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◆

Cryptid Events Near You

Festivals, markets, and jamborees for Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, and cryptid fans and makers, listed by date. Find your next gathering.

Oct 15-18, 2026 (upcoming)

Goatman Festival (10th annual; Pope Lick Monster)

Louisville, KYCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 16-17, 2026 (upcoming)

Texas Bigfoot Conference

Jefferson, TXCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 16–17, 2026

Lake Superior Paracon 2026

Thunder Bay, ONCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 16-17, 2026

Paranor-Macon 2026 (inaugural paranormal con; cryptids, UFOs, haunted history)

Macon, GACheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 16–17, 2026

Ghost Walk & Dark Market 2026

Centralia, WAVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 16–17, 2026

Luna Wicked Witches Halloween Market (Mississauga)

Mississauga, ONCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 17, 2026 (upcoming)

Green Eyes Festival (cryptid & fall festival)

Chickamauga, GACheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 17-18, 2026 (upcoming)

Maine's Bigfoot Festival (2nd annual, Maine Bigfoot Foundation)

Stratton, MECheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 17-18, 2026 (upcoming)

Upper Cumberland Bigfoot Festival (benefits veterans)

Crossville, TNVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 17, 2026 (market 11am-5pm)

Appalachian Oddities Faire (cryptid/oddities market + costume ball)

Harpers Ferry, WVVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 17, 2026, 10am–4pm

Creepy Cryptid's Monster Market 2026 (5th annual)

Manchester, TNVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 17, 2026, 10am–6pm

Marked in Darkness (Wyoming Valley Ghost Tours)

Scranton, PACheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 17, 2026, 11am–6pm

Chardon Cryptids and Curios Festival

Chardon, OHCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 17–18, 2026

Spooky at the Station 3 (Halloween market)

Langford, BCCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 2026, right after Florida Alligator Festival (exact dates unconfirmed)

Everglades Skunk Ape Overnight Campout & Investigation (3rd annual)

Ochopee, FLCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 2026 (exact date unconfirmed

Uncertain Bigfoot Bash

Karnack, TXCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 23-25, 2026 (upcoming)

Rougarou Fest

Houma, LACheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 23–24, 2026

Bigfoot Festival OH (Spirit of the Forest Bigfoot Festival)

Celina, OHVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 23–24, 2026

Yakima Valley Bigfoot Con 2026

Union Gap, WACheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 23–24, 2026

Luna Wicked Witches Halloween Market (Guelph)

Guelph, ONVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 24, 2026, 5–10pm

Nightmare Oddity Market (inaugural)

Kitchener, ONVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 30-31, 2026 (upcoming)

Bladenboro Beast Fest (Beast of Bladenboro)

Bladenboro, NCCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 30–Nov 1, 2026

Squatch Watch 2026 Vancouver Island

Courtenay, BCCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 30, 2026, 6–10pm

Luna Wicked Witches Halloween Market (Woodstock)

Woodstock, ONVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 31–Nov 1, 2026

WitchFest Victoria 2026

Victoria, BCCheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 6-7, 2026

HauntFest: Harvest of Horrors 2026 (horror/oddities festival)

Elberton, GAVendor applications openEvent info

Nov 7, 2026, 10am–5pm

New Jersey ParaUnity Expo 2026

Woodbridge, NJVendor applications openEvent info

Nov 7, 2026, 12pm–12am

Spirit Social 2026 (Night Owl Podcast)

Austin, TXCheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 7, 2026, 12–5pm

Market of the Macabre (9th annual)

Philadelphia, PACheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 7, 2026, 4–9pm

Luna Witches Market (Ancaster)

Ancaster, ONVendor applications openEvent info

Nov 13-14, 2026 (upcoming)

Lake Barkley Beast Fest 2026 (Bigfoot & Dogman)

Eddyville, KYVendor applications openEvent info

Nov 13-14, 2026 (upcoming)

Sasquatch Summit (since 2013)

Ocean Shores, WACheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 13, 2026 (monthly themed market

Mall Rat Market: Bad Luck Club (Friday the 13th oddities night)

Oviedo, FLVendor applications openEvent info

Nov 14, 2026

Molena Bigfoot Fest 2026

Molena, GACheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 14, 2026, 12–4pm

Raleigh Cryptid Market (Geek and Grub Market, Cryptid Edition)

