CHILLICOTHE, OH – The Chillicothe Halloween Festival takes place October 7-9, 2022 at Yoctangee Park. The festival brings back new experiences and community favorite activities this year. The festival will feature over 70 vendors along with favorite food options, live entertainment from locals
and regional bands, and an expanded family fun zone. The family fun zone will continue to offer games and inflatable bounce houses, but will also include virtual reality pods, two escape rooms, laser tag, along with other activities. In addition, there will be a costume contest for children and adults, a car show followed by a bag or gift event, the popular coffin races, and new this year will be a large pumpkin drop offering cash in cash and other prizes. The festival has also partnered with Giant Pumpkin Growers of Southern Ohio to host the annual pumpkin weigh-in during the festival. In addition to the pumpkins there will be other vegetables and pumpkins that will be presented.
Special exhibits and celebrity appearances will include The Goblin Project and Corey McCauley. The Goblin Project is the Green Goblin movie prop made famous in the Stephen King movie “Maximum Overdrive”. The owner of the Green Goblin, Tim Shockey, will show the object in the film
where you can take a photo with the emblematic accessory.
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Celebrity guest Corey McCauley will take part in the festival. He is a special effects artist who has worked on films such as “The Bye-Bye Man,” “Gerald’s Game,” and “My Soul to Keep,” to name a few. He was also the creator of the creatures in the films “Myth: Bigfoot Hunters” and “Fighting the Sky”. Corey will be offering masks, props and an assortment of created monsters throughout the festival.
“We have a great committee that has been working very hard to grow the festival this year,” stated Gene Betts, president of the Chillicothe Halloween Festival. “We are excited to introduce all new activities and experiences as we continue to build on the foundation the festival has built
popular This is definitely a community festival where all ages can come and participate in the event and have fun. Additionally, this is a festival for the community with proceeds going to area nonprofits to support their work in Chillicothe and Ross County.
The festival will take place on Friday 7 October from 11:00 to 22:00, on Saturday 8 October it will be open from 10:00 to 22:00 and on Sunday 9 October ‘opens at 10:00 and concludes the year at 17:00. Entrance to the festival is free. Visit the festival website www.ChillicotheHalloweenFestival.com for the schedule of events and follow the festival Facebook page at www.facebook.com/chillicothehalloweenfestival for more information.
