From left, Mike Donner, Jamestown Cycle Shop manager; Rhonda Johnson, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation; Mary Schiller, Fessenden, Laumer & DeAngelo; Sandy Forsberg, Allen Park Women's Club; John Raymond, Honest John’s Piazza; Audene Jarosz, Allen Park Women’s Club; Sam Teresi, Jamestown mayor; John Bauer, city Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission; Julia Ciesla-Hanley, city recreation director; and John Williams, city parks manager, inside the former Allen Park Ice Rink, which is the location of the city’s 34th Annual Citywide Halloween Fun Fest Oct. 31. P-J photo by Dennis Phillips

Once upon a midnight dreary, hundreds of children dressed as ghouls, ghosts and goblins wondered the city’s streets in search of Halloween fun.

On Tuesday, city officials gathered to announce the 34th Annual Citywide Halloween Fun Fest will be held from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31 at the former Allen Park Ice Rink. The evening will feature games; a haunted house; refreshments; two costume judging contests; one at 6:45 p.m. and the other at 7:45 p.m.; and musical entertainment by Take 2. There will be two grand prize winners who will receive bicycles that were donated by the Jamestown Cycle Shop.

Julia Ciesla-Hanley, city recreation director, said the event has been planned to offer a safe, fun and no-cost alternative to trick-or-treating door-to-door. She said the event is for children 12 years of age and under. Individuals older than 12 years of age must be accompanied by a child, and children under 6 must be accompanied by a parent or an adult.

This year’s Fun Fest is presented free of charge through the generosity of the city of Jamestown; Allen Park Women’s Club; Anderson’s Farms; Artone Manufacturing; Chautauqua Region Community Foundation; Fessenden, Laumer, & DeAngelo; Honest John’s Pizza; Jamestown Board of Public Utilities; Jamestown Bowling Company; Jamestown Cycle Shop; Media One Group; Morton Club; Oh Snap! Visuals; Southern Tier Supply; Starbucks; and Wegmans.

Ciesla-Hanley said a special thanks goes to students from Jamestown High School’s Key Club and National Honor Society who helped fill candy bags. Other volunteers and members of the city’s Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission will also be adding their support to the event.

For more information about the Halloween Fun Fest, contact Ciesla-Hanley at 483-7523 or visit the city’s website at jamestownny.net.