Photo gallery: Whimsical WitchFest wraps up with wide eyes, colorful costumes and big smiles

Popular annual event at Gardner Village was extra special on Halloween

Gardner Village’s WitchFest wrapped up its witching season for 2025 on Friday under blue skies and mild Halloween temperatures.

Kids of all ages, many dressed up in their Halloween costumes, enjoyed the pathways “lined with whimsical witch displays” as described on the village’s website.

Other WitchFest attractions and activities that ran from mid-September through Halloween included Breakfast with a Witch, Witchapalooza Dinner Theater, Witches of Mystic Manor Escape Room, Manifestations Magic Show with Dinner.

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Photojournalist Kristin Murphy spent the afternoon capturing the whimsical fun through her lens.

Liam Wood gets ready to jump off a stone wall as Spiderman at WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Bentley Mackay and McKinley Mackay look up at flying witches at WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Lyra Moyle reaches for candy at WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Olivia Sorenson is Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas at WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Ryan Campos-Card shows off his new face paint at WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Brian Melendez, Enzo Melendez and Bianca Melendez take a selfie at WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Gloria Johnson and Luke Johnson explore WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Jovi Moyle gets her face painted at WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Daxton Danhof carries a pumpkin at WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Vivienne Howard explores WitchFest at Gardner Village in West Jordan on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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