Schedule
Panels, film screenings, entertainment, and more – these will all be selected soon and shared right here! Below you will see the general schedule – we will be announcing the entertainment and film schedule soon!
Keep coming back for more updates to Scream Diego! Below you will find the upcoming tentative 2025 schedules. All schedules and programming are subject to change without notice.
Saturday 2025 General Schedule
Below is the general schedule and times for various aspects and rooms for Scream Diego.
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM – Vendor Halls (Crystal, Presidio, and Palm Area)
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM – Artist Room and Hall (Garden Room 1 and Foyer)
10:30 AM – 8:00 PM – General Panel Room 1 (Terrace Room)
11:00 AM – 7:30 PM – General Panel Room 2 (Balboa Room)
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM – Game Room (Garden Room 2)
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM – Kid’s Zone and Pumpkin Patch (Garden Room 2)
10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – Dark Curiosities (Director’s Room)
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM – Entertainment and Performances (Tower Room)
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM – Short Film Screenings (Club Room)
07:00 PM – 8:00 PM – VIP Reception with Japanese and other Asian Bites
08:00 PM – 12:00 AM – Spooky Karaoke / Skary-Oke with Emo Talent Collective (Terrace Room)
07:00 PM – 12:00 AM – Monster Prom After Party with opening set by This Unrest (Tower Room, 2nd Floor)
Panel Schedule – Terrace Room
Below is the schedule for the panels taking place in the TERRACE ROOM.
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10:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Scaaaaary Music!
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – San Diego Horror Events Come Alive
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – Horror in the Age of the Internet
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Beyond the Darkness: A Dialogue on Goth in San Diego
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Writing Bestselling Horror, Dark Fantasy & Sci-Fi
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – True Ghost Stories of Downtown San Diego
Panel Schedule – Balboa Room
Below is the schedule for the panels taking place in the BALBOA ROOM.
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Comic Book Anthologies
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM – Monsters Reimagined: From Classic Creatures to Modern Nightmares
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – The Devil’s in the Details: Building Believable Horror Villains
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – Diversity in Horror
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Never Whistle At Night: Exploring Indigenous Horror
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM – Would You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?
Entertainment Schedule – Tower Room
Below is the schedule for the entertainment, including the costume contest, taking place in the TOWER ROOM, on the second floor of the Handlery Hotel. Take the stairs or the elevator to get up there!
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11:00 AM – 11:30 PM – Horror Writer’s Association
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Ryujin Taiko
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM – Selkie
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – SPECIAL GUEST PANEL with Debi Durst and Glenn Walters from Nightmare Before Christmas
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM – EmoRain
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Deerling
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – Costume Contest (Adults and Kids)
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Horror Writer’s Association
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Powderpuff Peep Show
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM – MONSTER PROM
Horror Film Festival Schedule – ClubRoom
Below is the general time blocks for the Horror Short Film Festival, taking place in the CLUB ROOM, on the first floor of the Handlery Hotel from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – First Block: Body Aches (fourteen short films)
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Second Block: Mind Blenders (nine short films)
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Third Block: Soul Crushers (six short films)