows such as “Star Trek,” “Riverdale,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Supernatur­al” and “Vampire Diaries.”

 ??  ?? Millie Bobby Brown stars in “Stranger Things.”
Millie Bobby Brown stars in “Stranger Things.”

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