Sweet Mother’s Slay: Tempe, Arizona 2026

Sugar, spice, and everything devilishly nice! The Sweet Mother’s Slay event at the Rocket Space Gallery in Tempe, Arizona, was a delightful evening filled with endless entertainment.

We had an absolute blast at Return of the Giving Dead’s Sweet Mother’s Slay: Mummy’s Market and Ugly Dessert Competition, where we had the greatest honor of hosting the dessert competition. We had an amazing time dressing like Wednesday and Morticia Addams for the event, and putting on a little introduction to start the competition. We saw some truly creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky desserts while hosting the competition.

The contestants really put some hearts and souls into their bakes, meteorically and literally, and the judges had a hard time picking the ultimate winner. However, they finally concluded, and the winner of the competition was...Jessica Zook with her freshly harvested heart cake. In the end, the evening was filled with some killer, disturbing, unusual, but delicious desserts, and we were so happy to be a part of it all.

Not only was there a dessert competition, but there was also a Mother’s Malice Showcase, Lip Sync Show, Vocal and Spoken Word Show, Drag Show, Comedy Show, Acro-Chair Show, and a Rap Show. There was also a scavenger hunt taking place during the event, where the winners were revealed at the end of the night. Be sure to check out Return of the Giving Dead on social media platforms for future spooktacular events!