Watch Horror Movies.
Old classics, new bangers, weird stuff you can't see anywhere else. Programmed across the weekend in pavilions and 1920s cinema houses, after dark, under fog.
Boutique horror festival · Sunshine Coast · Halloween weekend
Film Festival Meets
Theme Park Horror Night.
Films, fire, fog, sideshow performers, and a friendly mascot named Gary who hasn't worked out what kind of festival this is yet. One weekend a year, on the Queensland Sunshine Coast.
Here's What You Actually Do Here.
Watch People Do Dangerous Things.
Fire breathers. Sword swallowers. Contortionists. Dark cabaret. Slotted between the films so you're not picking — the live show is part of the schedule.
Eat, Drink, Get Spooked.
Carnival food, a properly stocked bar, costumed performers wandering, a sinister MC who is going to embarrass at least one volunteer on stage.
Sunshine Ghost Festival presents
Dark Carnival
Friday 27 — Sunday 29 October 2028
Year 1 of the main festival. The carnival come alive after dark — sideshow gone wrong, vintage fairground horror taking over Nambour Showgrounds for one weekend in the lead-up to Halloween night.
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