Spring is coming, but Vision will be hosting “Halloween in March” this Friday night.
“It came from the Christmas in July kind of feel,” said Vision President Luke Grabski.
The event is a dance with a DJ and will include a costume contest and games, said Nadia Alzamami, Vision’s community outreach chair.
Vision is an LGBTQ organization, Alzamami said, and the event will be a safe space for people who identify within that group. Attendees can expect good company and no judgment, she said.
People can feel safe in bringing a partner of the same gender and can meet new people, Grabski said.
Many of the attendees will be people who regularly attend Vision, said Grabski, and a lot of advertising for Halloween in March has been circulated within the LGBTQ+ community. However, Halloween in March is for anyone who wants to attend.
“In maintaining that [safe] space, we’re not excluding anyone,” said Gary Strain, Vision’s event coordinator.
Alzamami said Vision wants Halloween in March to be a safe space for everyone, not just LGBTQ people.
“We’re trying to make sure no one does cultural appropriation for their costumes,” Alzamami said.
That still leaves plenty of possibilities.
“I want people to show up in the craziest costumes,” Strain said.
They shouldn’t slack on their costumes because it is March and not Halloween, Strain said.
Alzamami is hoping students can decompress and enjoy the event as a break from their studies, as it is getting to “grind time” in the semester.
Originally, Vision was going to have a collaborative event with BG Undead around Halloween, but that event did not work out, Grabski said. They kept the Halloween theme and moved the event to the spring.
“We’d never seen anything like that before, so we thought it’d be a cool idea to try out,” Grabski said.
The dance costs $3 and is a fundraiser for Vision, Grabski said. The proceeds will help to support Rainbow Days, a weeklong event in April with multiple organizations involved.
Halloween in March will be held in the multipurpose room in the Union from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday.
Strain said there will also be a costume event at Uptown later on Friday night. While the two events are not officially connected, students who want to go out but remain in costume have the opportunity to do so, Strain said.
