Wheaton Illinois Haunted Halloween Flea Market
Wheaton Illinois Haunted Halloween Flea Market
Saturday October 19, 2019!
3pm to Midnight / $7 (admission) . Children 12 and under are free.
Free parking.
Costume Contest (Children & Adult Categories). Building 5. Times to be announced.
Held at the DuPage County Fairgrounds
2015 Manchester Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187
Call 715-526-9769 for info.
*Unauthorized Commercial Photography Is Prohibited During Zurko Promotions Wheaton Haunted Halloween Flea Market*
The Wheaton All Night Flea Market (TM) is a Federal Trademark registered by Zurko Promotions
Interested in Becoming a Vendor?
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2019 Special Guests To Be Announced.
All guests are subject to change or cancellation without notice.
Ambush Vin
Chicagoland Nerdcore Hip-Hop Artist The October 19 Wheaton Haunted Halloween Flea Market welcomes Ambush Vin! https://zurkopromotions.com/wheaton-illinois-haunted-halloween-flea-market/ Ambush Vin scoffed at the notion that urban geeks can’t be taken as credible rap...
Housewife of Horror
The October 19 Wheaton Haunted Halloween Flea Market welcomes Housewife of Horror! https://zurkopromotions.com/wheaton-illinois-haunted-halloween-flea-market/ Housewife of Horror is an Illinois Horror Host. She, along with her Husband, Mister of Horror, brings new...
Sue Rovens
Fresh from a Publisher’s Weekly starred review of her second novel, Track 9, which follows a couple trapped in a haunted train station in Germany, Sue was already fine-tuning her third book. Buried came out earlier this year from Plump Toad Press. Fans are already...
Bob After Dark
The August 17 World Famous Wheaton All Night Flea Market welcomes Bob Anderson! Join paranormal podcast crew from Bob After Dark as they spin some tales of unexplained events around Chicago Land, and let you share your own paranormal experiences....
CLAIRE FLUFF LLEWELLYN
October 19 Wheaton Halloween Flea Market guest: CLAIRE 'FLUFF' LLEWELLYN (The Bloody Brit) Claire was born in Worcester, England, and is a professional writer, actress, and director. She can be seen in various episodes of the TV series 'The Exorcist' as a Nun....
Branscombe Richmond
The October 19, 2019 Wheaton Halloween Flea Market welcomes Branscombe Richmond! Richmond was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Leo C. Richmond, an actor and stuntman. He appeared as a policeman named Harker in the pilot and all 10 episodes of Hawaiian Heat...
John Schuck
The October 19, 2019 Wheaton Halloween Flea Market welcomes John Schuck! John Schuck is an American actor, primarily in stage, movies and television. He is best known for his roles as Sgt. Charles Enright, in the 1970s crime drama McMillan & Wife, and as Herman...
Noah Hathaway
The October 19, 2019 Wheaton Halloween Flea Market welcomes Noah Hathaway! Noah Leslie Hathaway is an American actor and a former teen idol. He is best known for his roles as Atreyu in the 1984 film the NeverEnding Story and for portraying Boxey on the original...
Scott Beaderstadt
The Wheaton All Night Flea Market August 17 and Halloween Flea Market October 19, 2019 welcomes artist Scott Beaderstadt! DuPage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton, IL. The ever-Lovin' Blue eyed Scott Beaderstadt is best known for his critically acclaimed self-published...
RICK GOLDSCHMIDT
RICK GOLDSCHMIDT Official Historian/Biographer for RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS. His first book, THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO (TIGER MOUNTAIN PRESS) has sold out of several editions. THE MAKING OF THE RANKIN/BASS HOLIDAY CLASSIC: RUDOLPH THE...
John Borowski
The Wheaton All Night Flea Market August 17 welcomes John Borowski! John is an award winning independent filmmaker and author whose works have garnered international acclaim and are distributed internationally on dvd, television, and streaming. John Borowski,...
Becca Whitaker
Becca Whitaker is a pinup artist/ illustrator/ pop culture junkie. When she is not traveling the universe with the ninth Doctor she is a staff artist for Bachelor Pad Magazine. She is also the illustrator of Tommy Frasier & the Planet of the Slugs.
LILA LUCY
LILA LUCY is a published Pinup from Chicago. She has worked with amazing photographers from all over the country as well as Europe. Her love for vintage lifestyle has lead her on her journey to spread the love for Pinup to all women. She loves to smile and enjoys...
