September 11 - November 1, 2026Fright Fest is Six Flags Over Texas' annual Halloween event. Each Fall the park turns into a spooky version of itself, complete with haunted houses, scare zones, themed shows, specialty foods, and more.
Fright Fest 2026 features two new scare zones: Día de los Muertos and Doc Varnum’s Hybrid Hell Pit. Haunted Houses include the returning IP-based haunted houses The Strangers: No Escape, The Conjuring Universe, and SAW: Legacy of Terror, and returning original haunts EverSmile Industries and Terror at Polynesian Palm.
Be sure and read our Rules & Tips section before visiting.
Thrills by Day, Chills by Night
During the day, the park offers a family-friendly experience with Tricks and Treats, where kids can trick-or-treat and families can paint pumpkins and go through a hay maze. The returning Oktoberfest Food Festival also coincides with Fright Fest, serving up German-inspired cuisine, entertainment, and laid-back vibes. And of course the park's world-class collection of rides are available to enjoy, including the new Tormenta Rampaging Run.
As night falls, however, The Awakening ritual releases hordes of zombies, ghouls, and other maniacal beasts into the park with one mission: terrifying guests. Specially-designated Scare Zones have the highest concentration of horror. The park recommends taking kids 12 and under home before 6pm due to Fright Fest's intense nature. Consider yourself warned...
Fright Fest 2026 Dates
September 11 - November 1 (Select Days)
Official Fright Fest Site
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Haunted Houses
Additional Fee AppliesSix Flags Over Texas' Fright Fest 2026 will feature five haunted houses, with three returning attractions based on hit horror film franchises, and two returning original concepts. Entry to haunted houses requires a Haunted Attractions Pass.
The Strangers:
No Escape
Inspired by the films The Strangers: Chapters 1 & 2, guests will soon realize they are the target of masked figures lurking in the darkness as they are mercilessly hunted.
Location: TBD
Opens: TBD
The Conjuring Universe
Strap in for a tour of the Warrens’ most hair-raising and gruesome cases including those that inspired The Conjuring, Annabelle and The Nun. In each realm, encounters with cursed artifacts make you the target of the conjuring.
Location: TBD
Opens: TBD
SAW: Legacy of Terror
Experience the SAW franchise’s legacy of terror by plunging into the depths of Jigsaw’s twisted mind. Guests will endure torturous trials and come face to face with some of John Kramer’s most diabolical contraptions, hopefully before time runs out.
Location: TBD
Opens: TBD
EverSmile Industries
Take a tour through a retro-futuristic factory where you'll discover unsettling truths.
Location: TBD
Opens: TBD
Terror at the Polynesian Palm
A mysterious island legend continues to haunt this abandoned resort.
Location: TBD
Opens: TBD
Haunted Attractions Pass
What is a Haunted Attractions Pass?
A Haunted Attractions Pass is required to go through the five haunted house attractions during Fright Fest. An Haunted Attractions Express Pass lets you skip the bulk of the line for faster entry.
How Much do Haunted Attraction Passes Cost?
Just like admission prices, Haunted Attraction Pass prices vary based on projected crowd levels, so check out the official site to preview prices and purchase your pass for a specific day.
For Fright Fest 2026, Haunted Attraction Passes cost between $30-50 and Haunted Attraction Express Passes cost between $69-89 (subject to change).
The park also offers special Fright Fest bundles (starting at $69) that include park admission and haunted attraction passes for guests without season passes or memberships.
Scare Zones
Each evening after The Awakening, hordes of zombies, beasts, and other unidentifiable creatures are released to terrorize guests in the various Scare Zones scattered throughout the park. These areas are populated with scare actors and are included with park admission (unlike haunted houses). The park recommends that guests 12 and under avoid these areas in the evening, but several are virtually unavoidable.
Guests needing a bravery boost can buy a No BOO Necklace to wear which will discourage (but not guarantee) monsters scaring them in Scare Zones.
Día de los Muertos (NEW!)
The traditional day of the dead festival has turned into a new scare zone.
Location: Mexico Area
Doc Varnum’s Hybrid Hell Pit (NEW!)
A backwoods-inspired sideshow realm featuring never-before-seen hybrid creatures, mysterious swamp fog and unpredictable encounters around every corner. This premium scare zone experience blends immersive horror, live entertainment and themed offerings in an all-new environment.
Location: TBD
Outlaw's Revenge
Maudine Hollow's undead outlaws are out for blood and vengeance and are roaming the Texas area.
Location: Courthouse
Plague
A deadly fog rolls in as disturbing, masked plague doctors assess your condition and determine your fate.
Location: Texas Area near Speelunker's Cave
The Last Harvest
Make your way through the fields where scarecrows and harvesters hunt for souls to reap.
Location: Park Entrance
Foresaken Fairgrounds
A cursed carnival is in town, with terrifying clowns roaming the grounds and haunted rides luring in the unwary.
Location: Gotham City by Riddler Revenge
Shows
Several spooky shows and entertainment offerings, new and returning, are available at this year's Fright Fest.
The Awakening
Each night, the zombies, ghouls, and creatures are unleashed into the park through this terrorizing ritual.
Location: Star Mall
Time: 7pm
Wake the Dead (NEW!)
New for Fright Fest 2026, this interactive musical mystery requires the help of the audience to determine the outcome of a family murder investigation.
Location: TBD
Times: TBD
Ballet de Folklórico: Día de los Muertos
Traditional Mexican dancing is featured in the Spain and Mexico section.
Location: Spain and Mexico Gazebo
Specialty Foods
Fright Fest 2026 food includes Bride of Frankenstein Ice Cream, Poison Apple Funnel Cake, Cereal Killer Milkshake, and more. Specific offerings may vary.
