HauntFest April Ghouls

April Ghouls 2025 is a Halloween/horror festival returning to Athens this April! HauntFest is an immersive macabre experience, celebrating the horror arts through live music, art vendors, themed entertainment, and bewitching activities. The event itself is akin to the festivities one might enjoy at a Rennaissance Fair, albeit with a haunted twist. HauntFest is known to have had activities such as axe throwing, live animal encounters (holding snakes or kittens in Halloween costumes), trivia, rage rooms, free-roaming ghouls, food and drink, ghost stories, freak shows, crafts, face painting, hayrides, celebrity appearances, costume contests, and more, always accompanied by a haunted trail or other attraction. This year's haunted attraction will be on-site and run by Lake Joy Trails of Terror from Kathleen, Georgia. There are now combo tickets available on our website to include the haunted attraction!

Fridays and Saturdays are more catered to adults while Sundays are more family-friendly. **Applies to festival grounds only.

"Established in May 2023, HauntFest has risen as a leading horror festival business, captivating audiences with its spine-chilling spectacles and atmosphere. From bewitching entertainment to macabre vendors and haunted attractions, HauntFest offers an unparalleled immersion into the realm of terror. Experience spooktacular live performances, encounter creatures both mythical and monstrous and traverse unhallowed grounds where every corner hides a new fun and exciting horror. Unlike other Halloween conventions, HauntFest prides itself in highlighting the arts through a weekend celebration, where patrons can wear their monster skins and join in on the dead man’s party. HauntFest invites you to embrace the darkness that lurks within, but beware: once you enter, there’s no turning back…"

To purchase tickets, apply as a vendor or entertainer, or to become part of our team, visit hauntfest.net!