Words by Anna Lee Vaughn
Looking to attend some local Halloween festivities this spooky season? October 28 is the day! From trunk-or-treats to 5K races to pet costume parties, there is something just around the corner for everyone in Walker County to enjoy.
Here is a list of events you can look forward to this Saturday!
Family-Friendly Events
- Camp COOL’s 5k BOO-Run – Gamble Park – 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
- Trick or Treat Tennis, presented by Jasper High School Tennis – K-8th Grade Clinic 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m., $15 | High School – Adults Round Robin 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., $20. Costumes welcome!
- Boldo Fire Department Movie Night – showing Hotel Transylvania – Gate opens at 6:15 p.m.; movie begins at 7:00 p.m. – $10 per car. – Costume contest for ages 12 and under – Bring your own chairs and/or blankets!
- Faye Whittemore Farms’ Annual Halloween Bash and Trunk or Treat – 5:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. – $5 admission; $5 for a haunted hayride – Live band from 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
- Stall-and-Treat with Horses! – 6:00 p.m. – Spooky scavenger hunt, hayride, Stall-and-Treat, and movie in the arena – Address: 1428 Bush Drive, Jasper, AL 35504
- Hilloween – Halloween on the Hill – Downtown Carbon Hill – 5 p.m. – Fun, Food, Inflatables, & Games!
- McBoo Fall Carnival at McDonald’s – 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Carnival games, prizes, photo booth, crafts, and a costume contest – $2.99 Happy Meals all day!
- Friendship Independent Church of God Fall Festival – 4:00 p.m. – Hotdogs and chips, chili cook-off, cake walk, and games!
- BAM Arcade Boopalooza Trunk-or-Treat – 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – “Everyone is invited to set up their car and join the fun of giving out candy!”
- Living Light Church Fall Festival – 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Food, candy, games, and inflatables – Address: 3420 North Airport Road, Jasper, Alabama
- Hustle and Howl Dog Costume Contest & Parade – 5k and 1-mile Fun Runs – Food vendors – Beginning at 5 p.m. at Ivan K. Hill Park in Winfield – Sponsored by Magnolia Doodles, Glory Baptist Church, and the WPRD – For more information, call (205) 487-6710
Live Entertainment
- Crawfish Warehouse Halloween Party – Costume Contest at 10 p.m. – “Lots of food and drink specials with some extra scary fun!”
- Poker Run/Trick-or-Treat – Downtown Jasper – Purchase poker packets at Crawfish Warehouse/The Breakroom – Benefits Walker County Children’s Advocacy Center.
- Night of the Living Metal 5: “Something TWISTED This Way Comes…” – Presented by Twisted Barley Brewing Co. and Southern Night Records – 7:00 p.m. – Address: 520 19th Street West, Jasper, AL 35501
- Jasper Elks Lodge Halloween Party – 8:00 p.m. – Live music by Runaway Rhonda – “Put on your best costume and come jam with us at the lodge!”
Trunk-or-Treat
- New Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Nauvoo presents “A Walk Through the Word” – “Our version of the traditional trunk-or-treat, with trunks, trucks, and trailers decorated as scenes throughout the Word of God. As you begin your journey, you will receive candy at the different scenes throughout the walk. Start with scenes of Creation, Noah’s Ark, and the Ten Commandments, (to name a few), and then make your way to the birth of Jesus, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and many other biblical scenes.” – 6:00 p.m.
- Cordova Annual Trunk-R-Treat – Indian Head Mill Park – 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Food trucks on site!
- Twilleytown Church of God of Prophecy Trunk-or-Treat – 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Free food, candy, and an inflatable slide.
- Pineywoods Fire and Rescue 4th Annual Trunk or Treat – 5:00 p.m.
- Samaria Baptist Church Trunk-or-Treat – 5:00 p.m. – Ages 13 and under – Address: 70 East Lake Road, Jasper, AL 35501
- Prospect Independent Church Fall Festival – 5:00 p.m. – Games, cake walk, food, bouncy house – Address: 3505 Prospect Road, Nauvoo, AL
- Blondie Salon Trunk-or-Treat – 6:00 p.m. – 8 p.m. – Wear your best costume! – Address: 381 Main Street, Sumiton, AL
- Argo First Baptist Church Trunk-or-Treat – 5:00 p.m.
- Dilworth Community Center Trunk-or-Treat – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
