The outdoor Halloween song-and-dance show has a new location, more youth involvement and new acts for its fourth outing.

Dark Trail is 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25, at Snoqualmie Ridge Community Park, starting on the trail between Cascade View Elementary and the Snoqualmie Y.

More than 100 kids, teens and adults put on a spooky show, with about 10 acts or songs performed at stations along a trail that winds around the park and playfields. It’s a benefit for the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank, and a way for local youth to have fun, safely and spookily.

Why do it? Dark Trail founder Mark Hennig always felt there was a dearth of community events this time of year, and he wanted something for the teens and pre-teens left in the middle during Halloween.

“I want to have party… wanted to do a dramatic production, (and) I thought it’d be great to have kids involved, giving back.”

There’s also a creative element at play: It’s a challenge, Hennig said, to create scenes, welcome an audience, and have teens and adults put on a show.

Tickets are $10. The show is suitable for pre-teens and adults. It is too scary for small children. Parking is along Ridge Street. Nearby residents are encouraged to walk to the park.  Learn more at http://nightonadarktrail.weebly.com.

Eighth grade girls and their advisor from Snoqualmie Valley Young Life gather for a rehearsal of Night on a Dark Trail Friday, and a lesson in lizard special effects makeup from artist Joey Pinto. Carol Ladwig Staff Photo

Madeline Dawson, left, gets the lizard look from makeup artist Joey Pinto, while Lauren Forrest, next in line for the makeup, watches. Carol Ladwig Staff Photo

After a short rehearsal for their scene in Night on a Dark Trail, a group of girls gathers round to learn how to transform themselves into lizards. Carol Ladwig Staff Photo

Actors in Night on a Dark Trail watch closely during a lesson from Joey Pinto in applying their special effects makeup. Carol Ladwig Staff Photo