Raleigh, NCVendor applications openEvent info

Nov 14-15, 2026

Twisted Tidings 2026 (curated oddities show; occult, dark art)

Sanford, MECheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 14–15, 2026, 11am–6pm

Dark Art & Oddities Con 2026

DeKalb, ILCheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 14, 2026, 10am–4pm

Horror Rad Mall Market

Hillsborough Township, NJVendor applications openEvent info

Nov 14, 2026, 11am–5pm

Toronto Dark Arts Market: Early Holiday Market

Toronto, ONCheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 21–22, 2026

Cryptid Con 2026

Florence, INCheck with organizerEvent info

Nov 28-Dec 27, 2026 (weekends

The Menagerie Oddities Market: Yuletide Holiday Residency (5th)

San Jose, CAVendor applications openEvent info

Dec 4, 2026 (upcoming)

Baltimore Krampuslauf & A Cryptid Christmas (American Snallygaster Museum)

Baltimore, MDCheck with organizerEvent info

Dec 5, 2026, 11am-5pm

Midwinter Oddities Market (Appalachian Oddities Market)

Jasper, GAVendor applications openEvent info

Dec 5, 2026, 2-10pm

Georgia Krampus Karnival (1st)

Statesboro, GAVendor applications openEvent info

Dec 5, 2026, 2-9pm

Krampus Kraft Market (Krampusnacht Bremerton 2026)

Bremerton, WAVendor applications openEvent info

Dec 12, 2026, 11am-6pm (upcoming)

Bigfoot's Winter Wanderland

Monaca, PAVendor applications openEvent info

Dec 12-13, 2026

YULE Ottawa Mystic Market (Winter Solstice)

Ottawa, ONVendor applications openEvent info

Dec 19-20, 2026, 12-5pm

PNW Witches' Market Yule Celebration 2026

Lynnwood, WAVendor applications openEvent info

2026 (date not listed on site)

Georgia Bigfoot Conference 2026 (+ Georgia Bigfoot Town Hall, Apr 2026)

, GACheck with organizerEvent info

Jan 29-30, 2027

sQuatch Fest 2027 (10th anniversary)

Longview, WACheck with organizerEvent info

Feb 5–6, 2027 (market Sat Feb 6, 10am–6pm)

Krampus America Convention 2027

St. Petersburg, FLVendor applications openEvent info

Feb 26-27, 2027

Squatchman's Squatch Fest 2027

Ferdinand, INCheck with organizerEvent info

Mar 6-7, 2027

Black Swamp Horror & Oddities 2027

Maumee, OHVendor applications openEvent info

Mar 20, 2027

Roots & Renewal Market 2027 (Spooky Events)

Langford, BCCheck with organizerEvent info

Apr 3–4, 2027

Pennsylvania Myths & Legends Festival 2027

Clearfield, PAVendor applications openEvent info

Apr 10, 2027 (load-in Apr 9

Carolina Coastal CryptidFest 2027 (Mermaids to Mothman)

Wilmington, NCCheck with organizerEvent info

Apr 17–18, 2027

Cryptids & Legends Con (1st, Michiana)

Elkhart, INVendor applications openEvent info

May 1, 2027 (town hall May 2, 11:30am–2pm)

Ohio Bigfoot Conference 2027

Cambridge, OHCheck with organizerEvent info

Jun 11–13, 2027 (per festival FAQ

Forest County Bigfoot Festival 2027

Marienville, PACheck with organizerEvent info

Aug 28, 2027, 10am–5pm

Unicoi's Cryptid Con 2027

Helen, GAVendor applications openEvent info

Sep 4-5, 2027

A Festival of Oddities 2027

Charlotte, MIVendor applications openEvent info

Sep 18–19, 2027

Mothman Festival 2027

Point Pleasant, WVCheck with organizerEvent info

Oct 1–3, 2027

Nelsonville Bigfoot Festival 2027 (2nd)

Nelsonville, OHVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 8-9, 2027

South Carolina Bigfoot Festival 2027 (7th year)

Westminster, SCVendor applications openEvent info

Oct 23, 2027, 11am–7pm

Gettysburg Para-Jam 2027

Gettysburg, PAVendor applications openEvent info

2027 (dates not listed)

Screamiverse Expo 2027 (horror, sci-fi & arts con)

Roanoke, VAVendor applications openEvent info

Dates and vendor applications can change, so confirm with each organizer before you travel or apply.

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