The City of Costa Mesa holds its Scarecrow Festival on Saturday, October 10, 2 to 6 p.m. on the Lions Park Event Lawn, 1845 Park Ave. Admission is free.
For families
The city lists trick-or-treat stations, a kids costume parade, arm painting, photo spots, live entertainment and music for the afternoon. Costumes are welcome.
The scarecrow contest
The festival is built around a scarecrow contest. Entries are registered through a form on the city’s Scarecrow Festival page, which has English and Spanish versions.
Questions can go to the Costa Mesa Parks and Community Services Department at (714) 754-5300.
The featured photo shows a Halloween scarecrow at a park in Rotterdam, not the Costa Mesa event.
Sources
Featured photo: Donald Trung Quoc Don via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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