The annual Spooktacular event is held in the raleys parking lot off of antelope rd on highway 80 every year. The main attraction is the costume contest for kids, sorry adults, were not included. They age from infant to young pre-teens. They have them in different ages groups. The prizes are different each year depending on what the sponsors donate. They have giving away bicycles for older groups and baskets of goodies for the younger ones. My daughter won last year in her group, cutest little cow(moo moo) ever. It was a glow in the dark skeleton bucket with a few candies, a token to Giant pizza for a free medium pizza, couple coupon to local stores in the business complex, few little toys too! Then you have the all the booths, there is a lot of them. Raleys is a huge sponsor each year and they give away a reusable raleys bag filled with a few complimentary things as well as snacks for each kiddo. Then they had a make your own cookie booth, the game section which had about 5 setup, prizes are like the .50 cent machines that pop out in vending thingies. Then you have a lot of mom and pop that do nick nack type of stuff, one lady does hand sewn dresses, oven mitts, ties, book bags of teams and themes. The funniest was the the original grand pa love, established in 1988. He had a bunch of hand made wood toys. Good olé grandpa, he knows what the kids like. Then there is a few bigger names like home Depot who gave out aprons for the kids and make your own wood toy set. Then there was a few banks, California family fitness spin the wheel and see what type of membership you can win, 2 weeks, 1 month, etc. They usually have each year a different local first responders, police, fire, paramedics and they give some demos training on what they do and how you can help. They have the main stage were they host the event and during the mean time they have singers, magicians, clowns, and even the local martial arts dojo due some really cool displays of what they do. The best about it FREEPARKING, FREETOENTER! you get alot of free swag from vendors and you can have a goood time for the kids and let them be kids. The important thing to know is its 10am to 4pm each year, the contest usually happens around 3pm, so if you go early at 10am we hit up all the vendors, games, and sign the kids up for the contest, then see how long the kids and us last walking around, then leave and come back for the contest. But there is a lot of local business for food, a few parks within 2 miles to let the kids run wild if you dont want to stick around that whole time. Till next year have a spooktacular time! O-o: o-O
