Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, making plans for costumes, trick-or-treating and other family-friendly events that much more fun.
Hendricks County, Indiana offers a variety of fall experiences throughout the month of October, including corn mazes, night hikes and a spooky movie series but when it comes down to trick-or-treating and bringing home a ton of candy, here’s everything you’ll need to know.
Trot & Treat
Strides to Success, a nonprofit equestrian facility in Plainfield, will offer a free event with a horse costume contest from 4 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 24.
Check out the spooky barn decorations, play games and vote on your favorite horse. Additionally, bring cash to purchase food from the food trucks and participate in the raffle.
Sat-Terror-Day
The Town of Plainfield invites the community to wear your costume, take a hayride, dance to the music and get some fun photo ops at the free family event at Talon Stream Park from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 24
The event will include costume contests, crafts, bounce houses and fun activities throughout the afternoon.
Trail & Treat
Just like Trunk-or-Treat but located on the walking trail at Williams Park in Brownsburg on Oct. 24, families can enjoy safe trick-or-treating. Community businesses and organizations will hand out candy, promotional items and fun prizes.
Vote for the best-decorated booth in the lineup. Winners receive a trophy and a special treat.
Ghosts and Goblins
Washington Township Parks and Recreation will hold their annual Ghosts and Goblins event from 1 to 5 p.m., Oct. 24 at Washington Township Park with a mini haunted train, bungee trampolines, bounce houses, candy, food trucks and more.
Wear your favorite costume and trick-or-treat among many local vendors along the path in the upper level of the park.
Pumpkins & Paws
The second annual Pumpkins and Paws fundraiser returns from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds and Conference Complex. Enjoy pumpkin bowling, food, games, trick-or-treating and more.
The event will benefit the Hendricks County Animal Shelter and this year, admission is free but donations will be accepted.
Beasley’s Halloweekend
At Beasley’s Orchard, they celebrate the fall harvest season with a festival every weekend in October, culminating on Halloweekend, Oct. 24-25.
Give those costumes a test-run and enjoy two full days of candy giveaways, games, hayrides and pumpkin picking. Don’t miss the family pumpkin-carving contest and the kids costume contests at the orchard beginning at 2 p.m. each day.
Scares on the Square
Join the Danville community from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 24 to celebrate fall at Scares on the Square. Trick-or-treat among the local merchants, enjoy food trucks, family-friendly activities and a scavenger hunt.
Costumes are encouraged, and don’t forget to take advantage of the many photo ops at the scarecrow displays in front of the historic Hendricks County Courthouse.
Trick or Treating Hours
For those of us headed out to our neighborhoods for traditional trick-or-treating, here are the recommended hours on Oct. 31 for Hendricks County communities.
- Town of Avon – 6 to 9 p.m.
- Town of Brownsburg – 5 to 9 p.m.
- Town of Plainfield – 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
- Town of Danville – 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
