Wesley Street are planning a Halloween ‘Fate’ full of spooky fun

Wesley Street traders are busy preparing their ‘Scare’crows and getting ready for their village “fate” as part of Southport Halloween Festival.

The “fate” will be a fun filled day of traditional fate activities all with a spooky, scarecrow twist.  There will be music, magic and clog dancing.  Crafts with Creation Station, lots of spooky story telling and of course Halloween face painting.  The traders of Wesley Street are also planning a brilliant Halloween dog show in aid of Freshfields.

The streets infamous scarecrows will also be back on display from the 20^th of October – 31^st of October and the village “fate” takes place on Thursday 26^th of October 11am – 3pm.

Diane Celine Photography, from Wesley Street Traders Group is excited for the festivities “Our Beach Festival in May went down brilliantly with a wonderful community fell and lots of families out enjoying all the different activities. We are really excited about doing our first full Halloween event and have planned lots of mischief, surprises and fun for all” 

The ‘Fate’ is a key part of Southport’s annual Halloween festival,  put on by Southport BID. The festival is now in it’s 3^rd year but this year it’s set for twist, turns and changes!  This year‘s festival will be made up of a series of great events within the town centre all set to thrill and spook Halloween fans of every age – including a grand central marquee packed with four days of mischievous family fun.

The festival has attracted 1,000’s in the past and has gathered a huge following on Facebook, with Halloween fans from around the region and beyond.  The festival aims to bring great fun and entertainment to the town centre during the Autumn half term.  The line-up for this year is looking exciting, with acts for every age – most of which are free and will feature a series of events and performers in and around the town centre and venues

The festival will kick off with a two-day Indie Horror film festival at The Atkinson – put together with local award winning filmmakers – and continues throughout the week. 

Look out for other great surprises throughout the week including a 16 foot spider roaming the streets on Saturday the 28^th, a fire walking contest for Marie Curie and a monster petting zoo to name but a few.

Head to spookysouthport.com to hunt down the different events or follow Southport Halloween Festival on Facebook for loads of updates.