As horror fans we are all looking for a good scare. As the year drags on we literally count the days to Halloween. Thankfully there is a burgeoning market in southern California for the spooky and macabre. From the creative minds of CreepyLA, Theme Park Adventure, and ScareLA comes an all-new chapter in terror: Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival. This weekend-long celebration of everything Halloween, haunts and horror makes its debut July 30-31 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.
The all-new Midsummer Scream is here to kick off the official countdown Halloween with more than 100,000 square feet of event space showcasing vendors, makeup demonstrations, stage presentations, live entertainment, a screening room, haunted attraction experiences and more.
David Markland, one of the original creative forces behind the wildly popular ScareLA has now set his sights on developing a new venture. Says Markland, “We’re combining all of our talents, production knowledge, and years of experience to create an amazing show that we know fans are going to love,” Executive Director of Midsummer Scream. He adds “Each week from now until our July debut, we will be announcing more participants and unveiling different aspects of the show that are going to have people counting down the days with great anticipation.”
Some of the venues already confirmed are…
- Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor
- Ten Thirty One Productions (Los Angeles Haunted Hayride/Great Horror Campout)
- Dread Central
- Sinister Pointe
- Ghost Train (LA Live Steamers)
- Scott Ramp/The Scream Team
- SoCal Valley Haunters
- Drunken Devil
- Decayed Brigade slider team
- Motel 6 Feet Under, Season Pass Podcast
- Spooky Hollows
- Rotten Apple 907
- Fear Station
- Figment Foundry
- magic of Jimmy H./Mudd the Magnificent
- Screenshot Productions
- The Empty Grave
- Cross Roads Escape Games
- Higgins Manor
- Dark House Entertainment (The Basement)
- Girls and Corpses
- Evil Twin Studios
- Garner Holt Productions.
Of course a highlight of Midsummer Scream will be its main stage auditorium, which will accommodate more than 600 horror fans gathering to witness a world-class lineup of panels and presentations, which will include exciting reveals looking forward to the 2016 Halloween season in Southern California.
Hall of Shadows
Guests looking for additional thrills and chills may venture into the Hall of Shadows, a large “scare zone”, with monsters lurking in the dark, and a host of haunted attraction previews/experiences that will soothe your Halloween cravings. Bone Yard Effects, Inc. led by Larry Bones will bring terrifying creatures to life throughout the day via makeup demonstrations on the show floor, and release them into the Hall of Shadows to wreak havoc on terrified fans.
“We are beyond thrilled to bring the Halloween and horror community together here in Southern California,” said Rick West, Creative Director of Midsummer Scream. “The entire team is fueled by the same fundamental passion for the holiday and the macabre; we met and became friends while covering various haunt events and have enjoyed strong personal and business relationships for the past several years as a direct result. Midsummer Scream is the festival this community deserves, and we cannot wait to unveil everything we’ve got planned.”
Tickets will be going on sale very soon, and new information regarding Midsummer Scream is being updated daily at MidsummerScream.org.
