Book The Cartoon Museum tickets & spend Halloween at the Illustrators' Fair Spooky Night
Caricatures are getting creepy at The Cartoon Museum this Halloween. Join The Cartoon Museum x Illustrators' Fair Spooky Night for an after-hours party mixing spooky art, true ghost stories, costumes, illustration and a special guest Q&A.
- Come dressed as a creepy character, fact or fiction, and enter the frightening fashion parade
- Drop into the mask-making workshop if your Halloween transformation needs a little help
- Hear from Stephen Mansfield in a Q&A covering a career spanning Spitting Image, Doctor Who and more
- Explore the museum's current Caricature exhibition with special gallery tours
- Bring along your best TRUE ghost story and see spooky tales transformed into illustrated highlights
- Discover ghost story cartoons and illustrations judged by Sad Ghost Club creator Lize Meddings
Part illustration fair, part Halloween party and part celebration of all things caricature, this is your chance to see The Cartoon Museum after hours with a seriously spooky creative twist.
The Cartoon Museum x Illustrators' Fair Spooky Night
- Date: 29th October 2026
- Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
- Location: The Cartoon Museum, 63 Wells Street, London, W1T 3PT
- Dress Code: Come disguised as a creepy character, fact or fiction, if you want to join the frightening fashion parade
- Tickets Include: Entry to the Spooky Night event and its advertised talks, activities and gallery programme
Spooky illustration, ghost stories, caricatures & creative Halloween fun - all in one night!
This isn't your standard night at the museum. Halloween takes over the galleries as artists, illustrators and suitably creepy characters come together for an evening celebrating caricature with a dash of ghostly storytelling.
- Frightening Fashion Parade: Dress as a creepy character from fact or fiction and put your Halloween look to the test
- Mask Making: No costume ready? Drop into the mask-making workshop when you arrive
- Stephen Mansfield Q&A: Hear from an artist whose career spans Terrahawks, Spitting Image, Doctor Who, Madame Tussauds and the Jim Henson Puppet Company
- Caricature Gallery Tours: Explore The Cartoon Museum's current Caricature exhibition during the evening
- True Ghost Stories: Bring your own spooky true story and watch as the illustrator in residence captures tales in pictorial highlights
- Spooky Illustration Competition: See true ghost story cartoons and illustrations judged by Lize Meddings of The Sad Ghost Club
- Spooky Prizes: Prizes are up for grabs for suitably spooky competition entries
Book Illustrators' Fair Spooky Night tickets and head to The Cartoon Museum for a Halloween evening where creepy stories meet seriously good drawing.