Upcoming Cryptid Events
Estes Park Bigfoot Days
- Location: Estes Park, Colorado
- Date: Typically mid-April (2024 was April 20; 2025 dates TBD)
- Details: A free outdoor festival near Rocky Mountain National Park, featuring Bigfoot TV celebrities, live music, axe throwing, and a Bigfoot calling contest. It’s tied to local sighting lore.
Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Festival
- Location: Townsend, Tennessee
- Date: May 3, 2025
- Details: Billed as a “Legendary Family Reunion,” this festival includes Bigfoot and related cryptids like Mothman and Dogman. Expect live music, food trucks, competitions, and talks by famous Bigfoot researchers. It’s family- and pet-friendly.
Cryptids & Paranormal Conference
- Location: Farmingdale, NJ
- Date: June 7, 2025
- Details: spooky weekend filled with talks, workshops, and exhibits on all things cryptids and paranormal at the 3rd Annual Conference!
Roswell UFO Festival
- Location: Roswell, New Mexico
- Date: Typically early July (2024 was July 5-7; 2025 dates TBD)
- Details: Commemorates the 1947 Roswell Incident with lectures, alien-themed events, and vendors. Draws huge crowds for its historical significance in UFO lore.
- Source: General knowledge from past events (no 2025-specific site yet)
WNC Bigfoot Festival
- Date: August 23, 2025
- Marion, NC
- Details: Known as the "southeast’s premier Bigfoot event," it features educational panels, a Bigfoot calling contest, and family-friendly activities. It draws around 40,000 visitors annually, with vendors selling Bigfoot-themed merchandise and experts sharing local sighting stories.
Spruce Pine Alien Festival
- Location: Spruce Pine, North Carolina
- Date: Typically mid-June (2024 was June 15; 2025 dates TBD)
- Details: A one-day outdoor festival with a UFO/AlienXpo conference featuring national speakers on encounters and sightings. Includes alien-themed vendors, food trucks, and a free music festival. Pet-friendly.
Bigfoot Adventure Weekends
- Location: Glen Isle Resort, Bailey, Colorado
- Date: July 18-20, 2025
- Details: A three-day, two-night campout in the Rocky Mountains with Bigfoot investigators leading attendees on searches. Family-friendly with a focus on hands-on Sasquatch exploration.
Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival
- Location: Vinton County Fairgrounds, Hocking Hills, Ohio
- Date: August 7-10 2025
- Details: A four-day event celebrating Ohio’s Bigfoot lore with live presentations, music, art, food, and outdoor activities. It’s family-friendly, with a VIP dinner as the only ticketed event.
Mothman Festival
- Location: Point Pleasant, West Virginia
- Date: Typically mid-September (2024 was September 21-22; 2025 dates TBD)
- Details: Celebrates the Mothman legend with vendors, food trucks, hayrides, and TNT bus tours to the old Ordnance Works. Attracts around 15,000 people and includes other paranormal themes.