Tampa Bay Comic Convention 2026 takes place from 4 to 6 September at the Tampa Bay Convention Center, bringing together a range of television and film stars for panels aimed at fans of science fiction, fantasy and wider genre entertainment. With numerous guests appearing across the three-day event, organisers have highlighted a selection of standout panels to help attendees plan their schedules, spanning franchises from Star Wars to teen vampire dramas.

Notable sessions include a career-spanning panel with Katee Sackhoff, known for Battlestar Galactica, Longmire and her role as Bo Katan in the Star Wars universe, hosted by Collider's Maggie Lovitt. The Vampire Diaries will be represented by Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder and Matthew Davis discussing the show's legacy, while The Twilight Saga panel will feature five of the film series' Cullen family actors — Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed and Ashley Greene — ahead of the franchise's twentieth anniversary. Further panels are expected to cover other major franchises, including X-Men '97, though the article's full list was not completed in the available text.