Weaver Park After Dark put on a terrifying experience for Lloydminster residents in its second year of operation.
The event ran Oct. 24 and 25 at Weaver Heritage Park. This year, volunteers poured out to make the event a spooky experience.
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“It’s really exciting, our community came forward and we’ve got over 100 volunteers for the event,” said Cindy Rekimowich, manager, programs and events, City of Lloydminster. “Probably triple the amount of volunteers that we had last year.”
Prior to the event, the city launched a campaign to garner local interest.
“We did a little social media campaign and got lots of people interested,” she said, noting they sold about 35 per cent of the tickets prior to the event.
There were some new scares added this year.
“We added a creepy mechanic and we got a creepy truck on site,” said Rekimowich. “Lots of people have driven by over the last week and said, ‘why is there a creepy white van in the park.’
“We’ve added a few new features and one of the artists from the museum has created some of the homemade items to scare people.”
Weaver Park After Dark is an event that started last year and again this year, it supported the Fill the Seats campaign which is a Cenovus Energy Hub fundraiser.
In terms of it returning next year, organizers are hopeful to see it come back.
“I think so. If it’s successful it definitely will,” said Rekimowich.
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