Plans set for Hopkinsville’s downtown trick-or-treating

Merchants and community groups will be handing out candy from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Halloween trick-or-treating in downtown Hopkinsville will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31.

Merchants and community groups will be handing out candy on Main Street between Sixth and 13th streets — and on East Ninth Street between Main and Virginia streets.

Trick-or-treaters make their way up Main Street on Nov. 1, 2024. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)

“Adults are encouraged to accompany children ages 12 and under,” organizers said in a press release from Hopkinsville Park and Recreation. 

Trick-or-treaters need to bring their own bags.

Traditionally in Hopkinsville, many families bring their children downtown on Halloween afternoon and then go to their neighborhoods to trick-or-treat. 

The downtown event will affect traffic and parking on Friday. No traffic or parked vehicles will be allowed from 3 until 6 p.m. on Main Street between Sixth and 13th streets. 

From 3 until 6 p.m., the following streets will be blocked:

  • Ninth Street from Bethel Street to Virginia Street
  • Main Street from Seventh Street to 13th Street
  • All side streets off Main Street from Seventh Street to 13th Street. 

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