The Annual Halloween Festival is October 26th. It’s a fun time here in Brevard. Costume Contests, Music, Bake-off, and Bowling are just some of the many events the festival has to offer. Visiting the area and don’t know where to trick or treat? Head downtown at 3:00pm, all of the retail stores will be handing out treats and a few tricks too!
Why not celebrate Halloween in Transylvania County, you just might find a vampire or two……..
2013 Halloweenfest Schedule (Festival Hours: 10:00am – 6:00pm)
8:00am Flight of the Vampire 5K Run
Brevard Rotary (Brevard College)
9:00am – 11:00am The Proper Pot Apple/Pumpkin Bake-Off
Outside of The Proper Pot – Judging at 11:00am
NEW TIME & LOCATION! 9:00am Registration for the Mountain Music Mash Competiton
(on a new stage on East Main St.)
10:00am – 6:00pm Street Festival: Food, Crafts, & Non-Profits(Downtown Brevard )
10:00am – 6:00pm Family Activities: Pumpkin Town, Boo-ville, Transylvania Boulevard, Tailgate Market, Ghoulish Golf, Spooky Hay Maze, Face & Hair Painting, and more!
NEW TIME & LOCATION! 10:00am-11:00am Costume Contest & Parade Registration – TYC (Downtown Brevard: Center of town at the intersection of Main and Broad Streets)
10:00am – 5:00pm Scarecrows on the Lawn
(Transylvania Heritage Museum)
NEW TIME & LOCATION! 10:00am – 6:00pm Mountain Music Mash Competition
(on a new stage on East Main St.)
NEW TIME! 10:00am – 12:30pm Great Pumpkin Roll Registration
NEW TIME & LOCATION! 11:00am-11:30am Costume Contest & Parade Judging & Awards Ceremony – TYC
(Downtown Brevard: Center of town at the intersection of Main and Broad Streets)
NEW TIME & LOCATION! 11:30am Costume Parade – immediately following the Awards Ceremony (Downtown Brevard – West Main Street and South Broad Street) Count Dracula and our favorite White Squirrel mascot will arrive to lead the costume parade!
NEW LOCATION! 12:00pm – 4:30pm Red Cross Blood Mobile (at the Hollingsworth building)
NEW TIME! 1:00pm – 2:30pm Great Pumpkin Roll Contest (Jailhouse Hill)
NEW EVENT! 2:00pm-3:30pm Mountain Music Mash Street Dance (East Main Street stage)
NEW TIME! 3:00pm – 4:00pm Downtown Trick or Treat ing (Downtown Merchants & Vendors)
NEW TIME! 4:00-4:30pm Pumpkin Carving Contest – Judging (Transylvania Times)
NEW LOCATION! EXTENDED HOURS! 6:00pm-10pm Osktoberfest – featuring Oskar Blues’ Osktoberfest beer, brats from Food Matters, live music and more. (New stage on East Main Street and the Water Oaks Suites parking lot)
Other Halloween Activities
4:00pm – 10:00pm Stingy Jack’s Pumpkin Patch
7:00pm – 10:00pm 12th Annual “Shock in the Corn” Haunted Maze
Blue Ridge Corn Maze
Neighborhood Trick or Treating – Halloween night, Wednesday October 31st
No dogs allowed on festival grounds, thanks!