Lego Convention coming to Knoxville in August
June 14, 2022

Knoxville is set to have its first LEGO convention in 3 years when the Brickuniverse LEGO Fan Convention arrives at the World's Fair Exhibition Hall in downtown Knoxville for two days: August 13 and 14, 2022. The event is building on LEGO's amazing popularity and ingenuity with awesome attractions all centered around everybody’s favorite plastic building blocks.

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At past events, the team at BrickUniverse has witnessed thousands of LEGO fans show up to enjoy live LEGO builds, the Building Zone with thousands of LEGO bricks for attendees to build with, and select galleries of amazing and life-sized LEGO models. The organizers have predicted that the Knoxville event will be one of the best that they have ever produced and will be sold-out.

Professional LEGO artist Jonathan Lopes will be coming from San Diego, California to showcase over 30 of his select LEGO displays including an 8-foot high LEGO Model of New York City's Woolworth Building. He will be in attendance all weekend and will be able to talk to attendees on his life as a professional LEGO artist and how they, too, can be LEGO master builders.

Additionally, Chicago-based LEGO artist Rocco Buttliere will be bringing over 50 massive LEGO models of famous landmarks from around the world. See the largest skyscraper in the world, Burj Khalifa, the full Westminster Palace in London, and more famous landmarks all built from LEGO bricks! Both artists have had exhibitions around the world: London, Chicago, Dallas, Copenhagen, and New York.

The Fan Zone at BrickUniverse features fan-built LEGO creations built by some of the world's best LEGO Fan builders, including some locally from Knoxville.

Other attractions include:

· LEGO Retail: purchase LEGO merchandise and goodies.

· Star Wars Zone: build spaceships and more with thousands of LEGO STAR WARS themed bricks.

· Professional LEGO Artists: meet-and-greets with some of the top LEGO artists in the world.

· The Building Zone: thousands of bricks laid out for attendees for building and creating.

· And more!

Tickets are available for Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14. Tickets do sell out, so early booking is advised at www.brickuniverse.com/knoxville.