Halloween & Haunt Vendors Association

(Formerly the Eastern Haunters Convention)

The National Haunters Convention will be at the Valley Forge Convention Center (in Valley Forge, PA) on Friday, April 10th, 2009, and Saturday, April 11th, 2009. We have also contracted for the Valley Forge Convention Center in 2010 (The First Weekend in May, 2010) and in 2011 (Dates to be announced soon).

This Convention Center offers the largest right to work exhibit space in Suburban Philadelphia with over 108,000 gross square feet of space. There is NO union fees and plenty of room to park both tag along and full size trailers as the complex is complete with actual docking locations. The location also features incredible ceiling height, nice meeting rooms, and plenty of restaurants and meeting places for everyone.

The combined forces of Michael Bruner from ‘The Monster Maze’ and the ‘PA Haunters Gathering’ as well as Robert Kocher (Xanthar of the Museum) of ‘The Village of Darkness’ have developed a three-year expansion plan for the Convention. Our 2009-year will be our transition year where we will be phasing out the Eastern Haunters Convention and then be known as the National Haunters Convention completely in 2010 and beyond.

In addition to securing the location for the next three years, we will be upgrading our management systems with approximately $25,000 worth of Website Design, SQL coding, and enhanced features to both Halloween University as well as the National Haunters Convention to allow some of the latest technology to be used for the Halloween and Haunt Industry. Mike and myself have ’spared no expense’ in trying to present our industry with a professional and modern vantage point.