Calling all goblins, ghouls, & ghosts!

The Mansfield Downtown Partnership invites children to trick-or-treat in Downtown Storrs on Saturday, October 26 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. All children should be accompanied by an adult.  Trick-or-Treat is free and open to the public. This event takes place rain or shine.

Children are invited to dress in their Halloween best and look for “Trick or Treat” signs in the windows of participating businesses. This year’s event will kick off with a special performance by the E. O. Smith Drumline on Betsy Paterson Square at 3:00 PM.

PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES:

• Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry

• Barnes & Noble at UConn

• Blaze Pizza

• Chang's Garden

• CPR Cell Phone Repair

• Cut to the Chase Hair Salon

• CVS

• Dog Lane Café

• Domino's

• Dunkin' Donuts

• Eat Joy

• Educational Playcare

• FarmHouse Crepes

• The Flower Pot - Teal Pumpkin Project Participant!

• Gansett Wraps

• Geno's Grille

• Head Husky Barber Styling Shop/Unique Art Gallery

• Horizon Travel

• Husky Pizza

• Kathmandu Kitchen and Bar

• Mathnasium of Storrs

• Moe's Southwest Grill - Teal Pumpkin Project Participant!

• MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes

• The Oaks on the Square

• Price Chopper Supermarket

• Starbucks

• Storrs Wine & Spirits

• Subway

• T-Mobile

• Tea More Cafe

• UConn Health Urgent Care

• The UPS Store

Start the spooky fun early at the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry! They will host two performances of The Three Little Pigs Build a Better House by Crabgrass Puppet Theatre at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Show attendees are invited to dress in their Halloween costumes and participate in a post-performance Halloween parade in the theater! For tickets and more information, please visit bimp.uconn.edu.

New this year, children can get an up-close look at a fire truck, police car, and more! The Mansfield Fire Department, Mansfield Department of Public Works, and Mansfield Resident State Troopers Office will have vehicles on display around Downtown Storrs. Stop by, say hello, and learn about their important work. (This portion of the event is weather permitting).

At 4:00 PM, look out for a “thriller” of a surprise on Betsy Paterson Square courtesy of Mansfield Academy of Dance!

At 5:00 PM, children and their adult(s) are encouraged to walk over to the Mansfield Community Center to continue the fun at the Annual Halloween Party and Trick-a-Trunk. Festivities at the Community Center are free and open to all ages (recommended for children age 10 and under) and will continue until 6:30 PM.

ROAD CLOSURES: To accommodate Trick-or-Treat in Downtown Storrs, the following roads will be closed from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM: Wilbur Cross Way beginning at Elsie Marsh Way; Royce Circle from Wilbur Cross Way to Dog Lane; Dog Lane from Storrs Road to Royce Circle; and Bolton Road Ext. There will be no on-street parking available on the afore-mentioned streets beginning at noon until the roads re-open. Storrs Road will be open throughout the event.

Visitors can access the Downtown Storrs Parking Garage by following Charles Smith Way to Wilbur Cross Way then Elsie Marsh Way to Royce Circle.

PARKING: Parking is available in the Downtown Storrs Parking Garage, which is free for the first two hours and $1 per hour thereafter, with a daily maximum charge of $8.

Parking is also available at the Audrey P. Beck Municipal Building (Town Hall) (4 S. Eagleville Road) and Mansfield Community Center (10 S. Eagleville Road). Both lots are accessed via South Eagleville Road.

For more information, please call the Partnership office (860.429.2740).