Tickets For MIDSUMMER SCREAM 2025 Go On Sale This Weekend!
One of Southern California’s premier horror conventions, MIDSUMMER SCREAM, is set to return to Long Beach for its 8th year. The event organizers have officially announced when fans can purchase tickets for the 2025 gathering—details below!
Summers in California are always hot, but when MIDSUMMER SCREAM arrives in Long Beach, it cranks up the heat even more for horror fans and haunters alike. Every year, lines stretch out the door for this massively popular event, and it’s quickly becoming the biggest and best horror convention in the state. MIDSUMMER SCREAM brings together top home haunters, stunning Halloween-themed décor, and major theme parks like Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal Studios to celebrate everything spooky and spectacular about Halloween.
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE
Midsummer Scream announces its return to the Long Beach Convention Center on August 15-17, 2025. The three-day event will bring Halloween and horror fans from around the world together for a weekend of thrilling delights!
Passes go on sale Saturday, March 8th at MidsummerScream.com. That weekend only, General Admission passes will be 40% off. VIP Gold Bat passes will be available while supplies last (discounts are not available for Gold Bat passes).
The 2025 special guest lineup will feature David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown from the Terrifier film series), Kimberly J. Brown (star of Halloweentown), horror hosts Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl, Barry Bostwick (Rocky Horror Picture Show, appearing Sunday only) and many more to be announced.
The Hall of Shadows will be operational all three days, featuring more than a dozen haunted attractions and displays set within a massive, darkened portion of the convention center. This fog-filled area is included with all passes to Midsummer Scream, with many of the attractions featuring priority queues for Gold Bat pass holders. Featured haunters this year include Mr. Floats, Santa Ana Haunt, The Haunt With No Name… Yet, Rawl of the Dead, Fear Farm, Straite to Hale Productions, The Haunted Harvest, Decayed Brigade, and more. Additional details will be unveiled soon!
Throughout the weekend, Midsummer Scream will present a robust lineup of world-class panel presentations featuring Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group (LA Haunted Hayride, Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor, Delusion, and Magic of the Jack O'Lanterns), Castle Dark and other Halloween events.
Programming partners include Paramount Scares, Fangoria, Horror Movies & Beyond, and HorrorBuzz. A robust lineup of entertainment and additional programming to be announced in the weeks ahead.
Featuring more than 350 vendors and artists, the Midsummer Scream show floor will feature an amazing variety of apparel, masks, posters and prints, unique artwork, toys, oddities, and spooky decorations from vendors including The Halloween Shirt Company, Trick or Treat Studios, Backstitch Bruja, Sin City Props, and Froggy’s Fog.
More beloved components of Midsummer Scream will return, including Paranormal Pixie’s Pumpkin Patch children’s zone, the Black Cat Lounge kitten adoption center, and the Screaming Room Film Festival presented by HorrorBuzz.
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We have attended MIDSUMMER SCREAM for many years and can tell you it is the hottest ticket in town for the horror community besides the special effects makeup powerhouse that is MONSTERPALOOZA. Fans to the event are always in great spirits and it has always been amazing how MIDSUMMER SCREAM brings the spirit of Halloween to us every year during the summer.
We plan on attending the event, and with tickets going on sale this weekend, we guarantee that it will sell out. Don’t be stuck outside, make sure you get your tickets for MIDSUMMER SCREAM when they go live on March 8th.
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