Meet Me At The Crypt: Billy Strings Reveals 2025 Halloween Concert Theme & Special Guests

Billy Strings revealed the theme and special guests for his upcoming Halloween concert. The guitarist will perform on October 31 at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena.

Past years have seen Strings go big on Halloween with impressive stage productions and an expansive cast of auxiliary players. Themes have focused on feature films like The Wizard Of Oz (2021), Lord Of The Rings (2022) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2024). Strings also staged a pro wrestling-themed Halloween show in 2023.

Strings and his bandmates will celebrate Halloween 2025 with a theme focused on classic Universal Monsters horror film characters. Billed as “Meet Me At The Crypt,” Strings will portray The Wolf Man, fiddler Alex Hargreaves will be The Mummy, mandolinist Jarrod Walker will appear as Frankenstein, bassist Royal Masat was cast as Dracula and banjoist Billy Failing will go as The Beautiful Bride of Frankenstein.

Guests participating in the “Meet Me At The Crypt” Halloween concert include Leftover Salmon guitarist Vince Herman, mandolinist Drew Emmitt, banjoist Andy Thorn, bassist Greg Garrison, multi-instrumentalist Jay Starling and drummer Alwyn Robinson.

Keyboardist Cory Henry will be in Baltimore for the Halloween show along with The Charm City Coven string section made up of cellist Adele Stein, violaist Celia Hatton and violinist Adriana Molello.