Roundup: Join the Haunted Attraction Network this weekend for Blood & Bones

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the Haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the h A N Show. We bring you the Haunt news, information, and education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read more about these stories and so much more in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes, and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it off to Daryl. Join the Haunted Attraction Network this weekend on Saturday, October seventh for Blood and Bones, the Ultimate Fan Experience in San Francisco, California, from show producers Joshua Grannell, features Christ and David Flower. Comes in experience that's taken the Bay Area by storm and already garnered a cult like following. Brimming with freakishly fabulous performances, this hybrid Haunt theatrical horror show leaves you begging for more. At this ultimate fan experience, you will get to experience the initiation here from show producers Joshua Grannell, phs Christ and David Flower during a panel Shake your Bones with Skeleton Sam from Lovecraft and even get bloody with exclusive photo moments. Get your tickets today for this exciting event. The Anaheim Fall Festival in Anaheim, California, one of the longest running civic celebrations of Halloween in the US, celebrates its centennial this October.

1:32 The festival itself was established in nineteen twenty three, while it's associated Anaheim Halloween Parade was established in nineteen twenty four. This year, both events occur on Saturday, October twenty eighth, with a festival taking place eleven am to six pm, followed by the parade kickoff at seven pm. The Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade represent a welcoming, family oriented, whimsyfield day of Cossack hometown Halloween fun and a throwback to Anaheim small town roots, states Jody Daily, president of the Anaheim Fall Fair. Now that the festival and parade as celebrating their back to back one hundred year anniversaries, we are proud to have been able to keep the festival and parade feeling authentic, handmade, and citizen centric, with a design nod to the nineteen fifties but representing the terrific cultural diversity of today's Anaheim come to the festival to enjoy an old fashioned Halloween carnival with local artists, live music, magic shows, costume contests, float decorating variety, acts, crafts, foods, treats, and photo ops. The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy Chilling Cocktail Experiences coming to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for one weekend only on October twelfth through fourteen. The submersive pop up Dark Speakeasy will celebrate the stories of Edgar Allan Poe with four of his most famous stories retold and reimagined by Poe historians. The events maccab lead mixologist will transform each of those stories into a four part cocktail experience that is paired with live entertainment and storytelling.

3:01 Over a century and a half after Edgar Allen Poe's death, this cocktail experience brings the most beloved works of Poe to life, off the page and onto the stage, said VBG Group Director of Marketing Ryan Wissarek. Come out for an immersive evening that pairs four tales with a dash and history and heavy libations. We love Poe's work and wanted to celebrate it. This is our favorite national traveling show and we can't wait to introduce it in Philadelphia, where Poe found so much inspiration for some of his most famous works. It was important for us to bring Poe to a neighborhood here where Poe had a strong connection. Tickets are on sale now for fifty five dollars per person and include four cocktails, venue admission, and the interactive show. Guests must be twenty one and over. Spend the night at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Los Angeles, California during their Spooktacular sleep Over October thirtieth. The event runs ten pm October thirtieth through eight am October thirty first. The event will include a backstage tour of the workshop, audio archives, and library, pizza party and snacks, screening of a Halloween movie, tarot card readings, breakfast, cereal bar, and much more. Bring your sleeping bag, but don't expect to get much sleep. Tickets begin at two hundred and fifty dollars for an individual and four hundred for a two ticket package. Proceeds directly benefit Bob Baker Marionette Theater and Omission of Preservation, education and innovation at the intersection of puppetry and the Allied Arts. This event is recommended for guests ages thirteen and over.

4:30 And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky post production by David Swolk. This Haunt News Update is a production of the Haunted Traction Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Haunted Traction Network dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gantum Mighty End Controls. Until next time, Hunters, Stay Scary. This is a Haunted Attractions production.