Upcoming Zombies Sneaking Up Behind You: Events

* Zombie Dinner at The Cellar

Every year, The Cellar, a French restaurant in Fullerton, hires an acting company to create a zombie apocalypse narrative to go with their spooky 4 course meal with wine paring. The news footage from Night of the Living Dead is played over the speakers and a fun narrative unfolds throughout the night. I always have a fun time and the food is top notch.

* Long Beach Zombie Fest

This event takes place from October 19 - 21 at the Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach, CA. There will be food, events, games, music, and all manner of brain eating fun. A Thriller workshop is offered to learn the zombie dance choreography. You can tackle the Interactive Zombie Outbreak cage or take part in a zombie apocalypse scavenger hunt. Brave the haunted maze Infected and visit the live alligator exhibit. There will also be a zombie walk every day. Costumes are encouraged but not required. If you don't have the time or means for a costume, a makeup team will zombify you for free. (I bet there will be long lines for this depending on how many artists there are.) You can participate in brain eating contests, costume contests, LARPing, tons of band performances, a zombie photobooth, and so much more. Check out the schedule for each day here.

* Knott's Scary Farm, Universal Studio's Halloween Haunt, and the Queen Mary's Dark Harbor

Each haunt event has at least one zombie maze where you can experience some semblance of running from zombies. Knott's Scary Farm has Special Ops: Infected where you are given a gun and encouraged to kill zombies along the way and save our water from being infected. Universal has their Walking Dead maze available year round, but it's high quality and fun. Queen Mary's Dark Harbor has B340, the number of a haunted state room where murderous Samuel the Savage murdered many and they walk the ship in this maze. Lots of zombie goodness.

* Sweet Sorrow A Zombie Ballet

A zombie ballet??? Here's the description of the plot: "Beautifully awkward and gorgeously creepy, this original classical ballet continues Shakespeare's story of Romeo and Juliet after their deaths. Vampires, witches, zombies and more usher in the Halloween season with a tale of love after death. This original story is for those who have a vivid imagination, a dark romantic soul and an intense desire to experience the underworld." Sounds wonderful! It's being put on by the Leigh Purtill Ballet Company, an amateur adult company that has performers of all different levels. They also strive to put out the message that ballet is for everyone. This event only occurs on October 20 and 21 in La Canada Flintridge, CA. Tickets can be bought here.