EXpo

eXpo (alternative spelling: EXPO) was a for-profit, celebrity-populated X-Files convention by Creation Entertainment, Inc that toured 10 majors US-American cities. 
A fan in 1998 wrote: "Want a gander at my Frank Spotnitz autograph from the eXpo? To CiCi -- Sorry about Pendrell, Frank Spotnitz. PS: On the X-Files, no one ever -really- dies." from The Acid Desk #3 
==New York EXPO==
*Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, New York, USA
*Date: 9 & 10 May 1998
*guest star(s):
**Gillian Anderson
**Dean Haglund
**Nic Lea
**Frank Spotnitz
**Steven Williams
**Andy Meisler (author of The Truth is outthere - The official Guide to The X-Files)
**Miran Kim
*video of Gillian Anderson's appearance at the New York Expo
==Detroit EXPO==
*Location: Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA
*Date: 30 & 31 May 1998
*guest star(s):
**Dean Haglund
**Steven Williams
**William B. Davis
**Doug Hutchison
**Charles Nelson Reilly
==Washington EXPO ==
*Location: White Oak Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., USA
*Date: 16 & 17 May 1998
*guest star(s):
**Nic Lea
**Dean Haglund
**Steven Williams
**Rob Bowman
*report from the Washington, D.C. EXPO
==Boston EXPO==
*Location: Weymouth Naval Air Station, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
*Date: 2 & 3 May 1998
*guest star(s):
**Gillian Anderson
**William B. Davis
**Nic Lea
**Bruce Harwood
**Dean Haglund
**Doug Hutchison
==Chicago EXPO== 
*Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
*Date: 17 & 18 April 1998
*guest star(s):
**Mitch Pileggi
**Tom Braidwood
**Dean Haglund
**Bruce Harwood
**Steven Williams
==Miami EXPO==
*Location: Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Florida, USA
*Date: 4 & 5 April 1998
*guest star(s):
**Nic Lea
**Dean Haglund
**Frank Spotnitz
**William B. Davis
**Steven Williams
*Trivia: Williams entered the stage singing, and later recreated his last scene from the X-Files
==Atlanta EXPO ==
*Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
*Date: 28 & 29 March 1998
*guest star(s):
**Nic Lea
**Paul Rabwin
**Mitch Pileggi
**Steven Williams
**Dean Haglund
==Los Angeles EXPO==
*Location: Tustin Marine Corps Air Station's Hangar 2, Los Angeles, California, USA
*Date: 14 & 15 March 1998
*guest star(s):
**Nic Lea
**Steven Williams
**Mitch Pileggi
**Dean Haglund
**Frank Spotnitz
**John Shiban
**Vince Gilligan
*program:
**Saturday:
***11:00 am : admittance
***11:15 am: Introduction and video presentation
***11:30 am: Steven Williams ("X")
***12:15 pm: "Truth or Fiction?" Interactiv trivia game.
***12:45 pm: Dean Haglund (Langly from The Lone Gunmen) presents "the comedic truth with Ringo Langly from the Lone Gunmen".
***1:30 pm: Williams and Haglund autogramm session. In addition, a "Mulderism / Scullyisms video"
***2 pm: Authors' panel. Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban and Vince Gilligan are talking about writing and producing the "X-Files".
***3 pm "X-Files" Auction. Revenues went to the "Juvenile Diabetes Foundation".
***3:15 pm: William B. Davis (Cigarette-Smoking Man)
***4 pm: Mitch Pileggi (Assistant Director Walter Skinner)
***5 pm: Pileggi and Davis autogramm session; interactive "X-Files" trivia game.
**Sunday
***Noon: admittance
***12:15 pm: Introduction and video presentation
***12:30 pm: Authors Panel. Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, and Vince Gilligan
***1:30 pm: Steven Williams ("X")
***2:15 pm Dean Haglund presents "the comedic truth with Ringo Langly from the Lone Gunmen".
***2:30 pm: Steven Williams autogramm session
***3:00 pm: "X-Files" auction. in favor of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
***3:15 pm: Mitch Pileggi
***4:00 pm: William B. Davis
***5:00 pm: "Truth or Fiction?" Game. Haglund, Pileggi and Davis autogramm session.
***5:30 hrs: prize giving ceremony
***6:00 clock: Final of "Truth of Fiction?"
*the same location was used as a shooting location for the X-Files episode 6ABX12 One Son.
==Dallas EXPO==
*Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
*Date: 21 & 22 March 1998
*guest star(s):
**Nic Lea
**Kim Manners
**Dean Haglund
**Mitch Pileggi
*Around 7,000 visitors attended the first Expo 
*report from the Dallas Expo
==Further Reading==
*List of fan-run X-Files conventions
*List of Official X-Files Conventions and Panels
==References==
Category:X-Files
Category:1998 ConventionsCategory:Conventions in United States