
The most haunted event of the year.
Our 2023 Haunted Galena Conference!
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Friday March 31st - Saturday April 1st, 2023
Join us March 31 - April 1st, 2023 in Galena, Illinois, one of the oldest and most haunted small towns in the Midwest, for our second-ever Haunted Galena Conference!
Embrace the darkness with us...
The Haunted Galena Conference features speakers and workshops on hauntings, dark history, ghosts, mediumship, and various aspects of the paranormal.
You will also get to experience specialty exhibitors and vendors. There are also optional special after hours events (additional registration required), including paranormal investigations with regional research group Transcendent Paranormal Society.
Haunted Galena Conference
General Admission Details
Thanks to our Vendors, The DeSoto House Hotel, and our Conference Sales to date, we are pleased to announce General Admission Conference Tickets will remain at $65.00 per person! Order soon, tickets are selling quickly and space is limited!
General Admission Ticket Includes:
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2 Day access to the Conference
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Haunted themed Panel Discussion, Welcome Mixer, and Ghost Story Open Mic (Friday evening)
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Attendance of all Conference Sessions with featured speakers (Saturday 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM in the DeSoto House Hotel ballroom)
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Access to the Vendor & Exhibition Rooms
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Deeply discounted $140 per night room rate (plus tax) at the DeSoto House Hotel
After Hours Events are optional and require additional registration. Get more information here.


Lodging Information
Stay in the historic haunted DeSoto House Hotel at a super discounted $130 nightly rate (plus tax) when you attend the Haunted Galena Conference! Please Stay at the DeSoto House Hotel, it matters, it helps, and it is far more affordable...and there's off street parking. That's a thing, folks.
All conference sessions are held at the DeSoto House Hotel
Register for the Haunted Galena Conference, then call the DeSoto House Hotel at (815) 777-0090 to reserve your room.
Let the staff know that you are attending the Haunted Galena Conference, and use the same last name for your conference ticket and room reservation to get the discounted rate.
Before you book your tickets...
Please read and understand the following information before registering for the Haunted Galena Conference.
All sales are final for this annual, limited attendee event
When you purchase your tickets, you will first be asked to select a 2 Day General Admission Pass. This pass gets you access to:
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Panel Discussion & Welcome Mixer (Friday evening)
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Attendance of all Conference Sessions with featured speakers (Saturday 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM in the DeSoto House Hotel ballroom)
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Access to the Vendor & Exhibition Rooms

Once you have submitted your personal information to register for the conference, you will have the option to add After Hours Events access to your purchase. See the full line up of optional After Hours Events here.
After Hours Events require registration and are at an additional cost to your 2 Day General Admission Pass.
Conclude your purchase online with your credit card.
Tickets may also be purchased via phone by calling Haunted Galena Tour Company at A Darkness Lovely:
(815) 990-7203
Lodging is available and STRONGLY recommended at the DeSoto House Hotel at a special discounted rate for conference attendees. Learn more about lodging here.
The Haunted Galena Conference is a highly limited ticket event, and as a result all ticket sales are final and absolutely no refunds will be given.
If you have any questions or issues completing your ticket purchase, please call the Haunted Galena Tour Company at (815) 990-7203
See you at the
Haunted Galena Conference 2023









