McMenamins UFO Fest

at Hotel Oregon in McMinnville, OR

See you May 19 & 20, 2023, for our 23nd annual festival!

Our annual UFO Festival lands on May 19th, bringing with it experts, experiencers and a cosmos of fun. Illuminating presentations will fill the McMinnville Community Center as we hear from the director of Travis: The Travis Walton Story Jennifer Stein, as well as Travis Walton himself! Other fascinating presenters join the roster: author, investigator and experiencer Sev Tok; MUFON STAR and ERT team member and ufology teacher Earl Grey Anderson, researcher Linda Costa and researcher/“New York Skies” columnist Cheryl Costa.

Vendor information is handled by our partner, McMinnville Downtown Association.
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Every year, thousands of visitors flock to McMinnville, a quiet Willamette Valley town located an hour southwest of Portland, to attend the famous three-day McMenamins UFO Festival. Second in popularity only to the UFO festival in Roswell, New Mexico, Oregon’s annual celebration features a UFO parade, expert speakers, live (free!) music indoors and out, a 5K run, a pet costume contest, events with the featured speakers, a ‘landing party’ with vendor booths and more.

Founded in 1999, this UFO Festival began at the historic McMenamins Hotel Oregon property as a way to honor the famous 1950 Trent sighting in the area, and has evolved into an epic celebration of all things extraterrestrial.