Get your costumes ready for downtown Concord’s spookiest night out. Intown Concord’s Halloween Howl returns to Main St. on Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The wicked fun on Main St. includes community trick-or-treating, festive costumes, and plenty of ghoulish games and activities for the whole family to enjoy. Trunk or Treat will also be making a comeback this year. Don’t forget to check out the North End of Main St. for all the decked-out trunks offering terrifying treats and ghastly giveaways.
Main St. will be closed to traffic from Centre St./Loudon Rd. to Pleasant St. starting Friday from 4 to 8:30 p.m. This community event is free for all to attend.
Towns throughout the Capital Region are hosting their own sweet and spooky celebrations throughout the weekend. Here’s a list of some of those events and trick-or-treat times.
Andover: The town welcomes children and families to kick off the spooky season on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in downtown Andover. Participating businesses on Main Street and its surrounding streets will welcome ghosts, goblins and all costumed revelers for a special treat or two. The town-wide trick-or-treating will take place on its traditional Halloween date of Monday, Oct. 31 from 5 to 7:00 p.m.
Barnstead: Trunk or Treat will be on Oct. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Barnstead Elementary School.
Boscawen: Boscawen Church will be hosting a truck-or-treat at one end of King St. on Oct. 30 from 4 to 7 p.m. There will be plenty of King St. homes and businesses to trick-or-treat at in between. The Boscawen Police Department is putting on a haunted house at Jamie Welch Park.
Bow: Town-wide trick-or-treating will take place on Oct. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Canterbury: Oct. 28 Canterbury Woods trick-or-treating from 5 to 7 p.m. (15 West Road); Oct. 29 town trick-or-treating from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (at the Town Center) with a Haunted Trail from 6 to 9:30 p.m. (224 Baptist Road); Sherwood Forest trick-or -treating from 2 to 5 p.m.
Chichester: Trick-or-treating at the town library starts on Oct. 24 and ends on Oct. 31. Stop in with costumes anytime the library is open and receive a treat. Chichester Central School students in Kindergarten to Grade 5 will have their annual Halloween parade on Oct. 28 at 1:45 p.m. Parents and guests are invited to view the parade.
Concord: Halloween trick-or-treating will be on Oct. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Dunbarton: Trick or treat on Oct. 31 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Epsom: Trick or treating will be Oct. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Franklin: Trick or treat will be Oct. 31 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Gilford: Trick or treat will be Oct. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. During these hours, Belknap Mountain Road will be closed from Potter Hill Road to the Imagination Station Parking Lot at the GES.
Gilmanton: Oct. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Henniker: Trick-or-treat hours will be Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Trick-or-treat is always more fun in groups than alone. Please keep a flashlight handy and watch out for vehicles.
Hopkinton/Contoocook: As is tradition, trick or treating will take place on Halloween, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Northwood: Trick or treat on Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Penacook: Trick-or-treating is on Oct. 30 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Pittsfield: Trick or treating will be held on Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. When you are out Trick or Treating, be sure to stop in at the Pittsfield Youth Workshop (PYW) on Park Street for a Haunted House from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Youth of PYW plan, organize and do all the decorating for the event. At the Senior Center, the Halloween Celebration is on Oct. 31 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Coffee, festive snack, and chit chat. Come dressed in a costume and get a free 50/50 ticket; Bingo at $.05 a card from 9:30 to 11 a.m., prizes for the best costume 11 a.m., and lunch at 11:30 a.m.
Salisbury: Halloween is on Oct. 31, suggested trick or treat times are 5 to 7:30 p.m. The Fire Explorers will be passing out treats at the Safety Building from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Have fun, be safe and carry a flashlight.
Sanbornton: Trick or treat is on Oct. 30, with trunk or treat in the Sanbornton School parking lot from 2 to 4 p.m and townwide from 4 to 7 p.m.
Warner: Warner trick or treat is scheduled for Halloween Night, Oct. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. Please use extreme caution walking and driving, use flashlights, and wear reflective clothing. Warner PTO at Simonds Elementary School is hosting a Halloween party on Oct. 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the school. Free admission, treats, costume prizes, and more, with special guests The Lavender Fields at Pumpkin Blossom Farm. On Oct. 30 from 3 to 5 p.m., come hear Spooky Stories at the Lower Warner Meeting House. Event is free and open to the public.
Weare: Trick to treat on Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Webster: Halloween is just around the corner, and if you have children who would like to go trick or treating, head over to the clubhouse at Pillsbury Lake for a Trunk or Treat on Oct. 29 from 3 to 5 p.m.