It’s officially spooky season in Keizer, and haunted houses, costume drives, and trunk-or-treats crowd the calendar.
At Powerland Heritage Park, located in Brooks, families can take on “A Wizard’s Challenge.”
“We are creating what we believe is the most magical, non-scary Halloween adventure in Oregon,” according to an email from Event Coordinator Joe Tracy.
The story-based event takes children across the 62-acre park, which is home to 14 independent museums dedicated to antiques.
Kids will board “a historic trolley on a quest to wake a very deep sleeper: a friendly dragon named Dream Bean. Wands will be provided.” Tracy said.
The journey ends at the trolley barn, where kids can explore the decorated space and learn about prop-making and set design from the creative scene behind the adventure.
Besides the immersive quest, the park will feature a pumpkin patch. Kids can paint pumpkins and do other Halloween arts and crafts. They can join a skeleton scavenger hunt while riding behind a steam engine.
The event runs every weekend in October, starting Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11-12, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets cost $19 for adults and $15 for kids 2 to 12. Kids under two are free, and participants are encouraged to allot two to three hours to complete the activities.
“Every single dollar from your ticket purchase goes directly to the non-profit’s mission: to help preserve and restore the magnificent historic trolley cars that once served our communities right here in Oregon,” the park’s website reads.
Here are other ways to enjoy spooky season in Keizer
•Keizer Funeral Chapel invites all to a Halloween event featuring a Family-friendly Fright Walk and a Ghoulishly Scary Haunted Walk on Oct. 31. Doors open at 2 p.m. There will be Halloween movies, a trunk or treat, games, face painting and more.
Proceeds benefit the Marion County Victims Assistance Program.
•Radness Ensues presents its second annual Rad Monsters Mash, a trunk or treat and concert bash, on Sunday, Oct. 26, at the nonprofit’s Keizer locale, 3837 River Road N
The fun starts with a free costume closet open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with items for all ages. From 1 to 3 p.m., there will be a trunk or treat, and from 3:30 to 7 p.m. a party with live music. There will be crafts, photo buttons and more, and everything is free to the community.
Organizers said last year’s inaugural event served more than 200 families, with 700 or more people attending.
For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected].
•Countryside Christian Church offers Trunk or Treat from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween, Oct. 31.
•Keizer Christian Church’s Trunk or Treat is Halloween, Oct. 31. Organizers plan to have up to a dozen stations handing out candy from 5 to 6 p.m. Set-up begins at 4:30 p.m.
People can contribute candy or make donations for the event by Oct. 26. For information contact the church, [email protected].
•Scare at the Fair opened Oct. 10 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, featuring haunted attractions in several spooky themes, including Hobart’s Doll Factory, Blackout and Distorted.
The event runs on weekends, Friday through Sunday, starting at 7 p.m. through Halloween night. The action shifts to Dia de los Muertos on Nov. 1-2, also at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $13 presale to $39.99 and are available at https://frightplanet.fearticket.com/ or at the gate.
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