Carolina CryptidFest

05/25/2026

🚨 MOTHMAN IS LANDING AT CAROLINA CRYPTIDFEST! 🚨

Turn the volume up! The music in this video is by the spooky-fun duo Creep It Real, and they’ll be performing LIVE both days at Carolina CryptidFest! 🎶🖤

And yes… MOTHMAN will be landing in for both days for meet & greets, photo ops, and full cryptid chaos! Bring your cameras, your costumes, and your weird little hearts. 🪽👀

📍 Carolina CryptidFest
Presented by Uwharrie Bigfoot Festival
NC State Fairgrounds
Jim Graham Building – Raleigh, NC

📅 July 24 | 11 AM–6 PM
📅 July 25 | 10 AM–6 PM

✨ What to expect:
Live music by Creep It Real both days
Mothman meet & greets + photo ops
Entertainment all day, Unique vendors, oddities, curiosities, crafts, and merch
Great food trucks
Local and small businesses to shop and support
Family fun, spooky vibes, and one giant cryptid carnival under one roof!

🚗 Parking is FREE!
We’re keeping ticket prices low so everyone can afford to come enjoy the event, especially with gas and everything else going up. Come spend the day with us, support local businesses, grab some amazing food, shop strange and wonderful treasures, and make memories with the family.

🏨 Traveling in? Stay close by at the NC State Fairgrounds area or nearby hotels and use the Carolina CryptidFest discount at select hotels.

🎟️ Tickets are available now!
Get your tickets online before prices go up at the door.
https://www.eventeny.com/events/ticket/?id=20615
🛍️ Vendors: We only have a few spaces left, so sign up before it’s too late!
https://www.eventeny.com/events/vendor/?id=32739
Step inside the Cryptid Carnival… where the music is spooky, the shopping is strange, and Mothman is waiting for his close-up. 🖤👁️

05/20/2026

Carolina CryptidFest
is a fully indoor event inside the Jim Graham Building at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC.

Parking is free.

There is a cost to attend. Tickets are available online now, and prices will be higher at the door.

You can buy tickets here:

May 19, 2026 - Join us in Raleigh, North Carolina for the Carolina CryptidFest, Mermaids to Mothman—a two-day celebration of cryptids, mystery, oddities & curiosities, folklore, and fun! Explore a packed lineup of vendors, special guests, roaming entertainment, food, beverages, meet and greet, art...

05/19/2026

🎪 Carolina CryptidFest Exhibitor Lineup 👁️🦋🧜‍♀️

Step inside the Cryptid Carnival and shop a wild little wonderland of oddities, curiosities, cryptid merch, art, handmade goods, spooky creations, jewelry, books, treats, folklore finds, paranormal treasures, and one-of-a-kind small businesses.

We’re excited to welcome these amazing exhibitors:

✨ 4Ever Paranormal
✨ 4Stitches Designs
✨ Abby and Ivory 3D
✨ Aillen Artworks
✨ Amanda Leigh Hughes
✨ American Wildlife Refuge
✨ AppaNaturalist Eclectic Shop
✨ Astral Accessories
✨ Ba’s Butterflies
✨ Bluebug Creations
✨ Caroline Scareline
✨ Coffee with the Ancestors
✨ Colonel Pop’s Kettle Corn
✨ Copper Ashes
✨ Could Be Cursed
✨ Craniart
✨ Crimson Harvest
✨ Crockey Grove Creations
✨ Cryptid Empire
✨ Cyrptid Art by Irene
✨ Dani Caputi
✨ DISINFORM
✨ Eerie Easel
✨ Eilisain Jewelry
✨ Erika’s Charmed Designs
✨ Erythaia Illustration
✨ Fairy Finds
✨ Get Under My Skin
✨ Ghastly Studio
✨ Gilded Gargoyle
✨ Glitter and Toadstools
✨ Greene Jerky Company
✨ Hand to Heart Creations
✨ HB Rey Art
✨ Infinite Glass Co.
✨ Ink and Onyx Curios
✨ Iron Clown Studios
✨ Jad3d Nit3mar3 Creations
✨ Karou’s Resurrections
✨ Kelly Smith
✨ Kintsu Kate
✨ Little Fox Knots
✨ Lotus Prints & Tees
✨ Luci Belle Lu Designs
✨ Melissa Wilkinson, Psychic Medium
✨ Merry Death Studio
✨ Michelle L. Hamilton, Author
✨ Monster Art Stuff
✨ My Style Souvenink
✨ Mystery Eyeland
✨ NC Pixie Creations
✨ Oak City Hot Sauce Co
✨ Ocean Feather Rustic
✨ Odd Moth Craft & Curio
✨ Om my Goddess LLC
✨ Partea Place by Unitea Brews
✨ Party’s Over Patches
✨ Perky Daisy’s Freeze Dried Treats
✨ Pink Clouds Art
✨ Rouge Rabbit Studios
✨ Saint Gifts
✨ Screaming Sasquatch Gear
✨ Shasta’s Treasures
✨ Smiling Llama CBD
✨ Sterling Inspirations Pop Up
✨ Stitchiverse Sisters by Lin B
✨ Such-n-Sew Studio
✨ Sweet BE’s Design
✨ The Cauldron and the Crow
✨ The Crafty Fox Crochet
✨ The Croaking Cicada
✨ The Cryptid Valley
✨ The Golden Flamingo
✨ The Knotted Dinosaur
✨ The Nomadic Owl Oracle & Shimr
✨ The Sarcastic Cryptid
✨ Third Eye Cosmos LLC
✨ Timber Top Creations
✨ Trentheim Designs
✨ Warfighter Books
✨ Watson’s Whims
✨ Wee Beesties
✨ What’s Up, Cupcake? Whimsica
✨ Wolf Raven Customs
✨ Writers’ Wheel Collective

