Saturday

at the community center **Stanley Milford Jr.’s book The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained rocketed onto the 2024 New York Times list of 22 Nonfiction Books to Read This Fall. ** As a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent, Stanley Milford Jr. grew up in a world where…

McMinnville's downtown streets close to vehicle traffic, so you can shop the out-of-this-world vendors with plenty of fun merchandise and take in the spectacular array of people and aliens wandering this pedestrian zone. Vendor applications are now closed. More vendor booth information here

The Aliens are back, and you can outrun them! Join us for the Alien Abduction Dash 5K at Joe Dancer Park. Costumes encouraged! Registration details coming soon.

Our outer space friends have descended on McMinnville again! Kids will run through Joe Dancer Park, completing outer space missions and receiving alien swag. Registration details coming soon.

McMinnville's downtown streets close to vehicle traffic, so you can shop the out-of-this-world vendors with plenty of fun merchandise and take in the spectacular array of people and aliens wandering this pedestrian zone. Vendor applications are now closed. More vendor booth information here

The McMenamins tent serves up food and drinks, plus an outdoor gift shop*, Passport stamps and live music! Don't miss the Alien Costume Contest and Alien Costume Ball happening right here in the tent! *Gift shop will be open from 10am-5:30pm Live music 5:30-8pm: Band info coming soon! 8:30-11pm: Alien Costume Ball

Watch the wildly fun and colorful UFO Costume Parade as it careens and cartwheels through town. Or join the fun yourself! Registration opens March 3. Free Shuttle Service There is parking at Evergreen Space & Aviation Museum  and a shuttle to downtown McMinnville 10am – 3pm on Saturday, May 17.

Costume Contest in the Hotel Oregon tent Don your out-of-this-world costume and battle it out to secure your title as the Coolest Alien in the Alpha Quadrant. Sign-up begins at 10am in the Hotel Oregon tent. Space in the contest is limited; sign up early. Adults and children welcome! <!-- Pet Costume Contest will take place…

at the community center **Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau’s book Mixed Signals: Alien Communication Across the Iron Curtain made the Financial Times list of Best Books of 2024.** What happens when humanity’s quest to find extraterrestrial intelligence collides with one of the most politically tense periods in history? During the Cold War, scientists from rival superpowers –…

The cutest and kookiest event of the weekend: dogs donning their extraterrestrial best. (Birds, lizards and all other friendly pets welcome too!) Join the fun with your best bud in the Granary District, a 5-minute walk from Hotel Oregon.

Finally! A reason to know just how many light years it is to the nearest star cluster. It may be trivia, but the fun’s not trivial! Join us with groups of any size or age, and win fun prizes! May the force be with you.

Speaker Panel at Community Center In what has become one of the festival’s most popular ticketed events, you’ll be able to ask the experts your burning UFO, paranormal and alien questions. Believers and skeptics are all welcome! Our lineup of festival speakers will be on stage, waiting to hear from you. When you arrive in…

Live music from spaced out rock band, Kirby Swatosh & the Moon Rock Patrol! A child of the NASA generation, Swatosh’s catchy pop/rock melodies and clever lyrics introduce a startling original imagination informed by the faith of one whose true musical home might as well be outer space. Despite his affinity for interterrestrial themes, Swatosh’s…

Come in costume and show off your dance skills, or just come to gawk at the crazy outfits! You won’t believe the lengths to which some of our guests go in fashioning otherworldly ensembles.