More information about Fright Fest food offerings (including full menus) will be here once available.
Tricks and Treats
Families not yet ready for the scares of Fright Fest can still celebrate Halloween at Tricks and Treats. Fall festivities at this kid-friendly event include a trick-or-treat trail, costume contests, dance parties, a hay maze, pumpkin and mask decorating, and more.
Six Flags Over Texas' Tricks and Treats runs weekends September 12th through November 1, 2026.
Kids Boo Fest Sign
Sign showing the activities at Kids Boo Fest 2023
Hay Maze
Kids can trick-or-treat through a hay maze at the Boo Fest
Boofest Scream Contest
Screaming contest for the kids — earplugs not included
Looney Tunes Dance Party
Show off your dance moves against Bugs and the Looney Tunes gang
Pumpkin Painting
Families can decorate miniature pumpkins at Boo Fest
Skelebration Dance Party
The whole family can join a Halloween dance party and get down.
Times: TBD
Costume Contest
Kids can try to win special prizes for their costumes.
Times: TBD
Spectral Sisters
A jazzy group of ladies offer New Orleans-inspired harmonies alongside spooky humor fit for the whole family.
Times: TBD
Magic Show
Kids and adults alike will be amazed at the comedic magical stylings of Mike Williams
Times: TBD
Tricks and Treats performances listed above are held on the "Candy Corn County Fair Main Stage" located directly outside the Six Flags Universe store. Performances and activities may vary.
Fright Fest Rules & Tips
Six Flags over Texas strictly enforces these rules during Fright Fest for everyone's safety and enjoyment. Violating these or other park rules can result in ejection from the park.
- Guests aged 11 and older cannot wear costumes (attire or masks) or full face paint or safety reasons. No masks of any kind are allowed on rides at any time.
- Trench coats, flak jackets, and similar military-style apparel is not allowed into the park.
- A chaperone policy is in effect during Fright Fest, requiring a 21+ year-old chaperone to remain in the park for guests 17 and younger.
- Be prepared for heavy crowds, both getting to the park and once inside the park. Fright Fest is consistently one of the busiest times of the year to visit Six Flags Over Texas. Enter the park well before sundown to avoid long entry lines
- Guests cannot leave the park and re-enter the same day after 6pm (no exceptions!)
- No cameras, photography, or recording of any kind is allowed inside haunted attractions.
- Weapons or props of any kind are not allowed into the park.
- No line jumping or holding places in lines (as usual).
- Never touch scare actors in haunted houses or scare zones — this is grounds for park ejection, and possibly even criminal prosecution.
See more Park Policies on the official site.
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Are you permitted to wear goth makeup into the park for fright fest / alternative makeup? Nothing heavy or extreme I get, but I thought goth makeup or clown-esque makeup would be cute for the occasion.
I’m trying to buy my tickets for fright fest but it is very confusing. So if I purchase a haunted house pass without the day pass, I will not be allowed in the park without the day pass? Also, does the haunted house pass include all the haunted house attractions or just 1 of them? Thank you in advance
You always need some form of admission to enter the park, whether it’s a daily ticket, season pass, or membership. Then, if you want to go through the haunted houses, you need a “haunted maze pass” which includes going through each haunted house once. There are also some Fright Fest bundles that include both an admission ticket and a haunted maze pass.
I am going on A Friday and the park is open from 5-11. What time should we arrive
Generally the earlier the better. There will probably be a line to get in but it tends to move fast.
How do we buy a haunted house package when we have a membership?
You can buy them online by going to the Six Flags website, hovering over Buy Now and clicking Fright Fest, and there you will see options for buying Haunted Maze Passes. Alternatively you can buy them once inside the park at various tents setup to sell the passes.
First time attending fright fest. Do we purchase a general admission ticket into the park, AND purchase an additional ticket for fright fest ?
It’s confusing
Fright Fest is a park-wide event. Admission ticket gets you into the park. There are Scare Zones around the park that you can walk through at no cost, as well as decorations throughout. If you want to go through the haunted houses, then you also need a Haunted Maze Pass in addition to admission.
How do you purchase a fright fest ticket?
Fright Fest tickets are just regular admission tickets that you purchase from sixflags.com. While purchasing admission, you can also purchase a haunted maze pass which allows you to go through the haunted houses.
So us adults can’t wear family friendly costumes at all?
The park does not allow guests over 12 to wear costumes, presumably so visitors don’t don’t mistake guests for cast members.
Hi when is fright fest for employees of sixflags?
For alternatives, t-shirts, hats, and hoodie jackets should be the best substitution whether character-related or not, no matter what color you’re in, no matter whether if it’s related to the Six Flags Company or from a different theme park company, they are equally subject to regular clothing. People shouldn’t have to change their colors. It’s like the same thing for skin colors.
What about the shows at six flags over Texas and The scare zones. How much will it cost to go to fright fest this year?
Hey James, we’re continuously updating this page as new information about Fright Fest 2024 slowly trickles out. For costs, the best source is always the official sixflags.com website as admission and haunted attraction pricing varies by day.
I went to six flags on october 21 and 22 and saw a show around the Gotham Stage I don’t know what the show was called. It was extreamly loud and had goblins and scary monsters everywhere but the main person looked like a scary conductor or engineer he had very little makeup and was funny and kind. I got a picture with him both days I was there and he said he had remembered us when we showed him from the 21. I think they played limbo but I couldn’t see, I just loved the heavy loud music that they played because I love dubstep music and thats exactly what they played. I am 2 years away from being old enough to work for fright fest and hope I do because I love scary stuff. I know this sounds like an introduction but Im just wanting more experience. Thank You : )