Come support local artists, authors, makers, spooky shops, handmade creators, and wonderfully weird vendors from across the cryptid universe.

📍 Carolina CryptidFest
📍 NC State Fairgrounds, Jim Graham Building
📍 Raleigh, NC
🎟️ Tickets are available now:
https://www.eventeny.com/events/ticket/?id=20615

Bring the family, wear your cryptid best, and come shop the strange. 🖤🎪👽

We apologize if we missed anyone in this exhibitor highlight. We will continue to add and spotlight vendors as we get closer to the event. Vendor applications will officially close July 1, 2026, so don’t wait to join the Cryptid Carnival! 🎪👁️

Vendor applications:
https://www.eventeny.com/events/vendor/?id=32739

Tickets are available now:
https://www.eventeny.com/events/ticket/?id=20615

05/19/2026

🎪👣 LAST CALL FOR VENDORS 👣🎪

The cryptids are gathering… and vendor spaces are disappearing into the fog faster than a Mothman sighting at midnight. 🌕🦇

We’re looking for the strange, the spooky, the legendary, and the unforgettable for the upcoming Carolina CryptidFest at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC!

Seeking vendors featuring:
🔮 Oddities & Curiosities
👣 Bigfoot & Cryptid Merchandise
🦇 Mothman Merch
🧜 Mermaid Toys & Merchandise
🦋 Folklore & Paranormal Art
🎭 Costumes & Cosplay
🖤 Horror, Gothic & Alternative Goods
🧚 Fantasy, Fairy & Mythical Creations
📚 Authors, Artists & Collectors
🕯 Handmade, Weird & Wonderful Finds

This isn’t your average vendor market… this is a full blown Cryptid Carnival packed with roaming creatures, live entertainment, cosplay, photo ops, music, food trucks, and thousands of attendees searching for their next legendary treasure.

⚠️ Vendor spaces are VERY limited and once they’re gone… they vanish into the woods forever.

Apply now before it’s too late:
Vendor Application

📍 Carolina CryptidFest
📅 July 24-25, 2026
🏛 Jim Graham Building | NC State Fairgrounds | Raleigh, NC

05/16/2026

HERE IS THE SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, JULY 24. SATURDAY SCHEDULE WILL BE SIMILAR AND WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.

THE FIRST INAUGURAL CAROLINA CRYPTIDFEST IS MORE THEN JUST A VENDOR SHOW. WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULED EVERY HOUR! THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO ALL DAY AND NON-STOP FUN FOR ALL AGES!

MARK YOU CALENDAR FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRYPTID CARNIVALS IN NC!

SHARE TO YOUR PAGE AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

CAMP AT THE NC STATE FAIRGROUNDS CAMPING RESORT AND STAY WHERE THE ACTION IS! OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ONE OF OUR DISCOUNTED HOTELS NEARBY. RESERVE NOW, BEFORE EVERYONE IS BOOKED!

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE!

05/08/2026

It’s official! We have officially confirmed the venue for next year’s CryptidFest!

The beautiful Wilmington Convention Center will be the home of CryptidFest 2027 on April 16 & 17, 2027.

We are beyond excited to bring the magic, mystery, and madness of CryptidFest to Wilmington for an unforgettable weekend of cryptids, curiosities, entertainment, vendors, and family fun.

Mark your calendars now. CryptidFest is coming to Wilmington!

We will provide more details soon! Vendor applications will open on May 1, 2026 on our Eventney page.

Please contact us if you have any questions.
[email protected]

05/08/2026