Groups, businesses set Halloween events in Sequim

By Matthew Nash • October 23, 2024 1:30 am
Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash As the Wicked Witch from “The Wizard of Oz,” Beth Pratt, executive director of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, helps trick-or-treaters cross Washington Street last Halloween. Merchants offer trick-or-treating once again on Halloween from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 31 along Washington Street from Creamery Square to Fifth Avenue
Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash As the Wicked Witch from “The Wizard of Oz,” Beth Pratt, executive director of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, helps trick-or-treaters cross Washington Street last Halloween. Merchants offer trick-or-treating once again on Halloween from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 31 along Washington Street from Creamery Square to Fifth Avenue

Sequim goes all-in for another Halloween and harvest season with several events this weekend and on Thursday, Oct. 31.

As tradition, several businesses, churches and groups offer places to play games and get treats while sporting fun costumes. So whether your family wants to carve pumpkins, play in a bounce house or all of the above, here is what’s happening as of press time. To include an event for the Oct. 30 edition and web story, email Matthew.nash@sequimgazette.com.

Oct. 25-27

“Night of the Living Dead” finds its end at OTA

Olympic Theatre Arts’ production of “Night of the Living Dead” concludes this weekend with shows at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave. Tickets available at olympictheatrearts.org or by calling 360-683-7326 from 1-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday.

Oct. 25

Community church hosts harvest fest

Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave., offers its Fall Family Festival from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 with a trunk-or-treat in the parking lot, and a bounce house, carnival games, a chili cook-off and food inside.

Saturday, Oct. 26

Hallways haunted at high school

Students host the Haunted Hallways event from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 in the H-Building at Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave. Activities are run by different student activities and clubs with cans of food welcomed for Sequim Food Bank’s “Boo Hunger” drive. Costumes welcome.

Rat Racers rev up trunk-or-treat

Olympic Peninsula Rat Racers host its Trunk-or-Treat from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Sequim Village Shopping Center, 651 W. Washington St. Free candy will be given out by each vehicle’s owner. Drivers welcome to bring rat rods, 4x4s, motorcycles and other vehicles during event to participate, organizers said.

Boys & Girls Club brings Halloween Bash

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula in Sequim at 400 W. Fir St. opens from 5-8 p.m.. Saturday, Oct. 26, for its annual Halloween Bash with games, candy, music, costume contest, arts and crafts, a cupcake walk, and a haunted house that may not be suitable for younger children.

Admission is $5 for children 3-17, while adults and children 2 and under are free. Pizza meal included for children 18-and-under; $3 for adults.

Pumpkin carving, trunk-or-treat at Grange

Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, hosts its Fall Festival and Trunk-or-Treat from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. Outdoors, there will be free pumpkin carving and several trunks filled with treats while inside there will be carnival games with a chance to win prizes. Tickets cost $0.50. Chili dogs and hamburgers also for sale. Costumes encouraged.

Casino continues costume contest

7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, hosts its annual Halloween party Saturday, Oct. 26, inside Club Seven. All costume contest contestants must enter the Blyn Bay conference room, located in the hotel, between 7:30-9:30 p.m. for preliminary costume judging. Contest begins at 10 p.m.

There are individual/couple prizes and group costume prizes for three or more people. Music provided by The Nasty Habits with a free shuttle available. Ages 21-and-over. No cover charge.

Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31

Avamere throw trunk-or-treat

Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 1000 S. Fifth Ave., hosts a Trunk-or-Treat event from 1-3 p.m. on Halloween in the facility’s parking lot with patients and staff giving out candy and offering games.

Elks welcome drive thru trick-or-treaters

The Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, hosts a drive thru trick-or-treat” from 3-5 pm. Thursday, Oct. 31 Elks members will be handing out bags of candy to all the little ones.

Downtown trick-or-treat tradition

Sequim merchants offer trick-or-treating from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 31 along Washington Street from Creamery Square to Fifth Avenue with dozens of businesses offering candy stops. Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce ambassadors and volunteers will serve as crossing guards.

