Pokémon Go Fest 2022 dates and locations announced

Pokémon Go’s big annual community gathering, Pokémon Go Fest, will return in summer 2022 with a two-day global event on Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, and as three later in-person events in Berlin, Seattle, and Sapporo, developer Niantic announced Thursday.

Like the past two years, when Pokémon Go Fest was modified to be an online-only, playable-from-home event, Go Fest 2022 will be playable online during its two-day experience in June. Niantic will also hold a “bonus finale event” on Saturday, Aug. 27, but did not provide details on what that will entail. Go Fest, June. The late-August final will conclude the unannounced next season. Pokémon Go — the current season, the Season of Alola, ends on June 1.

Niantic’s in-person Go Fest 2022 events will take place on the following dates in the following cities:

• Berlin, Germany, Friday July 1st to Sunday July 3rd
• Seattle, Washington, Friday July 22 through Sunday July 24,
• Friday, Aug. 5 – Sunday, Aug. 7, Sapporo Japan

Niantic has not yet announced ticket sales or pricing. However, they promised more information in the future.

Pokémon Go Fest debuted in 2017, the year after Niantic’s mobile hit was released, with an event in Chicago, Illinois — that was full of glitches and growing pains. In 2018, Go Fest was back in Chicago and ran much smoother. Pokémon Go fans. Go Fest 2019 was held again in Chicago and the event expanded internationally with Go Fest events taking place in Dortmund, Germany, and Yokohama (Japan).