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Sydney's Largest Immersive Horror Experience Set to Transform Cockatoo Island

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Key Facts:

• Fear Island is a large-scale immersive horror event taking place on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour across three nights from 28–30 August 2026, accessible exclusively by ferry.
• The event features more than 30 live performers, over 100 scare moments, and two separate horror tunnel experiences, making it Sydney's largest immersive horror experience.
• Beyond the tunnels, guests can enjoy a range of attractions including ghost stories by firelight, live contortionist performances, horror-themed food and beverages, and a Best Dressed Competition.
• A premium 18+ immersive dining experience, Fear Island: The Thriller Dinner, makes its debut in 2026, combining theatrical horror, interactive storytelling, and a sit-down banquet with live characters.
• An interactive island-wide treasure hunt, The Warden's Lost Key, begins one week before the event, with daily clues released on social media and a growing prize pool awarded to the first guest to find the key on event night.

Sydney's Largest Immersive Horror Experience

Set to Transform Cockatoo Island

Featuring more than 30 live performers, over 100 scare moments

and Australia's newest immersive horror dinner experience.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – This August, one of Sydney's most iconic and mysterious landmarks will be

transformed into a terrifying world of immersive horror as Fear Island takes over Cockatoo Island for

three unforgettable nights.

Running from 28–30 August 2026, Fear Island will feature more than 30 live performers, over 100

individual scare moments and two completely different live horror tunnel experiences, creating what

is set to become Sydney's largest immersive horror experience.

Accessible only by ferry, guests begin their journey the moment they arrive on Cockatoo Island before

stepping into a world where the line between fiction and reality quickly disappears.

Unlike traditional haunted attractions, Fear Island has been designed as a complete horror destination

where visitors are encouraged to spend the evening exploring the island, uncovering hidden mysteries,

meeting terrifying characters and becoming part of the unfolding story.

Two Tunnels. One Island. Endless Fear.

At the heart of the event is Fear Island: The Tunnels of Terror.

Guests will navigate two separate live horror tunnel experiences, each featuring its own story line,

horrifying characters, immersive theatrical scenes and relentless scares.

With more than 100 scare moments hidden throughout the experience, no two journeys through the

tunnels will ever feel the same.

Guests may even return for a second journey through the tunnels during their visit, subject to

availability.

More Than A Haunted Attraction

Fear Island has been created as a complete horror precinct, encouraging guests to arrive early or stay

after their tunnel session to experience a range of immersive attractions including:

• Ghost Stories of Fear Island by firelight

• More than 30 live roaming performers and creatures

• Live contortionist performances

• The Fear Island 360 Horror Booth

• Horror photo opportunities

• Fear Island Fortune Cards

• Fear Island Death Certificates

• The Missing Persons Wall

• Best Dressed Competitions

• The Warden's Lost Key Treasure Hunt

• Horror-themed food and beverages including a complimentary Horror Dog with every admission ticket

• Pizza truck, dessert truck, café, restaurant and licensed bar

A Brand-New Horror Dining Experience

Making its debut in 2026 is Fear Island: The Thriller Dinner.

This premium 18+ immersive dining experience combines theatrical horror, interactive storytelling and

premium dining in one unforgettable evening.

Guests will be welcomed with a themed cocktail before enjoying shared entrée platters, The Warden's

Feast spit roast banquet and shared desserts while live characters move throughout the room and the

story unfolds around them.

Rather than simply watching the performance, guests become part of the experience.

The Hunt Begins Before Opening Night

Fear Island also introduces The Warden's Lost Key, an interactive island-wide treasure hunt that begins

one week before the event.

Each day, new clues will be released across Fear Island's Facebook and Instagram pages, encouraging

ticket holders to solve riddles, research Cockatoo Island and prepare for the hunt.

On event night, somewhere on the island, The Warden's Lost Key will be waiting.

The first guest to discover it will take home a prize pool that grows as tickets are sold.

Dress To Terrify

Guests are encouraged to embrace the experience by dressing in costume.

The coveted title of Grand Champion of Fear Island will be awarded alongside nightly prizes, spot

prizes and giveaways throughout the weekend.

Creating Sydney's Next Signature Horror Event

Event Director Monique Annetts said Fear Island had been created to offer Australians something they

had never experienced before.

"People don't just buy a ticket to walk through a haunted tunnel anymore—they

want to be completely immersed. Fear Island has been designed as a destination

where guests arrive by ferry, explore Cockatoo Island after dark, experience two

terrifying tunnel adventures, gather around ghost stories by firelight and become

part of the story themselves."

"Our vision is to create an annual event that horror fans from across Australia will

travel to Sydney to experience. Cockatoo Island provides one of the most

atmospheric locations in the country, and we've designed Fear Island to embrace

that history rather than compete with it."

Fast Facts

Fear Island: The Tunnels of Terror

📍 Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour

📅 Friday 28 – Sunday 30 August 2026

🚢 Accessible only by ferry

👥 More than 30 live performers

😱 Over 100 scare moments

🧟 Two separate live horror tunnel experiences

🎭 Australia's newest immersive horror dinner experience

👻 Ghost Stories of Fear Island

🔑 Interactive treasure hunt – The Warden's Lost Key

🏆 Best Dressed Competitions

🍕 Themed food, licensed bar and entertainment precinct

🎟 Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/CUTLJ

📘 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/857899094021971/857899097355304

🌐 More Information: https://www.amaconnect.com.au/fear-island-tunnelsofterror

About Fear Island

Fear Island is an original Australian immersive horror event created by AMA Event Management.

Combining live theatrical performance, interactive storytelling, themed dining and large-scale

walk through attractions, Fear Island delivers a unique horror experience set against the historic

backdrop of Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour.

Contact details:

MEDIA ENQUIRIES

Monique Annetts

Event Director – Fear Island

AMA Event Management

📞 1300 385 838

📧 [email protected]