Foursquare church hosts Harvest Fest

Sequim Valley Foursquare, 9090 Old Olympic Hwy., holds its Harvest Festival from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 31. with an inflatable slide, Nerf tag, a cake walk, food, face painting, and a trunk-or-treat. Organizers ask child-friendly costumes only.

Faith Lutheran hosts harvest fest

Faith Lutheran Church, 354 W. Cedar St., hosts its harvest festival from 5-6:30 p.m. on Halloween, Oct. 31. The family-friendly event offers candy, activities, games, and more with trick-or-treaters welcome.

Trunk-or-treat at Gateway Church

Gateway Church of Sequim, 609 W. Washington St., offers a trunk-or-treat from 5-7:30 p.m. on Halloween night. All ages welcome.

King’s Way brings on the ‘Bash’

King’s Way Sequim, 1023 Kitchen-Dick Road, hosts its annual “Bash” from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, with outdoor family fun games, snacks, and candy. Kid-friendly costumes only.

Sherwood offers trick-or-treating

Sherwood Assisted Living, 550 W. Hendrickson Road, invites trick-or-treaters from 6-7 p.m. Oct. 31 to haunt their halls for free candy from residents.

Organizers say the annual event has become a heartwarming tradition with residents eagerly anticipating the chance to see the children’s creative costumes, and for many the event brings back fond memories of their own family traditions.

Eastern Hills hosts trunk-or-treaters

Eastern Hills Community Church, 91 Savannah Lane, brings back its annual Trunk-or-Treat from 6-8 p.m. on, Oct. 31, outside the church with hay rides, candy, hot dogs, and more.

Oct. 31-Nov. 9

Ghostlight opens “Sweeney Todd”

Ghostlight Productions brings “Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” to the Sequim High School Auditorium, 633 N. Sequim Ave., on Halloween night at 7 p.m. Shows run at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 1-2; 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 7-9, with matinees at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, and Saturday, Nov. 9. Find tickets at ghostlightwa.org.

Organizers warn the show contains mature content/themes and is not recommended for young children.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Skyler and Torrie Lewis join the “Star Wars” universe for the Sequim Prairie Grange’s trunk-or-treat event last year. The grange, 290 Macleay Road, hosts its Fall Festival and Trunk-or-Treat from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 with pumpkin carving, and a carnival.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Skyler and Torrie Lewis join the “Star Wars” universe for the Sequim Prairie Grange’s trunk-or-treat event last year. The grange, 290 Macleay Road, hosts its Fall Festival and Trunk-or-Treat from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 with pumpkin carving, and a carnival.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Janaye Birkland brings Barbie to life for the Sequim Prairie Grange’s trunk-or-treat during its Fall Festival in 2023. The trunk-or-treat returns on Oct. 26 from 3-6 p.m.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Janaye Birkland brings Barbie to life for the Sequim Prairie Grange’s trunk-or-treat during its Fall Festival in 2023. The trunk-or-treat returns on Oct. 26 from 3-6 p.m.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash/ People fill the rows for the Olympic Peninsula Rat Racers’ Trunk-or-Treat last year. They host another Trunk-or-Treat from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Sequim Village Shopping Center, 651 W. Washington St.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash/ People fill the rows for the Olympic Peninsula Rat Racers’ Trunk-or-Treat last year. They host another Trunk-or-Treat from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Sequim Village Shopping Center, 651 W. Washington St.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Last Halloween, the Addams Family, from left, Cousin Itt (Greg Good), Grandmama (Erica Harris), Uncle Fester (Erik Good), Morticia (Nikki Sather) and Wednesday (Stella Good) trick-or-treat during the Sequim Merchant’s annual event. It returns 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 in and near downtown Sequim.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Last Halloween, the Addams Family, from left, Cousin Itt (Greg Good), Grandmama (Erica Harris), Uncle Fester (Erik Good), Morticia (Nikki Sather) and Wednesday (Stella Good) trick-or-treat during the Sequim Merchant’s annual event. It returns 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 in and near downtown Sequim.