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Basement of Terror 2025
No clowning around
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Centennial Hall will turn into a horrifying dark carnival for the annual Basement of Terror festival. Experience local and regional metal music alongside a host of local spooky vendors.
SUNDAY, OCT. 25
The lights may have gone out on Basement Transmissions as we know it, but its spirit is alive at the fourth annual Basement of Terror at Centennial Hall. This year OddCity Entertainment is bringing the Big Top to the small stage with a Dark Carnival theme – those with coulrophobia (fear of clowns) beware. There will be plenty of music to rattle your bones, along with a costume contest, vendors, games, circus acts, horror characters, and magic for all the little tricksters.
Halloween and metal music go together like apples and razor blades, and the music featured on this hallowed eve is particularly heavy. Returning to headline this year's event will be northeastern Ohio metalcore band Dead Cassette, whose heavy riffs have gained them a solid local fan base. Awakened from their slumber are Akron, Ohio's 6Deep and Slugs, who are oozing all the way from Bristol, Connecticut. Representing Eerie on the bill are post-hardcore fiends Fastfall, garage punk ghouls Cheap, and straight from the Vampire Crypt in the Erie Cemetery, experimental post-hardcore band Cryptic Shock.
Vendors will be on hand to get that little monster in your life a special treat including: Oddities and Curiosities, Raven's Nest, and Made by a Weirdo. For those who are looking to lift their spirits, Lavery Brewery Company will be there to quench your thirst. Additional sponsors for the event are John's Wildwood Pizza, BTW Wrestling, and Werner Books and Coffee. So grab your face paint, pack as many people you can into a small car, and head to the Dark Carnival.
5 p.m. to midnight // Centennial Hall, 145 W. 11th St. // $20 at door, $15 pre-sale // 18+ unless accompanied by an adult // Tickets and info: oddcityentertainment.com
