WAUPUN — Halloween has finally arrived, and with it the annual city-wide celebration. This year’s Halloween celebration will be on Saturday, October 29th.
Saturday October 29th Halloween Event Schedule:
1PM to 4PM – Halloween on Main
1PM to 4PM – Senior Center Haunted House
4PM to 6PM – Citywide Trick-or-Treating
5:30PM to 7:30PM – 7th Annual Forest Mound Cemetery Walk
Halloween on Main is a downtown Trick-or-Treating event where the businesses in the downtown area participate. Last year’s Halloween on Main was the first to close Main St for the afternoon, which drew much more attraction to the event.
During Halloween on Main, the Waupun Senior Center will be hosting a free-to-attend “spooky, but not scary” haunted house. Along with the haunted house will be a picture taking area with play costumes for children to dress up in.
City-wide Trick-or-Treating immediately follows Halloween on Main.
Following city-wide trick-or-treating is the Historical Society’s 7th Annual Cemetery Walk at Forest Mound Cemetery. The Historical Cemetery Walk is a free-will-donation event where actors play the parts of local historical figures who were buried in Waupun.
“This year’s Cemetery Walk will feature some iconic names and new faces from Waupun’s past,” Waupun Historical Society president Zac Dickhut told WPN. “Civil War heroes who helped lead a young village, accomplished athletes, notable business leaders, and an individual who saved the lives of nearly 600 people.”
The Forest Mound Cemetery Walk was started in 2015 by Rohn Bishop Sr., father of Mayor of Waupun Rohn W. Bishop. After Bishop Sr.’s passing last year, the Historical Society has honored his contribution to the community and is continuing his legacy in the Cemetery Walk.
“I know how much Rohn T. Bishop loved the sense of wonder this event brought to people and how he enjoyed seeing the reactions of the folks when they learned about their local heritage,” Dickhut continued. “We wanted a walk that will do that more than ever before and I’m positive this will fit the bill.”
