Oh, and there’ll be candy.
Lots of it.
“We’ve asked all of the vendors to bring treats for all of the kids,” Amy Koger, executive director of the nonprofit Main Street Crestview Association, said today.
This year’s Fall Festival is scheduled to take place from 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 on portions of Main and Wilson streets in downtown Crestview. The annual family-oriented celebration, which has taken place since at least the early 1990s, is organized by the MSCA in partnership with the city of Crestview. Admission is free.
Koger said each festival draws about 10,000 to 15,000 people.
“It’s awesome,” she said.
In addition to providing candy, the event’s vendors have been asked to have some sort of game for kids to play “so they can enjoy the whole four hours” of the festival, Koger said.
She also noted that the event’s KidZone will have several attractions, such as face painting, obstacle courses, and a corn sandbox area.
The pet costume contest is set for 4 p.m. and the human costume contest is set for 6 p.m. The city’s “Trunk or Treat” event, which will be held in conjunction with the Fall Festival, will take place at Wilson Street Park, 375 N. Wilson St.
To make way for all the fun, the following streets and portions of streets will be closed at 1 p.m. on Oct. 25: Beech, Oakdale and Woodruff avenues, as well as Main Street between Beech and Industrial Drive and Wilson Street between Beech and Woodruff.