Kaiser High School's usual weekly farmers market is getting a costume-and-candy makeover next month. On Saturday, Oct. 24, from 4 to 8 p.m., the lower parking lot will host the Spooktacular Street Eats & Makers Market, a Halloween pop-up night market packed with food trucks, craft vendors, bounce houses and games.
The Honolulu high school is preparing for what organizers describe as an evening of local food, handmade crafts and family-friendly Halloween activities, according to Hawaii News Now. Keiki will be able to trick-or-treat directly at vendor booths, and the night includes a costume contest open to participants ages 0 to 18. Live entertainment is also part of the lineup, rounding out what the outlet frames as a bigger, buzzier version of the campus's regular gathering.
Familiar Faces Preview the Pop-Up
Market manager Steph Thomas joined Chef Shingo Katsura, Chef Amin Yousefpour and artisan Alicia Young on Hawaii News Now Sunrise Weekends to preview the event ahead of its late-October debut. Thomas said the organization tries to cover school funding needs when it can, according to the same report, pointing to efforts that go beyond just running a market. Friends of Kaiser PTSA also supports school clubs and maintains an angel fund for students who cannot pay for prom dresses, the station notes.
Vendor fees collected at the Halloween market will go toward the Friends of Kaiser PTSA general fund, with organizers telling Hawaii News Now the money will support Project Graduation for the Class of 2027 — an effort that provides safe, substance-free celebration activities for graduating seniors. A separate Night Market Maker's Explorium held on Feb. 21, 2026, is designated to benefit Project Graduation for the Class of 2026; it is not the Halloween fundraiser.
From Six Vendors to a Full-Blown Festival
The Halloween market builds on a Tuesday tradition that has been running rain or shine at Kaiser High School from 4 to 6 p.m. every week. What started as a small farmers market with just six vendors has grown into more than two dozen booths, according to Honolulu Magazine, which describes shoppers finding everything from backyard avocados to handmade jewelry, soap and prepared foods at the regular market held at 511 Lunalilo Home Rd.
That weekly market, run as a fundraising program for Kaiser High School PTSA out of the school's lower parking lot levels, per the Kaiser PTSA Farmers Market site, wasn't always a constant fixture. It closed temporarily starting Sept. 1, 2020, for the duration of the islandwide stay-at-home order, when school campuses shut down statewide, Honolulu Magazine reports. The Spooktacular Street Eats & Makers Market represents an expansion of that recovered momentum into a larger community festival for the fall season.
Anyone interested in vendor details or updates on the Oct. 24 event can visit the Friends of Kaiser PTSA website or follow on Instagram, according to Hawaii News Now's report on the pop-up.
