2025 eXXXotica Chicago Preview Coverage
Event dates: Friday, April 11, 2025 (Day 1) Saturday, April 12 (Day 2) Sunday, April 13 (Day 3)
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Preview photos and blog by Henry Ma / PHM
This year’s very first eXXXotica celebrating their 20th anniversary, kicked off in the windy city Chicago (except it wasn’t really windy the 1st day) hosted at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, aka DES. I took a redeye from Vegas to Chicago and arrived nice and early at Midway. Traffic was horrible in the morning and took an hour to get to venue. Luckily the hotel is nearby and is within walking distance.
Ray from ImagesbyRay already flew in the night before so he’s ready to rock. As we were walking towards the venue, we’re glad they have traffic controllers for the crosswalk. While there’s a skybridge, you have to loop via the parking garage and around which wasn’t directly connected to the hotel we’re at.
Wow, has it been 20 years of exxxotica? I don’t recall attending the earlier shows as I was based mainly in the West Coast and most of the events (back then were East Coast) I do recall attending the one they had in Los Angeles (2010?)
Wait!? What!?!?? What is Pikachu doing at eXXXotica??? As it turns out, DES convention was also hosting (2) other shows the same weekend. Collect-A-Con and National Franchise Show. As expected, there were some confusions among attendees trying to get to the other shows (located on the 1st floor) and find eXXXotica upstairs.
Oh yes! We’re definitely here for eXXXotica, going up!
We were super excited to attend the event till they forced everyone to go thru security. Normally eXXXotica will allow exhibitors and media to bypass the line. Well, this year for some reason it’s bi-polar and it’s really depending on the mood of the day. We were forced to go thru the line on the 1st day, 2nd day they said it was OK, but the last and final day they made us go thru it again. Very inconsistent.
The place was a MAD HOUSE!! Above and below, stage was crowded too!
Below: Pole competition contestants
Below: This is the spot to be on a Friday night!
Below: The lovely Stella working at Chaturbate booth
Below: Mia the Certified Sexologist, check out her ig, some good info there! @miasexpert
Below: This year’s The Fannys awards at eXXXotica
Oh yes! We were definitely there for The Fannys awards Red Carpet so look for photos and videos coming soon.
Looking forward to another 20 years! Most likely I’ll be a grumpy old man by then. Check back to this spot for tons of photos and videos from the 3 days event.
5/9/25 Update – It’s finally here! Check out our complete video coverage of The eXXXotica Fan Choice Awards aka The Fannys 2025 right here on YouTube, hopefully they don’t remove it. It’s almost 1/2 hour long, so sit back, relax, grab some popcorn and enjoy the show!
5/13/25 Update – Better late than never, I finally got a hold of the photos from Day 1 as Ray’s been extremely busy. Check out Day 1 of eXXXotica Chicago photos here.
5/14/25 Update – Just got a hold of more photos from Ray. Check out Day 2 of eXXXotica Chicago photos here. Note this album also includes all the stage entertainment photos.
5/15/25 Update – Final day is up, check out Day 3 of eXXXotica Chicago photos. Look for more videos from the event in our YouTube channel soon. Also don’t forget Ray still has tons of photos from The Fannys, I’ll get these posted as soon as I get them. Thank you for your patience!
6/4/25 Update – Better late than never, check out Day 1 eXXXotica Chicago video on YouTube. Hopefully they don’t restrict it. Look for Day 2 and Day 3 real soon! Quick preview video for all 3 days, check it out (4 minutes long)
6/5/25 Update – Check out Day 2 eXXXotica Chicago video on YouTube
6/6/25 Update – Check out Day 3 eXXXotica Chicago video on YouTube
6/7/25 Update – Check out eXXXotica Chicago Stage Entertainment Preview across all 3 days. Just a taste of what’s to come. The full video (coming soon) from Day 1 will be 1/2 hour but Day 2 will be over 2 hours and 30 minutes long!! (No joke) It’s going to be INSANE!!!
6/9/25 Update – Check out eXXXotica Chicago Stage Entertainment from Day 1 Look for the massive Day 2 Stage Entertainment video soon!
6/13/25 Update – The moment you’ve been waiting for, the massive eXXXotica Chicago Stage Entertainment from Day 2 is finally here. So grab those popcorns because it’s 2 hours and 30 minutes long!!
Don’t forget the next eXXXotica is happening in Miami (June 27th-29th) more info at www.exxxoticaexpo.com