Dark Arts Festival 2026
Horror Depot's Dark Arts Festival is back! October 11th from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Rhode Island School of Design. No AI or 3D printed anything! Real art by real artists.
We'll have oddities, dark art, and everything in between. Food trucks and a brewery will be on premises. We're also the only festival with an all abilities art class running through the day.
It is inside and outside rain or shine.
For entertainment we have a medium, costume contest, and of course the drag show!
We will also have outside sideshow performers, dancers, and a haunted house.
There will be so much more announced...
Nonprofit
On Sunday, October 11, Team Zombie Leader will cosplay for a cause at the Horror Depot’s Dark Arts Festival, PVD, RI! Todd Zavorskas, owner of Zombie Leader, believes in Cosplay in the Community and has been a pillar of the New England cosplay scene. Over the past 31 years, Team Zombie Leader has raised over $397,503 for national and local charities, including $10,000 as a New England Patriots 2022 Myra Kraft Community MVP.
At Dark Arts Festival, he will be fundraising for Project Purple in Honor of his Mother, Lorraine, who passed away from Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer. After you visit the authors and other talent, please swing by his booth and enjoy a photo op with Zombie Leader & his volunteers who slay all day. Also, check out original artwork, memorabilia, and autographs that can be yours for reasonable donations! You can find out more about Zombie Leader on his linktree: https://linktr.ee/ZombieLeader.
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To find out more about Project Purple and/or to donate directly, please visit: https://charity.pledgeit.org/team-zombie or click the QR-Code.
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