Gamefest 2025 in Charleville-Mézières an incredible event dedicated to Pop-Culture!

Gamefest 2025: the pop culture fair celebrates its 10th anniversary

The new edition of Gamefest 2025 in Charleville-Mézières offers an even richer pop culture, nerd and e-gaming program with famous guests to crown the 10th anniversary.

Gamefest returns on April 12 and 13, 2025 at the Charleville-Mézières exhibition center!

Video games, cosplay competitions, concerts, Just Dance, Escape Game and prestigious guests promise an explosive weekend.

Whether you are with friends, alone or with family, Gamefest 2025 is the unmissable event for all fans of pop culture, manga and more!

This is the event not to be missed, your place is already available upon reservation.

Gamefest Charleville-Mézières: already the 10th anniversary!

This year, the event celebrates its 10th anniversary and Gamefest 2025 will be supercharged.
This new edition celebrates an incredible adventure that began exactly on March 7, 2015 and believe it, the organizer did things in a big way, in a very big way.

More than 6,000 participants are expected over 6,000 m² with hundreds of stands dedicated to the best of pop culture, gaming and Asian culture.

Without forgetting incredible surprises and thousands of emotions!
The new Gamefest, stronghold of Nerd and Manga culture 2025, is to be bookmarked in your calendar.

Gamefest 2025: stands, exceptional guests, cosplay and Geek culture

Gamefest 2025 offers a program clearly focused on pop culture, but also variety.

And this comes to fruition with stores displaying figurines, costumes or even replicas of emblematic objects from the best animated series.

Many creators, designers and authors will also be present to enrich the event which of course honors k-culture, cinema and publishing.

Movie/voice stars and YouTube celebrities

Highlight of Gamefest 2025: prestigious guests like the comedian, Pascal Legitimus (a comedian who is certainly not unknown to you!) and the return of the YouTuber with 2 million subscribers, Bob Lennon.

But also dubbing actors like Emmanuel Curtil, the French voice of Jim Carrey (Wow effect!), the late Matthew Perry (Friends) or even Dean Cain (Superman in 𝘓𝘰𝘪̈𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘬) but also Simba in the Lion King!

as well as Lila Lacombe, the French voice of Rebecca in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Anya in Spy x Family, Cayetana in 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 or Kanao in 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳!

You will also be able to attend the concert of Meg a Wish, artist, cosplayer, but here singer who will perform the greatest titles from Disney animations.

A hypnosis show for a 100% pop culture inner journey

At Gamefest 2025, pop culture can be discovered through the eyes, through music, through reading, but things will go even further.

The program invites you to join us for a hypnosis show dedicated to the world of manga, video games and once again the best of K-culture.

So, hold on tight because in terms of emotions, we're moving into high gear.

A professional hypnotist performs live and all show participants will be able to succumb to his charms and powers. An inner journey to meet your favorite characters and series. A strong and unforgettable moment of Gamefest 2025.

A Just Danse scene to have fun together

Pop-culture values ​​are both cultural and generous.

And what could be more fun than a Just Dance scene to share and vibrate in unison.

As a reminder, Just Dance is a very special video game that puts dance in the spotlight.

Gamers must reproduce movements and choreographies to songs that are most often very rhythmic and well-known.

Registration for the Just Dance competition open to everyone. We are waiting for you!

The incredible and the unusual with the DeLorean DMC-12

Gamefest 2025 is next-gen but also knows how to look into the past.

And besides, the exhibition of the real DeLorean DMC-12 propels you towards a legendary Back to the Future.

It is also an opportunity to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film which marked all generations from A to Z.

Still on the legendary cars of the big screen, you will also find the yellow Camaro from the Transformers film. You know the one that turns into Bumblebee…

Lightsaber and archery activity

How to practice the lightsaber, how to wield the sword, how to become a Jedi?

You will be able to learn, without any danger, this martial art which is not as simple as it seems at first glance...

The fighters’ arena welcomes young and old.

And thanks to the Gonzague Archers, you will have the opportunity to try your hand at archery on the specially designed stand, with fantastic creatures as targets to find out if you will be more precise than Mérida or Legolas.

Parade and big Cosplay competition

What would a pop culture fair be without competitions and cosplay parades?

For the happiness of everyone, young and old, all cosplayers are asked to put on their most beautiful costumes.
Cosplayers Nezuko Kamado, Mikasa Ackerman, Naruto, Sailor Moon, Star Wars… will be officially present at the 2025 edition of Gamefest.

The competition jury will be formed by Kaori Cosplay, Idyia Cosplay and Jaria Cosplay!

Don't hesitate to register because many prizes will be offered by the show's partners and the 300 euros cash prize will be distributed among the first three!

The dinosaurs of Carolo Park will be back!

Every year, they are present and make you die of laughter with their interventions which have become more and more burlesque both on stage and in the aisles of the fairs, Carolo Park will obviously be there to properly celebrate the 10th anniversary of Gamefest with a little surprise for the cosplay parade on Sunday!

Dubbing workshops led by professional actors

Oral expressions, sound effects, voice-overs, recording studios, a team of professionals welcomes all Gamefest 2025 participants to learn the art of dubbing for cinema, manga or animated films.

Young creators are eager to show you their talents

Young creators, each more talented than the last, will also be present at Gamefest to present their creations to you to demonstrate their talents:

• Tib’s Transforme: a company creating accessories and replicas of fictitious weapons inspired by films, video games but also medieval, fantasy, steampunk and even post-apocalyptic!
• Taberna Mirabilium will offer you dice potions (for role-playing games) but also fantastic figurines, mushroom-themed board games and even scented products!
• Pix’ailes: The world is seen through pixels! You will be able to find all of their ironing bead creations on the theme of video games (frames, clocks, jewelry, etc.)!
• Also get to know Les Beurkies, adorable mouse gnomes made from Fimo clay by Miss Souris, a polymerist designer!

But also retro-gaming, e-sport and Nintendo tournaments

But the Gamefest 2025 in Charleville-Mézières is above all a festival for nerds.

So, it’s impossible to forget the video game.

The program includes Pokémon Pocket, SSBU and Mario Kart tournaments.

But also access to the latest generation car simulators to gain even more speed.

Beyond next-gen consoles and VR, retro-gaming and arcade machines will also be there with 16 and 8-bit titles for the older ones.

The 2025 edition also includes conferences, signing sessions, role-playing games, LEGO exhibitions and much more. The exhaustive program can be discovered on the official website.

Gamefest 2025 Charleville-Mezières: Practical information

Event name: Gamefest Charleville-Mezières 10th edition

Date : April 12 and 13, 2025

Location and address: Exhibition Center
Rue de la Vieille Meuse, 08000 Charleville-Mézières
France

Tickets: Available on online reservation or at the counter at the show:

Prices:

1 day: €12 in advance, €14 on site

2 days: €18 in advance: €20 on site

Reduced price: €8.50 (upon presentation of proof)

Child (up to 6 years) : free

VIP: €50 (online purchase only)

Prices for extras and goodies are available on the online ticket office

Planning and plan :

Click on the schedule or plan to download them in PDF format