Halloween happenings across Richmond County

Trick-or-treating is starting a little early in Richmond County.

Richmond County Hospice is hosting its annual Candy Cavalcade Thursday, Oct. 24 on its campus just north of Rockingham on U.S. 1.

The event, which runs from 5-8 p.m., will feature appearances from Capt. Jack Sparrow, Maleficent, and the sisters from “Hocus Pocus.”

Several individuals and businesses will also be set up for the event, including:

• Puckered Up Lemonade
• Bostick BP & Towing
• Richmond County Aging Services/ East Rockingham and Ellerbe Sr. Centers
• Daymark of Rockingham
• Watson-King Funeral Homes
• LPZ Flooring LLC
• Richmond County Sheriff's Office
• First Baptist Church of Rockingham
• Dieffenbach GM Superstore
• Dr. Kennedi Stewart Henry
• Burger Bros Restaurant
• Freedom Baptist Church
• The Esthetics Lab-Wax Studio
• Carolina Hearts Home Care
• Mill Road Pawn

Also on Thursday, American Woodmark is hosting a trunk or treat at its facility in the Richmond County Industrial Park, 200 Development Drive, south of Hamlet. That event will feature “surprise guests” from across the community.

Advocacy group Darren’s Voice will be hosting a fall festival and trunk-or-treat Saturday, Oct. 26 from 4-7 p.m. at East Rockingham Park with food, games and “tables of goodies.”

“We are doing the festival for the East Rockingham community and children left behind by fentanyl poisoning,” said founder Shelia Bostic.

This is also the final weekend for Spooky Hollow at Sycamore Lodge in Derby (7-11 p.m.), the second annual Rocktoberfest will be on the front lawn of Rockingham Dragway from 7 p.m.-midnight, and BowTie Entertainment will mix a costume contest with karaoke at Axe to Grind.

Several churches are also hosting trunk-or-treats events on Sunday: First Presbyterian Church of Rockingham at 4 p.m.; First Baptist Church of Rockingham (with car show) at 5 p.m.; Freedom Baptist Church at 6 p.m.
Other activities next week include:

Oct. 29-31

• Ghost Hunt at Leath Memorial Library

Oct. 29

• Trick or Treat or Treat to the Trail at Richmond Community College - 4-7 p.m.

Oct. 30

• Trunk-or-Treat at Second Baptist Church of Hamlet - 6-8 p.m.
• Scaryoke Costume Party at Striker’s Lounge

Oct. 31

• Trick-or-treating at Kemp Sugg Memorial Library, Ellerbe - 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Downtown Rockingham Spooktacular - 4:30 p.m.
• Hamlet’s Boo Bash - 6:30 p.m. (sensory friendly time 5:45 p.m.)
• Annual Fall Festival at Grace Fellowship Church 6 p.m.
• Trunk-or-Treat at Northside Fire Department 6-9 p.m.
• Trunk-or-Treat at Ellerbe First Baptist Church 6-8 p.m.

Richmond Pines held a trunk-or-treat last Friday on its campus in Hamlet on Friday, and MB Drift hosted one Saturday as part of its annual Halloween Havoc at Rockingham Speedway.

See photos of the MB Drift trunk-or-treat on the RO’s Facebook page.