From Port Townsend to Forks, kids and adults can celebrate Halloween this weekend with trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving contests, haunted houses, scary storytelling, parades and pet costume contests.
Halloween is Sunday, but many festivities are on Saturday and Sunday — including trick or treating on Saturday afternoon in downtown Port Angeles and Sunday in downtown Port Townsend.
Fort Worden State Park hosts a “Spooktacular” from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday with story-telling, hay rides, games, crafts and treats.
There will be a haunted house tonight, Saturday night and Sunday night at the Clallam County Fairgrounds.
Several Halloween events are scheduled tonight.
In addition to this city-by-city listing, see the article on Halloween events in Peninsula Spotlight magazine, the weekly entertainment guide that is part of the Peninsula Daily News today.
Port Angeles
* Downtown merchants will open their doors and candy bags to thousands of children on Saturday.
The annual Downtown Port Angeles Trick or Treat will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Parents and children should look for orange pumpkin posters in the windows of participating merchants.
Saturday’s event includes free photos of children at the Laurel Street fountain.
At 5 p.m., The Landings Restaurant in The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., is holding a Halloween costume contest.
In addition, people can enjoy free pumpkin pie with the purchase of any entree Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
* An inaugural Zombie Walk is planned for Saturday.
Event organizers are encouraging people to dress like a zombie and meet at noon at the corner of Lincoln and First streets in the parking lot across from Tesoro.
Zombies will stroll along the sidewalks of Port Angeles.
* A dance and video party, with a costume contest and raffles — a benefit for the Port Angeles skateboard park — is at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St. from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday.
A $5 donation can be made at the door. All ages welcome.
There will be videos, DJ dance music by Dos Audettes and a special $49.99 skatepark rate for rooms at the hotel (for reservations phone 360-452-9215).
Prizes for raffles and costume contest include snowboards, skateboards and clothes.
* The Port Angeles Senior Center will host a Halloween costume party from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
The event will include costume and dance contests and snacks.
A $1 donation is suggested.
The party will be held at the center, 328. E. Seventh St.
* “The Magic of Cinema Film” series continues tonight with “Young Frankenstein” at 7 p.m. in the Peninsula College Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Admission is $5 at the door.
* A reading and slide show program on “Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O’Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea” will be tonight.
Barbara Sjoholm will present the reading at 7 p.m. in the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Tonight’s program, sponsored by Port Book and News, is free and open to the public.
* A Halloween Bash and Carnival will be tonight at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center, 2851 Lower Elwha Road.
The free event will feature costume contests, free food and prizes for all ages.
Tonight’s bash and carnival will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
A dance for people 12 years of age and older will follow in the dining hall from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
* A Halloween Haunted House will be held at the Clallam County Fairgrounds this weekend.
Entrance is $2 per person — and people with “weak hearts be warned.”
The house will open at 7 p.m. tonight through Sunday.
In addition, a free matinee with the lights on will be held Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. for children 5 years of age and younger.
* Residents of Park View Villas are sponsoring a safe trick-or-treat event Sunday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The retirement and assisted living community is located at 8th and G streets.
* Halloweekend at Delaney’s will be held Saturday and Sunday and feature a variety of activities and opportunities to win prizes.
Events will start at 9 p.m. both days at 132 E. Front St.
A costume contest will be held Saturday at The Other Side.
Karaoke and costume contests will be held Sunday.
Free pool and live reggae by Free Sound will be featured at The Other Side on Sunday.
* A Halloween costume party will be held tonight and Saturday night at Castaways Night Club, 1213 Marine Drive.
Haywire, a band that plays country, blues and rock, will play both nights starting at 9 p.m.
Costume contests and prizes will be awarded both nights.
Admission is free, and no cover charge for the band will be applied.
Sequim
* Faith Lutheran Church will hold a “Hallow’d Eve” Farm Harvest Festival from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
The event will feature games, prizes, crafts, food and fun for the entire family.
Dinner will be provided, as long as supplies last at the church, located on north 4th and west Cedar streets.
Admission to the event is free, but donations for the Sequim Food Bank are appreciated.
For more information call 360-683-4803.
* A Pumpkin Patch Bash will be held at King’s Way Church between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday.
The bash includes games, prizes, pony rides, a mini-carousel and hot dogs and soda available for purchase.
“Friendly” costumes are encouraged during the event at the church, 1023 Kitchen-Dick Road.
* Sequim Bible Church will host a Kids Fall Fest on Sunday.
The free event will feature food, games and prizes for children of all ages.
Costumes are welcome, but witches or vampire costumes are not encouraged.
Sunday’s event will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 847 N. Sequim Ave.
* Best Friend Nutrition, a health food store for pets, will host a Halloween pet costume contest Saturday.
The event begins at 1 p.m. at 61 Valley Center Place.
Dogs and cats who are socialized with other pets are welcome to compete for prizes including most original, most adorable, scariest, coolest dud, fashion diva and more.
* Olympic Care & Rehabilitation Center will host a haunted house and safe trick-or-treat event tonight.
The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center, 1000 S. Fifth Ave.
Admission to the haunted house is $1.
