{"id":24172,"date":"2025-10-28T20:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/24172\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:25:25","slug":"photos-st-petersburgs-halloween-on-central-features-5th-lgbtq-spooktacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/24172\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: St. Petersburg\u2019s Halloween on Central features 5th LGBTQ+ spooktacular"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Adriana Sparkle during Halloween on Central. (Photo by Ryan Williams-Jent)<\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG |\u00a0Halloween On Central<\/a>\u00a0held its fifth celebration Oct. 26, an LGBTQ+-inclusive day of local frights and delights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Edge<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Grand Central Districts<\/a> closed 22 blocks for the annual haunting. It once again featured prominent activations from LGBTQ+ organizations and businesses, including St Pete Pride<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSt Pete Pride\u2019s FrankenPride brought the spooky sparkle to Halloween On Central yesterday, and what a day it was!\u201d the nonprofit shared afterwards. \u201cFrom ghouls and goblins to glam queens and ghostly duos, there was creativity in every costume.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cocktail <\/a>also featured extensive entertainment, welcoming local favorites and national acts to its main stage along Central Ave. and inside of The Wet Spot<\/a>, emceed by Adriana Sparkle<\/a>. Headliners included \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u201d<\/a> alum Luxx Noir London, Mistress Isabelle Brooks and Utica Queen.<\/p>\n

Spooky season continues through the end of the month. Read our Halloween 2025 coverage in our latest issue for events and more, available\u00a0in print<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0digitally<\/a>, and view photos from Halloween on Central 2025 below.<\/p>\n

Photos by Ryan Williams-Jent.<\/p>\n

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Tags: Adriana Sparkle<\/a>, cocktail<\/a>, Dioscar DeMilo<\/a>, halloween<\/a>, halloween on central<\/a>, Jade Embers<\/a>, luxx noir london<\/a>, mistress isabelle brooks<\/a>, mutts and martinis<\/a>, RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/a>, St. Pete Pride<\/a>, the edge district<\/a>, the grand central district<\/a>, The Wet Spot<\/a>, utica<\/a>, utica queen<\/a>\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adriana Sparkle during Halloween on Central. (Photo by Ryan Williams-Jent) ST. PETERSBURG |\u00a0Halloween On Central\u00a0held its fifth celebration…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-24172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}