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12/30/2024

🖤🎨 Vendor Spaces Now Open for Dark Art and Oddities Con 2025! 🎨🖤

Attention artists, creators, and dark vendors! 🕷️✨ Vendor space is now available for the 2025 Dark Art and Oddities Con, happening November 15th & 16th, 2025, at the stunning Altgeld Hall (a real castle!) on the campus of Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois.

🔮 This is your chance to showcase your creations to a crowd that loves the eerie, macabre, and unique! From handmade oddities to horror-inspired art, we’re looking for vendors who embrace the dark and creative.

Spaces are limited and filling up fast, so don’t miss your opportunity to be part of one of the most unique events of the year!

📅 Event Details & Vendor Info:
🌐 Register now: https://darkartandodditiescon.com/vendorinfo/
🔗 Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1538457513467489

Join us and be part of the magic (and the madness)! 🕸️👻

12/28/2024

Vendor Space NOW AVAILABLE for our 2025 Dark Art and Oddities Con! Get all of the 411 at www.darkartandodditescon.com/vendorinfo/

12/21/2024

We have official sold half of our 2025 convention vendor spaces already! If you would like to be a vendor at our 2025 Dark Art and Oddities Con in Dekalb, IL register early! Info at: https://darkartandodditiescon.com/vendorinfo/

11/18/2024

🎉🏆 Indie Horror Film Festival 2024 Award Winners 🏆🎉

We’re beyond excited to announce the winners of this year’s Indie Horror Film Festival! 🎬👻 A huge congratulations to these talented creators for their spine-chilling masterpieces! 💀✨

🎥 BEST FILM
TELEK 🎭🎞️

🎬 BEST DIRECTOR
COLIN STRYKER – LUMBERJACK 🌲🔪

🖋️ BEST WRITER
CANELLE VANDERFORD – ZOMBIE BREATH 🧟‍♂️💨

🌟 BEST ACTRESS
EILEEN DIETZ – GRANDMA’S COOKIES 🍪👵

🌟 BEST ACTOR
CALEB KOCSIS – ECHOES OF OBSESSION 🪞🖤

📸 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
LUMBERJACK 🌲🎥

✂️ BEST EDITING
JOLT ⚡✂️

🔊 BEST SOUND
ZOMBIE BREATH 🧟‍♂️🎧

🎵 BEST MUSIC
TELEK 🎻🎵

💥 BEST SPECIAL FX
TELEK 🎨🔥

Official Announcement: https://darkartandodditiescon.com/indie-horror-film-festival-2024-award-winners/

👏 A standing ovation to everyone who made this festival unforgettable! Stay spooky, horror lovers! 🕸️🦇

11/16/2024

🖤✨ MACABRE MINDS: The Ultimate Dark Trivia Challenge ✨🖤

Join us for the official After Hours event on Saturday, November 16th at Fatty’s Pub & Grille in Dekalb! Hosted by the talented Heather Harlow, this night promises dark and thrilling trivia fun, perfect for horror fans and trivia buffs alike! 🧛‍♂️🎃

Screams start at 8 PM! Bring your A-game, as there will be prizes up for grabs! Plus, enjoy Fatty’s delicious food and drinks, available for purchase. 🍔🍹

📍 Location:
Fatty’s Pub & Grille
1312 W Lincoln Hwy.
Dekalb, IL 60115

🕸️ No cover charge to join the Macabre Minds fun—just show up ready to test your knowledge of the eerie and the strange!

Don’t miss this chance to connect with fellow dark minds and kick back with great eats, drinks, and trivia! See you there! 🎃👻

For all Convention Information: www.darkartandodditiescon.com

11/15/2024

🚗 CONVENTION PARKING INFORMATION 🚗

Please reference the spaces highlighted in orange as FREE PARKING areas for the convention! 🟧🅿️

NOTE: The spaces right across from the doors to the convention venue are reserved for designated convention runners and HANDICAP PARKING ONLY ♿️ (must display appropriate plate or marker). 🚫🚙 All others will be towed.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! 🙏

11/15/2024

👀 Want to hear real stories of the paranormal, true crime, and the supernatural? Weird Darkness Podcast has you covered! Hosted by Darren Marlar, this podcast delivers the spookiest content for your eerie heart. 🖤

🌐 www.weirddarkness.com

11/15/2024

We are excited to announce “Grandma’s Cookies” as an Official Selection of the 2024 Indie Horror Film Festival, taking place on Sunday, November 17th as part of the Dark Art and Oddities Con in Dekalb, Illinois!

Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, a young boy discovers a terrible secret behind his Grandma’s special Cookes for Santa.

Director: Michael J Coulombe

2:30pm Film Block – Running Time: 10m

11/14/2024

We are excited to announce “Family For Christmas” as an Official Selection of the 2024 Indie Horror Film Festival, taking place on Sunday, November 17th as part of the Dark Art and Oddities Con in Dekalb, Illinois!

Synopsis: Robert meets Marshall’s family for the first time this Christmas, only for things not to be as jolly as they appear.

Director: Nick Pospisil

4:30pm Film Block – Running Time: 13m

Address

1212 W Lincoln Highway
Dekalb, IL
60115

Website

http://www.IndieHorrorFest.com/

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