The Friday Five — Oct. 20-22

Your guide to the weekend's events

Metro | Published October 18, 2023

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1. Trick/trunk or treats
Oct. 20-22 • Various locations

Clawson
Trick-or-treat trail, cider and doughnuts, and music, 6-7.30 p.m. Oct. 22, Clawson City Park, 935 N. Custer Ave.

Clinton Township
2 p.m., St. Paul of Tarsus Church, 41300 Romeo Plank Road in Clinton Township, (586) 745-4877

Mount Clemens
Haunted hallway, cake walk, Rosco the Clown show and trick-or-treating, noon-3 p.m. Oct. 21, Fountain Stage, Cherry Street Mall and downtown businesses, facebook.com/DowntownMountClemens

Rochester
Trick or treat from 3:30-5 p.m., costume parade at 5:15 p.m. and Halloween Fest from 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Main Street and Farmers Market lot, downtownrochestermi.com/trick-or-treat-downtown

Royal Oak
• Trunk or treat at 5 p.m. Oct. 20, First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak, 529 Hendrie Blvd., fpcro.org/calendar-events

• Visit treat stations along paths, plus pumpkin displays, strolling entertainment and photo opportunities, 2-6 p.m. Oct. 20-22, Detroit Zoo, 8450 W. 10 Mile Road, zooboo.detroitzoo.org

• Trick or treat from 1-4 p.m. Oct. 22 downtown, also magic show, lawn games, face painting, balloon animals and costume contests from 2-5 p.m. in Centennial Commons, royaloakchamber.com

St. Clair Shores
• Trunk or treat from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 20, also pumpkins for sale until Oct. 31, Lake Shore Presbyterian Church, 27801 Jefferson Ave., (586) 777-8533

• Trunk or treat for ages 12 and younger, 1-4 p.m. Oct. 22, Veterans Memorial Park, 32400 Jefferson Ave., wristbands to participate must be purchased at parks and recreation office inside St. Clair Shores Civic Ice Arena, 20000 Stephens Road

Sterling Heights
Trick-or-treating, pumpkin decorating, cider and doughnuts, games and karaoke, raffles, food and more, 1-4 p.m. Oct. 22, Play-Place Autism & Special Needs Center, 39337 Mound Road, autisticplayplace.org/cc2023

Warren
Trunk or treat from 4-5:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Christ Lutheran Church, 32300 Schoenherr Road, (586) 453-3281

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2. Halloween Tour
Oct. 20-21 • St. Clair Shores

Self-guided tour through 20 decorated houses, 6-9 p.m. both days, addresses provided by Halloween Tour board, facebook.com/scshalloween

Read the story: Tour brings Halloween spirit, sense of community


3. Trail of Treats
Oct. 21 • Madison Heights

Previously known as Pumpkin Walk, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 21 (rain date Oct. 22), Civic Center Park, 360 W. 13 Mile Road, registration required, facebook.com/MHArtsBoard

Read the story: ‘Trail of Treats’ gets Madison Heights into the Halloween spirit


4. Macomb County Harvest Fest
Oct. 21-22 • Sterling Heights

Trick-or-treat stations, hayrides, reptile and birds of prey shows, pumpkin patch, professional pumpkin carvers and more, costumes encouraged, noon-5 p.m. both days, Freedom Hill County Park, 14900 Metro Parkway, macombcountyharvestfest.com

Also in Sterling Heights:

Sterling Frights Halloween
Live music, hay rides, straw maze, cider and doughnuts, candy, inflatables, rides and more, for ages 12 and younger, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 21, Dodge Park, 40620 Utica Road, sterlingheights.gov


5. Halloween Science
Oct. 21-22 • Bloomfield Hills

Pumpkin launching with three-ton trebuchet, spooky selfie station, speedy cockroaches, scavenger hunt and more, costumes encouraged, noon-4 p.m. both days, Cranbrook Institute of Science, 39221 Woodward Ave., science.cranbrook.edu


For more events, visit our Community Calendar at candgnews.com/calendar. To upload your own events for free, create an account at login.cityspark.com.

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