{"id":43803,"date":"2025-09-26T13:18:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/?p=43803"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:41:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:41:51","slug":"festival-fright-nights-at-winchester-mystery-house-bay-area-halloween-haunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/festival-fright-nights-at-winchester-mystery-house-bay-area-halloween-haunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Fright Nights at Winchester Mystery House: Bay Area Halloween Haunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Festival Fright Nights at Winchester Mystery House<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"341\">A new chapter of Halloween begins at one of the most mysterious mansions in the world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"568\">For the first time ever, the creatives behind Queen Mary\u2019s Dark Harbor and Los Angeles Haunted Hayride are heading north to the Bay Area to bring a haunting Halloween experience to Winchester Mystery House.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"722\"><strong data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"514\">Festival Fright Nights<\/strong> is an all-new Halloween event running select nights from <strong data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"613\">September 26 through November 1, 2025<\/strong>, and tickets are officially on sale now at <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/festivalfrightnights.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"721\">FestivalFrightNights.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"722\"><em><strong>It\u2019s not every day you enter a haunted house set inside a house already rumored to be haunted.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"743\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What to Expect:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"1035\">It is Halloween night, 1924\u2014two years after Sarah Winchester\u2019s passing. A mysterious host has invited you to a decadent masquerade ball, claiming they\u2019ve opened a spiritual gateway inside the mansion that will finally reveal why Sarah Winchester built her endless house of secrets. But this house has never been one to give up its secrets without a price&#8230;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1073\"><em>This fully immersive event features:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1400\">\n<li data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1144\">\n<p data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1144\">Three all-new haunted attractions across the Winchester estate<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1240\">\n<p data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1240\">Theatrical performances and interactive storylines unfolding throughout the night<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1295\">\n<p data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1295\">Themed food, cocktails, and more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1400\">\n<p data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1400\">Access to exclusive areas of the mansion not opened to the public<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"743\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ticket Info:<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_1rjym_1\">\n<div class=\"group _tableWrapper_1rjym_13 flex w-fit flex-col-reverse\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<table class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\" data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"657\">\n<thead data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"179\">\n<tr data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"179\">\n<th data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"160\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Tier<\/th>\n<th data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"179\" data-col-size=\"xl\">What\u2019s Included<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"657\">\n<tr data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"313\">\n<td data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"214\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"192\" data-end=\"213\">General Admission<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"313\" data-col-size=\"xl\">Access to all 3 haunted attractions via standard queue (timed entry; arrive ~15 minutes early).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"446\">\n<td data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"330\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"329\">Fast Pass<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"446\" data-col-size=\"xl\">Everything in General Admission, plus priority queue access at each haunted attraction (cuts wait times ~50%, varies by night).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"657\">\n<td data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"479\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"478\">VIP Masquerade Invitation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"657\" data-col-size=\"xl\">Front-of-line access to haunted attractions in General Admission <strong data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"533\">plus<\/strong> Maestro\u2019s Halloween Masquerade inside the mansion with a welcome cocktail (21+ or zero-proof option) and masquerade mask.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Plus, don\u2019t miss out on add-on experiences like axe throwing, The Underhouse, a theatrical Houdini s\u00e9ance, and speakeasy access.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1436\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why You\u2019ll Want Tickets Early:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"679\">Dynamic Pricing:<\/strong> Ticket prices rise closer to event dates and are <strong data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"762\">highest when purchased day-of<\/strong>. Buy early to secure the best deal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1653\">This is the <strong data-start=\"1449\" data-end=\"1463\">first time<\/strong> Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group has brought their signature scares to Northern California with a brand-new Bay Area Halloween Haunt at Winchester Mystery House. With a limited number of nights and high anticipation, <strong data-start=\"1608\" data-end=\"1652\">tickets are expected to sell out quickly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1660\" data-end=\"1859\">\ud83d\udc49 <strong data-start=\"1663\" data-end=\"1766\">Don\u2019t wait. Tickets are on sale now at <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/festivalfrightnights.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1704\" data-end=\"1764\">FestivalFrightNights.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bay Area Halloween Haunt like no other. With haunted attractions, immersive performances, themed cocktails, and access to hidden corners of the mansion, this is your chance to experience Halloween in one of the most mysterious and allegedly haunted homes in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":43387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43803"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44908,"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43803\/revisions\/44908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winchestermysteryhouse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}