Tibbits Opera House will once again welcome fans of ghouls, ghosts and things that go bump in the night for its annual Monster Fest on Saturday, October 24 at 8pm.
Monster Fest has been a Halloween tradition at Tibbits, with live music kicking off the evening, followed by a film screening that's sometimes fun, sometimes scary and sometimes a little bit of both!
This year, Tibbits will kick things off at 8:00pm with Kalamazoo-based minimalist synth punk band Spatter Pattern.
Following Spatter Pattern's performance, Tibbits will screen Oscar-winning Director Peter Jackson's 1996 film "The Fighteners." This supernatural comedic horror film, starring Michael J. Fox, follows Frank Bannister, a man who loses his wife in a car accident. Soon after, he discovers he can communicate with the dead and uses the gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, Frank may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead. "The Frighteners" is rated R for terror/violence.
Throughout the evening, Michigan horror author and Delta College professor J.C. Vande Zande will be hosting a book signing in the Tibbits Art Gallery. Vande Zande recently published the final book in his gothic horror series, the Orphan Island Trilogy, which follows a family's fight against both literal monsters and internal demons across Northern Michigan. All three books of the trilogy will be available for purchase at Monster Fest.
Doors will open for this double-feature event at 7:00pm, with seating beginning at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10, including fees. Concessions, including alcoholic beverages, will be available for purchase. No outside food or drink is allowed inside the theatre. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit Tibbits.org, call 517-278-6029, or stop by the Tibbits office at 93 W. Chicago St., Coldwater, MI 49036 during business hours. Monster Fest 2026 is generously sponsored by Matthew C. Christopher, DDS, PC.