In honour of the 125th anniversary of the publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, English Heritage is hoping to break the world record for “Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Vampires.” The current record involves 1039 people, and EH hopes to get 1897 participants of all ages (1897 being the year Dracula was published).
The event will take place at Whitby Abbey in northeastern England. Stoker spent time in Whitby, finding inspiration there for parts of Dracula.
Would-be vampires must adhere to a dress code: “full traditional vampire fancy dress costume,” which includes black pants or a dress, waistcoat and white shirt, a black cape or collared overcoat (lining doesn’t need to be black), black shoes, and fangs over your top teeth.
There will also be performances of excerpts of Dracula and live music.
Details
Date: 26 May 2022 (World Dracula Day)
Time: 6 pm to 9 pm (record attempt will take place from 6:45 pm to 7:15 pm)
Cost: Tickets are free to anyone in costume, but they do need to be reserved in advance
Find out more and book your tickets here.
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Aspasía S. Bissas
Aspasía S. Bissas 
This sounds awesome! Wish I lived in England.
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Tell me about it! Lol 🙂
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Will be heading to Whitby next week! A shame we didn’t know about this event in advance though! 🦇
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That would have been brilliant if you could take part! Have you been to Whitby before?
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My wife had seen the details about it, but sadly she has hospital work responsibilities that weekend.
Yes, I’ve been three times, the first was as a teenager and went on one of the ghost walks. The second was in my twenties and the rain wouldn’t stop! The third was with my wife in our first months of seeing each other. It’s a beautiful and enchanting place!
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It sounds really lovely. We have a Whitby not too far from here, but there’s not much to see in ours lol
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You’ve just inspired me to do a special on it now! Lol.
I’ll take pics and blog about it, so thank you for that flash of creativity!
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Excellent– can’t wait to see 🙂
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I’m re- blogging this post from my friend Aspasia’s excellent blog because I am sure this will be of interest to certain people who follow this site. Also, check out the rest of her posts and if you like give a follow – thanks!
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Thanks so much for reblogging, and for the shout out! 🙂
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