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 20-31. 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 from 10:00a October 20 to 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 the Baroda Founders St. Joseph Tasting Room, BOSS Services, Caffe Tosi, Dad’s Farm & Cafe, Forté Coffee, G&M Variety, Gliks, Grins of St. Joseph, Holt Bosse, Infusco Coffee, Jimmy John’s, Kingfisher Cocktails & Tacos, Krasl Art Center, Lee & Birch, Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library, Olive Cart, Perennial Accents, Renaissance Athletic Club, Schroeder Furniture, Silver Beach County Park, Silver Beach Pizza, South Bend Chocolate Company, South Shore Health & Racquet Club, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, St. Joe Community Taproom, St. Joe Today, St. Joe Wine Shoppe, State Street Stuff, Statements Style Lounge, Sweet Haven, The Cheese Lady, The Culinary Cottage, The Inn at Harbor Shores, The Lilac Loft, United Federal Credit Union, Urban Found, Wanderlust Outfitters and Waterfront House of Framing & Fashion.
St. Joe Today hosts Halloween Trick-Or-Treat in Downtown St. Joseph and the Benton Harbor Arts District on Tuesday, October 31 from 4:30p-6:00p. Youth are encouraged to wear their costumes and visit participating locations. This event is sponsored by Holt Bosse.
In St. Joseph, the first 750 youths to stop by the St. Joe Today Welcome Center, 301 State Street, will receive a trick-or-treat bag courtesy of Holt Bosse.
Participating businesses for the downtown St. Joseph event include Baroda Founders St. Joseph Tasting Room, BOSS Services, Caffe Tosi, Chartreuse Art Gallery, Cressy & Everett, DK Boutique, Edgewater Gifts, First Congregational Church, Forever Books, Fully Alive Family Chiropractic, Fusion Center for Dance, FuzzyButz, G&M Variety, Glik’s, Grins of St. Joseph, Harbor Town Interiors, Holt Bosse, Infusco Coffee, Jardine Group @properties Christie’s International, Jimmy John’s, Kilwins, Lazy Ballerina Winery, Lee & Birch, Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library, Oh My Darlings, Olive Cart, Perennial Accents, Schu’s, Silver Harbor Brewing, South Bend Chocolate Company, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, St. Joe Community Taproom, St. Joe Today, St. Joe Wine Shoppe, State Street Stuff, Sweet Haven, The Buck Burgers & Brew, The Cheese Lady, The Lilac Loft, The Toy Company, The Whitcomb, Tim’s Too, Wanderlust Outfitters and White Pine Winery.
In the Benton Harbor Arts District, the first 250 youths to stop by the Benton Harbor Public Library table in Arts Park will receive a trick-or-treat bag courtesy of Holt Bosse. Special thanks to the Benton Harbor Public Library, Benton Harbor DDA and the Benton Harbor Area Schools for helping make this event possible in the Arts District.
Participating businesses for the Benton Harbor Arts District event include Ben’s Soft Pretzels, Benton Harbor Public Library, Citadel Dance & Music Center, Freedom Plasma, Morton House Museum, Nature Therapy of Michiana, NOBO, OutCenter Southwest Michigan, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, St. Joe Today, Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council and The Brick House.
Additional Halloween fun: The City of St. Joseph will host a Truck or Treat event on Saturday, October 28 from 4:00p-6:00p and City-wide Trick-Or-Treat on Tuesday, October 31 from 6:00p-7:30p.
Catch these additional upcoming St. Joe Today fall and winter events:
- Where’s the Witch: October 1-31
- Pumpkins on Parade: October 20-31
- Halloween Trick-or-Treat: October 31 (4:30p-6p)
- Luminary: November 17 (5:00p-8:00p)
- Window Wonderland: November 17 (5:00p-8:00p)
- Countdown to New Year: November 17-December 17
- Small Business Saturday: November 25 (All Day)
- Merry & Bright Weekend: December 1-3 (All Weekend)
- Reindog Holiday Parade: December 2 (3:00p)
- Santa Series: December 2-23 (Select Dates/Times)
- Holiday Artisan Fair: December 3
