Monsters & Merriment

06/15/2026

116 days to go... and then we party like monsters!
🎃☠️👻😈👀🦇🍂🍁🍄🖤

04/30/2026

🖤🎃🖤
We are HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN!
For those of us here, of course, it's Halloween every day, isn't it?
We can't wait to welcome you back to the show - mark your calendars for Saturday, October 10th 2026!
***Our fabulous flyer art presented here was created by David Irvine of The Gnarled Branch. David knows how to set a spooky scene, doesn't he? We're proud to feature his original painting here for your enjoyment. Visit him on IG at:
https://www.instagram.com/thegnarledbranch/

04/16/2026

***UPDATE*** May 2, 2026***

HALLOWEEN GREETINGS, everyone -
We are at the HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN point!
* A reminder to all who expressed enthusiasm to join our upcoming show: indoor booth space is filling.
*** We are sold out of our large 8X12 booths
*** There are still some 8X8 and 8X6 tables available
*** Still plenty of tent space outside (10X10)
---->Please be sure to submit your finalized application and payment ASAP. All booths are first come, first served.
🎃 Deadline: April 30, 2026 🎃
--->Any questions? - please email us at [email protected]

04/09/2026

🎃🎃🎃 Y'all come to Fezziwig's Halloween Shoppe during the 2026 MONSTERS & MERRIMENT show! Fezziwig's is a charming country store packed full of all kinds of Halloween/fall goodies. A licensed Bethany Lowe Designs dealer as well, with beautiful gifts, home decor and lots more. We'll see you here on Saturday, October 10, 2026 from 10am-5pm! 🎃🎃🎃

04/06/2026

***UPDATE!***
We've had a fabulous response for artists - right now we have those who create jewelry, thank you!
---> Looking for figurative artists who create sculptures in all mediums, such as clay, fiber, assemblage, resin etc.

We are almost halfway to Halloween!🎃💀🦇🍂
(cue "It's the most wonderful tiiiiiime of the year!")
Looking forward to spending time with all those who love Halloween and hand-made artistry 🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤

04/04/2026

Your booth looks stunning! - Have a great show! 🖤

Join me today and tomorrow (April 4th and 5th) at Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival in Nashville! This is my 1st show of 2026 and I'm excited to get back in the swing and see you all again!

More info about the festival at Full Moon Tattoo & Horror Festival

04/02/2026

03/24/2026

We're seeking the best of Nashville's Halloween artists (open to artists everywhere, of course) 🎃
*** DEADLINE: April 24, 2026 ***

03/22/2026

***Another SCAMMER ALERT!***
Anyone receiving a Gmail message from this loser - please do not fall for their scam.
--->This person is NOT AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY with Monsters & Merriment.
- - -The fact that they took the time to create an actual flyer (with crappy AI images, of course) just shows how low they are.

03/19/2026

Today in Horror history.... a true classic made its debut.

On March 19, 1977 “Eraserhead” premiered at the Filmex Film Festival at a midnight screening in Los Angeles, California! Written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white, it was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk. It tells the story of a man (Nance) who is left to care for his grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial landscape. On its opening night, the film was attended by just twenty-five people. Eraserhead spent several years in principal photography because of funding difficulties; donations from Jack Fisk and his wife Sissy Spacek as well as Nance's wife and crew member Catherine Coulson kept production afloat. Lynch collaborated with most of the cast and crew of Eraserhead again on his later films. On its opening night, 25 people attended; while 24 watched it the next evening. But Ben Barenholtz, head of distribution at Libra Films, persuaded local theater Cinema Village to run Eraserhead as a midnight feature, where it continued for a year. After that, it ran for over a year at New York's Waverly Cinema and had a midnight run at San Francisco's Roxie Theater from 1978 to 1979 and a three-year tenure at Los Angeles's Nuart Theatre from 1978 to 1981.