GoblinCon is returning to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on August 22 and 23, 2026. Local reporting based on information from Visit Hopkinsville says the UFO and Paranormal Expo will take over the Bruce Convention Center as the community continues building events around its unusual place in American UFO folklore.
Hopkinsville’s connection to the subject comes from the 1955 Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter, when members of two families reported strange figures around a rural farmhouse and contacted local authorities. The case remains a frequently revisited part of UFO history, but the reported encounter should be treated as a historical claim rather than proof of an extraterrestrial event.
WHOP reported that Visit Hopkinsville planned a larger second-year GoblinCon after the inaugural event attracted visitors from across the United States and abroad. The convention is positioned around UFO, paranormal and related strange-culture interests. Attendees should confirm the current speaker schedule, vendor list, ticket information and daily hours through the organizer before traveling.
For Ghost Signal Radio, the event is notable because it combines a regional legend with an organized public convention rather than presenting an unsupported sighting as breaking news. The strongest coverage angle is the way Hopkinsville continues to interpret and market the Kelly story through researchers, vendors, community programming and tourism.