Trick or Treat and Harvest Festival Events in Southwest Louisiana 2022

There are several local Halloween Trick or Treat events and Harvest Festivals for the young and young at heart to participate in this year. With the pandemic all but behind us, everyone is anxious to enjoy public events. It's been more than two years since Halloween festivities have been celebrated and gules and goblins, big and small are ready for the haunted houses, hayrides, mazes, monster mashes, and some good old trick-or-treating.

There are a ton of Harvest fest events listed below from several Parishes including Calcasieu, Cameron, Beauregard, Jeff Davis, Allen,  and Vernon. The Halloween 2022 schedule of a list of events, times, and locations is courtesy of KPLC and the City of Lake Charles.

FRIDAY, OCT. 21

* Trunk or Treat: 5 p.m. at the Court House Square in Lake Charles

SATURDAY, OCT. 22

* Panorama Chuck Fest VIP Party: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on Broad Street. Lake Charles
* Howl-O-Ween: 2-4 p.m. at Bark Du Lac Park in Lake Charles.
* Trunk or Treat: 3-5:30 p.m. at 2405 Maplewood Dr. in Sulphur.
* Halloween Bingo with the Krewe of Illusions: 5 p.m. at 3008 Kirkman St. in Lake Charles
* Halloween Bash: 7 p.m. at JC's in DeRidder

SUNDAY, OCT. 23

* Ladies Night Halloween Edition: 4-6 p.m. in Lake Charles.

MONDAY, OCT. 24

* Downtown DeRidder Scarecrow Contest: Leave the scarecrow at Beauregard Parish museum, judging takes place Tuesday. DeRidder

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26

* Family Fun Night: 5:30-7 p.m. at Enos Derbonne Complex, 7903 Lake Street. Lake Charles

THURSDAY, OCT. 27

* Rowdy’s Haunted Homecoming Parade: 7 p.m. in Lake Charles.

FRIDAY, OCT. 28

* KDOD Halloween Party: 7:30 p.m. in Lake Charles on Opelousas St. in Lake Charles
* Mary’s Lounge Annual Halloween Party: 7 p.m. on Broad Street, Lake Charles
* SWLA Center for Health Services Trunk or Treat: 2:45-4:45 p.m. in Lake Charles
* Coats for Kids Drive w/ 6th Annual Spooktacular: 5-9 p.m. at Crying Eagle Brewing in Lake Charles
* Trick-or-Treat Washington Street Parade: 6 p.m. in downtown DeRidder.

SATURDAY, OCT. 29

* Parade on Washington at 6 p.m. in DeRidder
* Candy Crawl: 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Broad Street, Lake Charles
* Cyphacon Halloween Pub Crawl: 5 p.m. Downtown Lake Charles.
* Flawless Halloween Party: 6 p.m. on Hodges Street, Lake Charles.
* Social Club’s Halloween Bash: 9 p.m. on McNeese Street, Lake Charles.
* Enchanted Forest Masquerade: at 7 p.m. on Big Lake Road, Lake Charles.
* Halloween Pub Crawl: 2 p.m.-3 a.m on Ryan Street, Lake Charles.
* Boo Bash Trunk or Treat: noon-3:00 pm at 5656 Nelson Road., Ste D2, Lake Charles
* Trunk or Treat at Sam Houston Jones State Park Moss Bluff
* Trunk or Treat: noon-3 p.m. at the 100% Chiropractic Lake Charles on Prien Lake Rd. Lake Charles
* Halloween Dance Party: 9-10 a.m. at the Boogie Woogie Ballroom on Lagrange St. Lake Charles
* Harry Potter Halloween Party: 6 p.m. in Westlake
* Crying Eagle Brewing Halloween Party 2022 - Welcome to the Wasteland in Lake Charles
* Halloween Bash at Ole Habitz in Moss Bluff at 6 p.m
* Trunk or Treat: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Grand Chenier Park
* Alive Fall Festival: 9 a.m. on Main Street in Jennings
* Halloween on the Street: 9 a.m.-midnight in Lake Arthur

SUNDAY, OCT. 30

* Mary’s Lounge Sunday Funday Halloween Party and Chili Cook-Off: 12 noon on Broad Street, Lake Charles
* Boo on the Avenue: at 5 p.m. in Lake Arthur.
* St. John Lutheran Church Trunk-or-Treat: 4-6 p.m. at 600 University Drive, Lake Charles.

* Witch Way to Main Street: 6-8 p.m. at Leesville.

MONDAY, OCT. 31

* Downtown Trick-or-Treating: 5:30-7 p.m. in Oakdale.
* Trick-or-Treating: 6-9:30 p.m. at City Park on U.S. 165 in Oberlin 
* Harvest Fest 5-7 p.m. at The Grand Church in Kinder
* Fall Harvest Bash 6-9:30 p.m. at the Library in Oberlin
* Trick or Treat in Street 5-7 p.m. on 4th Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets in Oberlin
* L.A. Star Annual Halloween Kids In Costume Eat Free 3533 Ryan Street in Lake Charles
* Trick or Treat Trail 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Veteran’s Park in DeRidder
* Fall Festival in Lake Charles 5:30-7:30 p.m. at MLK Community Center at 2009 N. Simmons Street, Lake Charles 
* Boo-Tastic Bash 5-7 p.m. at Prien Lake Mall in Lake Charles
* Ward 7 Trunk or Treat 6 p.m. at Ward 7 Community Center in Vinton 
* DeQuincy Fall Festival 5-7 p.m. at the Walking Path in DeQuincy 
* Nelson Academy’s Fall Fest 5-7 p.m. on Enterprise Blvd in Lake Charles 
* Trunk or Treat 5-8 p.m. at Christian Life Church, Sulphur 
* Trunk or Treat 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Sale Street Baptist Church, Lake Charles 
* City of Jennings City Wide Trick or Treat: 5-7 p.m. Founders Park in Jennings. 
* Trunk or Treat 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Sportsman Park in Welsh 
* Trunk or Treat 5-7 p.m. at SOWELA Morgan Smith, next door to Jennings High School.

SATURDAY, NOV. 5

Pumpkin Chunking Contest: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at I-10 North Beach in Lake Charles.

Below are the official Trick or Treat Times (if issued by city/parish):

DeQuincy: 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 31
DeRidder: 6- 8 p.m on Oct. 31
Elton: 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31
Iowa: 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31
Jennings: 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 31
Lake Arthur: 6-8 p.m. on Oct. 31
Lake Charles: City recommends trick-or-treating end by 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Merryville: 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 29
Welsh: 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31