For more than 30 years, Eastern State Penitentiary has brought high-quality, fun, fall entertainment to generations of people in Philadelphia and all around the country. Iterations of our Halloween event, now called Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary, have served as the primary fundraiser for this nonprofit historic site.
Halloween Nights incorporates our most popular and engaging educational experiences into our festival-style Halloween experience, opening the door for dialogue about how our nation can move toward a more equitable and effective criminal justice system.
And it's not just exhibits and tours that bring our mission to Halloween audiences. By partnering with fair chance vendors such as Triple Bottom Brewing Company, Down North Pizza, and others, and through our own fair chance hiring practices, Halloween Nights supports living-wage jobs for people with lived experience of incarceration.
Finally, revenue from Halloween Nights continues to support our most critical projects, including historic preservation, innovative new exhibits, national education initiatives, and workforce development programs.
Halloween Nights remains one of the premier Halloween attractions in America, all while planting the seeds for deeper conversations about justice reform for tens of thousands of people every fall. Happy Halloween!