Trick-or-treating, first responder safety demonstrations, costume contests offered at this family-friendly Halloween event.
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (Oct. 17, 2024)— The Pigeon Forge Community Center, Pigeon Forge Fire Department and Pigeon Forge Police Department will host the annual Community Spooktacular & Safety Day on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Pigeon Forge Community Center (170 Community Center Dr).
The event will focus on festive Halloween fun as well as safety demonstrations and information from Pigeon Forge first responders. The Community Spooktacular & Safety Day is open to everyone and is free to attend.
From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., attendees can experience interactive vendors focused on safety as well as Pigeon Forge Police Department K-9 demonstrations. Daytime trick-or-treating is also available from select safety vendors. Additionally, guests can see a variety of fire and police emergency vehicles up close and speak with the first responders who operate them.
The evening portion of the event, from 6 to 9 p.m. (rain or shine), takes place inside the Community Center and embraces not-so-scary Halloween fun for guests of all ages. Trick-or-treating will be offered from Pigeon Forge businesses and vendors along with costume contests throughout the night, a haunted house, music, and more.
Area businesses are invited to participate. For more information, please contact the Pigeon Forge Community Center at (865) 429-7373 or email Daniel Barnhart at [email protected].
For more information, follow the Pigeon Forge Parks and Recreation Facebook page.
—MyPigeonForge2024—
About Pigeon Forge: Pigeon Forge is in East Tennessee, approximately 35 miles from Knoxville and McGhee-Tyson Airport. Two-thirds of the nation’s population east of the Mississippi River lives within a day’s drive, making it an easily accessible family vacation destination. The city’s neighbor is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most-visited national park in the U.S. It also is home to Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park, Tennessee’s most-visited ticketed attraction. More information about all aspects of Pigeon Forge is available at MyPigeonForge.com or toll-free at 1-800-251-9100.
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