{"id":12310,"date":"2025-10-20T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12310\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:56:06","slug":"halloween-on-central-and-other-free-family-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12310\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween on Central and other free family events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pinellas County neighborhoods from gulf to bay are providing scary-but-safe Halloween events and activities for local littles this weekend. For the fifth consecutive year, the biggest goody bag of them all will be Halloween on Central, a joint venture between St. Petersburg\u2019s Grand Central and EDGE districts.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the deal: A total of 22 blocks of Central Avenue, from Dr. MLK Jr. (9th) Street to 31st Street, will be closed to vehicular traffic Sunday (Oct. 26) from noon until 5 p.m. For ease of access SunRunner, the express bus service that loops continuously on 1st Avenues South and North, will be free all day.<\/p>\n<p>Those closed-off blocks will contain St. Pete\u2019s largest street carnival, a veritable who\u2019s what of costumed characters, live entertainment and DJs, a \u201cVoodoo Vendor Village,\u201d games and contests (even a costume contest for dogs), dancing \u2013 and many, many food trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Area businesses will be transformed into trick-or-treat stops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandcentraldistrict.org\/halloween-on-central\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Halloween on Central website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108039\" class=\"wp-image-108039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Halloween-on-Central-2-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-108039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halloween on Central. Photo provided.<\/p>\n<p>More free family-friendly events<\/p>\n<p>Fall-O-Ween: 5-10 p.m. Friday at Coachman Park, 300 Cleveland St., Clearwater. A costume contest, Jeep display, vendors, live music, trick or treating, food trucks and more.<\/p>\n<p>Belleair\u2019s Halloween Bash: 6-8 p.m. Friday at Dimmitt Community Center Athletic Fields, 918 Osceola Road, Belleair. Bounce houses, trick-or-treat stops, costume contests, a haunted house and more.<\/p>\n<p>Pumpkin Fest: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Florida Botanical Gardens, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo. A pumpkin patch and carving, a scarecrow contest, kids activities and more.<\/p>\n<p>Trick or Treat Spooktacular: 5-8 p.m. Friday at Pioneer Park, 420 Main St. Carnival-style games, hands-on Halloween crafts, and a showing of the movie Wicked.<\/p>\n<p>Tarpon Springs Trick or Treat: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.\u00a0Saturday. Wear your Halloween costumes for treats from participating downtown district businesses<\/p>\n<p>Dunedin Goes Carting Halloween Golf Cart Parade: 7 p.m. Sunday, starting at VFW Post 2550, 360 Douglas Ave, Dunedin. Costume contest, trick-or-treating in downtown, live music and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108040\" class=\"wp-image-108040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bellair-Halloween-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-108040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belleair\u2019s Halloween Bash. 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