Trick-or-treat! See dates, times for Halloween, fall events in Central Louisiana
Here's a list of Halloween and fall events happening in the area.
City of Alexandria will observe neighborhood trick or treating from 5-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
The City of Pineville states Halloween is not a city sponsored event but they recommend trick or treating during the daylight hours on Monday, Oct. 31. Respect houses that do not have the porch light on and do not approach their home. Motorists should be mindful of pedestrians.
Oct. 17-31
Pumpkin Patch
First United Methodist Church Alexandria
2727 Jackson St.
Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday.
Saturday, Oct. 22
7th annual Canines in Costumes
Compton Park on Wakefield Blvd.
Costume contest entry fee: $10.
Montgomery Animal Hospital + Hotel is hosting their annual costume contest for pets and children along with trick or treating for both.
Costume contest registration will be from 9:30-10 a.m. Judging starts at 10:15 a.m. Proceeds benefit The Wrigley Speaker Foundation. For more information call (318) 473-8177
Zoo Boo
Alexandria Zoological Park
3016 Masonic Drive, Alexandria
Opens at 10 a.m. Last entry 4:30 p.m. Closes 6 p.m.Admission: $10 for ages 2 and up
Visit zoo animals while picking up treats along the way from local businesses. Includes children’s activities, Halloween displays, entertainment and more. Visitors can also see zoo animals enjoying Halloween treats. In the event of a weather cancellation, Zoo Boo will be rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29. The entire zoo will be open.
St. Rita Catholic Fall Festival
4401 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria
5:30-7 p.m.
Trunk or treat in church parking lot with treats and games for children.
Saturday, Oct. 22 and Sunday, Oct. 23
Fall Steam Up Festival
Southern Forest Heritage Museum and Research Center
77 Longleaf Road, Long Leaf
Saturday: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday night dance 7:30-10 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Admission: $10 per car
Demonstrations of model steam engines, free museum tours, pumpkin patch, vendors and food trucks. Gospel Gold Blue Grass will perform. Free pony rides. Train rides are $6 per person. Children 5 and under ride free.
Sunday, Oct. 23
Trunk or Treat
Pineville First United Methodist Church
2550 Monroe Highway, Pineville
4-6 p.m.
Treats and hayrides.
Monday, Oct. 24
All Hallow's Eve Extravaganza
St. James Episcopal Church, 1620 Murray Street and Bolton Avenue
7 p.m.
Jazz artist and concert organist, Dorothy Papadakos, will improvise a pipe organ soundtrack simultaneously with a screening of the 1925 silent film, "Phantom of the Opera." Admission is free courtesy of The McCormick-Smith Fund, Inc. A reception will follow in the Parish Hall.
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Trunk or Treat at Rapides High
9463 U.S. 71, Lecompte
4-6 p.m.
Rapides High School, Carter C. Raymond Junior High, Forest Hill Junior High and Poland Junior High School are hosting a trunk or treat with treats and games.
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater starring The Unusual Suspects
Tunk's Cypress Inn & Oyster Bar
9507 Highway 28, Boyce
Doors open 6 p.m. for drinks and appetizers. Show starts at 7 p.m. Also includes a costume contest.
Tickets: $50. Purchase at eventbrite.com. Includes the show and one adult beverage and dinner drink; shrimp and corn chowder; spinach salad with raspberry vinaigrette. Choice of: Prime Rib with Au Jus or Grilled Mahi Mahi with Seafood Cream Sauce. Both served with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Fall Vegetables. Dessert is Sinful Dulcet Carrot Cake.
About the show: A comedy about The Ghost Chasers who show up to rid the restaurant of evil spirits.
Wednesday, Oct. 26
Trunk-or-Treat Fall Fest
Journey Church
2900 Donahue Ferry Road, Pineville
5-7 p.m.
Community event with trunk-or-treating, games, prizes, food, animal balloons, face painting, jumpers, vendors and more, including a five-foot mystery box giveaway.
Elwood's Annual Fall Festival
213 Elwood Road, Forest Hill
6-7 p.m.
Trunk or treat in church parking lot.
