Be Comics! Be Games! Be XMAS! 2026 (Turin)
The Christmas edition of the Italian pop-culture and gaming festival Be Comics! Be Games! takes over the Oval at Lingotto Fiere in Turin on 12-13 December 2026.
Be Comics! Be Games! Be XMAS! is the Christmas edition of Be Comics! Be Games!, an Italian festival of comics, manga, video games and pop culture. It takes place on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December 2026 at the Oval of Lingotto Fiere in Turin, with doors open from 10:00 to 19:00 on both days.
The festival is run by Fandango Club Creators together with GL events Italia, the operator of Lingotto Fiere. The Be Comics! Be Games! format is built around eight "worlds": Cosplay, K-Pop, Comics & Manga, Videogames & Esports, Board Games & RPGs, Artist Alley, Community and Collectibles. The venue describes the Turin weekend as a Christmas-themed gathering with cosplayers, meet-and-greets, live shows and special guests. A detailed guest list and programme had not been published at the time of writing.
Tickets are sold online through Vivaticket. Standard prices are 18 EUR for a full-price day ticket, 15 EUR reduced, 13 EUR for cosplay entry and 35 EUR for a two-day pass; cheaper early-bird prices apply online until 15 November.
For visitors from Croatia and the wider region, Turin is a longer trip than the conventions in north-east Italy, but it is one of the last big pop-culture and gaming weekends of the year. The same organiser has also announced a Padua edition for 13-14 March 2027 and a spring Turin edition for April 2027.
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