Costumes ready? No shortage of Halloween happenings

Kristi K. Higgins, The Progress-Index
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Wondering where your children can score free goodies this Halloween season? For your convenience, we compiled a list of Trunk or Treats in our readership area.

Parents, churches, businesses and former trick-or-treaters band together to create fun experiences for children. Kids visit from trunk to trunk and biz to biz to collect candy, stickers, pencils, tattoos, certificates and other prizes.

Halloween tailgaters go all out and decorate their rides with spooky spider webs, monsters, witches, jack-o'-lantern lights, skeletons and other Halloween-themed items.

Devoted adult kids get in the spirit and don costumes themselves while they show off their transformed trunks. Many trunk or treats are just one hairy arm of a beastly event. Some hosts include activities like scary movies, carnival-type games, bonfires, car shows and costume contests for people, cars, bikes and pets.

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Trunk or Treats [*unless otherwise indicated]

Now - Halloween

Friday, Oct. 21

  • 5 - 7 p.m. Jack-o-Lantern Jamboree — Hopewell Community Center, Hopewell [sensory-friendly, adaptable activities, ages 6 and under]

Saturday, Oct. 22

Sunday, Oct. 23

Tuesday, Oct. 25

Thursday, Oct. 27

  • 5 - 5:30 p.m. Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts and Education, Chester [Spooktacular! - Presented by the Thomas Dale High School Band and Orchestra, Free - visit perkinsoncenter.org for tickets]

  • 5 - 7 p.m. - Dunlop House Assisted Living and Memory Care, Colonial Heights

  • 5 - 7 p.m. - Downtown Hopewell - Presented by numerous businesses and nonprofit organizations [Hopewell Harvest Ween, also]

Friday, Oct. 28

Saturday, Oct. 29

  • 9 a.m.- noon - "Tract or Treat", Petersburg — Presented by River Street Market

  • 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Colonial Harley-Davidson, Prince George

  • Noon - 2 p.m. - "Trick or Treat" — Old Towne Petersburg Small Business — Loco Kitty, Blue Willow Tea Room, Salon Blis, The Apothic Company, Restored Cup, Antique Gallery of Petersburg, Cockade City Bistro, Longstreet's Deli, Dixie Restaurant, Yoga One, Curl Up or Dye Salon, Abigail's Antiques, Old Towne's Alibi, Richard's Trading Post, Becky Boo-tique, Tramonto Ristorante, Wabi Sabi, Andrade's International Restaurant, Beaunuts, The Oak, Boppers Malt Shop, Buttery Baking House, Gracefully Chic, Appomattox Event Center, Old Towne Studio7, Konran, Retreat Salon & Spa, Maria's at Old Towne, Petersburg Jeweler, Shut Yo Mouf Soulfood, Petersburg Area Art League

  • Noon - 4 p.m. — Chester Small Business Halloween — A Pet's Tale, RVA Cannabis, The Village Grill, Evolution Dance Center, Kat's Hair Studio, Deux Amis Spa, O! So Chic, Burn Boot Camp, Front Door Realty, The Flowered Cheetah Modern & Vintage, Wells Realty, Hoo's Pickin, The Elephant's Trunk, She Chester Boutique, Native Sun Tan, Uncle Dave's Kettle Korn, RC Health & Fitness, Wilson's Graphics, Pockets of Time and New Visions Salon & Spa

  • 1 - 6 p.m. - Miami Vibes, Colonial Heights

  • 2 - 4 p.m. - St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Petersburg

  • 4-7 p.m. - Petersburg Sports Complex, Petersburg — Presented by City of Petersburg

  • 5 - 7 p.m. - Deborah School of Dance, Petersburg

  • 6-8 p.m. - "Table & Treat" — Alma Bella Academy, Chester [5-7 tables set up with games, crafts, and goodies. To sponsor a table, call 804-667-6933]

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Sunday, Oct. 30

  • 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Enon Baptist Church, Chester [Fall Festival, also]

  • 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Weston Manor, Hopewell — Presented by Hopewell Police Department, City of Hopewell Sheriff's Office, 7-Eleven and Hopewell Prince George Healthy Families

  • 5 - 7 p.m. - Naturally Unique Beauty, Colonial Heights [Salon of Terror, also]

Halloween — Monday, Oct. 31

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