Jersey City To Host First Pokémon GO Fest in June 2025
On Jan. 6, the creators of Pokémon GO shared on X that Jersey City would host its first Pokémon GO Fest next summer, June 6-8, 2025.
The popular mobile game, which now attracts 90 million players each year worldwide, chose New Jersey’s busy waterfront city as one stop in its worldwide festival series. Players can also join events in Osaka (May 29-June 1) and Paris (June 13-15). While they haven’t announced the exact location yet, organizers will share ticket prices and complete details by March 2025.
New York, Sendai, and Madrid hosted packed festivals in 2024. These events combine real-world activities with global gameplay through phones that overlay digital creatures onto real places. Players explore city streets, phones ready, searching for virtual creatures in real spots. The festivals began small in Chicago eight years ago, but each event brings new surprises and challenges.
Pokémon GO is just one part of a bigger entertainment brand that includes card games, video games, and TV shows.
These festivals create a good balance. People attending get special bonuses while players around the world can still take part. It mixes special in-person experiences with worldwide gaming fun. The game makers keep quiet about new features until each festival gets closer, building excitement among loyal players who travel far to attend.
The way they pick host cities shows how well the game does internationally. Past events turned regular streets into gaming spaces where fans hunted digital monsters together.
With this early heads-up, fans have half a year to arrange their trips. Past festivals brought huge crowds, filling up hotels and restaurants across their host cities.
