Pokémon GO Fest 2022 - Dates, cities, events and more

Pokémon fans have been speculating whether the Pokémon GO Fest 2022 celebration would occur after hosting real-life gatherings was made nearly impossible, thanks to COVID-19. Fortunately, Niantic has an answer, prompting players to mark their calendars for June and August this year.

The first Pokémon GO Fest started in 2017 in Chicago's Grant Park, with subsequent events hosted annually until 2019. Since then, Niantic has hosted fully digital or restricted in-person events. So, it's been nearly three years since the last "proper" GO Fest.

Here's everything you need to know about Pokémon GO Fest 2022, including the dates, locations, and how the event differs from the previous celebrations.

Pokémon GO Fest 2022 - Global Event

According to a recent Niantic press release, Pokémon GO Fest 2022 will feature a digital global event starting on 4th June 2022 and ending on 5th June 2022. In addition, fans will also be able to participate in a global finale event on 27th August 2022. 

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Niantic has yet to reveal which Pokémon will be involved in the event, but one Pokémon will likely be Unown since different forms of Unown have shown up at every past Pokémon GO Fest. 

The last Pokémon GO Fest took place in 2021 and was reportedly a massive hit with players, despite involving mostly digital events and some in-person gatherings. Players caught over 1.5 billion Pokémon, visited PokéStops 900 million times and completed almost 25 million raids.

Pokémon GO Fest 2022 - Locations and Dates

Pokémon GO Fest 2022 will take place in the following three locations, with each event lasting two days. We have indicated the dates below.

• 1st July 2022 to 3rd July 2022: Berlin, Germany
• 22nd July 2022 to 24th July 2022: Seattle, WA, USA
• 5th August 2022 to 7th August 2022: Sapporo, Japan

The last large in-person Pokémon GO Fest took place in 2019 in Dortmund, Chicago, and Yokohama. Since then, Niantic has slowly brought back in-person events, starting with the fully online GO Fest in 2020 and the quasi-online Pokémon GO Fest in 2021.

On 5th April 2022, Niantic announced that they would bring back their in-person Pokémon GO Community Day meetups worldwide in different cities.

And that's all! For news, tips and updates on Pokémon GO or the Pokémon GO Fest activities, check out our dedicated Pokémon GO section on the GINX.TV website.

Featured image courtesy of Niantic.