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Sep 13 – Sep 14

FrightReads Book Festival 5

Name: FrightReads Book Festival 5
Start: 2025-09-13T11:00:00-0400
End: 2025-09-14T18:00:00-0400
Location: Howard County Fairgrounds

Sat. Sep 13, 2025 at 11:00am - Sun. Sep 14, 2025 at 6:00pm EDT

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184 days away

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184 days away

All Ages

Event Description

CELEBRATE 5 YEARS OF FRIGHTREADS!

Frightreads Book Festival is back, in a new location and ready for more books than ever! Frightreads is an all-ages event that features hundreds of authors of all Halloween type genres (horror, mystery, sci-fi, thriller, fantasy, etc), fabulous actors and talented artists of every variety! Make FrightReads your one stop shop for everything horror to kick the Halloween Season off right!

WHEN:

SEPTEMBER 13-14, 2025

Saturday: 11AM - 6PM

SUNDAY 12 - 6PM

WHERE:

HOWARD COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

2210 Fairgrounds Rd, West Friendship, MD 21794

TICKET INFO:

VIP Gets you in an hour early! Comes with a swag bag to store all of your new books, and even a shirt! That's a deal!

Group passes saves you a whole ticket! Get four friends to go, and come for free with that deal! 5 Tickets for the price of 4!!!

As always, Kids 12 & Under are FREE with paying adults!!!

WHAT DOES YEAR FIVE BRING US???

Photos from 2024!

TONS OF INTERACTIVE PHOTO OPS!
FREE FACEPAINTING!
NICKI'S FREE CRAFTS CORNER! (Make some crafts, color some pictures, etc)
INFORMATIVE PANELS!

SPECIAL GUESTS:

AUTHORS:

ADAM CESARE!

JEFF STRAND!

BRIDGETT NELSON!

FILM AND TELEVISION:

PATTY MULLEN!

ERIK STOLHANSKE!

MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS THROUGH THE YEAR! Visit the website for full author and vendor list, and current event details!

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Reserve Tickets

Quantity	Children 12 & Under (Sat/Sun) + More Details	Free
Quantity	General Admission Adult Sunday + More Details $20.00 + $1.24 Service Fee	$21.24
Quantity	General Admission Adult Saturday + More Details $25.00 + $1.49 Service Fee	$26.49
Quantity	WEEKEND GA ENTRY + More Details $40.00 + $1.74 Service Fee	$41.74
Quantity	VIP SUNDAY + More Details $60.00 + $2.24 Service Fee	$62.24
Quantity	VIP SATURDAY + More Details $65.00 + $2.49 Service Fee	$67.49
Quantity	VIP WEEKEND + More Details $110.00 + $3.49 Service Fee	$113.49

Select Bundles

Quantity	Sunday SQUAD PACK (5 GA for price of 4!) + More Details $80.00 + $6.20 Service Fee	$86.20
Quantity	Saturday SQUAD PACK (5 GA for price of 4!) + More Details $100.00 + $7.45 Service Fee	$107.45
Quantity	Weekend SQUAD PACK (5 GA for price of 4!) + More Details $160.00 + $8.70 Service Fee	$168.70

Venue Details

Howard County Fairgrounds 2210 Fairgrounds Road
West Friendship, MD 21794

Twitter: @frightreads
Instagram: @frightreadsbookfest

Follow the event with #FrightReads

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