Comic Con Cape Town 2026 runs from 30 April to 3 May at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC 2), with single-day tickets starting from R190 available on Howler.
The fourth edition of the Western Cape’s largest pop culture and gaming convention is expected to draw 36,000 fans over four days, with an international guest list headlined by Harry Potter‘s Evanna Lynch, Dragon Ball Z voice legend Christopher Sabat, and Spider-Man comic artist John Romita Jr.
Presented by Capitec, Comic Con Cape Town has grown into the premier fan event on the African continent, covering entertainment, gaming, anime, cosplay, comics, and South African creative culture.
The convention spans CTICC 2 in the Cape Town foreshore, with activity zones catering to every corner of fandom across all four days.
International celebrity guests confirmed for Comic Con Cape Town 2026
The headline guests include Evanna Lynch, best known as Luna Lovegood across the Harry Potter film franchise, and Christopher Sabat, the English voice of Prince Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z and Roronoa Zoro in One Piece.
Voice actor Jason Liebrecht, whose credits include Dabi in My Hero Academia and the Beast Titan in Attack on Titan, completes the voice acting trio.
Comics royalty arrives in the form of John Romita Jr., whose nearly 50-year career at Marvel covers defining runs on Amazing Spider-Man and the co-creation of Kick-Ass with Mark Millar.
He is joined by writer Ron Marz, Hugo and Eisner Award-winning editor Heather Antos, and illustrator Phil Hester. Local talents Bill Masuku, Sean Izaakse, and Anand Ramcheron round out the Artist Alley at CTICC 2, all available for commissions, signings, and portfolio reviews.
What to expect at Comic Con Cape Town 2026
The Toyota Gaming Engine (TTGE) returns with free-to-play daily tournaments across EA FC, Street Fighter, Clash Royale, Subway Surfers, and Brawlhalla, with R6,000 in shopping vouchers on offer each day and a fan interaction prize pool of R20,000 in shopping vouchers across the weekend.
The Cape Town International Animation Festival (CTIAF), the largest dedicated animation festival on the continent, runs concurrently inside CTICC 2 as a sister show, offering daily workshops in animation, game design, and comic creation for fans aged 12 to 18, as well as short film screenings, all included in the standard Comic Con admission ticket.
Cosplay competitions run daily on the Main Stage. Tabletop gaming zone Unplug Yourself hosts Dungeons and Dragons sessions in the Protea Room, with Quick Encounter one-shots also available at an additional cost via Quicket.
A Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Academy presented by Solarpop teaches the trading card game basics on the ground floor, while free RGB Gaming esports tournaments for younger fans run upstairs in the Experience Hall.
Comic Con Cape Town 2026 tickets and venue
Single-day passes start from R190 and are on sale on Howler. Children aged five and under enter free with a paying adult.
The venue is CTICC 2 in the Cape Town foreshore. A Coffee and Comics pre-show evening at Truth Coffee on Buitenkant Street on Thursday 30 April from 19h00 opens the weekend, with tickets available separately on Howler.
According to Comic Con Africa, this year’s Cape Town edition is on track to be the largest since the show launched in 2023, with the 36,000-ticket cap expected to sell through before the doors open on 30 April.
