One of the Rockford area’s favorite Halloween traditions, the Festival of Frights, returns this weekend, and the chance to help families in need returns with it.
What Is the Festival of Frights?
The Festival of Frights began in 2018 with the mission of providing free Halloween entertainment for Rockford area families, and since that time it has grown bigger and better every year.
Just like the massively popular Christmas tradition, the Festival of Lights, businesses and organizations throughout the Stateline area donate money or time to turn Sinnissippi Park into a spook-tastically decorated drive-through Halloween light show that is completely free to attend.
If seeing cool Halloween displays isn’t enough reason to go, consider this: all donations received during the event are used to provide Halloween costumes for kids in the community who need them.
More than 50 costume requests have been received in 2025 thus far and the Festival of Frights is in search of costume……