Nightmare in Vegas 2026

Nightmare in Vegas is Las Vegas' outdoor horror convention and classic car show, started in 2025 by local horror fans Amy Acevedo and Darlene Seguin. It combines horror celebrity guests, a horror and classic car show, live bands, a paranormal panel, horror vendors and artists, photo ops, cosplay and the Miss Nightmare in Vegas pinup pageant.

The second edition, Nightmare in Vegas 2, runs Saturday, October 10 (4pm–11pm) and Sunday, October 11 (noon–5pm), 2026 at the Silverton Casino Lodge. Guests include Tony Moran (the unmasked Michael Myers in Halloween), Lew Temple (The Walking Dead, The Devil's Rejects), Ginger Lynn, Scream's Leonora Scelfo and Nancy Anne Ridder, Kevin Keppy (Smile), Junko Bailey (The Grudge), Emma-Leigh Cullum (IT: Welcome to Derry), Clown in a Cornfield author Adam Cesare, Misfits drummer Dr. Chud, Bill D. Russell, Johnny Perotti and James Bartholet, plus a Poltergeist panel with Kathleen O'Rourke and She Was Here director Nick Bailey. Live music comes from The Koffin Kats, Los Carajos, Dr. Chud's X-Ward, Damned By the Night, Hellbillys, Plan 9, The Ghostwood Murder and The Rocketz, with DJ EQ spinning all weekend, host Brittany Calavera emceeing, and the local cosplay crew Monsters Slaughters roaming the grounds. Presale tickets start at $35 for Saturday and $25 for Sunday, and kids 10 and under get in free with a paid adult.