October 31, 2024

Downtown Sand Springs

The 14th annual “Boo” Halloween festival will return to downtown Sand Springs in 2024. Formerly known as Boo on Broadway and Boo at Case Park, the event will return to its downtown origins after a five-year stint at Case Community Park. The move also includes a new name in recognition of the newly created downtown Box District.

The festivities will feature a costume contest, trunk-or-treating, and more from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Halloween.

Boo on Broadway was first held in downtown Sand Springs on October 29th, 2011. The trick-or-treating festivities coincided with Fright Night at the old powerhouse at 225 South Main Street. The Chamber of Commerce put on Boo on Broadway while the Fire Department hosted Fright Night. 

By 2013 the event had expanded to include coffin races and pumpkin carving, and attracted more than 2,000 visitors. Cecil and Sons Discount Tires was one of the earliest sponsors of the event and the coffin races were the brain child of Cecil's representative Troy Cox. 

By 2016, local churches were the most heavily involved organizations in the event, leading to the transfer of hosting duties from the Chamber of Commerce to the Sand Springs Ministerial Alliance in 2017. 2017 also saw the end of the coffin races. They also added bounce houses and dunk tanks.

In 2019 the event was moved from downtown to Case Community Park and renamed “Boo at Case Park.” It is hosted by the Sand Springs Local Church Network.

As of 2024, the Chamber of Commerce has resumed hosting duties for the event and relocated it back to downtown.

2018 Costume Contest Winners
Age 0-2: Madilyn Gardner (Cabbage Patch Kid)
Age 3-4: Rainy Wachsmuth (Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas)
Age 5-6: Abby Taber (Cotton Candy)
Age 7-8: Israel Haley and Maddy Gaddy (Lucy and Ricky Ricardo)
Age 9-12: Ophelia Miss (Chicken)
Teen/Adult: Phillip Lamb (Uncle Fester)
Pet: Jared Robinson’s pygmy goat (vampire).

Coffin Race Winners
2016: Sapulpa Central Tech
2015: CPHS Cross Country
2014: Sapulpa Central Tech
2013: Sapulpa Central Tech