Are you able to imagine that it has been virtually 25 years since Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies first hit cinemas? It is tough to imagine, maybe, but it surely’s true: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring got here out again in December 2001, launching each one of essentially the most formidable cinematic trilogies of all time (The films got here out yearly! That was a large deal again then!) and one of fandom’s most beloved on-display gangs on the similar time.
To have a good time subsequent yr’s quarter-century anniversary, the LOTR hobbits Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and Elijah Wooden are becoming a member of forces in 2026 to tour round the US in a collection of occasions known as An Night with the Hobbits: In Celebration of 25 Years. The tour will kick off on January 10, 2026, at Fan Expo New Orleans, and proceed in cities like Portland, Vancouver, Orlando, Calgary, Denver, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, and extra. The full itemizing of the tour seems to be like this:
- Fan Expo New Orleans: Saturday, January 10 at 7:30pm
- Fan Expo Portland: Saturday, January 17 at 7:30pm
- Fan Expo Vancouver: TBD (The present itself runs February 14-16 2026)
- Megacon Orlando: Saturday, March 21 at 7:30pm
- Calgary Comics & Leisure Expo : Saturday, April 25 at 7:30pm
- Fan Expo Denver: TBD (The present runs Could 28-31 2026)
- Fan Expo Philadelphia: TBD (The present runs Could 29-31 2026)
- Fan Expo Boston: Saturday, August 8 at 7:30pm
- Fan Expo Chicago: Saturday, August 15 at 7:30pm
- Fan Expo Canada: Saturday August 29 at 7:30pm
- Fan Expo Dallas: Saturday September 12 at 7:30pm
Tickets for An Night with the Hobbits: In Celebration of 25 Years at Megacon Orlando will go on sale October 22 at Megacon Orlando’s website. At every of the stops, the actors can even offer picture-ops and autographs, in addition to what Fan Expo organizers are calling “VIP experiences,” with unique tour merch additionally accessible at each cease. Fascinatingly, organizers are additionally teasing “extra Lord of the Rings visitor appearances” at future exhibits, as effectively, so keep tuned to seek out out what that might imply.
After all, the upcoming tour will not be the primary time all 4 hobbits have shared a stage for the reason that conclusion of the films – Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and Elijah Wooden have been seen collectively at this yr’s C2E2 alongside with co-stars John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), and Andy Serkis (Gollum) as half of the ‘There and Again Once more: A Lord of the Rings Forged Reunion’ panel. Because the An Night with the Hobbits: In Celebration of 25 Years tour continues to be a few months away, why not watch the Lord of the Rings reunion panel from C2E2 2025 under to organize?