Ghoulish greetings from Count Gregula! Guess vhat? The beast time of year for fear is here once again! This scare season is lurking to be vast, vicked and vild for several established haunted happenings including some brand new ominous offerings scheduled to be open for boo business in 2024. A few fang-tastic fears and fall frights have already opened up early during…
Riot Fest started in Chicago as an indoor concert series over the course of two November nights in 2005 at the Congress Theater. In 2012, marketed as Riot Fest & Carnival moved outside to Humboldt Park in Chicago. Since 2015, the most current incarnation of Riot Fest is now known as the annual 3-day outdoor music festival at Douglass Park in Chicago…
The first fall festivity of the scare season starts on September 1 this year! Our putrid pals at Haunting with Friends are presenting The Spooky Market. The volunteer organization of haunters are bringing together 40+ vendors specializing in spooky, horror, and Halloveen inspired merch for every dark desire. Food trucks vith eerie edibles vill be on location. A costume contest is scheduled.…
For the first time ever, Motor Mania has been commissioned to travel across to a very few select states for an extra special Evel Knievel Tribute Tour. One of the exclusive stops is Volo Museum! Guests vill be able to see the stunt vehicles and gear vorn by Evel Knievel and his son Robbie Knievel including other items from the personal Knievel…
Get ready for some super sizzling summer shopping sales including special guests at the 2024 Wheaton All Night Flea Market this August. Fleas included! Special Guests: Count Gregula's Crypt (Horror Entertainment) Dylan Snow Magic (Magician) Butch Patrick (The Munsters) Mindy Cohn (The Facts of Life) Parker Stevenson (The Hardy Boys) Jon Provost (Lassie) Fred "The Hammer" Williamson (Hammer) Doctor Ivan Cryptosis (Horror Host & Comic) And…
It has been a sizzling summer so far, and things are only going to sizzle some more soon! FAN EXPO Chicago vill readily return to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois on August 16 - 18, 2024. Team Gregula is hex-cited to be attending the region’s longest-running comic and pop culture convention for our 17th time as official press.…
The 2024 Wisconsin State Fair, presented by UScellular, opens Thursday, Aug. 1 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 11 at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis. Agriculture is the backbone of the Wisconsin State Fair and can be seen throughout the barns, milking parlor, and educational exhibits on the fair grounds. Team Gregula cannot vait to make their annual road trip to "America's…
The Chicago edition of the Oddities & Curiosities Expo (O&C Expo) readily returns July 20-21, 2024 at McCormick Place. This vill be our second year in a row at the first and original international event exclusively showcasing oddities vendors and dark artists. Countess Gregula and I are hex-cited to renter the macabre mall of deadly delights for lovers of the strange, unusual, and bizarre.…
The Rock-afire Explosion (RAE) is an animatronic band that played in ShowBiz Pizza Place restaurants across the United States from 1980 to 1993. The pioneering show featured life-sized characters capable of advanced movement and facial expression. Created and manufactured by inventor Aaron Fechter through his company Creative Engineering, Inc. (CEI) in Orlando, Florida. In addition to overseeing the production of the animatronics, Fechter also provided the voices for several characters.…
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is returning to Chicago this April! Team Gregula is honored to be approved as the macabre media once again in order for us to cover our 15th edition of C2E2. Excelsior! ReedPop produces this premiere pop culture convention that has grown to be the largest fandom event to take place annually since 2010 in Chicago. During…