West Side Hallo Fest 2024, the biggest Halloween festival in Romania, is held on Morii Lake between October 25 and 27.
West Side Hallo Fest runs for three days and features rock concerts, children’s workshops, mystery trails, and a costume contest.
The biggest Halloween festival in Romania will be organized by the City Hall of Sector 6, on the island of Morii Lake and the equipped jetty.
The event will occur between October 25 and 27, and entry will be free on Friday, October 25, and on Saturday and Sunday, there will be free entrance until 14.00. After that, a RON 20 (approx EUR 4) ticket will let you participate for any of the two days, while a RON 30 (approx EUR 6) will let you participate for both days.
The event follows the success of the West Side Flowers Fest, which occurred this Spring.
Around 42,100 square meters will be transformed into a fairytale land. For three days, the Lacul Morii – Mill Lake area, in Sector 6 of the Capital, will be where the first edition of the West Side Hallo Fest will take place. The island, the pier, and part of its base will be decorated in the Halloween theme. No less than 15.5 tons of pumpkins will be prepared for decoration, and the carving and painting workshops will be organized for the little ones. The works will be able to be admired by visitors in a large exhibition.
Also, some of them will become lanterns that will illuminate a portion of the lake.
Halloween at the West Side Hallo Fest 2024
Visitors will enter the Halloween atmosphere from the Crângași Park area. At the base of the pier, a sales area will be filled with carved and painted flowers, plants and pumpkins. On the pier, they will be greeted by living statues costumed in the theme and be able to admire various artistic moments.
Along the entire 10,000-square-meter landscaped promenade, they will pass under giant arches, each five meters high, decorated by the Sector 6 City Hall landscapers. Those who want to ride the little train will be picked up from Mehadia and taken to the island, which will be the centre of the fun.
On an area of 32,100 square meters, approximately 30 arcades will be set up, a labyrinth with mysterious paths made of 1,000 straw bales, mask-making workshops, the candy house, areas for organizing thematic games for children, paintings in front, and relaxation areas.
West Side Hallo Fest – Artistic Program and Attractions
The great attractions of the Hallo Fest 2024
A giant pumpkin, with a diameter of 2.5 meters, lit from the inside and built of natural materials, on an iron structure, can be considered the symbol of the event. 45 tons of pumpkins will arrive on the island at Hallo Fest. 10,000 pieces will be used in the workshops, and another 5,000 for decoration.
Decor which, by the way, promises to be „creepingly” spectacular. An oversized witch, almost three meters tall, a ghost house set up at the mausoleum, a deserted and haunted town, reproduced in an area of the island, 1,000 bales of straw, crows, flowers, skeletons, spiders, these are just a few of the things that will turn Mill Lake Island into a magical land.
Concerts at Hallo Fest 2024
There will be famous bands on stage, such as Carla’s Dreams (famous Moldovan band) on Saturday, or Vita de Vie (Romanian alternative rock band), Robin & The Backstabbers, Bucovina and many others on Sunday.
Also on the big stage on the island there will be a Halloween-themed fashion, make-up and hairstyle presentation, as well as a parade of visitors’ costumes.
In the food area, dozens of traders come with appetizing dishes, specially prepared for Halloween. And in the exhibitor area, you can find a lot of wonders (accessories, jewelry, decorations) to take home as a souvenir.
