Kick off Festival Eve with Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of The Red Death"!

We're celebrating not one but two major anniversaries this year: the 175th anniversary of Poe's death in 1849 and the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Poe House & Museum in 1949. Kick off the festival weekend with us in style in the glorious and newly opened M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.

Included in both general admission and VIP tickets are:

• A 60th anniversary screening of Roger Corman's 1964 horror classic, Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque Of The Red Death, starring Vincent Price
• Panel discussion with Victoria Price, author and daughter of Vincent Price
• Panel discussion with Michael Connelly, bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer and  Hieronymus Bosch detective series; Poe biographer and author of A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Dawidziak; and Academy Award-winning music supervisor, Jeffrey Pollack
• An exclusive first look at the new documentary on the death of Edgar Allan Poe
• A Q&A
• And more! 

 VIP tickets include access to all of the above, plus a special one-hour bar reception, preferred seating, and a limited edition anniversary poster to commemorate an unforgettable night.

Thank you to our sponsors, Wells Fargo and the Hippodrome Foundation for making this event possible!