FREE EVENTS
Trunk or Treat at First Presbyterian Church, corner of Church Ave. and Ninth Street. Oct. 31, 5-8 p.m.
Trunk or Treat at Mena First United Methodist Church, Oct. 31, 4:30-6 p.m. in church parking lot (behind the church), 501 Ninth St.
Janssen Avenue Florists & Gifts (across from Janssen Park) will be handing out candy to trick-or-treaters on Halloween beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Businesses on the south side of Mena Street will be handing out candy from 4-5 p.m. on Halloween to all little trick or treaters.
Some participating merchants include RE/MAX Realty, South Main Signs & Graphics, The Corner Shoppe, Mena Flea Market, Aleshire Electric, Stewman’s Flowers, and Washburn’s.
On Oct. 28 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. (The Ouachitas) will host their third Martin Street Trick or Treat event. Businesses will hand out candy to local kids for a couple of hours. After the Trick or Treat event there will be food vendors and live music from 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Hatfield Auditorium
Halloween, Oct. 31, 5-7 p.m.
Games & Candy
Millennial Screen Printing will be handing out candy in-store on Halloween. Located at 1100 Hwy. 71, Suite C-2 (near Atwoods).
K&K Cleaners
Northside Shopping Center
703 U. S. Hwy 71, Mena, AR 71953
Handing out candy Oct. 31 (?)
The Green House Cottages of Homewood will have their annual Halloween Festival on Oct. 31 starting at 5 p.m. and lasting as long as the candy holds out.
UARM will be having candy and games once again for trick-or-treaters on Oct. 31 at the ballfields at McMillan Park, 4:30–7:30 p.m.
Free Halloween map for Mena https://map.proxi.co/r/qtlivVxYSx8IB6lIHAwF
Add your house for trick-or-treating, business or event to the map.
If you need help adding your address leave a comment.
Just click the green button in the corner and add point (you enter your address)
Then families can use the map to see which houses are participating in handing out candy to trick-or-treaters.
PAID EVENTS
Mena-Polk County Senior Center’s Halloween dance is Saturday, Oct. 28 at the center, 401 Autumn Drive (off Racetrack Road). The dance is from 6-10 p.m. Admission is $6. Finger foods and potluck. Everyone is invited.
Hwy. 375 East/124 Elks Lane
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 27-28 and Tuesday, Oct. 31
6-10 p.m.
Haunted House – $5
Hayride – $3
For 21-plus:
Halloween Dance and Costume Contest
Saturday, Oct. 28
8 p.m. to Midnight
$10 advance tickets/$12 at door
Music by the Parker Francis Band
All proceeds from all events will benefit the elderly food baskets.
Mena House of Fear
320 Mena St. (old high school)
Oct. 27, 28 & 31
6-10 p.m.
$5 per person
Check out House of Fear Mena on Facebook for rules and what to expect for certain medical conditions (No, that is not a scare tactic. There are strobes, lasers, fog and more). The haunted house takes up most of the ground floor, making for a lengthy nightmarish experience.
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