27th Annual Halloweenfest

Halloweenfest In Transylvania County!
October 31, 2009 (Halloween)

The only other Transylvania is in Romania, so where else would you want to honor Halloween, but with us!?

Started by the Chamber of Commerce in 1982, Halloweenfest is celebrating its 27th year!

If baking is more your speed, enter the Proper Pot Apple/Pumpkin Bake-off and see who captures the judges’ favor.

Picture by: Michael Rogers

The street festival begins at 10:00am. You’ll find plenty of fun for the family: Tiny Tot Pumpkin Bowl, Bi-Lo Cookie Decorating, Face & Hair Painting, Ghoulish Golf, & Spooky Hay Maze!

Families can also compete in the Costume Parade. Costume judging categories include: Best Infant, Best Comic Character, & Best Storybook Character.

If you haven’t gotten enough of your sweets, join in the Downtown Trick or Treat. Walk by the downtown businesses and street vendors and receive your candies and treats.

The Brevard Rotary Club's 29th Annual "Flight of the Vampire" 5K Race ends the day at dusk (5:00pm).

Halloweenfest also hosts, the 14th Annual Old Time Music Competition. Musicians can compete in: Junior Fiddle, Folk Song, Lap Dulcimer, Old Time: Banjo, Fiddle, & String Band, Mandolin, and Guitar. The Old Time String Band Competition takes place in the County Courthouse, beginning at 8:00pm. This is one of the few venues in the county where old time mountain music is honored by contemporary musicians.

2009 Halloweenfest schedule

Saturday – October 31, 2009

12:00pm-4:30pm	Count Dracula's Blood Drive
	(Water Oak Suites Parking Lot - East Main Street)
9:00am-11:00am	Proper Pot Apple/Pumpkin Bake-Off
	Proper Pot – Judging at 11:00am
10:00am-6:00pm	Street Festival: Food and Crafts
	(Downtown Brevard)
10:00am-6:00pm	Family Activities: Tiny Tot Pumpkin Bowl, Ghoulish Golf, Spooky Hay Maze, Bi-Lo Cookie Decorating, Face & Hair Painting
10:00am-4:30pm	Juried Craft Show
	(Sacred Heart Catholic Church)
10:30am	Junior Fiddle Music Competition
	(Courthouse Gazebo)
11:00am-6:00pm	Old Time Music Competition
	(Courthouse Gazebo)
1:15pm	Costume Parade Judging – TYC
	(Downtown: Johnson/Jordan St.)
1:30pm-4:30pm	Fall Festival (First Baptist Church)
2:00pm	Costume Parade (Downtown)
2:30pm-3:30pm	Trick or Treat
	(Downtown Merchants/Vendors)
3:00pm-3:30pm	Pumpkin Carving Contest
	(Transylvania Times – Judging 3:30pm)
5:00pm	Flight of the Vampire 5K Race
	Brevard Rotary (S. Gaston near TC Library)
8:00pm-10:00pm	Old Time String Band Competition
	(Courthouse: Large Courtroom) $3 admission

Other Halloween Activites:

5:00pm	Flight of the Vampire 5K Race
	(Brevard Rotary) S. Gaston near TC Library
5:00pm, 6:30pm	Halloween Tours
	(Transylvania Heritage Museum) Downtown Brevard
Dusk - 10:00pm	"Shock in the Corn" Haunted Maze
	Blue Ridge Corn Maze
6:00pm - 8:00pm	Trunk or Treat
	First Baptist Church Parking Lot across from Big Mike's
8:00pm	"Bell, Book, and Candle"
	Brevard Little Theatre - American Legion Hall
8:00pm	"Little Shop of Horrors"
	Brevard College