PokemonXP Fan Celebration Event Coming to San Francisco

PokémonXP, a caller “event that celebrates each things Pokémon,” is coming to San Fransisco August 28-30, 2026. Teased during the 2025 Pokémon World Championships closing ceremonies, PokémonXP volition hap alongside the 2026 Pokémon World Championships astatine the Moscone Center.

We don’t cognize overmuch astir the instrumentality event, but we bash cognize the multi-day walk prices and a vague statement of the “range of Pokémon-centric festivities.”

From the authoritative website: “This lawsuit volition diagnostic an expansive enactment of Pokémon experiences and partners unneurotic successful 1 place. Attendees volition articulation a solemnisation of assemblage and each things Pokémon arsenic they bask featured panels, unsocial workshops, peculiar guests, exclusive merchandise, and truthful overmuch more.”

The Pokémon Center Pop-Up Store, usually exclusive to the Pokémon World Championship attendees, volition beryllium unfastened to PokémonXP badge holders that play arsenic well.

It sounds similar PokémonXP volition beryllium a monolithic instrumentality normal just for Pokémon, aiming to beryllium an adjacent bigger solemnisation than the Pokémon World Championships.

The archetypal question of multi-day walk registration for PokémonXP starts connected September 17, 2025 astatine 9 a.m. PT. A 2nd question volition go disposable connected September 17, 2025 astatine 8pm PT. Single-day passes are acceptable to beryllium released alongside the afloat programme docket successful outpouring 2026.

There are 2 types of multi-day passes: The multi-day pass, and the multi-day + arena acquisition pass, which includes admittance to the arena to ticker the Pokémon World Championships finals connected Championship Sunday. Both walk types see 2 Pokémon Trading Card Game booster packs, a PokémonXP collectible pin, and a lanyard.

Multi-day passes for youths nether 18 commencement astatine $70, and multi-day passes for adults 18 and implicit commencement astatine $120. It says connected the authoritative website that the archetypal question of income volition beryllium astatine this little “Pidgey” pricing, which is limited.

This year, The Pokémon World Championships hosted Championship Sunday successful an arena for the archetypal time, and successful 2026, they’re upscaling it adjacent more, bringing Championship Sunday to the monolithic Chase Center, which has a seating capableness of 18,064 (at least, for hoops games). Compare that to the Anaheim Convention Center Arena, with a capableness of 7,500. Which, I heard, was filled to capableness this year.

IGN was astatine the Pokémon World Championships successful Anaheim this year, wherever we watched 2025 Pokémon World VGC Champion Kevin Han marque history, and played a first-ever demo of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Plus, work astir everything other announced astatine Pokémon Worlds this year.

Casey DeFreitas is simply a lawman exertion connected the guides squad astatine IGN and this twelvemonth is the 2nd clip she's covered the Pokémon World Championships successful Anaheim, CA. Catch her connected socials @ShinyCaseyD.