Scarefest and Spooky Market Takes Over Crestwood Strip Mall

CRESTWOOD, IL — The second annual Scarefest and Spooky Market will take over the strip mall at 127the Street and Central Avenue in Crestwood this Saturday, Oct. 22. Vendors will be lined the up and down the sidewalk from 2 to 10 p.m.

The event is being organized by Carrie Minet-Been, owner of Moonlight BEEN, 5561 W. 127th St., Crestwood. Minet-Been and her husband, Dave Been, are members of Chicago Haunt Builders. For 20 years, they've been turning their front lawn into Frightmare On Forestview. Many of the monsters Dave makes himself.

“It’s a way to bring Halloween to Crestwood,” Minet-Been said. “We’ll be raffling pff baskets with cool things I’ve been collecting the past couple years, like villain dolls.”

The Scarefest and Spooky Market will be raffling off a life-sized Michael Myers.

Their love of Halloween has transferred to their shop – Moonlight BEEN – which carries original art, baubles, oddities, BoHo, jewelry, anatomical hearts, hand carved wands, tumbled rocks, repurposed blow molds, fishing lures and thousands of other trinkets. You can also pick up one of Dave’s homemade monsters. Minet-Been also hosts painting parties.

Saturday’s Scarefest and Spooky Market features an eclectic mix of vendors dabbling in lotions, potions and incense, ghosts, sweet treats, feathers and bat wings, readings and more. Halloween fans and shoppers will also have a chance to win a life-sized, homemade Michael Myers figure. Featured vendors include:

Paranormal Chicago
Resurrected Home Goods (repurposed furniture)
Taly-Inkz
Mama Sweetz
The Domm
Tarrot by Ptah
Laughing Ghosts
Lotus Elysse (Tarot, birth charts, smudge bundles)
Bob Trzeciak (palm readings)
K-Cute Creations
Sugar Visions
Raven Feathers & Bat Wings
Pagan Moon Magicks
The Apothecary Cupboard
Magick Lotus Botanicals
Copalli Incense
Bast & Baetyl Alchemy

Also stopping are Windy City Ghostbusters and the band Bachelor’s Grove. Scare actors from Killdare Haunted City, 8100 S. Beloit Ave., Bridgeview, and a scream contest are also planned. So, stop by, pick up some early Halloween or Christmas presents, or add a new monster to your yard haunt.