Ghosts, goblins, tricks and treats… Saturday brings all the candy-loving ghouls out of their caves and into the streets of Thurston County. ThurstonTalk has you covered for the best Halloween stories around.
- Find where to trick or treat.
- Pick a pumpkin.
- Locate a corn maze.
- Take in a haunted house at Avanti High School on Friday.
- Visit the Pumpkin House.
- Enjoy a free harvest festival at the South Sound YMCA.
- Get spooked with a horror reading at Orca Books on Friday night.
- Leave the kids at home and celebrate Halloween at a costume party at the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino.
- Walk the Halloween Creep Trail at Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail on Saturday.
- Take part in a Halloween hip hop dance party at The Beat Box Studio on Saturday.
- Visit Saint Martin’s University and trick-or-treat in the residence halls on Saturday afternoon.
- Go to downtown Olympia and visit the merchants for trick-or-treating. Find a list of participating businesses here.
- Participate in a Halloween mystery dinner at the Westport Winery on Saturday evening.
Looking for something beyond the mini-size candy bars? Check out our full events calendar or any one of these other activities.
- Attend a harvest festival at Eastside Urban Farm and Garden on Friday.
- Listen to Hawaiian music at The Lanai Cafe on Friday evening.
- Catch live music at the Campbell and Campbell Events on Friday and Saturday nights.
- Watch Olympia Family Theater’s latest production.
- Run a pumpkin dash on Saturday morning at Tenino Elementary School.
- Visit the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail. It opens for the season on Saturday.
- Turn back the clocks on Sunday morning and run a 5k race to celebrate.
- Start a new hobby by learning to tango at Ben Moore’s on Sunday afternoon.
- Mark the Girlfriends Vintage Market on your calendar.
- Visit an open house event this weekend. Click here to see the list of Van Dorm Realty’s open houses.
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