FANG AROUND AND FIND OUT

Fang Around is a seasonal community festival hosted by The Dark Parlour in York, Pennsylvania. Our goal is to provide a safe and fun gathering space to build community engagement and involvement. Our festivals and events are heavily focused on various arts, music, culture, history/education, and entertainment, whether we are showcasing a variety of vendors, hosting live entertainment, or creating a stage for music and theatre. 

It is FREE to Fang Around (no entry fee!), but we certainly encourage you to shop with our vendors and merchants, and always $ TIP $ the entertainment!! Additionally, we ALWAYS collect donations for animal rescues. Please drop off items at The Dark Parlour during Fang Around. We have previously worked with the York County SPCA, Eliannie's Animal Rescue, the Wolf Sanctuary of PA, Pennsylvania Bat Rescue, Raven Ridge Wildlife Rescue, and MORE For Furry Friends. 

Since Fang Around's first debut, we have grown our attendance from 75 to an estimated 3000, and we are continuing to grow!

Have you attended a Fang Around? We would love to know for far you came to attend. 

In June of 2021, we were finally looking at a release of some isolation. Small events were finally starting once again. The Dark Parlour was never able to celebrate the one-year anniversary in 2020, so we wanted to host a casual vampire-themed party close to our two year mark of being open. "Fang Around" came from the 80s Vampire theme and "hanging around" the Parlour. We had 80s vampire movies in the Courtyard, snacks and sodas available, DJ Stygian spinning only the best dark wave and industrial sounds, Christopher Strange doing intuitive Tarot readings, and to top it off, we had Krystal Younglove and Nova Nyx the Faerialist doing some amazing fire poi. 

We battled the weather, but the rain finally let up just before the start of the hang-out, and everyone was able to have some fun, meet new friends, and... fang around.

The Spooktober Edition saw more creatures, live music from The Mary Lous and The Destruct Principle, real hearses on display, DJs Stygian and JBDubz, a sideshow introduction from Krystal Younglove, face-painting by Luz, kid-friendly activities, live Bats at the Hive, a handful of vendors, a goth fashion show, and spooky brews at Collusion Tap Works! WHEW! We more than tripled the attendance, with approximately 350 total creatures joining us. 

We have hosted two Halloween editions of Fang Around. In 2023, we decided to instead host the York of the Dead Zombie Bar Crawl for fun! SO MANY ZOMBIES. Look for more information on YotD through our events sections. For now, we will continue to only host York of the Dead until more resources become available. 

Our 2021 Holiday Fang Around was focused on Krampus. This time we expanded even more and again nearly tripled in attendance with almost 1,000 attendees throughout the day! Vendors were expanded to three different "villages" on King Street, the courtyard, and in the gardens. We added a food truck, hot cocoa bar, movies inside the Parliament, and a special Dickens on the Rocks performance by Weary Arts Groups! Krystal returned as our event MC, we had double the hearses from Post-Mortem Hearse Club, more merch, volunteers, a food truck, and of course, our first Krampuslauf! Did you parade with us? More merchant participation from Royal Square District included storytime with Mrs. Claus and Holiday movies in the Parliament. 

We now host Krampusnacht annually, with each event getting bigger and bigger.

Our Spring edition is called Fang Around the Cauldron, for Witches Night.

Witches Night - translated from Walpurgisnacht or Hexennacht depending on the region - happens on April 30th, the eve of Beltane, and has become a "Halfway to Halloween" for many, when the veil is once again thin, and the Spring is celebrated with costuming, tricks and treats. For an overview of the history, please visit: https://www.worldhistory.org/Walpurgis_Night/ 

For this event, we celebrate a reclamation of this Springtime festival through growth and renewal, and honored witches past, present and future through art, music and dancing.  

ALL WITCHES ARE WELCOME.