Comic-Con Scotland 2026 : stars et tables rondes à Édimbourg

Comic Con Scotland returned to Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre on 24–25 October 2026, with a programme spanning cult television, cinema, gaming and wrestling. Organised by Monopoly Events, the convention placed familiar screen partnerships alongside individual guest sessions, giving audiences several routes through a weekend of shared pop-culture memories. Traffic Scotland’s archived event notice confirms the dates, venue and scheduled opening hours of 09:00–18:00 on both days.

The supplied photography programme offers a particularly useful view of that variety: five selected Saturday sessions in Lowland Hall, followed by Sunday coverage across Lowland Hall and Highland Hall. It reveals an emphasis on enduring ensemble casts, with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, Bones, The 100 and Supernatural all represented.

Buffy and Smallville lead Saturday’s television programme

Saturday’s selected Lowland Hall schedule began at 10:15 with a Buffy the Vampire Slayer session featuring Charisma Carpenter and Julie Benz. Pairing performers associated with the same fictional universe gives a convention a different appeal from separate autograph appearances: audiences can revisit a series through more than one perspective.

At 11:30, Tyler Hoechlin had an individual slot, before the 14:00 Smallville session with Erica Durance and Tom Welling. The juxtaposition gave Saturday a strong superhero television thread, while the return to a two-person format highlighted the programme’s emphasis on cast connections.

Between those television sessions, the 12:45 slot was assigned to Saraya-Jade Bevis, known in wrestling as Paige. Her career offers a verified connection between sports entertainment and cinema: her story inspired Fighting with My Family. Her publisher also records her wrestling debut at thirteen, her injury-related retirement in 2018 and her comeback in 2022, giving the session a rich biographical backdrop.

Screen legends and ensemble casts shape Sunday’s schedule

Our Saturday’s selected programme continued at 15:15 with William Shatner, while Sunday’s Lowland Hall selection paired a 10:15 David Hayter session with John Cleese at 11:30. Contemporary event coverage identified William Shatner with Star Trek and John Cleese with Monty Python and Fawlty Towers; the 2026 listings associated David Hayter with Metal Gear Solid. Together, those names illustrate the reach of a convention whose attractions extend well beyond a single medium. [3][4]

Highland Hall supplied another strand on Sunday, beginning in the supplied coverage plan with Mena Suvari at 12:00. At 14:30, the Bones session brought together Tamara Taylor and Thomas Joseph Thyne, professionally credited as T. J. Thyne. The actor’s own biography confirms his participation throughout the series’ twelve-season run, a useful reminder of the long working histories behind the cast pairings advertised at conventions.

At 15:30, The 100 was represented by Marie Avgeropoulos, Eliza Taylor and Bob Morley. The selected Sunday schedule then concluded in Lowland Hall at 17:30 with Mark Sheppard and Misha Collins for Supernatural. Jensen Ackles also appeared in the wider advertised guest line-up, but the supplied programme names only Mark Sheppard and Misha Collins for this particular session.

Beyond the panels at the Royal Highland Centre

The advertised 2026 guest roster also included Stranger Things performers Noah Schnapp, Jamie Campbell Bower and Cara Buono, alongside Ralph Macchio, William Zabka and Martin Kove from The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai. Tommy Flanagan, Kim Coates and Mark Boone Jr. added a Sons of Anarchy connection.

The broader convention offering encompassed cosplay, replica props and sets, retro and modern gaming, and trader and artist areas. Those activities give visitors something to explore between scheduled sessions, making room for participation as well as celebrity encounters. The organiser describes a community drawing visitors from more than forty countries, an annual claim rather than a verified attendance breakdown for the 2026 edition.

There was also an important practical distinction in the published admission arrangements. Early-entry and Diamond ticket holders could enter at 09:00, while standard admission began at 11:00. Consequently, the 10:15 sessions in the supplied programme fell before standard entry. Photographs and autographs required separate purchases, making the panel schedule, admission category and booked encounters different parts of a visitor’s planning.

A Hulk birthday connects the convention’s past and present

A documented anecdote from the inaugural 2018 edition captures the personal appeal of these gatherings. Lou Ferrigno celebrated his 67th birthday with a Hulk-themed cake, and shared a photograph with Sam J. Jones and David Hasselhoff. Contemporary reporting also described celebrations involving Gil Gerard, Sylvester McCoy, Herbert Jefferson Jr. and Zach Galligan.

Seen alongside that early celebration, the 2026 programme suggests continuity in the event’s appeal: actors from different eras and franchises sharing a setting with the people who follow their work. The selected sessions connect several generations of television with film, wrestling and gaming, giving this Edinburgh edition a broad and recognisable identity.

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Event recap — Comic Con Scotland 2026

Where : Scotland, Edinburgh, Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston
When : 24–25 October 2026.
What : A Monopoly Events pop-culture convention with advertised celebrity appearances, panels, photo and autograph opportunities, cosplay, gaming, props, artists and traders. The times below are scheduled slots from the supplied photography programme, not independently confirmed stage timings. All are local Edinburgh times.

Photos : @fannyrlphotography / Mulderville