{"id":16428,"date":"2018-07-11T10:45:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T02:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=16428"},"modified":"2018-07-11T10:45:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T02:45:26","slug":"history-con-2018-manilas-biggest-entertainment-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2018\/07\/11\/history-con-2018-manilas-biggest-entertainment-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY CON 2018: Manila&#8217;s Biggest Entertainment Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY Channel\u2019s highly anticipated <strong>HISTORY CON<\/strong> is coming back to the Philippines from <strong>August 10 to 12, 2018<\/strong> at the <strong>World Trade <\/strong><strong>Center<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16431\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/HISTORY-CON-2018-Giorgio-Tsoukalos-RGB-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just like the past two years, the upcoming convention will be graced by some local and international celebrities and will be led by none other <em>Ancient Aliens <\/em>host, leading contributor, and co-executive producer, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giorgio Comes Back for History Con in Manila | History Con 18\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hWK7ykYKmnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This year, Tsoukalos will hold a live session called \u201cMysteries of the Past with Giorgio A. Tsoukalos,\u201d which will invite fans to explore the unexplained. It aims to bring together truth-seekers and HISTORY fans and engage them in a discussion, debate, and exploration with the leading expert himself.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ancient Aliens <\/em>is the highly popular sci-fi series that explores the theory that extra-terrestrials have been visiting the Earth for millions of years.\u00a0 The show has a loyal following in the Philippines and Filipinos have long anticipated Tsoukalos\u2019 return to the country since his first appearance in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16430\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/HISTORY-CON-2018-Ancient-Aliens-LIVE-Session-RGB-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/HISTORY-CON-2018-Ancient-Aliens-LIVE-Session-RGB.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/HISTORY-CON-2018-Ancient-Aliens-LIVE-Session-RGB-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/HISTORY-CON-2018-Ancient-Aliens-LIVE-Session-RGB-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HISTORY CON, the world-class entertainment convention, is in its third installment in Manila this year. It saw an attendance of 50,000 in 2016 and a record-breaking attendance of 68,800 in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>HISTORY\u00ae and HISTORY HD \u00ae connect viewers with history through their informative, immersive, and entertaining award-winning series and specials. Some of their original hit series include <em>Alone, Forged in Fire, Pawn Stars, The Pickers, Ancient Aliens, Counting Cars, The Curse of Oak Island, Vikings, SIX, Knighfall, <\/em>as well as Asia Original Productions <em>Photo Face-Off, Ride N\u2019 Seek, <\/em>and <em>Celebrity Car Wars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/08\/11\/history-con-2017-the-event-you-got-to-be-in-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">HISTORY CON 2017: The Event You Got to Be in Right Now\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To know more about HISTORY CON 2018, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyasia.com\/historycon\">www.historyasia.com\/historycon<\/a>. Tickets are on sale exclusively at SM Tickets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat: HISTORY CON 2018<br \/>\nWhen: August 10 to 12, 2018<br \/>\nWhere: World Trade Center, Gil Puyat Ave. Extension corner Diosdado Macapagal Blvd., Pasay City<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyasia.com\/historycon\" target=\"_blank\">historyasia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticket Prices:<\/strong><br \/>\nPhp 350 &#8211; General Admission (one-day access to the convention)<br \/>\nPhp 2,500 &#8211; HISTORY MAKER Pass (good for three-day admission)<br \/>\nPhp 10,000 &#8211; HISTORY MAKER VIP Pass (with only 100 limited\u00a0tickets available)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History will be made once more at the upcoming HISTORY CON 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,68,16],"tags":[5388,5389,5406],"class_list":["post-16428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pasay","category-convention","category-world-trade-center","tag-events-at-world-trade-center","tag-events-in-august-2018","tag-history-con-2018"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16498,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16428\/revisions\/16498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}