The Fright Market featured a costume contest for all ages.

The last Night Market of the season brought fun and fright to Valley Park on Thursday, October 24. Cars were lined up both ways on Teays Valley Road as people tried to enter the park for the seasonal vendor fair, which turned out to be the biggest one in the history of the event.

In addition to offering local vendors a space to sell their merchandise, the Fright Market featured special Halloween activities. Trick-or-treat stations were positioned at regular intervals around the back part of the upper parking lot near the baseball fields, and families formed long lines to receive candy and treats. There was a costume contest with multiple age divisions, carnival games, and a haunted house. The Ghostbusters car was on site, as well as representatives from the Haunted Majestic, a floating seasonal attraction on the Ohio River at Majestic Landing in Huntington. The featured musical act of the evening was Appalachian Lightning, a high energy cover band based out of Charleston.

While the October Fright Market wrapped up the year, the Night Market should return to Valley Park next spring for the 2025 season.