Knott’s Berry Farm is getting ready to return to the fog for its 52nd Halloween season with the launch of ticket sales for the granddaddy of all haunted events and a preview show revealing the lineup of mazes, scare zones and live shows.
Knott’s Scary Farm tickets will go on sale July 25 at 10 a.m. for 28 select nights from Sept. 18 through Nov. 1. Tickets for the “Nightmares Revealed” preview show also go on sale on July 25.
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Scary Farm 2025 will feature 10 haunted mazes, five scare zones and three live shows at the Buena Park theme park. Knott’s typically adds two or three new mazes per year and removes an equal amount from the lineup.
This year’s Scary Farms dates include Sept. 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 and 28; Oct. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 31; and Nov. 1.
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Doors open nightly for the separate admission, after hours event at 7 p.m. The event runs until 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 1 a.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Knott’s announced the retirement of the Bloodline 1842 and Wax Works mazes after the 2024 season. Two new mazes are expected to take their place.
Here are the eight mazes expected to return in 2025 (with their debut year):
- Widows (2024)
- Eight Fingers Nine: The Boogeyman (2024)
- Chilling Chambers (2023)
- Cinema Slasher (2023)
- Room 13 (2023)
- Grimoire (2022)
- Mesmer: Sideshow of the Mind (2021)
- Origins: The Curse of Calico (2019)
Knott’s will reveal the full lineup of mazes, scare zones and shows for Scary Farm 2025 during the “Nightmares Revealed” show from 7 to 10 p.m. on Aug. 19 in the Walter Knott Theater.
Knott’s has not yet announced ticket prices for this year, but Scary Farm tickets cost $60 online and $110 at the gate in 2024.
The $35 tickets to “Nightmares Revealed” include admission to the show, access to the Ghost Town scare zone filled with fog and monsters, opportunities to speak with Knott’s maze designers and creative directors and ride time on the GhostRider, Silver Bullet and Sierra Sidewinder roller coasters.