McMenamins UFO Fest

at Hotel Oregon in McMinnville, OR

In a cloud of alien dust, UFO Fest 2021 has departed.

See you next year, May 13 & 14, 2022, for our 22nd annual festival!

Plans are in the works. Hotel Oregon is now taking hotel reservations for UFO Fest 2022 by phone. More info here. 
Vendor information is handled by our partner, McMinnville Downtown Association. Applications will be available in February.


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.