The city of Oxford concluded its month-long Fall-O-Ween festival with its traditional city-wide Halloween celebration on Friday, October 31, 2025.

Oxford Parks and Recreation started the day with its annual Halloween carnival held at the Oxford Civic Center.

The gymnasium quickly filled with both the young and the young at heart dressed as a wide array of characters, with several of the young ones taking home prizes for their creative costumes.

Hot dogs, carnival games, bounce houses, hayrides, and candy were all offered for free.

“You can’t look around this gym and not smile,” said PARD director Don Hutton. “I think this is the most we’ve ever had and that’s a good thing.”

Many from the PARD Carnival crossed town to join those at the Trick-Or-Treat on Main, organized by Historic Main Street Oxford, which filled downtown with an assortment of special treats from Main Street businesses, hayrides provided by the Oxford Public Works department, free candy from the city departments, more than 25 vendors and food trucks – many with free candy, live music with Andrew May, bounce house and slide, an interactive Pirate’s Alley of fun and games at the Oxford Performing Arts Center, and the season finale of The Terrortorium Haunted House and Amusements.

“October has proven to be an amazing month for our city as Oxford has presented an entire month of family-friendly events culminating with our traditional Halloween celebrations,” said Mayor Alton Craft.

“I join with the members of the city council in thanking the literally thousands of people who have filled our parks, venues, and streets for coming out to enjoy Oxford’s Fall-O-Ween events. Thanks and appreciation go to the members of the Oxfordfest committee who started the month off in a record-setting way; all the local businesses who so generously played a part; the sponsors and vendors without whose contributions much would not have been possible; and all our city employees for their hard work in developing and organizing all these special memory-making opportunities for our residents and visitors.”