Star Trek Events: Thursday, August 4 – Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Got some free time? Check out these events!

The Greatest Generation: The Double Dumbass Tour: Thursday, August 4 – Sunday, August 7

The Double Dumbass Tour is the Greatest Generation’s live celebration/review/roast of Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales. It’s a 90-minute show featuring jokes, clips, slash fic and more. The live Los Angeles show is being recorded and available online from August 4-7. Details and tickets are at Eventbrite.

Fanboy Expo Knoxville: Friday, August 5 – Sunday, August 7

Christopher Lloyd (Friday and Saturday only) and Armin Shimerman will be appearing at Fanboy Expo, taking place at the Knoxville (Tennessee) Convention Center. All the details are at Fanboy Expo.

MEAD West Coast Premiere: Saturday, August 6

Robert Picardo will be hosting a Q&A at the screening of the science fiction film MEAD at the Orinda Theatre, in Orinda, California. Picardo stars in the film, in which a fugitive starship (MEAD) and a lone passenger (Friz) evade earth forces utilizing their ability to project the passenger's thoughts creating illusions that fool pursuers. But tech is being developed to thwart the outlaws. More information and tickets are available at Eventbrite.

Watch Trek – Look Forward: Wednesday, August 10

The latest watch party will discuss questions surrounding the notion that “it takes effort to look beyond what we are accustomed to. It is easier to consider with caution and even vilify the unfamiliar than it is to seek understanding. Especially when deeply held beliefs are involved. What motivates us to look deeper? What motivates us to turn away, confirmed in our first assumptions?” The virtual gathering runs from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Registration is free and available at Watch Trek – Look Forward.

The Regular Stuff

·These are the Twitter watchalongs:

o   #allstartrek runs Sunday through Friday at 8/7C and follows the Heroes and Icons Channel’s All Star Trek programme.

o   #TOSSatNight starts at 9pm PT on Saturday night and follows a different episode of The Original Series every week, and

o   #StarTrekHour is a Q&A-format event, every Tuesday at 1pm PT.

·Then there’s Star Trek: Watch Party, hosted daily and coordinated on Facebook. Every evening, they use the Teleparty browser extension to watch Star Trek together. To find out more, head over to Star Trek: Watch Party on Facebook.

·Speaking of a Star Trek watch party: the iBlind Users Group hosts Trekkie Talk on the first and third Thursdays of every month. They watch an audio descriptive version of a Star Trek episode and get together virtually to discuss it. To find out how to join in, visit ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk.

·But wait, there’s more watch partying: Club IDIC hosts a weekly watch party and discussion at 6pm Alberta Time every Friday. The schedule and Zoom links are available at the Club IDIC Facebook page.

·To Proudly Go, a New York-based nonprofit, will be hosting The Orville season three viewing parties each Saturday. The gatherings begin at 6:00pm ET at the Barracuda Lounge in New York City. Tickets are free, and vaccination is required. The viewing parties also include Star Trek trivia games, special Star Trek-themed drag performances, two-for-one drinks, fabulous Star Trek prizes, and merchandise. Contributions help benefit the Pop Culture Hero Coalition. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit To Proudly Go.

·Virtual Trek Con presents The Main Viewer every Tuesday - a live discussion show on YT with occasional special guests and an open chat geared towards fan interaction.

·Disco Does DnD - livestream DnD game with DSC actors on Twitch, every Sunday at 1pmPT/4pmET.

· Join Grey Havens Philosophy and Outworld Brewing every first Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. as they discuss the big ideas inspired by Star Trek. The gatherings are at Outworld Brewing, in Longmont, Colorado. Attendance is free, but an RSVP for planning purposes is appreciated at Eventbrite.

·And finally, there’s Sid City Social Club, hosted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig’s official fan website. They meet twice monthly on the first Tuesday and third Friday of every month, with occasional pop-up meetings with Sid as his schedule allows. For more details, and how you can join in, visit sidcity.net.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk