Carlsbad Art and Culture

The village streets animated with celebrities and monsters as a brisk chill whipped up the scent of front porch pumpkins and silly string. Children scampered along the glowing residential sidewalks and others found their treats within the spider web covered taps of the many village pubs. The Carlsbad village was again transformed into a living tabloid where celebrities wandered the shadowy streets during another Excellent Halloween weekend crawl.

The tunes of local band Sprout Farm tumbled down Roosevelt and a backyard glowed with Halloween tradition. Organic beer flowed and stories, as real as the many plastic wigs, hovered over a glowing campfire. Dolly Parton bounced her way through the thick crowd and a goofy ‘zonie attempted to blend in. Cat Woman whipped the sleepy into shape and a ring leader and a judge watched their domain. An untimely disaster put a damper on one’s evening and Cassandra took the stage in between her Kung Foo fighting.

A smorgasbord of monsters, celebrities and closet explosions slithered around most local pubs as capacity hit early and remained swollen. Costumed hooligans trickled into the streets allowing others to take their places within while many decided to snap photos and spat one liners in the streets. Michael moon walked down State St. and a Chinese master remained poised in the Port. A warrior stayed ultimate and a surprise plopped out and upon a table at Hesessey’s.

Halloween is one of the few times your perversions and worst nightmares are tolerated. It provides the opportunity to change identities and show creativity. Your body becomes a canvas and your personality shifts to that of the dead or the famous. A Halloween night in the village is like a night at the theater. Each sidewalk wanderer is in the cast and an interaction is an opportunity to toss a one liner… Party on!

Streetfancy.com Halloween observations HERE!

Click HERE and HERE to see past costumes!