By Rita LeBleu and
Doris Maricle

rlebleu@americanpress.com

dmaricle@americanpress.com

ities throughout Southwest Louisiana are moving forward with trick-or-treating this year.

Trick-or-treaters are urged to follow state and CDC guidelines including wearing masks and social distancing.

Here’s a list of fun Halloween activities scheduled throughout Southwest Louisiana:

Allen Parish

Distance trick or treating

OAKDALE — Oakdale Community Hospital, 130 N. Hospital Drive, trick or treating 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 in the hospital parking lot. Face masks will be required and social distancing will be enforced.

Harvest Fest

KINDER — Grand Church of Kinder, 205 First Ave., Harvest Fest, 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Activities include games, a petting zoo, pony rides, a maze, hay rides, fun jumps, food, candy and more.

Trunk or Treat

KINDER — Allen Parish Community Health Care, 108 Sixth Avenue, Trunk or Treat 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

Trick or Treat

OBERLIN — St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 110 Fifth Ave., Trick or Treat and a jambalaya dinner 5:30-7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31.Jambalaya will be sold for $5 a bowl. Parishioners will decorate and set up tables on the porch of the church hall to hand out candy.

Halloween in the Village

ELIZABETH — Elizabeth will hold trick or treating, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Trick or treaters can go door to door, or visit booths set up on Main Street.

Trick or treaters must walk or ride on a hay ride. Main, Maple, Cypress and Pine streets will be closed to vehicles. Parking will be available at Elizabeth High School and along the old railroad tracks by the ball field.

Pumpkin Festival

GRANT — Grant Christmas Tree Farm, 716 Whitaker Road, will hold its annual 3rd annual Pumpkin Festival through Nov. 1.

The farm is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sundays.

Activities include corn mazes, hayrides, pumpkin painting, arts and crafts, face painting, jump pillow and more. A zip line and hayrides are available on the weekend only.

Beauregard Parish Library Halloween

DERIDDER — Beauregard Parish Library will have “a trail of activities and crafts inside the DeRidder branch, ending with a treat bag on Friday, Oct. 30, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Dog Costume Contest

DERIDDER — The Women’s League of DeRidder will hold a Howl-o-ween dog costume contest on Friday, Oct. 30 in the Council on Aging parking lot. Entry fee is $15 per dog. Registration is 4 p.m. with judging at 4:45 p.m. Line up for the parade is 5 p.m. and parade begins at 5:30 p.m. All proceeds benefit BARC.

Trick or Treat parade

DERIDDER — Trick or Treat on Washington Street Parade will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.

Children ages 12 and under are urged to wear costumes and line the streets from The Stadium to the library. Candy will be thrown to children by parade participants.

Escape Room

DERIDDER — Escape from the Runaway Caboose – a mini escape room experience, will be held 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 in the historic caboose in downtown DeRidder. A maximum of four people will be allowed at once for the free 15-minute escape room.

Trunk-or-Treat

DERIDDER — First Church of DeRidder, 120 Mahlon Street, trunk-or-treat 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.

Drive Thru Trunk or Treat

DERIDDER — VFW Post 3619, 115 Hwy. 27, DeRidder, drive thru Trunk or Treat, 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Candy bags will be handed out. A movie will shown at 7 p.m. for the public to park to watch.

Trunk or Treat

DERIDDER – First United Methodist Church of DeRidder, trunk or treat 4-6 p.m. in the Methodist Children’s Learning Center parking lot, 405 W. Port Street.

Corn Maze & Family Fun

DRY CREEK — CM Farms, 200 John Broussard Road, Dry Creek will hold its corn mazes and family fun events 10 a.m-8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 1-6 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 29. Activities include several corn mazes, fun jumps, train,wagon and pony rides, children’s games, photo booths, animals and more.

Calcasieu Parish

Drive-Thru Trick-or-Treat

LAKE CHARLES — Central Library, 301 W. Claude Street, drive thru trick or treating 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 in the parking lot.

Fall Candy Haul

LAKE CHARLES — Glad Tidings Church, 3400 Texas Street, Fall Candy Haul, 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Oct. 31. for children through age 11.

