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2025 List of Events

Friday, Oct. 17: 

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  • The lobby of the Turnage opens for ticket holders and those wishing to buy tickets at 6:30 p.m. Admission costs $10 per person or $20 per ticket for a two-day pass to all festival events Oct. 17-18. Advance tickets go on sale Aug. 25 through Arts of the Pamlico/Beaufort County Arts Council. 

  • We'll have a craft table for children set up in front of the entry doors to the main gallery with candy-giving while the candy lasts. 

  • From the opening until just before showtime, Haunted Pamlico's costumed carnies will offer scare experiences for patrons inside the lobby and foyer of the theater, which will be decorated in haunted-house style. 

  • In-house vendors McCabe's Costumes, Alternative Stage, Awake Productions, and Isadore Skye Creations will be on hand in the main gallery of the Turnage during the festival's opening hour. 

  • Concessions will be sold by Arts of the Pamlico/Beaufort County Arts Council. 

  • Original artwork with haunt-season themes will be featured in the lobby. 

  • At 7:30 p.m., "Horror Show V" begins, featuring emcee Bloodcurdling Brandon, the Haunted Pamlico family, Monsters on Main, the Alternative Stage Singers, and members of the Tar River Players. The opening portion of the show features the upbeat and outstanding rock group, the Honey Jacks. Next on the bill is the phenomenal band Carolina Still, which "promotes a vision of early 20th-century rural and small-town life, with a distinct Southern focus." 

  • Following the bands, the arresting talents of the Post Mortem Players take the stage. This professional-level horror-performance troupe from the Charlotte area will offer music and Halloween-themed skits for the first time in Washington, N.C.

  • We'll round out the night with film screenings, including the scheduled premiere of Eric Barcley's short, "The Light at Pactolus."

  • The Turnage closes at 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18:

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  • At 10 a.m., the Alternative Stage/Haunted Pamlico information and merchandise booth opens in the Smoke on the Water vendor area. This year, once again, we'll partner with Open Door Community Center, a nonprofit shelter for homeless women and their children. Open Door will offer information about its programs to folks who stop by. 

  • Also at 10 a.m., the Turnage opens with film screenings in the auditorium featuring independent sci-fi, horror, and suspense films from around the world. Film screenings continue non-stop through 5 p.m. 

  • Costumed actors from the extended Haunted Pamlico family will greet visitors throughout the day at the Turnage.

  • At 11 a.m., the brand-new Haunted History Tour, presenting ghost stories of North Carolina and staffed by actors from Haunted Pamlico and the Tar River Players, begins in front of the Turnage. The tours will run at 11, noon, 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. The tours are free to the public, but space will be limited to about 30 attendees per tour. We ask that participants sign up at the Alternative Stage booth. We'll welcome donations to our nonprofit, Alternative Stage.

  • Also at 11, Creepy Karaoke starts in the main gallery of the Turnage, hosted by Malina Macabre, our carnival barker, with Karaoke Kamron Harris, our in-house deejay. 

  • At 1 p.m., we'll host the second annual Halloween Costume Contest for children in conjunction with Smoke on the Water. We'll award prizes of $25 to the winning entry in each category. The categories are Scariest, Funniest, Prettiest, Most Original, and Best Overall. Registration runs from 1-1:30 p.m. at the children's tent. Prizes will be awarded at 1:45. Hosted by Joy Tyson of Alternative Stage with a judging panel to include Bill Benjamin of Magic 95.9. 

  • At 2 p.m., we'll host a panel on classic horror films in the main gallery of the Turnage. Scheduled panelists include filmmaker Todd Bagley, movie blogger and virtual guest Luka Suon, Chris Stonnell of the Post Mortem Players, and Haunted Pamlico's own S. Kruger. The panel concludes at 3 p.m.

  • At 4 p.m., we'll unveil the winners in our Carnival of Darkness film and screenwriting competition in the large gallery. 

  • The festival ends at 5 p.m. 

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