66Upcoming Events
1Goatman Festival (10th annual; Pope Lick Monster) Louisville, KY Oct 15–18◆2Texas Bigfoot Conference Jefferson, TX Oct 16–17◆3Lake Superior Paracon 2026 Thunder Bay, ON Oct 16–17◆4Paranor-Macon 2026 (inaugural paranormal con; cryptids, UFOs, haunted history) Macon, GA Oct 16–17◆5Ghost Walk & Dark Market 2026 Centralia, WA Oct 16–17◆6Luna Wicked Witches Halloween Market (Mississauga) Mississauga, ON Oct 16–17◆7Green Eyes Festival (cryptid & fall festival) Chickamauga, GA Oct 17◆8Maine's Bigfoot Festival (2nd annual, Maine Bigfoot Foundation) Stratton, ME Oct 17–18◆9Upper Cumberland Bigfoot Festival (benefits veterans) Crossville, TN Oct 17–18◆10Appalachian Oddities Faire (cryptid/oddities market + costume ball) Harpers Ferry, WV Oct 17◆11Creepy Cryptid's Monster Market 2026 (5th annual) Manchester, TN Oct 17◆12Marked in Darkness (Wyoming Valley Ghost Tours) Scranton, PA Oct 17◆13Chardon Cryptids and Curios Festival Chardon, OH Oct 17◆14Spooky at the Station 3 (Halloween market) Langford, BC Oct 17–18◆15Everglades Skunk Ape Overnight Campout & Investigation (3rd annual) Ochopee, FL Oct 2026◆16Uncertain Bigfoot Bash Karnack, TX Oct 2026◆17Rougarou Fest Houma, LA Oct 23–25◆18Bigfoot Festival OH (Spirit of the Forest Bigfoot Festival) Celina, OH Oct 23–24◆19Yakima Valley Bigfoot Con 2026 Union Gap, WA Oct 23–24◆20Luna Wicked Witches Halloween Market (Guelph) Guelph, ON Oct 23–24◆21Nightmare Oddity Market (inaugural) Kitchener, ON Oct 24◆22Bladenboro Beast Fest (Beast of Bladenboro) Bladenboro, NC Oct 30–31◆23Squatch Watch 2026 Vancouver Island Courtenay, BC Oct 30–Nov 1◆24Luna Wicked Witches Halloween Market (Woodstock) Woodstock, ON Oct 30◆25WitchFest Victoria 2026 Victoria, BC Oct 31–Nov 1◆26HauntFest: Harvest of Horrors 2026 (horror/oddities festival) Elberton, GA Nov 6–7◆27New Jersey ParaUnity Expo 2026 Woodbridge, NJ Nov 7◆28Spirit Social 2026 (Night Owl Podcast) Austin, TX Nov 7◆29Market of the Macabre (9th annual) Philadelphia, PA Nov 7◆30Luna Witches Market (Ancaster) Ancaster, ON Nov 7◆31Lake Barkley Beast Fest 2026 (Bigfoot & Dogman) Eddyville, KY Nov 13–14◆32Sasquatch Summit (since 2013) Ocean Shores, WA Nov 13–14◆33Mall Rat Market: Bad Luck Club (Friday the 13th oddities night) Oviedo, FL Nov 13◆34Molena Bigfoot Fest 2026 Molena, GA Nov 14◆35Raleigh Cryptid Market (Geek and Grub Market, Cryptid Edition) Raleigh, NC Nov 14◆36Twisted Tidings 2026 (curated oddities show; occult, dark art) Sanford, ME Nov 14–15◆37Dark Art & Oddities Con 2026 DeKalb, IL Nov 14–15◆38Horror Rad Mall Market Hillsborough Township, NJ Nov 14◆39Toronto Dark Arts Market: Early Holiday Market Toronto, ON Nov 14◆40Cryptid Con 2026 Florence, IN Nov 21–22◆41The Menagerie Oddities Market: Yuletide Holiday Residency (5th) San Jose, CA Nov 28-Dec 27◆42Baltimore Krampuslauf & A Cryptid Christmas (American Snallygaster Museum) Baltimore, MD Dec 4◆43Midwinter Oddities Market (Appalachian Oddities Market) Jasper, GA Dec 5◆44Georgia Krampus Karnival (1st) Statesboro, GA Dec 5◆45Krampus Kraft Market (Krampusnacht Bremerton 2026) Bremerton, WA Dec 5◆46Bigfoot's Winter Wanderland Monaca, PA Dec 12◆47YULE Ottawa Mystic Market (Winter Solstice) Ottawa, ON Dec 12–13◆48PNW Witches' Market Yule Celebration 2026 Lynnwood, WA Dec 19–20◆49Georgia Bigfoot Conference 2026 (+ Georgia Bigfoot Town Hall, Apr 2026) , GA 2026◆50sQuatch Fest 2027 (10th anniversary) Longview, WA Jan 29–30, 2027◆51Krampus America Convention 2027 St. Petersburg, FL Feb 5–6, 2027◆52Squatchman's Squatch Fest 2027 Ferdinand, IN Feb 26–27, 2027◆53Black Swamp Horror & Oddities 2027 Maumee, OH Mar 6–7, 2027◆54Roots & Renewal Market 2027 (Spooky Events) Langford, BC Mar 20, 2027◆55Pennsylvania Myths & Legends Festival 2027 Clearfield, PA Apr 3–4, 2027◆56Carolina Coastal CryptidFest 2027 (Mermaids to Mothman) Wilmington, NC Apr 10, 2027◆57Cryptids & Legends Con (1st, Michiana) Elkhart, IN Apr 17–18, 2027◆58Ohio Bigfoot Conference 2027 Cambridge, OH May 1, 2027◆59Forest County Bigfoot Festival 2027 Marienville, PA Jun 11–13, 2027◆60Unicoi's Cryptid Con 2027 Helen, GA Aug 28, 2027◆61A Festival of Oddities 2027 Charlotte, MI Sep 4–5, 2027◆62Mothman Festival 2027 Point Pleasant, WV Sep 18–19, 2027◆63Nelsonville Bigfoot Festival 2027 (2nd) Nelsonville, OH Oct 1–3, 2027◆64South Carolina Bigfoot Festival 2027 (7th year) Westminster, SC Oct 8–9, 2027◆65Gettysburg Para-Jam 2027 Gettysburg, PA Oct 23, 2027◆66Screamiverse Expo 2027 (horror, sci-fi & arts con) Roanoke, VA 2027◆

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