Once again this year, Carnival of Darkness takes place alongside the Smoke on the Water barbecue festival in downtown Washington.
Tickets will be available Aug. 25.
Tickets cost $10 per person each day or $20 per person for a two-day pass to all of our festival events.
Scheduled events within Carnival of Darkness include
Red-carpet film premieres
Scary experience of walking through the reputedly haunted Turnage, while our actors menace you
Screenings of sci-fi, horror, and suspense films from around the world
A horror-film panel with North Carolina filmmakers
An eerie exhibit of visual art in the Turnage gallery
Special Haunted History Tour highlighting ghost stories of downtown Washington and elsewhere;
"Horror Show V," a variety show with live music, dancing, and haunt-season antics presented by Haunted Pamlico performers and featuring the bands the Honey Jacks and Carolina Still, and the Post Mortem Players of Charlotte
Craft and food vendors at the Smoke on the Water venue;
Creepy Karaoke in the gallery of the Turnage
Children's activities led by Arts of the Pamlico
Costumed characters wandering the theater and throughout downtown Washington; and more happenings to be announced.