Seasonal & Holidays

Downtown Peabody Trick-Or-Treat To Feature 'Hocus Pocus,' Dancing Witches, Face-Painting

Peabody downtown businesses and organizations will participate in the family-friendly event on Wednesday night.

PEABODY, MA — Peabody families are invited to head downtown on Wednesday for a night of trick-or-treating at local businesses, face-painting, dancing performances and a screening of "Hocus Pocus" at the Peabody TV studios.

The event runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at participating businesses, as well as stops at the Peabody Fire Station, City Hall, Peabody TV studios and events at the Knights of Columbus that include face-painting, dancing witches, taekwondo demonstrations, and trick-or-treating with various civic organizations.

Peabody TV will also host "green screen fun," while there will be a Sports Collectible Plaza by the Peabody Teachers Federation, free churros for those in costume from Mr. Pestico, free vouchers at McDonald's and a North Shore Community Health information booth at the Courthouse Plaza.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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