MADISON, Wis. — Madison city officials said Monday that they were pleased with this weekend’s Halloween celebration on State Street, calling this year’s “Freakfest On State Street” an overwhelming success.
With attendance topping 35,000 and fewer arrests and damage reported than in previous years, city leaders said they met all their goals for the new “Freakfest,” which was a city-spearheaded attempt to corral the sometimes infamous annual event near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.