FREE ATTENDANCE & FREE PARKING
The AZ Halloween Marketplace, formerly the Haunted Swap Meet, is a one-day annual marketplace held every September where you can buy, sell, and trade your homemade, gently used Halloween props and collectables to other haunters.The event is a gathering of Halloween enthusiasts that buy sell or trade props, costumes, decorations, and other Halloween related items. Buy, sell and trade till you have the perfect yard haunt.
Over 100 Vendors featuring Halloween wares
- Artisans selling hand-crafted or original wares
- Home haunters selling thrift-sale-type items
- Entertainers
- Make-up artists
- This year they are adding a haunted house *$5 charge to enter haunted house
- Hearse Display
- Raffle with hourly prize drawings
- Special Appearances by:
- AZ Ghostbusters
- United Zombies
- Live Pumpkin Carving by Villafane Studios (master carver)
You will find creepy cupcakes, costumes, spell books, macabre original artwork, and so much more.
They are again in a nice air-conditioned venue at MetroCenter Mall. If you attended last year, you know how big the crowd was and will be happy to know that they are taking over the entire lower level of the mall instead of a single store space. That means you can use any mall entrance and should not expect any lines standing between you and your Halloween fun!
The AZ Halloween Marketplace is organized by The AZHaunters.com website, an online community of individuals of all ages that have come together celebrate Halloween Haunting by sharing and learning with each other. The HAunted Swap Meet began in 2015 with a half dozen members gathering on a lawn to trade props (hence the original name Swap Meet), and has since grown with over 6,000 attendees last year.
AZ Haunters gather together in person and online to share prop making techniques and ideas, chat about Halloween, and help each other out with haunting plans. They also hold "Make & Take" crafting events approx once a month, this is where they meet in person and you learn how to construct various Halloween props..
*********************UPDATE* CANCELLED *UPDATE**************************
With the closure of Metrocenter Mall, the event's location is now in question?
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Parking is free!
Tips:
- Wear comfortable shoes, anticipate walking up and down every aisle
- Stay hydrated, Water will be available for purchase.
- Bring Cash, many of the vendors will accept credit cards, some may not
- Restroom facilities will be available in the main mall area.
