10/15/2026
⌛ The clock ticks, time passes, and the end marches closer—and so does ECHO After Dark: Memento Mori. There’s just over 24 hours remaining before you all join us for an adults-only evening of dark encounters and morbid curiosity at ECHO.
We have an incredible lineup of guests and encounters waiting for you, so make sure to head to the link in the comments and secure your spot before time and tickets run out.
📅 Friday, October 16 | 6–9 pm
🎟️ $30 General Admission / $25 Members + College Students / Ages 18 & up
Dying to know more? Here’s a peek at what we have planned:
💀 Join guest experts Michael Ashooh (UVM Philosophy Department), Ellen Martinsen (UVM College of Arts & Sciences), and Tyler Salls (Green Mountains of Madness) for conversations on death, philosophy, and decomposition in the Death Café
🏆 Compete for macabre glory in the After Dark Costume Contest, emceed by Them Brûlée and judged by Nightmare Vermont
⚰️ Examine antique funerary artifacts curated by Green Mountains of Madness
🪲 Get an up-close look at dermestid (flesh-eating) beetles and other specimens from the UVM Natural History Collections
🦴 Dissect owl pellets & craft your own Memento Mori
🧪 Put your puzzle-solving skills to the test to escape the lab before death finds you in a mini escape room, presented in collaboration with Nightmare Vermont
Visit the Lake Champlain Basin Program Resource Room for a reminder that death comes for plants, too—and discover what really happens when a tree falls in the woods
Plus photo ops crafted by Nightmare Vermont, cash bar and food by Sugarsnap, music by DJ Flat Four, and more!
