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  • The 2026 Festival of Monsters image is a monstrous banana slug rampaging across a city, like a kaiju.

    Festival of Monsters: Academic Conference

    Festival of Monsters 2026
    Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz 313 Riverside Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    The 2026 Festival of Monsters Academic Conference (Oct. 14-18, 2026) explores how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and communication, cursed texts, monster poetry and more. Monster-related games will be played. Comics writer Iván Brandon and bioethicist author Rosemarie Garland Thomson  are scheduled to give the keynote talks. The academic conference will take […]

    Free
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    Festival of Monsters: The Quatermass Experiment

    Festival of Monsters 2026
    The 418 Project 155 River St S, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The Festival of Monsters screens the 1955 classic sci-fi horror film The Quatermass Experiment at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at The 418 in Downtown Santa Cruz.  This screening includes a live introduction by monster maven Dr. H. Marshall Leicester (UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Literature). A trio of British astronauts are launched […]

    $15
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    Festival of Monsters: A Devilish Discussion

    Festival of Monsters 2026
    Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The Festival of Monsters presents “A Devilish Discussion,” 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, at the Museum of Art and History in Downtown Santa Cruz. Authors Kiersten White (The Fox […]

    Free
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    Festival of Monsters: Monstrous Games

    Festival of Monsters 2026
    Game Santa Cruz 1101 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Join players at Game Santa Cruz for a three free sessions of monster-related board and card games on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, as part of the Festival of Monsters, sponsored […]

    Free