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Warner Bros. Discovery is all set to provide fans with an all-new breathtaking experience, titled Friends Fan Week. The week-long celebration began on July 25, 2022, and will run until July 30, 2022, which marks International Friendship Day.
The Friendship Day thematic celebration will see multiple forms of media celebrating friendships in the classic Ross-Rachel-Monica-Chandler-Joey-Phoebe style in multiple locations across New York, Denver, and Toronto.
Apart from the immersive pop-up The Friends Experience, the week-long celebration will also feature participation from social media sites, multiple online contests, product giveaways and trivia nights, among other events. Warner Bros. is also launching multiple new products, apparel and accessories based on the popular era-defining sitcom.
Read on for more details about Friends Fan Week.
Friends Fan Week: What to look forward to?
The most intriguing activity in the Friends-inspired fest is The Friends Experience by Superfly X, Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment and Warner Bros.
This fun part of Friends Fan Week will see 12 nostalgia-packed rooms and activations including Monica’s kitchen and the iconic Friends fountain. Situated in three locations, New York, Denver, and Toronto, the 12 rooms will offer an iconic experience from the show, while also exploring its rich history.
Visitors will also get to recreate iconic Friends moments in this nostalgia-filled ride. On the online side, The Friends Experience will also host an online giveaway on Instagram beginning July 25, 2022.
Social media platforms will be an integral part of the events, with TikTok, Instagram, and Giphy joining in with Friends-themed stickers and filters. There will also be a trivia night for hardcore Friends fans on Nick @ Nite, from July 25-31. Fans can win passes to The Friends Experience in the trivia contest.
Plenty of new merchandise is slated to be released this week as well.
What is Friends about?
For those reading about the Friends Fan Week and wondering what show created such a hype, here is a quick rundown about the American sitcom.
Friends is by far one of the most popular sitcoms in the history of television, which follows the lives of six odd friends. Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, Friends was one of the first shows to properly depict multiple protagonists, and ran for ten seasons from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004.
The show dealt with modern-day problems in an ever-changing world, featuring six friends trying to survive love, work, and adulthood. The official synopsis for the show reads:
"The lives of twenty-something friends in New York City, each with their own dreams and drives: Joey a struggling actor, Monica a chef, Rachel a waitress who hopes to work in fashion, Ross a paleontologist, Chandler who hates his job in data processing, and Phoebe a masseuse/musician."
The simple yet effective approach alongside the extremely funny and relatable characters made the show a hit among audiences. popular.
To celebrate Friends Fan Week, all 236 episodes of the series are streaming on the HBO Max platform for anyone who is yet to catch a glimpse of the rapid and hilarious Manhattan lifestyle of six friends in New York.
The show stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer.
