By Heidi Hess
The wind was coming in from the east bringing with it face paint melting humidity and the smell of copious amounts of candy corn. I have vivid memories of watching my friends wrestle with Halloween costumes basically made from shower curtains. By the end of the night, the HeMan costume or Strawberry Short cake plastic was torn to shreds and left us kids crabby and dehydrated. But – the candy always made things better.
Fast forward to 2025. Not only are the costumes made to last but are made out of actual material (I was lucky… my mom made mine – thanks mom!) and we have an old timey version of trick or treat right in our backyard.
Yesteryear Village (located at the South Florida Fairgrounds) hosts a Fall/Trick or Treat event from a bygone era. It’s a village that stayed back in the early 1900’s and on select days kids and parents can safely romp from house to house or store to store trick or treating and collecting candy as they go.
Spookyville at Yesteryear Village is an old fashioned Halloween /Fall celebration and it’s not just Trick or Treating. There’s a costume parade, live entertainment and a REAL haunted house.
Dates for this event are October 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26 and, of course, the 31st. Fridays are 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturdays are 11:00am to 10:00pm
Sundays are 11:00am to 6:00pm
Admission for kids is $15, adults are $10 but there’s a family package (two kids, two adults) for $45.
Spending an evening there is sure to give your kids Halloween memories they will carry with them for years… but without all the plastic shower curtain costumes and sweat from my bygone era. Haha… Happy Halloween!