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Plenty of Halloween Events Scheduled for State College Area

Plenty of Halloween Events Scheduled for State College Area
StateCollege.com Staff

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All the ghouls and goblins probably know already, but in case you don’t, Trick-or-Treat night will take place across Centre County from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30.

You can also celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year at one of these are community events:

■ Halloween at State College YMCA — Sunday, Oct. 26, 2 to 4 p.m., 677 W. Whitehall Road, State College. Enjoy games, treats, a costume parade and prizes. For more information, visit www.ymcaofcentrecounty.org.

■ Sixth annual Panhellenic IFC Greek-or-Treat — Sunday, Oct. 26, 3 to 5 p.m., Fraternity Row, East Foster Avenue, State College. Participate in pin-the-tail-on-the-pumpkin, face painting and more. All ages and costumes are welcome.

■ Safe and Seen in the Ballpark — Sunday, Oct. 26, 4 p.m., Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, University Park. This free event will include trick-or-treating, seasonal games, crafts, ambulance tours and other activities. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/statecollegespikes.

Halloween Costume Parade — Sunday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m., State College. Community members are invited to participate in or watch this annual family-fun event, which starts at the corner of North Burrowes Street and West College Avenue. Costume judging will take place at Memorial Field by the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.

Historical Museum Lantern Tour, Thursday, Oct. 30, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Bellefonte Library and Historical Museum, 203 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Take a dimly-lit lantern tour of the 200-year-old Miles-Humes House and Historical Museum and learn mysterious information about the house, Bellefonte and Centre County. Snacks will be provided and participants are encouraged to dress in their Halloween best.

Trick-or-Treat at the Nittany Mall — Friday, Oct. 31, 6 p.m., 2901 E. College Ave., State College.

Family Halloween at the Bellefonte YMCA — Friday, Oct. 31, 125 W. High St., Bellefonte. Enjoy a fun, spook-filled evening with ghoulish tricks and treats. For more information, visit www.ymcaofcentrecounty.org.

Haunted House — Friday, Oct. 31, and Saturday, Nov. 1, Murarik’s Motorsports, 1410 E. Presqueisle St., Philipsburg. Free admission non Saturday. For more information, call (814) 342-3773.

12th annual Millbrook Marsh Historic Harvest Festival — Sunday, Nov. 2, 2 to 5 p.m., Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, State College. This popular, historically themed event provides visitors with a glimpse of what it was like during the harvest in the 1800s. The Scarecrow Stuff-It Contest will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by Penn State recreation, parks and tourism management students, this festival is for all ages. For more information, call (814) 235-7819.

— Compiled by Brittany Svoboda and Kristin Blades