Many Halloween Events This Week in Jackson County
In addition to the Egg Haunt on Thurs. Oct. 25 and the Pumpkin Patch Trail on Sat. Oct. 27 (click for details), kids have several other opportunities in our area to show off costumes and generally have fun tromping about:
Haunted Warehouse at the old Chasam plant on Scotts Creek Road; 7:30 p.m. each evening Thurs. Oct. 25 through Wed. Oct. 31 (but not Sun. Oct. 28). This is a fundraiser for juvenile diabetes patients in our area. The 30-minute tours run until 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, until 10 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, and until midnight on Wednesday (Halloween). Directions: turn onto Skyland Drive from Business 23 (Asheville Highway); after about 3/4 of a mile, turn right onto Scotts Creek Road just before the bridge over Scotts Creek itself. The plant is located on the right at 380 Scotts Creek Road; parking is available in the gravel lot on the left side of the road. For more information call 631-3959. A Sylva Herald article has additional coverage.
In nearby Franklin is Pumpkinfest held during the day on Fri. Oct. 26 and Sat. Oct. 27. Live entertainment is provided all day Saturday, along with a pumpkin rolling contest ("I regret that I have but one pumpkin to give for my country" -- Nathan Hale.). For more information call 421-7613 or visit www.franklinpumpkinfest.com.
Haunted Trail and Barn at the Old Buchanan Farmhouse in Webster (529 Buchanan Loop); Fri. Oct 26 and Sat. Oct. 27 from 7 to 10 p.m.; suggested donation of $5 per family. It's recommended that kids be age 10 or more. This is a fundraiser for Mountain Youth Resources, to help build a new Hawthorn Heights emergency youth shelter (to replace the 70-year-old shelter being used now). The shelter serves youths, age 10 through 17, from the 7 westernmost North Carolina counties. For more information call Margie Allison at 586-8958.
9th annual Harvest Carnival at the Lifeway Community Church in downtown Sylva at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Allen Street; Sat. Oct. 27, 6 to 9 p.m. Games and live entertainment for children and adults. Call 631-9322 for more information.
Haunted "Trunk and Treat" at Greens Creek Baptist Church; Wed. Oct. 31 from 6 to 9; free. Church members provide candy from the trunks of their vehicles in the church parking lot, which is located about a mile and a half up Greens Creek Road, off U.S. Highway 441 South.
Trunk-or-Treat Fall Festival at East Sylva Baptist Church; Wed. Oct. 31 from 6 to 8:30; free. Church members provide candy from the trunks of their vehicles in the church parking lot. Free hot dog supper at 6. Games, hay rides, cakewalk and bonfire. For more information call 586-3853 or visit www.eastsylvabaptist.org.
Haunted Warehouse at the old Chasam plant on Scotts Creek Road; 7:30 p.m. each evening Thurs. Oct. 25 through Wed. Oct. 31 (but not Sun. Oct. 28). This is a fundraiser for juvenile diabetes patients in our area. The 30-minute tours run until 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, until 10 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, and until midnight on Wednesday (Halloween). Directions: turn onto Skyland Drive from Business 23 (Asheville Highway); after about 3/4 of a mile, turn right onto Scotts Creek Road just before the bridge over Scotts Creek itself. The plant is located on the right at 380 Scotts Creek Road; parking is available in the gravel lot on the left side of the road. For more information call 631-3959. A Sylva Herald article has additional coverage.In nearby Franklin is Pumpkinfest held during the day on Fri. Oct. 26 and Sat. Oct. 27. Live entertainment is provided all day Saturday, along with a pumpkin rolling contest ("I regret that I have but one pumpkin to give for my country" -- Nathan Hale.). For more information call 421-7613 or visit www.franklinpumpkinfest.com.
Haunted Trail and Barn at the Old Buchanan Farmhouse in Webster (529 Buchanan Loop); Fri. Oct 26 and Sat. Oct. 27 from 7 to 10 p.m.; suggested donation of $5 per family. It's recommended that kids be age 10 or more. This is a fundraiser for Mountain Youth Resources, to help build a new Hawthorn Heights emergency youth shelter (to replace the 70-year-old shelter being used now). The shelter serves youths, age 10 through 17, from the 7 westernmost North Carolina counties. For more information call Margie Allison at 586-8958.
9th annual Harvest Carnival at the Lifeway Community Church in downtown Sylva at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Allen Street; Sat. Oct. 27, 6 to 9 p.m. Games and live entertainment for children and adults. Call 631-9322 for more information.
Haunted "Trunk and Treat" at Greens Creek Baptist Church; Wed. Oct. 31 from 6 to 9; free. Church members provide candy from the trunks of their vehicles in the church parking lot, which is located about a mile and a half up Greens Creek Road, off U.S. Highway 441 South.
Trunk-or-Treat Fall Festival at East Sylva Baptist Church; Wed. Oct. 31 from 6 to 8:30; free. Church members provide candy from the trunks of their vehicles in the church parking lot. Free hot dog supper at 6. Games, hay rides, cakewalk and bonfire. For more information call 586-3853 or visit www.eastsylvabaptist.org.
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