The Hoboken Girl Team 
We already know that Hudson County is the place to be during spooky season — from parades to concerts to top-tier Halloween decorations, we’ve got it all. Another highly-anticipated event that locals look forward to each year is Jersey City’s Zombie Opera, which will return once again for 2025 with a lineup of professional opera singers. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, October 25th at 6PM. Read on for more about the 2025 Zombie Opera in Jersey City, NJ.
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Zombie Opera 2025 Details
2025 will mark the 6th year of this unique and exciting performance. The free event, titled “Zombie Opera: The Curse of the Olympus” will be held at Hamilton Park in Jersey City on Saturday, October 25th, and starts at 6PM.
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Although the Zombie Opera event does not start until 6PM, face painters as well as food and drink vendors will be setting up in the park starting at 4PM. A pre-show concert will be held at 5PM and local poets will be performing, per a press release.
This year’s opera will feature highly-acclaimed opera singers Yohji Daquio, Molly Dunn, Rachelle Pike, Jeremy Brauner, and Phillip Bullock. The singers will perform repertoire from operas including Die Walküre, La Traviata, The Magic Flute, Carmen, Turandot, and more. Jersey City resident and poet/author Jeff Dess will perform as the Emcee.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs and dress up in costumes. The event is ADA accessible + presented with ASL, and is supported by public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund.
About Zombie Opera
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Incredibly, Zombie Opera was birthed out of a connection that Jersey City neighbors formed during COVID-19.
“Catriona, our Zombie Opera director and producer, introduced me to some neighbors as the ‘town opera singer’ and we got the idea to start Stoop Operas,” Molly told Opera Wire back in 2021. “We didn’t advertise and it was very casual, but still we had a huge turnout. People loved gathering safely outside to hear live music again. We even met new opera singers at Stoop Opera, and it became a monthly outdoor concert throughout the pandemic. With Halloween 2020 around the corner, we took a chance to do a zombie-themed opera concert, ‘The Zombie Opera Mask-erade.’”
The 2020 event — which was also a fundraiser for a local performing arts school, LUX Performing Arts, was a hit. Now, the team is back in 2025 for its sixth year of Zombie Opera. In the future, the production hopes to potentially expand to an entire street in order to create an immersive walk-through experience, which locals may be able to expect in the coming years.
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To get involved, sign up for updates, or make a donation, you can click here — and be sure to follow along on the opera’s Instagram page here.
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