Port Townsend
* A Haunted Castle Halloween Party featuring the music of The Reflections will be held from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Manresa Castle, located on 7th and Sheridan streets, will celebrate Halloween with a buffet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., a pumpkin carving contest and by awarding prizes for best costumes.
People wanting to participate in the pumpkin carving contest must submit their masterpiece by 5 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets to the event cost $25 and can be purchased at the door. Call 360-385-5750 for more information.
* Downtown Port Townsend will be transformed into a candy paradise for children on Sunday.
The Main Street Downtown Trick-or-Treat encourages preschoolers through sixth-graders to parade in costume through the town and collect candy from area merchants.
Children and their parents can meet at 3:45 p.m. under the Bank of America clock, 734 Water St.
The parade, led by the Port Townsend Police Department and an orange Parks and Recreation truck, leaves at 4 p.m.
Trick-or-treating is available from Water to Washington streets and all the streets in between from merchants whose windows feature orange “Trick or Treat Here” signs.
Water Street will be closed to traffic from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for the parade from Adams to Polk streets.
A prize will be awarded for the most creative merchant costume.
* The Jefferson County Historical Museum’s Haunted Jail offers free admission, treats and spooky fun starting at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
The jail is located within the museum, 210 Madison St.
Volunteers have transformed the jail into a dungeon filled with scary surprises, a few spiderwebs and screaming curators.
The Haunted Jail may be too scary for very young children.
Parents are encouraged to use their discretion when considering taking younger children to the event.
* The Max Grover Gallery and the Richard Jesse Watson Gallery will offer Halloween art projects and treats to all children on Sunday.
Coloring pages of Halloween images will be available for children to take home to color.
The galleries will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
* The Fort Worden State Park will host a free “Spooktacular” on Saturday.
The event is appropriate for children in fifth-grade and younger.
Saturday’s event will be held at the Commons from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Games, crafts, horse-drawn hayrides around the fort, a costume contest and storytelling will be available.
Non-perishable food items for the local food bank will be collected at the door.
* Port Townsend Farmers Market vendors will hold a Pumpkin Festival on Saturday.
The festival will include a pumpkin carving contest with pumpkins provided by Wildwood Farms and Sunfield Farms.
Each person participating will receive a prize.
The Food Co-op will display a giant pumpkin and shoppers can guess the weight of the pumpkin for a prize.
Hot apple cider will be served.
Saturday will be the final day of the regular season for the Port Townsend Farmers Market.
* The Port Townsend Dance Collective hosts “Day of the Dead,” a Halloween costume and altar contest, party and ball on Saturday.
The event will be held from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, 1338 Jefferson St.
Linc Mkwananzi’s “Tones of Peace” marimba band will provide music for the inaugural event.
Admission is $7 at the door.
* The All in All Animal Ball, a costume party, will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at 443 N. Jacob Miller Road.
“Annie and the Enchanted Whale” will be performed by the Zambini Brothers Puppet Company.
The event, which is a fund-raiser for the animal-related performing arts advocacy work of All My Relations, will feature food and Halloween cookie decorating.
All ages are welcome.
Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children.
* Water Street Brewing and Ale House will have a Halloween Funk Show and Costume Contest on Saturday.
The event, featuring the Lucius Clay band, will start at 8 p.m. at 639 Water St.
Carlsborg
* For people still searching for the perfect Halloween pumpkin, the Pumpkin Patch is open and has plenty left the picking.
The patch on the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and Kitchen-Dick Road features corn and straw mazes, the opportunity to use a hand sling to launch a pumpkin 150 feet, farm animals and plenty of corn, apple cider and kettle corn available for purchase.
Today and Saturday, the patch is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., tickets for the maze can be purchased until about 6:30 p.m.
The Pumpkin Patch is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, which is the final day for the season.
Flashlights are recommended in the maze after dark, They are available for a $5 refundable deposit, or you can bring your own.
The corn maze costs $7 for adults and $4 for children.
The straw maze costs $3 for children (adults go free.)
The pumpkin toss costs $5 for three shots and a chance to win $100.
Blyn
* 7 Cedars Casino will host a free Halloween party Saturday starting at 9 p.m.
The casino, located at 270756 Highway 101, will feature The Goods, a Northwest dance band and P.Y.T., a pop band which plays 1970s to 1990s rock.
A costume contest for cash prizes will be held at 11 p.m.
Forks
* The West Olympic Council for the Arts 5th annual Haunted House promises to offer thrills, chills and fun for everyone this weekend.
The haunted house will be open tonight and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Rainforest Arts Center, 35 N. Forks Ave.
The cost is $3 per person.
It is recommended children be 12 years of age or older to tour the haunted house.
For information contact Michelle Hoban at 360-374-5399.
* A Halloween party will be held at Sunshine & Rainbows Child Development Center on Saturday.
The event will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the center, 945 S. Forks Ave.
Carnival games, prizes and more will be available for children up to age 12.
Admission is free, but donations of canned goods or other non-perishable items would be greatly appreciated.
Clallam Bay/Sekiu
* An open mike poetry night will be held at Back Door Expresso on Saturday.
The event, located within the Spring Tavern on state Highway 112 between Clallam Bay and Sekiu, will be held between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
All writers are welcome to share their work.