Deadgar Winter
Deadgar's Dark Coffin Classics is a Horror/Comedy Television Show that has been airing in Wisconsin for about 6 years and now is being viewed in different parts of the country. The show is Hosted by Deadgar Winter, Celeste Parker, and Maleva Ravic. We bring a new way...
DuPage County Fairgrounds
2015 Manchester Road
Wheaton, IL 60187 United States
DuPage County Fairgrounds
Shawano, WI 54166
PH: 715-526-9769
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“This is more of a ‘happening’ than just shopping experience,” said one visitor as she entered the DuPage County Fairgrounds for the First Annual Wheaton, Ill., Haunted Halloween All-Niter Market Oct. 29, 2011.
Promoter Bob Zurko pulled out all the stops as he offered a fairgrounds full of vendors with collectable goodies along with a varied schedule of attractions including a costume ball, live bands, hay rides, a beer garden, a pumpkin carving contest, a costume contest, an autograph table stocked with movie/TV stars and WWF wrestlers.
Many shoppers and vendors were dressed for the event, with witches, goblins, ghouls and zombies roaming the fairgrounds. It was the first time setting up at Wheaton for Katheryn Burgess, who – dressed like a black cat – traveled nearly 10 hours from Ely, Minn.
Many stopped to admire her 1910 Roseville Mostique jardinière and pedestal set, priced at $900, while others rested in her refinished 1870s mahogany Merklin twist chair with brass lion’s heads on top-end pieces, priced at $795. She said the chair was rescued from a farmhouse by her father, who stripped six different colors from the unusual piece.
Another first-time-dealer was Jerry Runge of Rockford, Ill., who offered an oddball early 1900s cast iron 8-foot-tall railroad whistle-stop-post sign that he estimated weighed “200 to 250 pounds.” It was found an estate sale and offered at the show for $900. The dealer also offered a 1930s machinist toolbox that he said “opened like a puzzle” with multiple intertlocking trays. “I’ve seen lots of toolboxes but never one like this,” Runge said as he attached a price tag of $150.
Youngsters did a double-take as they passed the booth of Casey Lewandowski of Berwyn, Ill., because the vendor was dressed in a full Santa Clause outfit including a long white beard. The youngsters checked out his table full of collectable 1950s cap guns bargain priced from $12 to $17 each. Adults looked over a selection of more than 200 both sterling silver and silver plate items offered by “Santa.”
It was a short drive to the fairgrounds for Randy Meyers of nearby West Chicago, Ill., who said, “Refurbishing is my life.”
The dealer pointed with pride to a 28-inch-square ceramic tile top table that was constructed with a cast iron 1950s base. The table top was framed with mahogany trim once used as hand rails in a turn of century Chicago mansion. The “new-old” piece could taken home for $200. “I try to monopolize on different stuff,” he said, while also showing a 1960s solid teak 24-inch-tall stool shaped like a human foot.
Costume jewelry filled the booth of Ann Bemis of Fort Atkinson, Wis. She said her favorites included a 3 ½-inch blue rhinestone brooch with three-color aurora borealis stones for $40 and a 16-inch malachite necklace for $30. Bemis said she was a regular dealer at the Zurko Promotions Grays Lake Ill. Market held the second Sunday of each month “and Saturday before.”
Vintage jewelry dealer Andrea Brooks of Schaumburg, Ill., said, “I’m always at Wheaton,” adding with a chuckle, “sometimes I think I live here.” Her selection of “sparkling things” from the 1950s and ‘60s are priced at $10 to $50 each. She also had a 1950s Stetson men’s hat for $24.
Those with a taste for more expensive collectable timepieces were drawn to the booth of Chicago watch dealer Richard Ellison. Pocket watch collectors checked out his 21-jewel 1928 Elgin railroad timepiece for $335. Still others were drawn to a 1910 salesman’s sample 21-jewel Hamilton pocket watch with visible mechanical works priced at $380.
Some came to the big event in costume, while others just enjoyed watching others. Janice Sloan, who recently moved to Chicago from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., with 7-year-old daughter Makenzie said, “We just came to look, but I collect antique jewelry and like what I’ve seen so far.” Makenzie was a successful shopper, purchasing some antique feathers.
As the show closed at the strike of midnight, under giant floodlights, show promoter Bob Zurko beamed and said, “Awesome,” adding, “It was one of our best crowds to date and many said it was a real scary fun time.”