POCATELLO – An event that celebrates horror and the Halloween season is coming to the Gate City for its first time ever.

DarknessCon, a convention described as “a celebration of everything Halloween, horror, paranormal and the macabre,” will hold an event at the Mountain View Event Center this upcoming Saturday. “DarknessCon: Snake River” will start in the morning and last until the stroke of midnight.

“Halloween, to us, has always been that fun holiday … (where) you get to be whoever you want, dress as you want, … in crazy costumes and you get to have fun,” said Michael Evelane, a promoter for DarknessCon.

DarknessCon was started five years ago in Boise, called initially the “Idaho Halloween and Haunters Convention,” and then was expanded to Denver, Colorado two years ago. As its organ

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