‘Cooterween’ Is Coming To A Small Town In Florida This October
Excuse me? What? Cooterween is coming to the small town of Inverness, Florida as part of a month long Cootertober celebration. Cootertober features several themed weekends. There’s the Cooter Music Festival, Cooter Carnival, Cooterpocalypse, and Cooterspooktacular. There’s also numerous individual events. Cootertober really does have a little something for everyone.
Starting off this month long celebration on October 1st is the Cooter King & Queen pageant, which leads into the Cooter Music Festival on October 7th and 8th. Also on October 8th is the Cooter Carnival, featuring a wide assortment of local businesses providing homemade carnival games, a Cooter potato sack race, strolling acrobats, food trucks, face painters, a pumpkin design competition, and more.
Cooterpocalypse takes place on October 20-22nd. During this themed weekend, hoards of zombies will descend on the downtown Inverness area. Activities include a Zombie Prom on October 20th, a Zombie Run on October 21st, and a Zombie scavenger hunt on October 22nd.
During the Cooterspooktacular, October 27th-28th, it’s a mass haunting. You’ll find two unique haunted houses in downtown Inverness and a haunted movie in the park.
On October 31st from 5-8 pm, is Cooterween. Cooterween is hosted by the Downtown Business Association and features a family-friendly, safe alternative to trick or treating. There’s a DJ and a youth costume contest.
Finally, as for why it’s called Cootertober, it’s named after the City’s mascot, Sunny Cooter. I think Sunny is a turtle.
Speaking from someone here in South Florida, ya’ll up there in the northern part of Florida are different.