The Harvest Society Invades Kansas City Fall 2024
[North Kansas City, MO] – From the creators of the hit pop-up + events Drinkaway Camp and Drinkaway Camp 2: Those Meddling Kids comes a whole new kind of pop up experience. Coming this fall, it’s the end of the world. Which side will you choose?
Become a member of the Harvest Society and participate in an age-old rite that helps to either strengthen the wards that protect this world from supernatural forces – or bring them crashing down for good. Every year, as the autumn equinox approaches and the nights grow long, the members of the Harvest Society assemble to conduct the Great Harvest. They gather in Kansas City this year, and the choice will be ours.
The past comes back to haunt us as a variety of Harvest Society artifacts will be left at participating local bars, breweries, distilleries, and taverns across the city. Participants will be able to enjoy themed drinks and join in immersive games that will test their wits and induct them into the world of the Harvest Society.
Will you join the Reapers, who seek to preserve the world as it is by cutting down the advances of the dark, or will you throw your lot in with the Sowers, who hope to usher in a new world of gods and monsters? Whichever side you choose, participants will receive their own copy of the Harvest Society Compendium, which will guide them through ten local venues before they finally reach the Harvest Ball, where their success or failure will help to determine the winners of the year’s contest… and just possibly the future of the world.
“We are so excited to bring our brand of experiences to the city we love so much,” said Tyler Unsell, founder of Signal Horizon Entertainment. “While we enjoyed presenting Drinkaway Camp and Drinkaway Camp 2, we wanted to explore something even more ambitious that could integrate more of the region’s amazing breweries, distilleries, bars, and hang-out spots. We think people are absolutely going to love becoming a part of the Harvest Society!”
A range of local favorites have joined the festivities, transforming their familiar locations into clandestine meeting places for members of the Harvest Society. While the Reapers and Sowers compete to solve mysteries and gather important clues, they can also enjoy specially designed craft cocktails created just for this event. Come experience special seating, uniquely formulated cocktails, and, of course, the cursed artifacts that must be deciphered at each location.
Get Tickets Now Before They Sell Out
Unlike previous pop-up+ experiences, the Harvest Society will allow participants to play along at their own pace. You can visit one location a night or try to knock them all out in a weekend, whatever works for you. Harvest Society encourages everyone to enlist their friends, as the competition between the Reapers and the Sowers might just determine the world’s fate starting in September on Friday the 13th, 2024.
“Combining the immersive and interactive elements that made our previous pop-up+ experiences a hit with the casual pacing of a pub crawl, we’re bringing something very special to Kansas City this fall – just in time for Halloween!” said Tracy Palmer, co-owner of Signal Horizon Entertainment.
Participants in the Great Harvest will find themselves looking at the world around them in new ways as Kansas City history is combined with spooky atmosphere to create an interactive phantasmagoria that begins before you have visited even one location and continues long after you walk out the doors of your chosen venue. The fun won’t end at the tavern door. Each Compendium unlocks a whole host of ways to get free drinks, explore the city, and keep track of who’s winning with the live leaderboard. For some, The Harvest Society might be a spooky way to enjoy the season. For others, it will be a competitive lifestyle.
Tickets to both of Signal Horizon’s previous pop-up+ experiences sold out quickly, so don’t wait to join the Harvest Society and choose your side. Will you help the Reapers drive back the dark, or will you open the way for a strange new world with the Sowers? The choice is yours.
Event Details
Event Name: Harvest Society
Dates: Friday September 13th-October 25-26
Locations:
Pickup books and game launch: The Stray Cat Film Center
Explore the history of the haunted train tunnels of West Bottoms Whiskey Co.
Examine the cursed broadcast intrusion at Rewind Video and Dive
Seek out the haunting music of The Harvest Society at Vine Street Brewing Co.
The spooky stables of Lifted Spirits Distillery will play host to a Harvest Society artifact
The Big Rip Brewing Company will host the retro landscapes of a possessed child’s nightmares
The Chartreuse Saloon will ask you to discover what time it is in Hell.
Callsign Brewery will remind you the phone calls ALWAYS come from inside the house!
The key to winning the game can be found in a book of the damned at Afterward Tavern and Shelves
The spirits of the last Great Harvest are discontent which is why they frequent Restless Spirits Distilling Company
Ticket Information: Save the world or let it die. Choose a team.
Contact: tyler@signalhorizon.com
Tyler has been the editor in chief of Signal Horizon since its conception. He is also the Director of Monsters 101 at Truman State University a class that pairs horror movie criticism with survival skills to help middle and high school students learn critical thinking. When he is not watching, teaching or thinking about horror he is the Director of Debate and Forensics at a high school in Kansas City, Missouri.