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Thursday, Oct. 27
Fall Fest 2022
Camp Beauregard
F Street, Pineville
5-8 p.m.
Games, classic car show, hayride, trunk or treat, outdoor movie, Sparky the Dog & Firetruck and funnel cake truck.
Trick or Treat Street 2022
LSUA on U.S. 71 South
Admission: $5
Starts at 5 p.m.
Tickets required for timed entry. No tickets will be sold at the door. Get tickets at eventbrite.com
LSUA students, faculty and staff will host their annual Trick or Treat Street celebration on the campus.
16th annual Fall Family Festival
Kees Park
2450 La. 28 East, Pineville
6-8 p.m.
Admission: $1 per person.
Local businesses will have hand out treats at various booths. Hot Dogs, and drinks courtesy of Coca Cola will be served.
Alexandria Senior High School Track or Treat
J.L. "Butch Stoker" Memorial Football Stadium
800 Ola Lane
5-7 p.m.
Admission: $5 per child
School clubs and organizations will line the track to hand out treats and have games for children to play.
Friday, Oct. 28
Atlas Howl-oween Yappy Hour
3612 Coliseum Blvd.
4-6 p.m.
Event is free but donations will be taken for Heart of Louisiana Humane Society
Bring pets dressed in Halloween costumes to take your own photos and to have the staff take photos your pets to upload on Facebook for a costume contest voted on by the public. The winner will receive a $25 gift card of their choice to Amazon, Petsmart, or Petco.
Certain rules will be enforced to ensure a nice time for all. If a pet shows aggression towards any other animal or human, or destroys anything, you will be asked to leave. Any rules not listed will also be enforced.
Rocky Horror Picture Show Screening
Fighting Hand Brewing Company
1600 Military Highway, Pineville
8-10 p.m.
Dress up in costume and do the "Time Warp" while watching the movie. Winner of best costume gets a free T-shirt or a $20 gift certificate. Bayou Dawgs will be on site. Non-food and non-flame producing props welcomed but see lists of which are acceptable. Props allowed: newspaper, water guns, toilet paper, flashlights, rubber gloves, noise makers, confetti, party hats, bell, and playing cards. Props NOT allowed: no food items or sources of fire, bird seed or rice, toast, lighters, hot dogs and prunes
Friday Fright Night
7:30 p.m. -12 a.m.
268 Highway 534, Pollock
Admission: $10. Ages five and under free.
Recommended for adults and teens only. The fright trail through the woods will be darker and scarier than the normal trail.
Tales Along the Bayou hosted by the Rapides Parish Library
Kent Plantation House
3601 Bayou Rapides Road
6-8 p.m.
Sylvia Yancy Davies will tell not-so-scary stories while Tobias Taba will tell scary stories. Brian & Terri Kinder will provide musical entertainment.
Saturday, Oct. 29
Cabrini Fest
St. Francis Cabrini School
2211 East Texas Ave.
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tickets are $1 each to play games or play all day with a $30 bracelet. Bingo cards are two for $1.
Festival includes a zip line, blow up obstacle course and bouncy house, Bingo, train rides, petting zoo, talent show and games. Vote for your favorite decorated pumpkin. Raffle winners announced at 3:30 p.m. Gumbo dinners are being sold.
Town of Pollock's Spook-tacular
Foster Park
Howard Street, Pollock
6-10:30 p.m.
6-8 p.m. Trick or treating at the old Foster Park and the Town Hall, featuring The Rust Bucket.
7:30 p.m. Costume contest. Group ages: 0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 and family. Must be present to win.
8:30-10:30 p.m. Movie night featuring "Hocus Pocus 2" with popcorn on the splash pad .
Country Day’s Monster Dash 5K & Fun Run
Community Center at England Airpark
1611 Arnold Dr.
9 a.m.-noon
Annual Monster Dash 5K and one-mile Fun Run/Walk. This is a competitive 5K. Registration opens at 9 a.m. Race starts at 10 a.m. Top three males and females will be recognized. Trick-or-treating will be along the route of the one-mile Fun Run/Walk. Contests will be held for best costume, pumpkin and trunk or treat decoration. Trunk or treat will be open to the community after the race. For more information, go to https://www.countryday.school/monsterdash
Trunk or Treat at Bless Your Heart Flea Market in Pineville
5115 Shreveport Highway, Pineville
6-8 p.m.
