Family Fright Night

The Parks and Recreation Department would like to invite all ghosts, goblins, and creatures of the night to join us for an evening of safe and traditional family fun to be held at Louise Hays Park. Activities will include trick or treating, bounce houses, games, a costume contest, and more! Food will be on-site available for purchase.
Date: October 31, 2023
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Louise Hays Park, 202 Thompson Drive
Fee: Free admission

Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in being a sponsor for this event? There are two ways to support this family-friendly community event. First, organizations/businesses can register to host a booth and activity with candy or prizes. They decorate their own car trunk or a 10’x10’ canopy tent booth with a Halloween theme of their choosing (family-appropriate) and distribute candy/prizes to trick-or-treaters. There is no fee to participate - we just ask that you bring enough candy/prizes for 3,000+ attendees.

To register, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/s5aQeJCP1a5frxT66

Second, organizations can sponsor in-kind products or monetarily. Cash sponsorships go directly into providing candy, decorations, and activities for this event. This is a great way to give back to the community and promote your business/organization or any upcoming events and programs. If interested, please e-mail recreation@kerrvilletx.gov.

Costume Contest Registration

Interested in participating in our annual costume contest at Family Fright Night on Oct. 31? This year, participants must register in advance. Visit https://web2.myvscloud.com/wbwsc/txkerrvillewt.wsc/splash.html? and select the “Special Events” tab. After clicking “All Events”, you will select the correct age category under Family Fright Night Costume Contest. Please note that if you are registering for the group costume category you are only required to register one (1) person from the group – do not register every person in the group. After the item is added to your cart, you will sign into or create your WebTrac account.

The costume contest is free for all participants. Awards will be given for crowd favorite, most creative, creepiest costume, and more. Costume contest check-in will begin at 5:30 p.m., with judging times as follows:

  • 0-4 years – 6 p.m.
  • 5-9 years – 6:20 p.m.
  • Family/group costumes – 6:40 p.m.
  • 10-14 years – 7 p.m.
  • 15+ years – 7:20 p.m.