Get in Touch with your Spooky Side at the 6th Annual Poe Fest International. Tickets on sale NOW!

Event organizer Poe Baltimore hosts Poe Events to kick off Halloween season plus NEW Exhibit “Poe in Comics” and PROM NITE at the Black Cat Ball

Poe Baltimore will host the sixth annual International Edgar Allan Poe Festival and Awards (Poe Fest International), commemorating the 174th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s death, and will feature vendors, performances, readings, tours, music, art demonstrations, a coffin building display and The Black Cat Ball. This family-friendly festival will take place October 7 & 8, 2023, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, open to the public, at Poe Park, in front of Poe House, at 203 N. Amity St., Baltimore. General Admission is FREE; Special events are ticketed, including tours of The Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum, “The Death Weekend Poe Places Bus Tour” of historic sites in Baltimore associated with Poe’s Death, “PROM NITE” at the Black Cat Ball at Westminster Hall and a Bloody Mary Brunch with Poe. Additional festival events at locations around the city include a “Poe in Comics & Poe Death Exhibits” at Westminster Hall & Burying Ground.

Additionally, there will be VIP special tents and events with a “Costume POE-rade,” a One Man Poe Show performance tent, detective mystery puzzles presented by The Murder Mystery Company, and a RavenBeer Garden. Winners of the 2023 Saturday “Visiter” Awards will be announced at the Black Cat Ball. A complete schedule of festival events and ticket information will be regularly updated at https://poefestinternational.com/festival-program. Direct ticket sales: http://poefestinternational.eventbrite.com.

Highlights and Special Event Information:

• The International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards will include family-friendly art demonstrations, readings, musical performances, and even a coffin-building workshop will return to the festival. Poe-themed costumes are encouraged!

• Special Event: The Poe Places Death Weekend Bus Tour via Rent-a-Tour is a two-hour tour that takes ticket holders to four Baltimore Poe sites including a special funeral “viewing”, October 7 & 8 2023. $59 pp. This ticket option includes the new “Poe in Comics” And Poe Death Exhibits at Westminster Hall.

• Special Event: PROM NITE at the Black Cat Ball, the official party of Poe Fest International, themed this year as a festive gothic prom night including a Gothic Red Carpet and will take place October 7, 2023, 7:30 – 11:00 PM, at Westminster Hall, 519 W. Fayette Street. Tickets include a reception and private viewing of the Poe in Comic & Poe Death Exhibit, a grave-site Cognac toast to Edgar Allan Poe and a program that includes the announcement of the winners of the 2023 Saturday “Visiter” Awards, presented by author of the bestselling novel, Mrs. Poe, Lynn Cullen; $135 to $200 pp

Proceeds from The International Edgar Allan Poe Festival and Awards (Poe Fest International) will benefit The Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum and Poe Baltimore, a non-profit organization. While the festival is free, donations are encouraged: http://www.poeinbaltimore.org/support/.