Festival Fright Nights Expands At Winchester Mystery House For Halloween 2026

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This Fall, Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group is heading back to the Winchester Mystery House for another year of Festival Fright NIghts. The reimagined Halloween festival experience will unfold throughout the San Jose estate with scares, food, and fun of all kinds. The event runs on select nights from September 18th through November 1st.

2026 sees three attractions, new interactive experiences, games, and returning favorites that’ll immerse guests in the mansion, its history, and so much more. Tickets are on sale right now and start at $60.99. So what’s new for 2026 with Festival Fright Nights At Winchester Mystery House?

New Arrivals For 2026 At Festival Fright Nights

New this season, The House of Spirits follows Sarah Winchester’s loyal butler following her death as he desperately attempts to care for the sprawling estate as strange activity spreads through the halls.. Armed with ghost traps and unwavering determination, he struggles to contain the spirits as whispers, shadows and unsettling encounters suggest the house is slipping far beyond his control.

The estate’s story grows darker in The Final Descent: No Escape, where the staff who once cared for the mansion have been consumed by the darkness beneath the grounds. What remains now stalks the halls as guests fight to escape a house fully surrendered to evil. In The Root of All Evil, something ancient stirs beneath the estate. Inside the greenhouse, twisted roots, corrupted growth and strange creatures reveal an evil lurking in the soil that has been feeding on the property since long before Sarah Winchester arrived.

The Full List Of Activities

• Orchard Axe –  Test your aim with an axe-throwing challenge on the estate grounds.
• The Seance Society Speakeasy – This hidden watering hole tucked behind Houdini’s traveling camp is where skeptics, socialites, and spiritualists gather after dark to trade tales of the supernatural. Included with VIP Admission.
• The Underhouse: The Collector’s Secret – Descend beneath the mansion and uncover a new secret hidden in the darkness below.
• Harry Houdini Presents: Do Spirits Exist? – Witness Harry Houdini’s bold live séance as the world-famous skeptic challenges the supernatural inside the Winchester estate.  Included with VIP Admission.
• Combo Pack. Includes The Underhouse: The Collector’s Secret and Harry Houdini Presents: Do Spirits Exist?
• Gourd Horde– New! Feed the hungry Gourd Horde by landing pumpkin balls into their chomping mouths before they turn their attention to you.
• Skeptics Shot Shooting Gallery. New! – Step up to the midway and prove your aim in this vintage shooting gallery inspired by Houdini’s greatest skeptics.
• Cider Mill Experience. New! Take a break from the scares with a seasonal autumn experience on the estate grounds.
• Game Pass – New and available online only! Includes Orchard Axe and the Gourd Horde.
• Roast Your Own S’mores. New! Gather around the fire and roast a classic fall treat before jumping back into the fog.

Additionally, guests can enjoy a variety of seasonal treats, while those 21 and over can sip on specialty cocktails before or after braving the horrors of the Winchester estate.

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