EXTENDED PROGRAMMING 2024
Please note: Some events will be open to the General Public (as noted below). Unless otherwise noted, events require a convention pass – either single day or full pass.
REGISTRATION – Registration during the convention will take place at the GRADUATE Hotel, second floor landing. Please print out your Eventbrite pass or ticket (which will be automatically emailed to you) or have it on your smartphone, ready to scan, and bring to the registration table to redeem for your badge, etc.
Registration is Thursday Noon – 5pm, Friday 8am – 6pm, Saturday 8am – 5pm, and Sunday 9am – 3pm
VENDOR HALL – Over 60 vendors await you in the Omni Hotel’s Narragansett Ballroom, Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm, and Sunday 11am-5pm. Check out the full list of 2024 vendors here – coming imminently!
For the list of core programming, go here.
Grab a downloadable schedule grid, right here:
ALL ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING 2024 — now locked in, pending any last-minute cancellations…
WEDNESDAY – August 14
Noon to 5:00 pm – ARS NECRONOMICA: A Portal into Bleakness and Wonder – Providence Arcade pop-up gallery, 65 Weybosset Street, 02903 OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (free)
Over 20 artists are featured in this modest but remarkable three-week showcase of some of the finest in weird art. More information can be found at the Ars Necronomica page. The opening reception will be Thursday night.
7:00pm to 10:00pm – NecronomiCon Welcome PRE-PARTY – Narragansett Brewery (271 Tockwotton Street – India Point – Providence, 02903) OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC
This is a welcoming party for early-arriving NecronomiCon attendees. It’s also a special launch of the latest Narragansett Beer brewed especially for the convention: Devil’s Reef AK Historic Bitter, a perfect summer brew. We may even have a little open-mic where folks are encouraged to share their own pieces, covers, and fan fiction. We’ll also be screening some special films and a live DJ special for the night. If you’re arriving early for the convention, come and take part or just have a drink and hang out with friends old and new. ‘Gansett will be providing special weird food dishes, as well as great beers and a special place to hang out right on the Providence harbor. The brewery is ~2 miles from the Graduate Hotel – a five minute drive or 30 minute walk along the Providence River.
GENERAL PUBLIC welcome.
THURSDAY – August 15
Noon to 8:00pm, opening 6:00 to 8:00 pm – ARS NECRONOMICA: A Portal into Bleakness and Wonder GROUP ART EXHIBITION – Providence Arcade pop-up gallery, 65 Weybosset St, Providence 02903 OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (free)
Nearly 20 artists are featured in this remarkable three-week showcase of some of the finest in weird art from around the world. More information can be found at the Ars Necronomica page. The opening reception will be Thursday night, from 6-8pm.
All day – FILM SCREENINGS – see separate schedule OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC ($10/day for public)
All day – WALKING TOURS of Lovecraft-related sites around Providence – Separate ticket $15 available soon!
Noon to 5pm – REGISTRATION open at the Graduate Hotel, 2nd Floor landing. Beat the crowds and come early!
5:00pm to Midnight – Weird GAMING – Graduate Hotel, 17th and 18th floors. See separate schedule
5:00 to 6:00pm – WELCOMING CEREMONY – the First Baptist Church in America, 75 N. Main St. 02903 OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (free)
Guests of Honor, and local historians and luminaries, will welcome attendees to this historic and symbolic Providence landmark. Barnaby Evans, executive director of WaterFire, will emcee, and world-renowned organist Gigi Mitchell-Velasco will provide a musical accompaniment to the ceremony.
6:00 to 8:00pm – ARS NECRONOMICA Art Exhibition, OPENING RECEPTION – Providence Arcade pop-up gallery, 65 Weybosset Street, Providence, 02903 OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (free)
This is the official reception for the 2024 Ars Necronomica exhibition, A Portal into Bleakness and Wonder. The gallery will be open all day, and other days of the convention, as well as to the end of the month, so you won’t have to worry about missing this remarkable exhibition of world-class weird art, featuring the works of over twenty artists. Visit the Ars Necronomica page for more information.
