“You will see things” at the third annual festival celebrating the anniversary of the world’s first meeting with the iconic Men in Black on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at the Quarterdeck in Des Moines.

The Men In Black Birthday Bash (MIBBB) is the main event of MIBBB Fest 2024. Tickets can be purchased at Eventbrite. Tickets include music, light snacks and an exclusively curated box of MIBBB swag. The Birthday Bash features music from DJ MI2 who plays a curated set of pop songs suitable for fans of the MIB mythology. A mysterious special guest will provide the annual warning (secret information is only accessible to those present). Partygoers come dressed as men in black or other black and white attire. MIBBB Fest commemorates the first recorded sighting of a Man in Black:

On June 22, 1947, a Tacoma man named Harold Dahl was visited by a man dressed in a black suit and fedora, the day after Dahl reportedly saw six UFOs over Puget Sound. Known as the Maury Island Incidentthe encounter was the first UFO sighting during the Summer of the Scots, when thousands of UFO incidents were reported worldwide.

The encounter inspired the award-winning film The Maury Island Incident, written by local historian and MIBBB Fest co-founder Steve Edmiston, directed by Scott Schaefer and executive produced by John White. “Our local connection to Men In Black lore has captured the attention of thousands of UFO enthusiasts and publications and was even recognized by our Washington Senate in Resolution 8648Edmiston added. “But not many locals are aware that the MIB mythology originated right here in our backyard. MIBBB Fest is our chance to celebrate this quirky piece of local history.”

Tickets available now

This year’s MIBBB Fest includes a Film + Dance Party featuring Boots! on Friday June 21. Tickets for all MIBBB Fest events are now on sale at EventBrite.

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