Your guide to FanX 2025

Here are some of the highlights this year:

• Group appearances by stars from "The Lord of the Rings," "Happy Days," "National Lampoon's Vacation," "The Goonies," and "Dr. Who."
• Q&As with film composer Danny Elfman, "Star Trek's" William Shatner, 80s heartthrob Andrew McCarthy, "E.T." star Henry Thomas and Linda Blair of head-spinning "Exorcist" fame.
• Panel discussions on religious themes in "The Legend of Zelda," cats in pop culture, Medieval costuming, creative inspo from phobias, bidding farewell to the Sundance Film Festival, the archeology of Star Wars, horror in Japanese folklore, and notable characters in wrestling history.
• Jedi training, a K-Pop video watch party, the Dreamland Maid Cafe, competitive Cards Against Humanity, a cosplay drag pageant, a nerd poetry slam and video game music performed by the Utah County Flute Choir.

Our pick: The Saturday night cosplay contest in the Grand Ballroom is typically the thrill of the weekend.

Details: FanX runs through Saturday at the Salt Palace.

• Ticket prices vary.