7:00 to 8:00pm – Podsothoth LIVE: Fungi From Yuggoth – Black Box / AS220, 95 Empire Street, Providence 02903
Join Tod and Claire of the internationally tolerated podcast, “Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club,” for their live, interactive performance of “Fungi from Yuggoth!” Dramatic readings, analysis, jokes and japes abound at the Black Box Theater. Admission is free for con attendees and guests! GENERAL PUBLIC welcome ($10 at the door).
7:00 to 11pm – NecronomiCon PARTY UNDER THE STARS – The Red Door, 49 Peck Street 02903 OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (free, 21+)
The return of our welcome block party, this year with local music acts Sharks Come Cruisin’ (shanty folk-punk!), The Deep Ones (weird horror surf rock), and Vudu Sister (eldritch witch-folk)!! There will be beers and cocktails by our sponsors and friends at The Red Door and Narragansett Brewery (including a special new beer just for the convention) as well as special foods and a very fitting carnival fire pit roast to feed your cultist belly. More plans still in the works! GENERAL PUBLIC welcome (free, 21+, unless accompanied by parents/guardians).
8:00 to 11:00pm – BLACK LODGE PARTY – a secret and undisclosed location – CLOSED EVENT
A private club and small getaway spot for Golden Key and Silver Key members (please try to get your passes first). But remember – there are only three rules about Black Lodge…
FRIDAY – August 16
Noon to 5:00pm – ARS NECRONOMICA: OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (free)
Over 20 artists are featured in this remarkable three-week showcase of some of the finest in weird art from around the world. More information can be found at the Ars Necronomica page.
All day – WALKING TOURS of Lovecraft sites around Providence – Separate ticket $15 available now! Check the page here.
9:00am to Midnight – Weird GAMING – Graduate Hotel 17th and 18th floor. See separate schedule
All day – FILM SCREENINGS – Noon to Nighttime – see separate schedule! OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC ($10/day for public)
4:30 to 5:30pm – THEATRICAL EVENT, TL Wiswell’s shadow puppet DREAMQUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH – AS220’s Black Box Theater, 95 Empire Street, 02903
A low-fi retelling of Lovecraft’s classic adventure tale of dark gods and obsidian fortresses, with hand-cut silhouette puppets and an eerie theremin soundtrack, staged by Tonnvane Wiswell, founder and artistic director of the London Lovecraft Festival. ‘A beautifully adapted, cleverly rendered presentation which managed to surprise even the most fervent Lovecraft devotees.’ ” (Anne Fortune, Starburst Magazine).
45 minutes, suitable for all ages. Trigger warning: madness, Shantaks, Boston.
GENERAL PUBLIC welcome ($10 at the door).
6:30 to 7:30pm – THEATRICAL EVENT, a special performance of M.R. JAMES’s “A Warning to the Curious” – AS220’s Black Box Theater, 95 Empire Street, 02903
A solo performance by Robert Lloyd Parry of perhaps M R James’s most poignant and personal work: in “A Warning to the Curious,” inspired by the author’s holidays on the east coast of England, a young archaeologist is haunted and hunted by the guardian of an ancient treasure. The English seaside has never looked so menacing.
GENERAL PUBLIC welcome ($10 at the door).
7:00 to 9:00pm – GUEST RECEPTION – Graduate Hotel, Outdoor Terrace 3rd Floor
A private reception for Guests-of-Honor, Guests, and Golden Key holders, with hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and a stunning view of Weird Providence. The reception will feature the presentation of the Robert Bloch and the Joe Pulver (The bEastie!) Awards.
