Halloween events reminder: Business trick or treating, dancing, carnival, food drive

by | Oct 23, 2013

Halloween is just over a week away. These guys are anxiously awaiting the chance to trick or treat.

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So, here’s a reminder of all the fun Halloween events happening in Greenwood-Phinney this weekend:

Carkeek Park’s Wild Halloween, 10:30-11:45 a.m. Thursday for ages 2-3; free. โ€œExperience a fun morning learning about the “scary” animals of Halloween and how they are really not so very scary. Be sure to wear your Halloween costume to this hike.โ€ (Code for registering online is #104959.)

Illumination Learning Studio at 7720 Greenwood Ave. N. is hosting a free Kids Monster Mash Halloween Dance Party and candy exchange from 12-4 p.m. on Saturday.

Halloween on Holman” is a family event with trick-or-treating at local businesses, games, prizes, and more from 12-2 p.m. Saturday, at Carkeek Plaza and Holman Road Square.

โ€œThrill The World – Crown Hillโ€ is hosting a โ€œThrillerโ€ zombie dance for the whole family at 2 p.m. Saturday at the end of the Halloween on Holman event in the QFC Shopping Center on Holman Road. This event has been canceled.

The Phinney Neighborhood Association is hosting the โ€œHunger Goblinโ€™ Trick or Treatโ€ from 12-3 p.m. Saturday at businesses all along Phinney/Greenwood avenues. Participating businesses will have posters up in their windows. Volunteers will staff food bank donation stations along Phinney/Greenwood from North 59 to North 90th streets. Donate a can of food or $2 and get a special sticker. (Donations to the Volunteers of America Greenwood Food Bank are voluntary, and any child who canโ€™t donate can still get a sticker so they donโ€™t feel left out.)

Volunteers of America Greenwood Food Bank is hosting a cider pressing at 9041 Greenwood Ave. N. from 12-4 p.m. Saturday. Hot cups of cider will be served for a small donation, and if you donate a bag of groceries, you’ll get a free jug of apple cider.

Woodland Park Zoo presents its annual Pumpkin Bash on Oct. 26-27 with pumpkins for the animals and trick-or-treating and entertainment for kids.

Bitter Lake Halloween Carnival, Bitter Lake Annex, 13040 Greenwood Ave. N., from 6-8 p.m. Saturday. Carnival games, holiday entertainment, face painting, candy, prizes, two large jump toys, and a cakewalk. Twenty-five cents per ticket for games and food. Please bring a can of food for the food bank.

The zooโ€™s annual Pumpkin Dash 5K Fun Run/Walk and 1K Kids Dash is Sunday. The 1K Kids Dash begins at 9:15 a.m. and the 5K Fun Run/Walk starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Green Lake Small Crafts Center. Racers are encouraged to dress in costume.