Nightmare Vermont is a unique, all-volunteer, charity Halloween event in the U.S. We combine live stage combat, original immersive theater, and all the best in interactive scares and special effects. Since Nightmare Vermont’s inception in 2004, thousands of people have enjoyed the show every year. We are WAY TOO EXCITED to scare you once again in 2024. Welcome to our 20th anniversary. We can almost smell your fear…

Showtimes

October 17-19, 24-26. Tickets to enter the show are available for timeslots between 7 and 10pm on Thursdays and Fridays, 6pm and 11pm Saturdays. Click BUY TICKETS above for specific showtimes. We highly encourage purchasing tickets at LEAST a week in advance to ensure we can get your tickets. We expect to sell out well before showtime once again.

New This Year

We are extremely grateful to Dead North and the Great Vermont Corn Maze for allowing us to absorb many of their special effects and props as they closed their haunt this year. Get ready for Halloween, because we’ve been dying to get your pulsing hearts in our scabby little hands again. And we can’t WAIT to hear you scream.

Traditions

We will continue our offerings of Monster Wards and an auction for the Monster Teaser with each group. Please see our FAQ for more info on these experience enhancers 😉

Nightmare has combined the maze and narrative portions of the show to make one relentless ride for our patrons. We continue to offer reduced group size to ensure a highly interactive experience. The last shows of the last night are EXTRA BLOODY shows, and we recommend ponchos. Every year in Nightmare, there is a plunger. See if you can spot it. 

Health Protocols 

Our volunteers will encounter thousands of patrons in close quarters during the run of the show. Their health and safety allow us to continue entertaining the community. If you feel at all unwell, please wear a mask to keep these volunteers healthy during the entire run. We appreciate your consideration!

Take Care

Because we firmly believe in consent in scaring, we publish each year’s Trigger Warnings for folks who may have phobias or sensitivities. We also always honor safewords. If you shout “SAFEWORD” during the show, we’ll lead you out of the situation and you CAN rejoin your group if you wish. 

Join Us

Volunteers make Nightmare work and make it unique. We’re looking for weird performers, fun-lovers, helpers and evil geniuses. Let us welcome you at our Season Kickoff August 30th and 31st and/or fill out our Volunteer Form. We host many instructional workshops during the Halloween season for our volunteers, including Effective Scaring, FX Makeup, Room Design and Stage Combat. Make your Halloween a wild ride with a bunch of awesome folks. 

Charitable Mission

Nightmare Vermont is committed to supporting local charities and giving back to the community. After the pandemic, we donated $32,000 to help upkeep the Grandstand at the Champlain Valley Expo in time for the Champlain Valley Fair. We are so proud we were able to keep this icon operational for the Fair’s 2021 return. We have partnered with Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity, Champlain Valley Exposition, Camp Exclamation Point, Women Helping Battered Women, and hurricane relief. Other charitable endeavors are our Northeast Haunters’ Scholarship, Del’s Ride and Essex Chips.

Every couple of years, we send young artists to major Haunted Attraction conventions to learn more about the industry and artistry of haunted houses. The revenue from our Teasers and tip jars go toward this scholarship fund.