Dear Fellow Beatles Fans, Thank you for your patience and support, as many of you have been wondering about dates for The Fest for Beatles Fans 2026. This decision did not come easy, but: FESTS in NY Metro & Chicago will be on pause til 2027. In 2025 we summoned a Fest for Beatles Fans Revolution. Now, in order to properly brew the future of this magical mystery we’ve been making for 51 years, we are taking 2026 to reimagine The Fest & reinvigorate the zest that keeps us going — so we can come back even better and stronger in 2027! With a heartfelt thank you, it's you, dear Beatle People, who make The Fest what it is. We are so grateful for your presence through the years, we appreciate you beyond measure, you're such a lovely audience. It’s Real Love. We put our heart and soul into this show every year so that we can all gather together in our bubble of peace and love, with the Fab Four guiding the way. We are going to deeply miss being all together with you in a hotel full of collective Beatles joy this coming year. It won’t be the same. Now now, no need to panic! We’ve got some exciting alternate 2026 plans in the works in the meantime. Starting with: We’ll be gathering on Zoom monthly for FAB FOUR FRIDAYS Fest Storytelling Through the Decades We want to hear YOUR STORIES! Bring your most cherished stories, memories, photos & videos of Beatlefest past, to share with one another. You never know which Special Guests will pop on with their favorite FEST memories! One FAB FOUR FRIDAY of every month at 5PM EST (Fab 4PM CST) for the next 6 months, we reminisce, one decade at a time: 2020s :: Friday, January 30th (Rooftop Concert Anniversary) 2010s :: Friday, February 27th 2000s :: Friday, March 27th 1990s :: Friday, April 17th 1980s :: Friday, May 29th 1970s :: Friday, June 26th (one day before Mark & Carol’s 50th Wedding Anniversary!) FAB FOUR FRIDAYS ARE FREE! SIGN UP HERE. What if you weren’t there those years? Or you weren’t even born yet that decade?? You are most definitely welcome to join the zooms and listen in to all the tales of Beatlefests past! These virtual trips down memory lane will be recorded for posterity, and your stories might even end up in THE BOOK! You may recall, in 2020 on Mark’s birthday, January 19th, we announced that he’s writing a book about Beatlefest, and many of you sent in stories and photos - so fab! Well, 5 years and thousands of words later… he’s still working on it! Now, he wants to seriously dedicate time to really commemorate and encapsulate what a wonderful world of Beatles we’ve built together. 51 years! Can you imagine?? It’s easy if you try (especially if you were there at the first Beatlefest in 1974). So stay tuned for more exciting announcements for this most unusual year of The Fest for Beatles Fans. Let’s Imagine together about new exciting ways we can Come Together, and Get Back to our traditional FESTS in 2027, with renewed vigor!