Other Film Conventions
Even if you can't make it to Columbus, there are a lot of great vintage film conventions located around the country that you should check out.
Blobfest
The Colonial Theatre 227 Bridge St. Phoenixville, PA 19460
Blobfest » The Colonial Theatre
Buster Keaton Convention
Delta Hotel 939 Third St Muskegon, MI 49440
https://www.busterkeaton.org/convention-2022
Capitolfest
Capitol Theatre, 220 W Dominick Street, Rome, NY, US
https://www.romecapitol.com/capitolfest/
Cinecon
Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, US
Cinema Wasteland
15471 Royalton Rd. Strongsville, Ohio 44136
Cinesea
Shalimar Hotel, Wildwood, NJ, US
Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium
Cleveland Silent Film Festival & Colloquium
Dean Martin Hometown Festival
Steubenville, Ohio
The Dean Martin Hometown Festival 2025 – THE DEAN MARTIN ASSOCIATION
Early Television Museum Convention
5396 Franklin Street Hilliard, Ohio
https://www.earlytelevision.org/2023_convention.html
Farmington Silent Film Festival
Alamo Theater, Bucksport Maine
Forssa International Silent Film Festival
Forssa, Finland, FI
http://www.forssasilentmovie.com/
The Internationale Stummfilmtage
Bonn, Germany, DE
https://www.internationale-stummfilmtage.de/en/home-en
Kansas Silent Film Festival
Jayhawk Theatre 720 SW Jackson St, Topeka, KS 66603
http://www.kssilentfilmfest.org/
Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound
Silver Spring, Maryland
https://www.loc.gov/events/film-and-sound-festival/festival-information/
Lone Pine Film Festival
Lone Pine, California
https://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/
Loud Silents Festival
Tampere, Finland, FI
https://us.eventbu.com/tampere/loud-silents-festival-2017/1391912
Lucille Ball Comedy Festival
Jamestown, NY
https://comedycenter.org/festival/
Maine Silent Film Festival
Maine Silent Film Festival 2025
The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention
Hunt Valley Delta Hotel, 245 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, MD, US
https://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com/
MidSouth Nostalgia Festival
Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, Mississippi
https://midsouthnostalgiafestival.com
Monster Bash
100 Cranberry Wood Dr. Cranberry Township, PA 16066
MONSTER BASH JULY 19-21, 2024 - VIP Membership Admission (creepyclassics.com)
Newhallywood Silent Film Festival
Newhall Family Theater
https://santaclaritaarts.com/newhallywood/
The Nitrate Picture Show
George Eastman Museum: Dryden Theatre, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, US
https://www.eastman.org/nitrate-picture-show
Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival
https://pittsburghsilentfilmsociety.org/
Pordenone
The Teatro Verdi & Cinemazero , Viale Martelli 2, Pordenone, IT
http://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/
Pulpfest
Doubletree Pittsburgh, PA
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA
https://silentfilm.org
Screwball Comedy Film Festival
Palm Springs, CA
Home - Film Society of Screwball Comedy (FSOSC)
Silent Film Days
Tromso, Norway, NO
Homepage - Tromsø International Film Festival (tiff.no)
Sons of the Desert Convention
Sons of the Desert 23rd INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION (squarespace.com)
SPERDVAC
Crowne Plaza Hotel Costa Mesa, CA
TCM Classic Cruise
Miami to Grand Cayman
TCM Film Festival
Hollywood, CA
Telluride Film Festival
Sheridan Opera House 110 N Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435
https://telluridefilmfestival.org/show
Toronto Silent Film Festival
Revue Cinema 400 Roncevalles Ave
http://www.torontosilentfilmfestival.com/
Vintage Film Festival
Capitol Theatre, 20 Queen St, Port Hope Ontario, CA