10/12/2026
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COMMUNITY! 🍬 Help Us Hand Out the News Like Halloween Candy!
The Village of Rural Is Throwing Its First-Ever Halloween Bash, and Everyone's Invited. You Too! 🎃
Picture this: costumed kiddos darting between porches, live music drifting down a closed-off Main Street, storytelling, poetry, hayrides, a costume parade, vintage tractors, and a whole historic village turned into one big community gathering. Free, family-friendly, and a first for Rural!
📅 Saturday, October 31, 3-6 p.m.
📍 Historic village of Rural, just outside Waupaca
🆓 Free and open to all
What to expect:
~ Live music from local band Boogie Sauce (of Odin & Freja's Place!)
~Storytelling and poetry
~Games, hayrides, and vintage tractors
~Local food, baked goods, and vendors
~A costume parade led by the local children's librarian
~Trick-or-treating throughout the village
AND SO MUCH MORE THAT WE WILL ANNOUNCE SOON.
Is gonna be a big fun community party!
A HISTORIC FIRST: Visit Rural's Weller Studio (the historic building recently remodeled right next to the The Weller Store) for the 1st OFFICIAL ART SHOW ever held in the village, featuring six well-known local artists: Davette Leonard, Terry Achten, Tammie Jo Berg , Dorothy "Dort" Dewild, Bev Crane, and Cindy Kelm.
Everyone is encouraged to come in costume. Kids, bring your parents. Parents, bring your friends!
"For years, people have driven, biked, and walked through Rural to take in the village's charm," said co-organizer John Turner. "For one afternoon, we're closing Main Street and handing it over to trick-or-treaters. Rural has always been a special place to pass through. This time, we're inviting everyone to stay awhile."
This won't be a typical Halloween event. It grew out of last year's House Walk, and a small committee of village residents, with support from the Rural Historical Society, set out to create something just as warm and welcoming: rustic charm over flashy production, hands-on activities over screens, connection over convenience.
PARKING: Main Street will be closed to make room for it all. Parking is available at the Crystal River Inn & Cottages on Rural Road, just off Highway 22, and off Barlow Street/Rural Road. Volunteers will be on hand to direct parking and guide guests to the festivities.
We were careful to schedule this at a time when other community activities were not going on, so everyone interested can make it. It also wraps up before dark, so families can get their kids home at a reasonable time for supper.
Keep the candy coming! Share this post, tag someone you'd bring along, and RSVP to our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JBP3u4yqk/
Our hope is simple: to give residents and visitors a joyful afternoon together in the adorable, quaint village of Rural and, if all goes well, start an annual tradition.
A Rural Halloween is sponsored by the Rural Historical Society, the Weller Studio in Rural, the Woodpile Foundation, and Chain O' Lakes Litho.
Stay tuned to more details, but mark your calendars now: 3-6pm, Saturday, October 31st in the Historic Village of Rural!
Also, get ready to see posters and banners up around town, all designed and made by Chain O' Lakes Litho!
