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The ReedPop posse is staging a return to Chicago in April 2025 to once again host the frolickin' rollickin' good time that is C2E2, and this time they're dressing up from the saddle to the spurs in a theme. As if you couldn't feel it in my puns, it's the wild west. The Wild Midwest to be exact.

C2E2 returns April 11 through 13, 2025 in the con corral known as the McCormick Place - this time with the Wild Midwest theme. An era of heroes, villains, and hot dogs await - and your first chance to get tickets is on the dusty horizon.

Popverse C2E2 Superfans and C2E2 VIPs get a quick-draw exclusive pre-sale on C2E2 2025 tickets beginning on Wednesday, September 4 at high noon Chicago time (that's 12:00 PM Central!). If you bought C2E2 VIP tickets in 2024 or have an active C2E2 Popverse Superfan membership, this 24-hour presale is exclusively for you! You’ll receive a link to buy C2E2 2025 tickets at the email address you used to buy 2024 VIP tickets or your C2E2 Popverse Superfan membership. If a friend or family member purchases your VIP tickets or Popverse C2E2 Superfan membership, this presale does not apply to you - just to the people who bought the VIP or C2E2 Superfan memberships themselves. But don't worry - there's still time to get in on it. You can buy your C2E2 Popverse Superfan membership anytime between now and September 3 and you'll be in the C2E2 Popverse Superfan posse.

Popverse's C2E2 Superfans will also receive - with those bolded being all-new for 2025:

• First access to all the major C2E2 celebrity Autos & Photo Ops
• An onsite Fast Pass line for Celebrity Autos & Photo Ops
• a $15 voucher for Epic Photo Ops
• Access to Popverse's exclusive Superfan Lounge
• VOD access to all the C2E2 2025 panels we film
• Access to the 3+ years of convention panels we've recorded from C2E2, New York Comic Con, Emerald City Comic Con, MCM Comic Con, and Florida Supercon

For everyone else finally rolling into town (howdy!), C2E2 2025 tickets will go on-sale to the general public on Thursday, September 5 at 12:00 PM Central time. We'll have all the ticket types - minus the ones sold out in the aforementioned presale - available to you. 

Whichever barn door you come in or out of, we look forward to seeing you April 11 though 13 in Chicago.

Here's a list all the major upcoming cons in your neck of the woods.