8:00 to 9:30pm – HPLHS’s Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: “The Shunned House” – Capital Ballroom, Graduate Hotel 2nd Floor
The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society presents a special live performance of Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: “The Shunned House.” HPL’s classic tale of a very troubled Providence house is performed live on-stage by a band of fearless thespians accompanied by live music to celebrate the story’s 100th anniversary. Join us for 90 minutes of fantastical fungal fun in 1920s Providence! (Convention attendees and guests only)
9:00-10:00pm – The Outer Dark Reception Party – Next Wave of The Weird: Readings from Rising Authors – Outdoor Terrace, Graduate Hotel, 3rd Floor
Immediately following the guest reception, but open to all con attendees, this party/gathering organized by our friends in The Outer Dark podcast features cookies, community-building mingling, and readings by authors who represent the future of the vibrant literary mode of Weird fiction. Participants/readers: Paula D. Ashe, Pamela Durgin, Janalyn Guo, Paul Magnan, Tiffany Morris, LC von Hessen
SOLD OUT!! – 9:00pm to Midnight – ELDRITCH BALL – Graduate Hotel, Biltmore Ballroom 17th floor – SOLD OUT!!!
The return of the Eldritch Ball – THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE! Sure to be a night of epic celebration and ruin you won’t soon be able to forget! The ball is a fancy-dress, costume, masquerade, cosplay, semi-formal affair. OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (see below)
Ticket cost for convention pass holders (including off-duty minions) is $30 advance / $35 at the door (if space is available), and includes two drink tickets (21+ ID required for alcohol). The cost for limited number of general public tickets is $35 advance / $40 at the door. Golden Key-holders and Guests of Honor are provided passes. Capacity is just 300 souls, so act fast. Tickets available on our passes and tickets page! SOLD OUT!!!
10:00pm to …? – Lovecraftian/Weird Bar Trivia! – Trinity Brewhouse *first floor*! (186 Fountain Street, 02903) A NecronomiCon Providence tradition. Join author Pete Rawlik and prove your knowledge (or lack thereof) of weird literature, movies, television, music, and the people that make them. There will even be prizes – not good prizes, but prizes nonetheless. Oh, there’s also beer (and food) – but you gotta pay for those.
SATURDAY – August 17
Noon to 5:00pm – ARS NECRONOMICA: OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (free)
All day – WALKING TOURS of Lovecraft-related sites around Providence – Separate ticket $15 available here.
9:00am to Midnight – Weird GAMING – Graduate Hotel, 17th and 18th floor – See separate schedule
All day – FILM SCREENINGS – Noon to Midnight – OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC ($10/day for public)
Saturday 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
SPECIAL GAMING EVENT – Pirate Borg LIVE!! – AS220’s Black Box Theater, 95 Empire Street, 02903
Join Luke Stratton (Pirate Borg’s creator!) as he spins a tale of misadventure for a group of scurvy buccaneers!! Let piratey-shenanigans ensue with a cast of characters so reviled even Davey Jones himself will be keen to watch! With returning players: Mike Mason, Paul Fricker, Cory Welch and introducing Indie game designer Robby Howell. Come enjoy the weird mayhem!
GENERAL PUBLIC welcome!
4:30 to 6:00pm – THEATRICAL EVENT, a special performance of HPL’s BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP – AS220’s Black Box Theater, 95 Empire Street, 02903
H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society founding member, writer, director and voice actor Sean Branney along with Cadabra Records and Yuggoth Records soundtrack composer and songwriter Chris Bozzone will bring to life H.P. Lovecraft’s “Beyond the Wall of Sleep.” Branney will read the classic Lovecraft tale with full live electronic music performed by Bozzone. This will be a thrilling experience and celebration of this Lovecraft short story that you don’t want to miss!
GENERAL PUBLIC welcome ($10 at the door).
7:00pm to Midnight (doors at 7pm, show at 8pm) – CONCERT: House of Harm, Nox Novacula, Harpy, and Silver Dagger, Fete Music Hall, 103 Dike Street, Providence, 02909 – OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ($20 advance, $25 Day of – tickets available here!).
