On Oct. 26 from 11am to 5pm the first annual Frightapalooza festival takes place at the Alton Mill Arts Centre.
The first event of its kind at the Alton Mill, Frightapalooza is a celebration of all things Halloween and harvest, promising a day of scary fun for the entire family.
Admission is $5 and includes pumpkin carving and decorating, face painting, temporary tattooing by Citrus City Tattoos, a haunted fun house, storytelling in the forest, live music by funk jazz band Murky and a zombie fashion show.
Festival workshops offered by Alton Mill artists include: scary spin art with Paul Morin, witch’s ladder with C.J. Shelton, Halloween jewelry- making at Gemma Gallery, wicked wax with Andrea Bird, and paper mask-making and origami at Noodle Gallery.
Come in full costume and get in for free.
For more information about the Frightapalooza festival and artist workshops go to www.altonmill.ca.