Spirit Halloween Opening Fredericksburg Locations, Others In Northern Virginia

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Though Halloween is still more than two months away, kids and adults alike are starting to think about what they'll be dressing up as this year. Spirit Halloween, the seasonal retailer for Halloween costumes, has started opening many of its more than 1,500 stores across the country.

Spirit Halloween specializes in Halloween decorations, costumes, props and accessories. It is the largest Halloween retailer in the United States, with over 1,500 locations around North America. The Halloween holiday falls on Thursday, Oct. 31, this year.

In addition to classic costumes, the stores will offer new licensed merchandise from Inside Out 2, Beetle Juice, Decendents, Haunted Mansion, Corpse Bride, Barbie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bluey and more.

The retailer typically short-term leases in vacant spaces. In Fredericksburg, Spirit Halloween is already open in the former Party Depot at 570 Celebrate Virginia Parkway. Another location will open in September in the former Rue 21 space at 630 Spotsylvania Mall. A third store is listed as "coming soon" next to Big Lots at 10681 Courthouse Road.

Shoppers can stay up to date on the opening by checking Spirit Halloween's website.

Other Spirit Halloween stores opening in the greater region include:

• Former Ace Hardware, 509 Meadowbrook Drive, Culpeper, VA 22701, open
• Former Rue 21, 2860 Potomac Mills Circle Woodbridge, VA 22192, coming soon
• Former Party Depot, 10336 Portsmouth Rd, Manassas, VA 20109, open
• Former CVS, 605 Frost Avenue, Warrenton, VA 20186, open
• Former Tuesday Morning, 6140 Rose Hill Drive, A, Alexandria, VA 22310, coming soon
• Former Charming Charlies, 11794 Fair Oaks Mall, 104A, Fairfax, VA 22033, coming soon
• Upper Floor of Former Lord and Taylor, 7950 Tysons Corner Center, McLean, VA 22102, open
• Former CVS, 6164 Arlington Boulevard, Seven Corners, VA 22044, open
• Former Advance Auto, 3513 South Jefferson Street, Falls Church, VA 22041, coming soon
• Former Danker Furniture, 21100 Dulles Town Circle, Sterling, VA 20166, coming soon

Some Spirit Halloween stores opened starting in early August. But the majority of these stores will not open until the end of August or in September.