The Historic Irvington Halloween Festival

The Historic Irvington Community Council (HICC) has long enjoyed the generous support from local businesses and organizations. As a friend of the Irvington community, we invite you to partner with the HICC in producing the 66th annual Historic Irvington Halloween Festival, Historical Irvington Scholarship Pageant and Pleasant Run-Run.

Irvington Halloween Festival Sponsorship Benefits and Pricing

Irvington Halloween Festival Scholarship Pageant Sponsorship Benefits and Pricing

Pleasant Run-Run Sponsorship Benefits and Pricing

Thanks so much for joining us at The 65th annual Historic Irvington Halloween Festival. It was a record year for us! Police estimated over 10,000 attended on Saturday, Oct. 29th alone.

The festival would not have been possible without the generous contributions from our sponsors: Community Hospital East, Erie Insurance, UAW/Pure Power Technologies, HCC Medical Insurance Services, Sun King Brewery and Ace Hardware – with additional support from: Sport Graphics, Jockamo Pizza, Black Acre Brewing Co., George Thomas Florist, Cindy Kirchhofer, Benjaming Hunter, PNC, The Irvington Branch Library, homespun: modern handmade, InSite Art Consulting Group, CSL Plasma, Irvington Merchants Association, Bookmamas, Pat Miller, Snips Salon and Montgomery Tent & Awning.

A special thanks to our hardworking festival committee members: Isabel Webb, Brian Mack, Kyla Thompson, Bill Aughe, Steve Bridge, Rita Chapman, Tracia Fernkas, Stephen Giles, Kent Hankins, Dale Harkins, Jason Larrison, Will McCarty, Leslie Meier, Stan Denski, Michelle Michaelis, Ryan & Christy Owings, Krista Southern, Eric Wilson, Ryan Thomas, Steven Shattuck, and last but certainly not least, the dozens of volunteers that stepped up to support our events this week.

Thanks to Katie Anne Null, our 2011 Miss Irvington Halloween, and her court for representing the neighborhood and the festival at every event.

Additional Thanks to:

The Circle City Socialites, The Race City Rebels, Moeller Printing, High-End Concepts, Jim Schrum Sound, Irvington Insurance, Irvington United Methodist Church, Irvington Presbyterian Church, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, The Legend Cafe, The Irving Theater, Papa Roux, Kevin & Dave of Audio Diner, NEAL Artistry, Friends of Irving Circle, REACT, IMPD, IFD, Seals Ambulance Service, Pat & Leslie Walsh, Walgreens, Marsh, Tuxedo Brothers, Last Chance Wrecker, James White, The City of Indianapolis, Heartland Printworks, everyone who donated anything and pretty much everyone else in this amazing neighborhood!

Lastly, we wanted to single-out our 2011 chairman, Seth Brooke. He took the lead this year and knocked it out of the park. We couldn’t have had our best year ever without his tireless dedication, and the patience of his wife who put up with all the late nights. Thanks, Seth.

We hope you’ll join us in 2012 for the 66th annual Historic Irvington Halloween Festival, scheduled for Oct 21st-Oct 27th.

On Saturday October 29th at 4pm, thousands will line up on South Audubon to participate in the Irvington Halloween Festival costume parade:

On Saturday afternoon, FourSquare users should look for a special venue titled: “Irvington Costume Parade Sponsored by http://www.hccmis.com”

For every FourSquare check-in to the venue on the day of the parade, publicly shared on Twitter, our sponsor HCC Medical Insurance Services will donate $1 to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. up to a maximum of $1,000.00.

In case you see any zombies out at the parade, HCC has prepared the following Zombie Survival Guide:

Infographic Brought to you by: HCCMIS & Worldwide Medical Insurance.

The Indiana Blood Center Bloodmobile will be in the library parking lot on October 29th from 9am-Noon. People can reserve times for a blood draw at this link. This is a great opportunity for Irvington to give back!