Downtown trick-or-treating, other activities set on Peninsula

Little monsters will be out in force on Tuesday in downtowns across the North Olympic Peninsula during trick or treating on Halloween.

Other activities also are planned, both this weekend and on Tuesday.

Port Townsend

• Halloween Port Townsend Main Street’s 27th Annual Port Townsend Downtown Trick or Treat and Costume Parade is planned Tuesday.

Children pre-school through sixth grade in costume will assemble at 1st Security Bank Plaza at Adams and Water streets at 3:45 p.m. for the event coordinated by the Port Townsend Main Street Program’s Promotion Committee.

Main Street witches will lead the parade, which will start at 4 p.m. The parade will go down Water Street to Polk Street.

Trick or Treat will follow immediately the parade at participating businesses throughout the downtown area — Water Street, Washington Street and in between.

The event is sponsored by the Port Townsend Main Street Program, The Old Whiskey Mill and participating merchants.

Water Street and some side streets from Madison to Polk Streets will be closed to traffic from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

About 1,500 to 2,000 people typically attend this event, Main Street said.

Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend is today through Sunday.

Tickets are limited to the Port Townsend Main Street Program events that explore the unknown from downtown Port Townsend to Fort Worden State Park can be purchased through Eventbrite (search Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend) or at ptmainstreet.org — click on events.

• Port Townsend Elks Halloween Party is set from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. today at the lodge at 555 Otto St.

Port Hadlock

• Old Alcohol Plant Halloween Extravaganza, will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Old Alcohol Plant Inn.

310 Hadlock Bay Road, in Port Hadlock.

Admission is $20 for a Trunk or Treat, DJ Robotix, a costume contest and live music featuring Kung Fu Vampire.

Sequim

• Sequim Merchants’ Trick or Treat will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday on Washington Street, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Dozens of businesses will offer candy stops outside, inside or on their doorstep. Organizers with the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber Commerce encourage participants to visit the agency’s social media pages for updates.

Other businesses also will offer trick-or-treating at other hours.

• Spooky Improv is planned at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the KSQM 91.5 FM broadcasting offices at 609 W. Washington St., and on Zoom.

This event is free and open to the public, both online and in-person. Join online at skwimtm.org.

• Trick or Treat at Sherwood Assisted Living will welcome families to 550 West Hendrickson Road in Sequim ftom 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

• Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation Trunk or Treat will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot at 1000 S. Fifth St. in Sequim.

• Adagio Bean & Leaf at 981 E. Washington St. will host candy giveaways, food and a petting zoo from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday in the field by the coffee shop.

• Drive Thru Trick-or-Treat will be hosted by the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday.

• First Baptist Church harvest festival will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday at 1323 Sequim-Dungeness Way.

• Thrive Church Trunk-or-Treat will be in the parking lot at 640 N. Sequim Ave. from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday.

• Sequim Valley Foursquare Church Harvest Festival will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 9090 Old Olympic Highway.

• Faith Lutheran harvest fest will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church at 354 W. Cedar St.

• King’s Way Bash is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at 1023 Kitchen-Dick Road.

Games, food, candy and rides are offered. Kid-friendly costumes only.

• Spooktacular Halloween Trick-or-Treat Extravaganza will host a bat cave and other activities at 500 W. Hendrickson Road from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

• Eastern Hills Community Church plans a Trunk or Treat outside the church at 91 Savannah Lane from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Hay rides, candy and hot dogs are planned.

• Scaredy Cats Howl-o-ween Haunted House is set from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and Tuesday at Kitty City, 91 S. Boyce Road, Sequim. Admission is $10 per person, $5 if 16 or younger; free for 5 and younger.

• Haunted Hallways at Sequim High School will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. today for children 4 and older. Admission is by canned food items to benefit the Sequim Food Bank.

• “Night of the Living Dead” returns to ​​Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave., at 7 p.m. today, Monday and Tuesday, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $20 general and $15 for students. Tickets are available at olympic theatrearts.org, by calling the box office at 360-683-7326 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday or at the door.

• Fall Family Festival is from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave..

• Olympic Peninsula Rat Racers offer a Trunk-or-Treat from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today at the Sequim Village Shopping Center, 651 W. Washington St.

• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula in Sequim at 400 W. Fir St. will be open from noon to 3 p.m. today, with games and a haunted house. Admission is $5 for children ages 3 to 17, while adults and children 2 and younger are free.

• Sequim Prairie Grange Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at 290 Macleay Road. Outdoors the grounds will be filled with trunks full of treats and pumpkin carving for free.

Blyn

• 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, hosts its annual Halloween party today inside Club Seven.

Entries must be in the club by 9 p.m. with the costume contest starting at 10 p.m. No cover charge; participants must be 21 or older.

Port Angeles

• Downtown Trick or Treat in Port Angeles will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Businesses will give out candy to costumed children in the Port Angeles Waterfront District .

• Trick or Treat Trail is set at Extreme Sports Park (ESP), 2917 W. Edgewood Drive in Port Angeles from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Halloween Day for children in costume. More than 25 booths from local businesses are expected.

• Social Norm’s Halloween Festivities at First United Methodist Church, at 110 E. Seventh St. in Port Angeles, are set for today and Sunday. “Night of Souls,” will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. The church’s first Trunk or Treat is set from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot.

• The Witches Tea Party is planned for 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Lake Crescent Lodge, 416 Lake Crescent Road, off U.S. Highway 101 west of Port Angeles. Reservations are required; call 360-928-3211, ext. 0.

Forks

• Forks Businesses Trick of Treat is planned from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Some 40 Forks businesses will give out candy to children in costume. Some will provide candy all day during business hours.

Many businesses that are not open on Tuesdays will be trick or treating today.

• Quileute Tribe Halloween Carnival is planned from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Akalat Center in LaPush.

Entry is free.

At the same time will be a Trunk or Treat in the parking lot of the Akalat Center. A cash prize will be presented to the car deemed best decorated.

• Rain of Terror Haunted Hangar is open from 7 p.m. to midnight tonight and from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Admission is $15 per person at the Quillayute Airport at 5144 Quillayute Road in Forks.

• Forks Community Hospital Long Term Care will offer trick or treating from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Enter through the long term care entrance on Fifth Avenue.

• Forks Assembly of God Truck or Treat will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at the church at 81 Huckleberry Lane.

• Blakesee’s Bar & Grill Costume Contest will be at 5 p.m. today at 1222 S. Forks Ave., Forks.

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