“Quoth the Raven: get your tickets before they’re nevermore!
The 8th Annual International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards returns October 3–5, 2025, with three days of chilling delights, literary homage, and Poe-inspired spectacle.
This year marks the 180th anniversary of “The Raven” and the 150th anniversary of Poe’s Monument—once-in-a-lifetime milestones celebrated with live performances, lantern-lit tours, a mesmeric masquerade, and the city’s most hauntingly original street festival, held in the shadow of Poe House. Admission to the street festival is FREE, with select programs requiring advance tickets.
Festival Highlights:
- Free Outdoor Festival (Oct 4–5, Poe House) – A macabre midway of readings, art, vendors, the Costume POErade, RavenBeer garden, and appearances by MC Lars, Chad the Bird, and more. See the free festival program.
- Black Cat Ball: Mesmeric Masquerade (Oct 4, Westminster Hall) – The official Poe Festival party! Poe-inspired pageantry, catacomb tours, dancing, and the Saturday ‘Visiter’ Awards reveal. GA $149, VIP Lounge for Two $425. Tickets
- Raven Reception & Movie Nite + VIP Twilight Tour (Oct 3, Lord Baltimore Hotel) – Movie night in a haunted hotel! Cocktails, Poe panels, and a balcony screening of Roger Corman’s The Raven starring Vincent Price. GA $39, VIP $79. Tickets
- Death Weekend Bus Tours (Oct 3-5,) – Retrace Poe’s final footsteps through Baltimore’s most storied sites. Various options!
- Red Masque Festival Pass – The ultimate way to see the most festival events, including Westminster Hall & The Poe Death Exhibit at Carroll Mansion! Six sinister experiences for just $49 (over $100 value). See what’s included!
- New This Year – 180th Anniversary of The Raven, Concert at Westminster Hall, featuring David W. Cook and The Rivers of Harmony, performing the U.S. premiere of Alexina Louie’s The Raven. Tickets
- And of course tours of the Edgar Allan Poe House! All proceeds benefit the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum, now preparing for a once-in-a-generation expansion.
Tickets sell fast—reserve yours at PoeFestInternational.org.
