Fans Try to Meet Hallmark Channel Stars Crash Ticket Site

When organizers announced a brand new event featuring some of the Hallmark Channel’s most popular stars, from Tyler Hynes to Kristoffer Polaha, so many fans rushed to get tickets, the site quickly crashed.

But within hours of the big announcement on June 14, 2024, the site was back online, according to employees of RomaDrama and Filmed in the South, two fan convention organizations that teamed up to create the first-ever Halloween festival and harvests this year. autumn, by variety.

The event will take place October 31 – November 3 at Olde Town in Conyers, Georgia. In addition to welcoming a host of Hallmark stars, the event will also feature cast members from the supernatural drama “The Originals,” which aired from 2013 to 2018, according to IMDb, and “The Vampire Diaries,” which, according to IMDb , aired from 2009 to 2018. 2017.

Explaining the unique mix of actors in attendance, organizers wrote on the site: “We noticed an opportunity to create a unique experience in an arena with fandoms where many actors from these genres have moved from TVDU to Hallmark over the course of their career.”

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Fans flocked to the event site in hopes of attending the Halloween party and meals with Hallmark stars

On the morning of June 14, shortly after announcing the Halloween & Harvest Festival, Kayla Ybanez of Filmed in the South told excited fans via the organization’s Instagram Stories that the ticketing website was moving very slowly due to the overwhelming response.

In a video filmed in his car, Ybanez said: “Hello friends, I know we left you this really exciting surprise – a surprise! This has been in the works for a while with RomaDrama, and we were very excited to share with you! »

Soon after, both organizations had to post graphics alerting fans that the site was down and they were continually adding bandwidth to handle all the traffic. Early in the afternoon, the organizers announced that they were “migrating to a new server”, commenting that it was “a good problem to have”, but they realized how bad it was frustrating for enthusiastic fans.

Once the site came back online, their $225 VIP weekend packages were already 50% sold in the evening. Single-day tickets start at $50, per site.

Fans who attend the festival will have the chance to participate in live meet-and-greets and panels with the stars and “attend parties and brunches with all your favorite on-screen actors.” There will also be a VIP Halloween costume party on October 31, the first night of the event.

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Which Hallmark Channel stars have been confirmed for the Halloween & Harvest Festival?

Although organizers said additional guests would be added, the initial lineup released June 14 includes Hallmark Channel stars Hynes, Polaha, Benjamin Ayres, Will Kemp, Andrew Walker, Paul Campbell, Kimberley Sustad, Taylor Cole, Brittany Bristow and Niall Matter.

Other rom-com contestants include Hallmark alum Trevor Donovan, who now appears in films on Great American Family, and “Felicity” alum Riley Weston, who became a rom-com writer for Hallmark and Great American Family, according to Deadline.

Several celebrities shared their own social media posts on June 14 to announce the upcoming event.

For example, Hynes wrote in his post: “Many of you share your appreciation for this kind of experience and I am very happy to be back in the company of such lovely people. So many beautiful memories. See you soon 🍂🎃”

The Halloween & Harvest Festival will kick off a busy promotional season for many celebrity attendees meeting fans throughout the holiday. Many of them are expected to appear at least one weekend in December at the new Hallmark Christmas Experience in Kansas City, as well as Christmas Con in New Jersey in early December, and on one or both of the very first cruises Hallmark who set sail. in November.

Liv Lane is an entertainment writer who covers Hallmark Channel, HGTV, American Idol and The Voice for Heavy. Based in Minneapolis, she has three decades of experience as a local and national radio host, columnist and publicist, interviewing and working with a wide range of celebrities over the years, from Deepak Chopra to Lil Nas X. Learn more about Liv Lane