Trunk-or-Treat

LAKE CHARLES — Sale Street Baptist Church, 1611 W. Sale Road, Trunk-or-Treat, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

Drive thru Trunk or Treat

LAKE CHARLES — A drive thru Trunk or Treat will be held 5-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at Greater St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church, 1801 Second Ave.

Fall-o-ween Jesus Festival

LAKE CHARLES – A Fall-o-ween Jesus Festival will be held 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Vineyard, 9541 Gulf Hwy. The free family fun event will include games, a petting zoo, food and more.

Trunk-or-Treat

LAKE CHARLES – The Cathedral Youth Group will host a trunk-or-treat on Saturday, Oct. 31, outside the Ave Maria Hall parking lot, 935 Bilbo St. 6 – 7 p.m. All children are invited.

Festival Full of Fun

SULPHUR – Kids can enjoy trunk-or-treat, a cake walk, costume contest and pumpkin decorating contest at Henning Memorial United Methodist Church Thursday, October 26, 5-6:30 p.m. Hot dogs will be served, and the community is invited to come out and celebrate this fall festival.

Trunk-or-Treat

SULPHUR – Immaculate Conception Church in Sulphur will hosts its trunk-or-treat Saturday, Oct. 31 at 5:30 p.m.

Twice the Fun

SULPHUR – Sulphur Community Church at 501 E. Burton St. and Open Door Biker Church at 423 W. Burton will be hosting Halloween events. The Open Door event starts at 5 p.m. and will go as long as candy lasts. At Sulphur Community Church, 5 – 6 p.m.

Goodies All Day

SULPHUR – K’s Frozen Delights will be handing out candy and offering other goodies all day Saturday, Oct. 31.

Friends with Candy

SULPHUR – Trunk-or-treat on Sat., Oct. 31 in the parking lot located at 2745 E. Napoleon Drive (across from Autoplex).

Trunk-or-Treat

DE QUINCY – First Baptist Church of DeQuincy will host a God-focused event for all that will include trunk-or-treating on Saturday, Oct. 31, 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the DeQuincy Baseball Complex.

Fall pictures

MOSS BLUFF – Fall pictures can be taken daily at the Moss Bluff United Methodist Church, 735 Sam Houston Parkway. Open to the public.

Light the Bluff

MOSS-BLUFF – Light the bluff is an exciting, safe alternative to traditional Halloween. Bring the whole family. Enjoy free food and have lots of fun on Sat., Oct. 31, 5-8 p.m.

Jeff Davis Parish

Jack-O-Lantern Drive

JENNINGS – Jeff Davis Parish 4-H will hold a jack-o-lantern drive-thru from dusk-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Jeff Davis Parish County Agent’s Office and fairgrounds on LA 26 south in Jennings. Vehicles will be able to drive-thru the horseshoe drive at the fairgrounds to see the pumpkins on display.

Trunk-or-Treat

WELSH – First Baptist Church of Welsh, 500 S. Adams St., trunk or treat 5:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

Main Street Trick or Treating

JENNINGS – Parents and children are encouraged to visit vendor booths downtown during the Jennings Alive festival and participate in the Main Street trick or treat 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

Here are the official Saturday, Oct. 31 trick-or-treating times for Southwest Louisiana:

Calcasieu Parish:

Lake Charles: Trick or treaters are asked to be off the streets by 6:30 p.m.

Sulphur: The city of Sulphur will observe Halloween 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

Allen Parish

Elizabeth: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Kinder: 5-7 p.m.

Oakdale: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Oberlin: 5-7 p.m.

Reeves: 5-8 p.m.

Beauregard Parish:

DeRidder: 5-7 p.m.

Rosepine: 6-8 p.m.

Jeff Davis Parish

Jennings: 5-7 p.m.

Magnolia Subdivision will be pedestrian traffic only from 3-7 p.m. Only those who reside in the neighborhood will be allowed to enter or exit. Police will close N. Sherman at LA 97, 13th at Cutting Ave. and Virginia Street at Cutting Avenue. All vehicle traffic will be sent to Bulldog Lane and parked at Jennings High School and Sowela.

Lake Arthur: 6-8 p.m.

Welsh: 5:30-7:30 p.m.