St. Joe Today and participating businesses invite the SWMI community to enjoy two great Halloween events this October - Pumpkins on Parade and Halloween Trick-Or-Treat!
SWMI businesses and restaurants will display their decorated pumpkins during Pumpkins on Parade, October 19-31. The community is invited to visit participating locations to view the pumpkins and vote for their favorite. Votes can be cast online at stjoetoday.com/vote until 11:59p October 30. The top three winners will be announced on October 31. Special thanks to Silver Beach Pizza and Prillwitz Fruit Farms for the coordination and donation of pumpkins for this event.
Pumpkins on Parade participants include Affinity Salon, Anchor's Way Marina, Baroda Founders St Joseph Tasting Room, Ben's Pretzels, Box Factory for the Arts, Caffe Tosi, Evermore Juice Bar, Full Of Crepe, FuzzyButz Pet Boutique & Bakery, G&M Variety, Gelato Paradiso, Glik’s, Harbor Town Interiors, Holt Bosse, Jimmy Johns, Krasl Art Center, Lakeside Pulmonary Medicine, Lazy Ballerina Winery, Olive Cart, Outta the Ashes, Performance Plus Quick Oil Change, POSH, Renaissance Athletic Club, Rotary Club of St. Joseph-Benton Harbor, Schroeder Furniture, Slackers Too, St. Joe Community Taproom, St. Joe Today, St. Joseph/Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library, State Street Stuff, Sunset Coast Living, The GhostLight Theatre, The Inn at Harbor Shores, Wanderlust Outfitters, Waterfront Collective, Whitcomb Senior Living Tower and White Pine Winery.
St. Joe Today hosts Halloween Trick-Or-Treat in Downtown St. Joe and the Benton Harbor Arts District on Friday, October 31 from 4:30p-6p. Youth are encouraged to wear their costumes and visit participating locations. This event is sponsored by Holt Bosse.
Participating businesses for the downtown St. Joe event include Affinity Salon & Spa, Baroda Founders St. Joseph Tasting Room, Ben's Pretzels, Caffe Tosi, Cressy & Everett, Edgewater Gifts, Evermore Juice Bar, Forever Books, Fusion Center for Dance, FuzzyButz Pet Bakery & Boutique, G&M Variety, Gelato Paradiso, Gliks, Grant Stone, Grins of St. Joseph, Harbor Town Interiors, Herald Palladium, Kilwins, Lana’s Boutique, Oh My Darlings, Olive Cart, Outta the Ashes, Perennial Accents, POSH, Slackers Too, St. Joe Today, State Street Stuff, The Boulevard Inn & Bistro, Urban Found, Wanderlust Outfitters, Waterfront Collective, Whitcomb Senior Living Tower and White Pine Winery.
Participating businesses in the Benton Harbor Arts District event include Abonmarche, Benton Harbor Arts Association, Benton Harbor DDA, Benton Harbor Public Library, Citadel Dance & Music Center, Citadel Dance & Music Center - MUSIC Building, Forest Moon Collective, Harbor Pilates, Herald Palladium, House Of Plunge, Krasl Art Center/Richard Hunt Studio Center, Morton House Museum, Rave Cannabis, Rotary Club of Benton Harbor Sunrise, Sourdough House & Coffee Bar, St. Joe Today, The Brick House, The GhostLight Theatre, The Livery, Water Street Glassworks and When Roses Bloom at Our House.
Special thanks to the Benton Harbor DDA (BHDDA), Benton Harbor Public Library, Benton Harbor Area Schools, and the City of Benton Harbor for helping make this event possible in the Arts District.
A limited number of participants in both locations will receive a trick-or-treat bag courtesy of Holt Bosse. Handed out at the St. Joe Today Welcome Center in Downtown St. Joe (301 State Street) and the Benton Harbor Welcome Center (located on the corner of Territorial and 5th Street).
Additional Halloween fun: The City of St. Joseph will host a Truck or Treat event on Saturday, October 24 from 4p-6p and City-wide Trick-Or-Treat on Saturday, October 31 from 6p-7:30p.
Attendees for both Pumpkins on Parade and Halloween Trick-Or-Treat are in for a treat as they explore downtown St. Joseph. Tree trunks along State Street in downtown have been wrapped with orange and purple lights and will stay lit through Halloween. Special thanks to AEP/Cook Nuclear for sponsoring the downtown lights.
Catch these additional upcoming St. Joe Today fall and winter events:
Halloween Trick-Or-Treat: Friday, October 30 (4:30p-6p)
Luminary: Friday, November 20 (5p-8p)
Countdown to New Year: November 20-December 13
Small Business Saturday: Saturday, November 28 (All Day)
Merry & Bright Weekend: December 4-6 (All Weekend)
Reindog Parade: Saturday, December 5 (3p)
Santa Series: December 1-23
Holiday Artisan Market: Sunday, December 6 (11a-4p)
St. Joe Today is a 501(c)(3) membership-based organization dedicated to developing and promoting events and businesses in St. Joseph, Mich. and its surrounding communities. For more information about upcoming events and details call St. Joe Today at (269) 985 1111 or visit stjoetoday.com.
