About
What to expect
The bookshop opens after dark for a Halloween party with spooky and bookish activities.
- Photo booth prints to take home
- Costume contest finale at end of night
- Scaretastic RPG Live Show with 3–4 booksellers
- Tarot Reader and Spooky Drawing Room
- Johanna van Veen Q&A and book signing
- Free soft drinks at Truth Serum Bar
- Costume prize: ABC Booklover Box worth €90
Questions
When does ABC Halloween Party at ABC Amsterdam! start and end?
ABC Halloween Party at ABC Amsterdam! runs Friday, 30 October 2026, 20:00 until 23:00.
Where is ABC Halloween Party at ABC Amsterdam!?
ABC Halloween Party at ABC Amsterdam! takes place at The American Book Center, Spui 12, Amsterdam.
How much are tickets for ABC Halloween Party at ABC Amsterdam!?
Tickets for ABC Halloween Party at ABC Amsterdam! cost €15 on the official ticket shop.
What food and drinks are available?
The Truth Serum Bar is on the First Floor.
The bartender serves soft drinks and other scary drinks; drinks are free.
Alcohol is not served.
You may not bring your own food or drinks, and alcohol is strictly prohibited.
You can get a mocktail in exchange for a truth.
What else can I do at the party?
Take home photo booth pictures right away.
Watch ABC booksellers stumble into a horror fantasy world in the Scaretastic RPG Live Show.
Visit the Tarot Reader or draw a scary picture in the Spooky Drawing Room; the scariest drawing wins a prize.
See Johanna van Veen for a Q&A and book signing; she wrote three gothic horror novels: My Darling Dreadful Thing, Blood on her Tongue, and Bone of My Bone.
Restroom is open, and you can leave and come back; the doorman remembers your face or ABC stamp.
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Getting there
The American Book Center, Spui 12, 1012 XA Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
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