Salou, capital of Halloween

Salou. Costa Dorada. 22 October 2022. Terror attracts more and more. Year after year more people enjoy fear. Given this evidence, the Salou City Council, the Shopping Salou Comerciants i Empresaris Association, and dance and acting schools have joined forces to turn Salou into the capital of Halloween on the Costa Daurada, between October 29 and 31, 2022.

Musical proposals, restaurants, street entertainment, a zombie parade, passages of terror, and initiatives such as Trick or Treat, will make the whole family enjoy Halloween in Salou, and especially young people and boys and girls.

The program of activities, where they are held and the schedules are as follows:

Salouween Street Festival

It will be held from October 29 to 31 on Passeig Jaume I, from 5 pm to 12 midnight. In this space, various establishments in Salou will offer gastronomic proposals, music and entertainment. There will also be a children's area, Salouween Xic's, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., with craft workshops, face painting and Halloween tattoos. In addition, there will be the presence of the Club Xic'S mascots, Rocky and Confetina, who will be accompanied by three figures from the animated film Coco.

The participating establishments in Salouween Street Festival are:

• Altaglio
• enjoy
• Coast '95
• Theater Town
• Petit Committee
• City Hall
• Cafe Di Mare
• bar party
• Hi wave
• Shots
• the cage
• Manel's Corner

Part of the animation of the Salouween Street Festival will be carried out by students from the Moon Espai Creatiu and Ahura Teatre acting academies, who will become terrifying characters and act during the course of the festival, interacting with the public.

Zombie parade

The Zombie Parade is one of the main attractions of Haloween in Salou. It will be on October 31 at 8:00 p.m. Anyone who wants to dress up as a zombie can attend and participate in the parade that will run through the main streets of Salou with music to the rhythm of the grave.

The concentration of participants begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Plaza del Carrilet, from where the procession will leave through Via Roma, Barcelona Street, the old town of Salou, to return again to Barcelona Street and continue to Passeig Jaume I.

Previously, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a make-up marathon for the first participants in the parade who arrive dressed as zombies.

In addition, the dance academies of the municipality Mónica Novillo, Nou Estil Salou, Ahura Teatre, Moon Espai Creatiu and Escena Salou will also participate in the parade, as well as the Gegants de Salou and the Associació Sal-i-Ou.

Passages of terror

The Masía Catalana de Salou will again host two passages of terror, from October 29 to 31, for children and young people. They are free activities but the capacity is limited by order of arrival.

For the little ones, the Xic'S Passage has been organized from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Later, from 9:00 p.m. to 00:00 a.m., the terror passage 'La Maledicció de la Masia' will be launched, especially aimed at young people over 14 years of age.

Trick or Treat

64 shops in Salou participate in this activity, which since October 25th distribute reusable bags so that on October 28th in the afternoon the little ones, or not so much, use them to collect the chocolate bars, sweets and sweets that these establishments will distribute in the famous Trick or Treat. These bags can also be purchased at the Estació del Carrilet Children's Space, on the 28th.

On the other hand, people who buy at the shops participating in the campaign during these days will be able to get different discounts and enter the draw for tickets to PortAventura and Ferrari Land. The raffle tickets will be distributed by the Associació Shopping Salou, which will also give away Catrina or Catrín masks to help the children of Salou dress up.

Horror theater

Finally, on November 1, 2022, the Salou Auditorium Theater (TAS) will host the play 'Pánico 13', directed by Cristina Muñoz, at 6:30 p.m. The work presents 13 stories that delve into the depths of fear. Admission is free and limited capacity. The activity is for young people from 14 years old.

In the presentation of the Halloween activities in Salou, the mayor of the municipality, Pere Granados, explained that "the celebration of Halloween will act as a tractor engine, so that many visitors come to our municipality and give life, at a time when it is the end of the summer season and the beginning of the autumn season”, which is also very much alive in Salou. In addition, he thanked the collaboration and involvement of all the participating establishments, given that "this great challenge depends on all of us".

For his part, the Councilor for Economic Dynamization, Hèctor Maiquez, has pointed out that the Salouween Street Festival “is a new product that encompasses a set of initiatives that will boost economic activity on Paseo Jaume I, and that is aimed at all types of audiences and ages”.

The Councilor for Cultural Services, Xavier Montalà, has highlighted the increasingly manifest roots of Halloween and has thanked the participation of the dance and interpretation academies of Salou and the entities in the Halloween party.

Finally, the Councilor for Children and Youth, Julia Gómez, has presented the "promotional video that we have prepared on the passage of terror La maledicció de la Masia, so that everyone prepares to be a little scared".

Salou will have a nudist beach and beaches for people with disabilities and for pets