There’s a ghoulish tinge in the air as Salmon Arm gets ready to celebrate All Hallows Eve.
The fun begins Friday and Saturday with hayrides at Joyce Marchant’s farm on Branchflower Road, from noon to 9 p.m.
Saturday offers a full slate of Halloween activities.
DeMille’s Farm Market will be blasting the day off with the pumpkin cannon that will shoot pumpkins out into a field from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Area realtors present a free showing of Hotel Transylvania at 1 p.m. at the Salmar Classic. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Moviegoers are asked to take a donation of a non-perishable food item for the food bank.
Explore the spooky side of R.J. Haney Heritage Village Oct. 26 and 27 when the 19th annual “Spooktacular” offers activities that range from downright scary for the older set to gentle fun for the little ones. Admission is $6 per person. Gates open at 4:45 p.m. both days. Ghouls and ghosts under 16 must be accompanied by an adult over 21.
Merchants at the Mall at Piccadilly will carve entries for the People’s Choice Pumpkin Carving event. Visit the mall’s pumpkin patch and vote on your favourite entry from Oct. 25 to 31 in order to be entered in a draw to win mall “pumpkin bucks.”
Dress up your little people and join the fun at the 10th annual Children’s Halloween costume party Saturday, Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The mall’s annual treat trail runs Thursday, Oct. 31 from 3 to 5 p.m. Children 12 and under accompanied by their parents may collect treats from merchants displaying balloons.
Families are also invited to take their children on Downtown Salmon Arm’s popular annual candy trail from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 31.
For late owls, the Rocky Horror Picture Show runs at midnight Oct. 31 and is free with a non-perishable food item for the food bank.
