Sunday, October 11, 2015

DeBord's 20th Annual Halloween Festival


The DeBord Halloween Festival has been going on for the past 20 years. This is the first time I've ever been to it.

It was a free family-friendly event that took over Hardesty Park in Akron, Ohio from noon until 9:00 PM on Saturday, October 10th. It featured trick or treat for kids, 125+ vendors & clubs (all kinds of vendors, not just Halloween), 10 bands, hay and train rides, wrestlers & roller derby girls, karate and the highland games, corn hole tournament, costume, classic car and pizza eating contests, dance groups, food vendors and more.

Here's some photos and videos I took --


Non-sport trading cards!

Umbrella Corporation Ohio

Halloween ornaments.

Local horror hosts The Mummy and the Monkey.
Janet Decay and Grimm Gorri

Northeast Ohio Ghostbusters

Monkey bride decoration.

Let's Face It Caricatures

Zombified caricature.

Someone didn't like his photography.


Horror hosts Son of Ghoul, Lil' John and Big Chuck.

Kids costume contest.





Adult costume contest.


The Kiss!


Nice hearse!

Son of Ghoul, Lil' John, me and Big Chuck photo op.



The Soul Men, Blues Brothers Tribute



4 comments:

Tom said...

Looks like a lot of fun!

Erick said...

Tom, it was a lot of fun. I can't believe I never went before.

Bob Johns said...

holy cow you got to meet The Mummy and the Monkey! I just found there show they are fantastic.

Erick said...

Bob, they are fantastic. I even ran into Janet Decay shopping at a thrift store one time!