The costume contest being organized for the newly-rescheduled South Side Festival is on, and we’re not clowning around.

Organizers were forced to reschedule the festival to the weekend of October 21 because of flooding at Hyde Park. Because the new dates were closer to Halloween, a costume contest was proposed and has been gaining momentum.

There was a social media posting that declared the contest had been cancelled because of recent threats of violence at the hands of people dressed as clowns. But officials with the festival say they have not cancelled the contest.

We expect to make a formal announcement soon.