Trick or Treating in Downbeach towns will be held 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, but this weekend offers youngsters of all ages several opportunities to celebrate the witching season at community sponsored Halloween happenings.
In Margate, the Margate Education Foundation will hold its second annual Boo Fest 4-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at the Eugene A. Tighe School athletic field, 7804 Amherst Ave. with music, food trucks and prizes.
The event includes a costume contest, sports blow-ups, dunk tank, carnival games, pumpkin decorating, obstacle course and hayrides. The costume contest will award prizes for Best Group, Most Creative and Scariest categories.
Admission is $12 per child or $25 for unlimited wristbands. All proceeds benefit school clubs and programs.
Later in the evening, the Margate Police, Fire and Public Works employees associations will host the annual Trunk or Treat and Haunted Hallways events, starting at 6 p.m. in the Tighe School parking lot behind the school on Monmouth Avenue.
Trunk or Treat, 6-7 p.m., gives children the opportunity to celebrate the spooky season safely. Bring a gently used or new winter coat for charity and enjoy a Leslie’s Dance Studio performance and a DJ.
The Haunted Hallways is located inside the school 6-8 p.m. Admission is $5 for child and guardian. Hallway themes are “Not So Spooky” and “I Dare You.” The proceeds benefit maintenance of the Dominick A. Potena Performing Arts Center.
The night concludes with a screening of a family-friendly movie with concessions.
Members of a Ventnor family got dressed up as killer clowns and Jason for the annual Halloween Fest, Saturday on Newport Avenue.On Sunday, Oct. 27, Ventnor City Special Events and Ventnor Home and School Association will hold a Halloween Parade and Costume Contest 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ski Beach, Dorset Avenue at the bay.
The event includes a parade, crafters, pumpkin crafts, food trucks and a movie, and a special performance by the VECC Band.
Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. with the parade step-off at 12:30 p.m. Sweet prizes will be presented at 1 p.m. for the Scariest, Best DIY, Most Creative, Best Group and Best Overall categories.
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