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The Monster Ball
October 28, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 11:30 pm
The Monster Ball is the gala celebration of our October Storygame. What happens when you get 5 Monsters to the Monster Museum on October 28? THIS!
ScienceWorks transforms itself into a spooky museum of family fun and After Dark surprises for this year’s Monster Ball on Saturday, Oct 28 from 4-8pm to 9-12midnight RIP After Party.
Marvel at the Monster Carnival of Ashland Aerial Artists and Stilt-walkers at the entrance of the museum.
Inside you will find the Wizard’s Great Hall and a Potion Mixery hosted by TreeHouse Books.
Adult Potions will be available at Lark’s Scary Saloon no-host bar.
Dance to the terrorizing tunes of DJ Veach in the Ghoulish Graveyard.
Try fiendish hands-on experiments with Scienceworks Mad Scientist staff in Frankenstein’s Lab.
Watch vintage Halloween shorts and movies in the Sinister Cinema.
Make a paper flower and light a candle for the ancestors at our Ancestors Portal in memory of Sarah Wood.*
Visit the Fortune Teller Forest to learn the mystic art of Tarot or to find your Animal Familiar.
Enter our Creepy Costume Contest and Raffle to win spooktacular prizes.
A Monster Hunt will guide you to find hidden monsters and spooky surprises throughout the museum.
Capture your Monster Ball memories at the Monster Photo Booth.
Festivities include performances by Ashland Aerial Arts, Levity Circus Collective and Ashland Witches will lead partygoers in a flash mob-style performance of the German Witch Dance.
Tickets are $10 advance purchase and $20 at the door. $25 RIP tickets get you into our After Dark After Party with a Joe Dunbar produced burlesque show.
Ticket outlets include ScienceWorks Museum and online at scienceworksmuseum.org. Money raised will fund ScienceWorks Educational programs.
*The Oct 28th Monster Ball honors the memory of our beloved neighbor and friend Sarah Wood, who loved Halloween and left us far too soon.