'Ghost Walk Riverside' Returns With Spooky Fervor, Ballet Fundraiser

RIVERSIDE, CA — The annual "Ghost Walk Riverside," with spine- tingling tours of the city's oldest park, returns Friday evening and Saturday night for pre-Halloween frights and delights.

"White Park will rise with the magic of Halloween, featuring multiple theatrical encounters with the mystical, mysterious and freakish underbelly of Riverside," according to the California Riverside Ballet, which produces the Ghost Walk events to raise money for the nonprofit.

The walks are scheduled on a rotating basis in the 5-acre space Friday night and Saturday night.

"This year's celebration will feature two freakily fun walking tours that wrap through the half-mile loop trail within White Park, established in 1883," the CRB said. "Along the tour trail, patrons will be treated not only to the sounds and sites of Halloween, but to the annual crowd favorite Thriller Dance Production."

In-person tours returned last October following a conversion of the program to virtual tours via the internet in October 2020 because of the coronavirus public health lockdowns.

High school students perform re-enactments and take on the roles of the goblins, apparitions, victims, malefactors and other Halloweenish figures who populate the tours.

Proceeds from ticket sales directly benefit the ballet.

More information regarding tickets and tour times is available at crballet.com/site/ghostwalk.