Valentine's Day, or as we like to call it, VAMPentine's Day is a very special time of year for us vampires. Bloody hearts, dark romantic spaces and the color red EVERYWHERE. What's not to love? Well, for Haunted House lovers like Da Count and I, there is just one place to go for that devilish date and of course we are talking…
Happy VAMPentine’s Day 2024! The creators at Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group are back again to turn the romantic holiday into a frightfully fun and interactive hex-perience. Love Bites: A Valentine’s Haunted House returns to Schiller Park on Friday, February 16 through Sunday, February 18. Skip the same ol' boring dates this V-Day to go on a more *ahem* stimulating scary soiree cleverly crafted…
Cider Summit Chicago has once again returned to Navy Pier's AON Grand Ballroom for their 10th annual festival on Saturday February 3rd, and Team Gregula had a fangtastic time sampling some crisp ciders and other luscious libations. This year was different than in past years in that there was only one general admission session (2PM-6PM) instead of the usual two (12PM-3PM &…
Cider Summit returns to Chicago for their 10th annual festival vith a brand new schedule! The region’s largest cider festival vill be featuring approximately 150 ciders, cider cocktails, and fruit spirits. Team Gregula is hex-cited to be sampling various ciders again in order to give our revealing recommendations to all our riveted readers. Cider Summit Chicago is happening on Saturday, February 3,…
Ahoy, Macabre Mateys! The first engaging event of the new year that Team Gregula vill cover as the morbid media is the 2024 Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show. Happening January 10-14, 2024 at McCormick Place South. Five days of recreational reveling for the entire fang-mily. Showgoers get the opportunity to view, board, and shop over 600 boats. Featuring the top retailers in the boat and…
Vell, here it is! Our annual Year in Review. This vas a vay better and more satisfying year for Team Gregula. Ve made nearly a full comeback vith reviewing events again since losing our previous ChicagoNow entertainment blog of 10 years back in August 2022. Team Gregula officially added a new author that is also our regular photographer at most major events…
Krampus has returned for 2023! This December 13th Floor Haunted House Chicago vill once again be transformed into a Christmas vonderland, although it von’t be all glitter and snowflakes. Keep your eyes peeled and find all of your favorite holiday traditions, but this time full of jolly jeer. You better vatch out. You better not cry. Horrifying Christmas characters vill haunt all…
Soon Thanksgiving will be just a memory with full bellies and happy hearts. So... what's there to do after a long tryptophan nap? Well, if you're a Doctor Who fan, the annual Chicago TARDIS convention will be taking place this weekend (November 24-26) in Lombard, Illinois with lots of fangtastic events and celebrities galore! Team Gregula is hex-cited to be covering our…
Most people look at the calendar and say it's almost time for Thanksgiving and Xmas. But for the Gregula fang-mily it’s 2nd Halloween, because we all know that one is never enough! A great way to keep the spooky spirit alive is to attend horror events, and lucky for you Days Of The Dead: Chicago will be returning next weekend (November 17…
Our favorite time of year is in full swing, so Team Gregula just had visit one of their fiendishly favorite spooky places - Scream Scene Haunted House! Located inside the Abandoned Skokie Water Playground that is part of the Skokie Park District, Scream Scene is a perfect spot to take a date or scare your kids, haha. The haunt location is very easy to find because…