Last year Universal Studios Hollywood announced a new after-hours hard ticket event called Fan Fest Nights. While we were told that the event would include popular franchises like Star Trek, Back to the Future, and Dungeons & Dragons, we didn’t really know what the event would be like.

Teased in 2024, Universal Studios Hollywood has officially revealed a first-look at their Universal Fan Fest Nights coming to the theme park this April and May.

With Epic Universe scheduled to open in Orlando this May, Universal Studios is eating Disney’s lunch in 2025. It’s impossible to overstate how highly anticipated the park’s third gate (which features themed lands based on How to Train Your Dragon,

The experiences are inspired by sci-fi, fantasy, gaming and anime franchises such as Star Trek, Back to the Future, Dungeons & Dragons and One Piece.

I'm not usually into this sort of thing, but the event looks really cool. To be perfectly frank, theme parks aren’t generally my thing. I don’t have a ton of rich childhood memories attending them, which eliminates any kind of nostalgia factor;

The new Universal Fan Fest Nights featuring Harry Potter, Star Trek, Back to the Future and Dungeons & Dragons will run on select nights between April 25 and May 18 at the Hollywood theme park. Fan Fest Nights tickets go on sale Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. for the after-hours, separate admission event at Universal Studios Hollywood.