There are plenty of treats to go around this Halloween and harvest season in Sequim.
More than a dozen events are set to go the weekend before Halloween, throughout Friday, Oct. 31, and even the day after.
At 7 Cedars Casino, the venue hosts its annual costume contest this year on Nov. 1 with cash prizes available.
Of note this year, Sequim High School’s Haunted Hallways and Eastern Hills Community Church’s trunk-or-treat are not happening, organizers said.
Here are events in Sequim scheduled as of press time. To add an event to post online, email to editor@sequimgazette.com.
Oct. 24-Nov. 2
• Miss Marple joins the murder mystery mix
Olympic Theatre Arts’ production of Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is Announced” is set for two more weeks of shows at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 24-25, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 and Nov. 2, at OTA, 414 N. Sequim Ave. Tickets available at olympictheatrearts.org or by calling 360-683-7326 from 1-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday.
Friday, Oct. 24
• River Center offers a Not-So-Scary Halloween
The Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W Hendrickson Road, hosts a new event, the Not-So-Scary Halloween event from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. The event for all ages includes a costume parade, nature-inspired games, fall crafts, sweet treats, a photobooth, and a flashlight hike through the forest trails. The center’s Exhibit Room will also feature animals getting into the Halloween spirit with their own costumes. Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for children, and ages 1-and-under free.
Register at: dungenessrivercenter.org/programs/. Call (360) 681-4076 for more information.
Saturday, Oct. 25
• Community church hosts family fest
Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave., offers its Fall Family Festival from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 with a trunk-or-treat in the parking lot, bounce houses, games, pie contest, and a chili cook-off. Family-friendly costumes only.
• Boys & Girls Club brings back its Bash
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula in Sequim at 400 W. Fir St. opens from 5-8 p.m.. Saturday, Oct. 25, for its annual Halloween Bash with games, candy, music, a 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 3-18, while adults and children 2 and under are free. Includes 10 game tickets. Pizza meal included for children 18-and-under; $3 for adults.
• Grange hosts pumpkin carving, fair
Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, hosts its Country Fair and Trunk-or-Treat from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25.
As tradition, there will be free pumpkin carving and several trunks filled with treats. Game tickets cost 50 cents each, and there will be chili dogs and hamburgers for sale. One of the top prizes includes fresh-pressed local apple cider.
Clallam County Fire District 3 will be on hand for the “Great Candy Drop,” with all proceeds benefiting the Burned Children’s Recovery Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting young burn survivors and their families.
Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31
• Avamere residents, staff host 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 host drive-thru
The Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, continues its drive-thru trick-or-treat” from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31 with Elks members handing out candy.
• Merchants keep trick-or-treat tradition
Sequim merchants offer trick-or-treating from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 31 along Washington Street with dozens of businesses offering candy.
• Trunk-or-treat at Gateway Church
Gateway Church of Sequim, 609 W. Washington St., offers a trunk-or-treat from 3-6 p.m. on Halloween. All ages welcome. They also offer a fun fall backdrop for a photo-op.
• Thrive offers Trunk-or-Treat
Thrive Church, 640 N. Sequim Ave., hosts its Trunk-or-Treat in its parking lot with free treats from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.
• Foursquare hosts Harvest Fest
Sequim Valley Foursquare, 9090 Old Olympic Hwy., holds its Harvest Festival from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 31. with activity booths inside with games to win candy along with face painting, free food, inflatables, Nerf tag, and more. Organizers are also collecting jars of peanut butter and jelly for its food pantry and those in need. Organizers ask for child-friendly costumes only.
• Fifth Avenue’s Spooktacular evening
The Fifth Avenue, 500 West Hendrickson Road, invites families to its Trick-or-Treat event from 5-6 p.m. on Halloween with a haunted bat cave where children can collect treats from residents.
Families can also enter a raffle to win a prize. Costumes encouraged.
“This event is one of the highlights of the year for our residents,” said Administrator Donna Ingram. “The laughter, costumes, and energy the children bring truly light up our community. It’s a joyful reminder that Halloween isn’t just for kids. It’s for everyone.”
• Faith Lutheran holds harvest fest
Faith Lutheran Church, 354 W. Cedar St., hosts its harvest festival from 5-6:30 p.m. on Halloween. The family-friendly event offers candy, activities, games, and more with trick-or-treaters welcome. Child-friendly costumes only.
• ‘Bash’ continues at King’s Way
King’s Way Sequim, 1023 Kitchen-Dick Road, hosts its annual “Bash” from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, with outdoor family fun game booths, rock climbing wall, hot dogs, and candy. Kid-friendly costumes only.
• Rat Racers’ trunk-or-treat returns
Olympic Peninsula Rat Racers host its Trunk-or-Treat from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Halloween at the Sequim Village Shopping Center, 651 W. Washington St. Free candy will be given out by each vehicle’s owner. Drivers are welcome to bring any type of vehicle to participate, organizers said. Peninsula Party Booth will also be on site taking photos.
• Sherwood offers candy to kids
Sherwood Assisted Living, 550 W. Hendrickson Road, invites trick-or-treaters from 6-7 p.m. Oct. 31 to haunt their halls for candy from residents.
Saturday, Nov. 1
• Casino offers The Day After Halloween Party
7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, hosts its annual costume contest, this year called The Day After Halloween Party, on Saturday, Nov. 1, inside Club Seven. Mr. Pink! offers live music. The costume contest begins at 7:30 p.m. and contestants must stop by the Blyn Bay conference room in the hotel between 7:30-9:30 p.m. for preliminary judging. The contest begins at 10 p.m. Individual prizes range from $700 for first place to $300 for third place, and $1,000 for the group costume contest of three or more people.
Ages 21 and older. No cover charge.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Rachel Campbell and Miliah Williams with Prima Materia hand out candy to hundreds of children on Halloween in downtown Sequim in 2024. Sequim merchants host trick-or-treating at many stores across Washington Street on Halloween from 3-5 p.m.
Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash/ Eli Himmelberger visits the Olympic Peninsula Rat Racers’ Trunk-or-Treat last year in the Sequim Village Shopping Center dressed as a giant inflatable chicken. The event returns this Halloween from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash/ An inflatable Garfield awaits the stoplight change at Centennial Place on Halloween in downtown Sequim in 2024. Downtown merchants host trick-or-treating from 3-5 p.m. on Halloween.
Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash/ Volunteer firefighters Tommy Danielson and Andrew Rodgers with Clallam County Fire District 3 hand out candy last year on Halloween.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Trick-or-Treaters visit the Sequim Prairie Grange’s Fall Festival and Trunk-or-Treat in 2024. The event is set to take place again from 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25.
Photo courtesy of Jamestown Health Clinic/ Staff at Jamestown Family Health Clinic gather for a group photo with all the departments that dressed up in themes on Halloween in 2024. They’re one of many businesses in Sequim that join in the fun each year on Halloween.