7:30 – 9:00pm – THEATRICAL EVENT, HPLHS’s Dark Adventure Radio Theatre The Temple of Jupiter Ammon – Capital Ballroom, Graduate Hotel 2nd Floor
The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society takes to the stage once again in a special live performance of Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Temple of Jupiter Ammon. This original tale reimagines the historical expedition of Count Byron de Prorok into the Libyan Desert to find the fabled tomb of Alexander the Great! Don’t miss this rollicking Lovecraftian adventure (run time approx. 90 minutes)
Convention attendees and guests only, please.
9:30 – 11:00pm – THEATRICAL EVENT, a special performance of GUY de MAUPASSANT’s “The Horla” – Capital Ballroom, Graduate Hotel 2nd Floor
A dramatic reading by Robert Lloyd Parry of Guy de Maupassant’s great 1887 weird tale. “The Horla” was described by Lovecraft as ‘without peer in its particular department.’ The story is accompanied live by Chris Bozzone’s specially composed soundtrack.
Convention attendees and guests only, please.
11:30 – 1:00?pm – Late Night Lovecraft! – AS220’s Black Box Theater, 95 Empire Street, 02903
The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival presents the wackiest, funniest, and Weirdest films of the event, including the infamous cult classic SECRET SCREENING (what does it all mean?)! Leave your expectations at the door and enjoy the very weird, wild ride!
GENERAL PUBLIC welcome ($10 at the door)
SUNDAY – August 18
8:00 to 9:30am – CTHULHU PRAYER BREAKFAST – Biltmore Ballroom, Graduate Hotel 17th Floor
The unholiest of cosmically unspeakable breakfasts, hosted by Most Exalted Hierophants Cody Goodfellow and Scott Jones. Separate ticketed event – tickets on sale via our eventbrite page
Golden Key and Silver Key members receive complimentary admission.
This will sell out in advance – don’t miss out, while tickets last.
8:00 to 10:00am – Foraging Horrors: A NecronomiCon Mushroom Walk – OFF-SITE, at the Blackstone Park
Author and fungus fan, Rick Claypool, and the Rhode Island Mycological Society are organizing a special walking tour of a very fungus-rich park on the east side of Providence – Blackstone Park. Attendees will need to secure their own travel. Reserve your spot and get info here: [email protected]
9:00am to evening… – Weird GAMING – Graduate Hotel 17th and 18th floor. See separate schedule
All day – FILM SCREENINGS – Noon to 7pm – see separate schedule OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC ($10/day for general public)
Noon to 5pm – ARS NECRONOMICA: GROUP ART EXHIBITION – OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC (free)
4:30 to 5:00pm – THEATRICAL EVENT, TL Wiswell’s shadow puppet THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH – AS220’s Black Box Theater, 95 Empire Street, 02903
A low-fi reimagining of Lovecraft’s short tale of frogs, sea-green idols, and DOOM, told with hand-cut silhouette puppets and an eerie theremin soundtrack, staged by Tonnvane Wiswell, founder and artistic director of the London Lovecraft Festival. Expect velocipedes and steam engines. “Mesmerising and enchanting” (Anne Fortune, Starburst Magazine). 20 minutes runtime, suitable for all ages. Trigger warning: madness, amphibians, DOOM.
GENERAL PUBLIC welcome ($10 at the door for the whole day at AS220).
6:00 to 7:00pm – THEATRICAL EVENT, a special performance of ARTHUR MACHEN’s “N” – AS220’s Black Box Theater, 95 Empire Street, 02903
A dramatic reading by Robert Lloyd Parry of Arthur Machen’s great late work in which a stretch of primal paradise keeps showing up in a remote London suburb. The story is accompanied live by Chris Bozzone’s specially composed soundtrack.
GENERAL PUBLIC welcome ($10 at the door for the whole day at AS220).
7:00 to 11:00pm – The Dunwich Horror PICTURE SHOW! – The Red Door (49 Peck St, downtown Providence) OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC – Free!! Outdoors!!! Film and accompanying weird merriment start at 9pm, opening bands at 7pm – join us for music, beers, and movie snacks, and then join in the epic send-up of the psychedelic 1970 classic, The Dunwich Horror …and the final official event of the convention!