A Heroes Halloween Event at Alexandria Mall
3437 Masonic Drive
1-3 p.m.
Mall vendors will be handing out treats. Meet and greet with superheroes. Free hot dogs during event and a hot dog eating contest sponsored by Lollipop Ice Cream & Snack Shop with Alexandria heroes will be held.
5th Saturday Market in downtown Pineville
Main Street
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
5K corporate relay starts at 8 a.m. Prizes for best costumes. Classic car show with a trunk or treat for children. Vendors, live music and cornhole tournament.
Indian Creek Recreation Area Halloween
100 Campground Road, Woodworth
Admission: $7 per vehicle.
Howl-O-Ween Pet parade and costume contest at 1 p.m. Campsite judging at 3-5 p.m. Trick-or-treat 5-7 p.m.
Pineville High School Track or Treat
D.C. "Bill" Bates Football Stadium
1511 Line St., Pineville
5-7 p.m.
Admission: $3 or 3 canned goods per child that will be donated to the Food Bank of Central Louisiana
Track or Treat is hosted by the Anchor Club and will feature various school clubs and organizations handing out treats and have games for children to play.
Sunday, Oct. 30
Fall Fest 2022
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
7956 Ridge St., Pollock
5-7 p.m.
Food, fellowship, games and candy.
Halloween Safety Bash in Creola
Town Hall parking lot, 21435 U.S. Highway 167 North, Creola, (next to the Cougar Stop)
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Creola Police will host a Halloween Safety Bash with an emergency vehicle trunk-or-treat.
Fall Festival Trunk or Treat
Gateway Baptist Church
7074 Monroe Highway, Ball
5:30-8 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 31
Alexandria Police Department Trick or Treat
Public Safety Complex
1000 Bolton Avenue
5:30-8 p.m.
Atlas Halloween Boo-Bash
Atlas Home Service
3612 Coliseum Blvd.
4-7 p.m.
Free trick-or-treat bags for the kids while supplies last. Bags for adult with swag and coupons while supplies last. Multiple booths with local businesses handing out treats. Spooky, haunted hallway. The LifeShare Bus will be on hand to take blood donations.
Local Businesses that will be a part of event include Cenla Broadcasting: Josh & Miranda from Q93, Melissa Frost from KRRV & Pat Cloud from KZMZ, FOX 48, Juggling Juices and Central Insurers. Food trucks on site: The Creole Cockpit and Caffeinated / Brew + Fizz.
Trunk or treat
Wayside Baptist Church
9619 Highway 165, Pollock
6-8 p.m.
Trunk or Treat at Tioga High School
1207 Tioga Road, Ball
4-5:30 p.m.
Trunk or treat in school parking lot with games, prizes and treats.
Halloween at St. James
St. James Episcopal Church, 1620 Murray Street and Bolton Avenue
5-8 p.m.
Treats will be handed out on the front steps of the church.
St. Michael’s Trunk or Treat and Community Dinner
500 Edgewood Drive, Pineville
6-8 p.m.
Includes community dinner, cornhole and cake walk.
Trunk or Treat at B22Fit
103 La Rue 22, Dry Prong
Opens at 5:15 p.m. Closes at dark.
Community members, local churches, businesses, school organizations and teams will host a trunk or treat in the parking lot of B22Fit. Grove Street will be closed so children can walk to the town hall from B22 for hot dogs and treats.
Trunk or Treat at Philadelphia Baptist Church
2022 Horseshoe Drive, Alexandria
5:30-8 p.m.
Activities include games, inflatables and door prizes.
Ball Boo Walk
Town of Ball Walking Trail on Municipal Drive
6-8:30 p.m.
Volunteers and businesses will set up along the trail to hand out treats.
Falloween
First Baptist Church of Pollock
7956 Ridge St., Pollock
6-8 p.m.
Trunk or treat, giveaways, food, jumpers, obstacle course and games.
This article originally appeared on Alexandria Town Talk: Trick-or-treat! See dates, times for fall events in Alexandria area
