Municipal trick-or-treat hours
• Benton: 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday
• Buckner: 5 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday
• Christopher: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
• Ewing: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday
• Logan: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday
• Mulkeytown: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
• Orient: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday
• Royalton: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
• Sesser: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
• Thompsonville: 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday
• Valier: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
• West City: 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday
• West Frankfort: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday
• Zeigler: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
Related events
Friday, Oct. 27
• Halloween Fun Murder Mystery (Oct. 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31), 6 to 10 p.m., Extreme Exigency and Home of the Armed Barbers, 9911 River Bend Road, Benton; murder mystery changes every weekend; for more information, call (314) 925-0869.
Saturday, Oct. 28
• Benton Fall Festival (Benton Public Square/courthouse lawn): trunk or treat, 4 to 8 p.m.; activity/vendor booths, 4-8 p.m.; lazer tag, 4-8 p.m.; spooky photos, 4-8 p.m.; police barbecue fundraiser, 4 p.m. until gone; hot cider, 4 p.m. until gone; pet costume contest, 4 to 4:30 p.m.; kids costume contest, 5 to 5:30 p.m.; candy balloon drops, 6 and 7 p.m.; (618) 439-6131.
• Night Jail Tours (dusk to midnight) Historical Jail Museum, Benton; $5 admission.
• Benton Trunk-or-Treat, Benton Fire Department, 4 to 8 p.m.; First Christian Church, 5 to 8 p.m.; and Sav-A-Lot parking lot, 4 p.m. until gone.
• Haunted Park and Movie Night, Part of haunted hayride (4-8 p.m.) from Pate Funeral Home; movie, "Hocus Pocus," at 8 p.m. at Benton Park.
• Trunk-or-Treat at Orient American Legion, 5-8 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 30
• Spooktacular Halloween Concert, 6:30 p.m., Benton Civic Center; featuring Southern Illinois Concert Band; free for children in costume; $3 for everyone else; parade and treats through auditorium.
Tuesday, Oct. 31
• West Frankfort Tail of Treats: 3 to 5 p.m.
• Weeks Trunk-or-Treat: 4 to 7:30 p.m., VF Outlet Mall, West Frankfort.
• Trick-or-Treat at Heritage Woods: 4 to 6 p.m., Heritage Woods of Benton, 1305 Bailey Lane; (618) 439-9431.
• Trick-or-Treat at the Visitor Center: 1 to 3 p.m., Rend Lake Visitor Center, 11981 Rend City Road, Benton; (618) 724-2493.
