Each year, it’s the tale of two Cons….one for all the big-wigs, industry shakers and celebs who laugh-it-up in loud, flashy, invite-only parties atop the best hotels and patios in the Gaslamp District each night. And then there’s the rest of us….standing at the gates, nose pressed against the do-not-cross glass doors, wishing we knew someone on the inside….
To be fair, many of the best parties are free and open to the public (check out MTV’s bash in PETCO)….but just in case you think you can snag a ticket to one of the weekend’s best shin-digs, here’s a couple publications that list from the parties. Each year THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER prints their list (notice all the “Invitation Only” notations). Also, the HOLLYWOOD TRACKING BOARD is an insider’s web site for Tinsel Town and posts their own list.
HOLLYWOOD TRACKING BOARD LIST OF PARTIES
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Can you bring your own beer?
Ha ha, Nathan, sounds like you’re speaking from experience.
YEAAAH PARTIES!!! This is the best part of Comic Con! No, not the new comic books that are I-recting, not the celeb sightings (they’re all hoes aka gardening tools), and no, definitely not the beach my friends (why tan on the beach when you can get a farmer’s tan while waiting in the hall H line?)…. it’s the free drinks and the feeling that you’re better than the commoners. Thanks Con Guys for posting this helpful guide!
A word of advice from someone who’s “been there and done that” more times than I can count. DON’T SHOW UP LATE. It is unfashionable to show up fashionably late to these things. If one of your friends says “it’s fiiiiine” just slap them in the FACE. I mean, it’s not like you’d wait in line for 2 hours and they close the party down when your 5 people away from the end of the line, that would never happen. But better to be safe than sorry.
Also, if your friend says he/she can’t get you in to parties, but you expect him/her to get you in and ask oooooover and over again, so he/she gets you into like 3 different parties, don’t complain! Say thanks!!!!!!!
A final thought… look out for a guy who goes by B.E.Y. He is EVERYWHERE.
It’s also very rude to dent the roof of your friend’s rental car acting like a crazy loon.