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2025 Festival Schedule

We know you’re excited about our 2024 line-up. Keep checking back — we’ll post this year’s schedule soon!

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Last Year's Event Lineup

Friday, 10/25

  • Pinebox Derby Registration 5:00pm

    UNT Co-Lab (207 N Elm St.)

  • PineBox Derby 6:15pm

    UNT Co-Lab

  • Cirque du Horror 7:30pm

    Located at the Big Top Circus Tent (126 E. Oak St)

Saturday, 10/26
(Hickory, Oak & Industrial Streets)

  • Coffin Race Check-In 10:00am
  • Festival Opens 11:00am
  • Coffin Races Begin 12:00pm

    Located at Hickory St.

  • Coffin Race Awards 4:00pm
  • Cirque du Horror 4:00pm

    Located at the Big Top Circus Tent (126 E. Oak St.)

  • Costume Contest 5:15pm

    Located at the Main Stage (Industrial & Mulberry St.)

  • Parade Line Up 6:00pm

  • Twilight Lantern Parade 7:00pm

  • Final Main Stage Performance (Dreaming of You : The Selena Experience) 7:30pm

    Located at the Main Stage (Industrial & Mulberry St.)

  • Cirque du Horror 9:15pm

    Featuring a special 8:00pm pre-show from Moonlight Flow Collective
    Located at the Big Top Circus Tent (126 E. Oak St)

Saturday, 10/26: Main Stage
(Industrial & Mulberry)

  • The Pan Tones 11:30am

  • El Chanclazo 12:45pm
  • Denton's Day of the Dead: Flight of Souls (feat. El Mariachi Quetzal) 2:15pm
  • Conjunto Imperio MX 3:00pm
  • The Go-Go-Rillas 4:15pm
  • Denton's Day of the Dead: Costume Contest 5:15pm
  • Bone Doggie & Rache Anne 6:00pm
  • Dreaming of You : The Selena Experience 7:30pm

Saturday, 10/26: Pumpkin Patch Stage
(Oak Street)

  • Denton Public Library Bilingual Story Time 11:00am

  • Puppet Show - Juan & Lorena (with Polly Maynard) 12:00pm
  • Story Time- Aunt Misery & Death 1:00pm
  • Puppet Show - Juan & Lorena (with Polly Maynard) 2:00pm
  • Marionette Show- Lorenzo & Catrina 3:15pm
  • Story Time - The Rolling Pumpkin 4:30pm
  • Cumbia Lesson with Jack 5:30pm
  • Pumpkin Patch Closes 6:00pm

Saturday 10/26: Community Dance Stage
(Oak & Austin Street)

presented by Jasmine Jaramillo, with performances by:

  • Jaramillo Dance Group 12:00pm-2:30pm

  • Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts-Academy Dance Co.
  • Cheek Middle School Dance
  • Balet Folklorico de Nette Schultz
  • TWU Pioneer Pride Dance Team
  • TWU International Dance Company
  • Balet Folklorico Alumnas de Oro
  • Performances from TWU Mariachi Group & Denton ISD Mariachi 3:00pm-4:00pm

    presented by Vianey Rivera

Sunday, 10/27

  • Cirque du Horror's Final Performance! 5:30pm

    Located at the Big Top Circus Tent (126 E. Oak St)