Get your scare on this Halloween in the Sumter area
Some Halloween events are still happening despite pandemic
Sumter experienced a host of event cancellations this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many children and families are wondering whether the spooky holiday will be skipped, as well.
After learning that the Sumter Police Department will not be holding its annual Trunk-Or-Treat event, along with many others in the community cancelled, The Sumter Item compiled a list of Halloween trick-or-treating and other festivities that will commence at the end of the month.
TRICK-OR-TREATING
Alice Drive Baptist Church
Alice Drive will hold a drive-through Treat Street Fall Festival for Halloween at its Loring Mill and Pocalla campuses as well as in Bishopville from 3-5 p.m. on Oct. 25.
At the Loring Mill campus, 1305 Loring Mill Road, participants can expect candy, performances from Dreamworks Dance Academy, pictures and a raffle. Families are encouraged to wear costumes for a family in-car picture.
At the Pocalla Campus, 65 Masters Drive, participants can expect candy, scavenger hunts, raffles and performances from Miss Libby's Dance Academy. There will also be a costume contest, where participants can snap a picture and post it on social media with #ADBCPocallaKids!
In Bishopville, at the Dennis High Memorial Park on Roland Street and Cedar Lane, participants can expect candy, a scavenger hunt, a family in-car picture and a raffle.
Dorr Farms
The Dorr family decided to offer a safe Halloween experience for families at the farm in Gable this year. They will offer a socially distanced trunk-or-treat at 5225 Dorr Acres Road from 5-8 p.m. on Oct. 31. Participants are encouraged to dress up - both children and adults.
Sumter American Legion Farmers Market
Not only can families pick up fresh produce, but they can also dress up for a Tent-or-Treat with the Sumter Farmers Market vendors from noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 30. The market is at 2 S. Artillery Drive.
Scream Acres No Scare Trick-or-Treat
Visit the not-so-scary haunted Bishopville estate at 1137 Old Camden Road for its fourth-annual trick-or-treat event from 3-6 p.m. on Oct. 25 and 31. For $7 per person, children can walk through a haunted house stealing candy from monsters with the lights on. After the house, the kids can also ride a scare-free hayride.
SCARY ATTRACTIONS
Scream Acres Haunted House and Hayride
If you're up for something more spooky, these haunted acres at 1137 Old Camden Road in Bishopville are bound to make you scream with its haunted house, hayride and walking trail on Halloween.
With an admission of $20 or a $30 fast pass, Scream Acres will be open Friday and Saturdays from 7 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays from 7-10 p.m. on Oct. 17, 23-25 and 30-31.
Terror Trail at Second Mill Pond
Starting at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31, unfearful community members can walk through the haunted forest at 1065 Old W. Liberty St. for a spooky evening.
Admission costs $10 per person, and proceeds will benefit local Boy Scouts and Sumter Elks Lodge charities.
Kreepy Hollow
Take a ride on the hollow's Kreepy bus, tour the 6,000-square-foot haunted house, and take a 2-mile haunted hayride this spooky season at 1155 Joe Dority Road in Bishopville.
Tickets cost $25 for general admission, and guests can skip the line with a fast pass for $40.
Kreepy Hollow is open from 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. on Friday-Saturday from Oct. 17 through Nov. 7 and 7:30-10:30 p.m. on Thursdays Oct. 22 and 29 and Sundays through Nov 7.
OTHER FESTIVITIES
Sumter Original Brewery
One of downtown Sumter's newest additions will be hosting a Halloween party on its rooftop from 7-11 p.m. on Oct. 31.
The night will feature music from Mr. Walker's Neighborhood so attendees can dance the night away.