Every year, the Historical Irvington Halloween Festival celebrates spooky season with a week of events at the end of October.

The week culminates in a street fair, which attracts tens of thousands of costumed revelers to East Washington Street and the surrounding neighborhood.

See costumes that frighten and delight below.

Noemi Velez in costume as a Victorian-era clown. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
A group of friends in tin foil hats hangs out on the lawn of a house near the Irvington Halloween Festival. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
Bryce Paul (left) and Jake Lees dress as masked country singer Orville Peck. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
A woman dressed as Mrs. Roper from “Three’s Company” marches in the Irvington Halloween Festival parade. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
Kara Felton (left) and Steven Berg in costume as Bob Ross and his painting. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
Country-rock band Union Suit Rally performs on the main stage. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
People dressed as characters from the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” march in the Irvington Halloween Festival parade. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
Furbies march in the parade. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
Aaron Stroude, dressed as Bob Dylan, poses for a portrait. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
A zombie family (from left), Kennedy, Elliot and Turner Standridge, pose for a portrait on a bench. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
A person dressed as a mushroom marches in the parade. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
Tom Mathews in costume as Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius from the movie “The Hunt for Red October.” Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
Stephanie & Clementine Staton dress as Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
A witch and a fly march in the Irvington Halloween Festival parade. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy
Karina and Mark Snyder dress as a sailor and Cousin It. Credit: Ted Somerville for Mirror Indy

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