Electronic Press Kit
2026 Festival of Monsters
The UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies 2026 Festival of Monsters takes place October 14-18 in Santa Cruz, CA. The Festival’s free public days start Wednesday, Oct. 14 with a sci-fi horror film, The Quatermass Xperiment at The 418 Project. The Festival’s academic conference takes place at the Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz on Oct. 14-18 and includes the Monsters’ Ball on Oct. 17. An authors’ panel at the Museum of Art and History, a comic panel and signing at Atlantis Fantasyworld and monstrous games at Game Santa Cruz brings the Festival downtown on Oct. 17. For our Electronic Press Kit, complete with images, click HERE.