Upcoming Events
From music festivals, racing, history, heritage, food and everything in between. Here's your guide.
- This event has passed.
Halloween Haunts & Happenings
October 31, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us in downtown Jonesborough on October 31 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. for Main Street Halloween Haunts & Happenings. Walk around downtown trick-or-treating at various treat stops that highlight local businesses in downtown Jonesborough.
You can also enjoy activities and games along the way. In Jimmy Neil Smith park, behind the International Storytelling Center, complete spooky missions with Haunted Laser Tag provided by Paradise Acres and Inflatables provided by JGreat Entertainment. Come and enjoy all the witchy fun by meeting the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus in the Christopher Taylor Cabin. Snap a photo with the Sanderson Sisters and get a friendly scare brought to you by Enchanted Experience by JRT. DJ Love will be mixing some spooky tunes throughout the evening in front of the courthouse. Check out our Hero Meet and Treat and get to explore fire trucks of all kinds, ambulances, police cars and motorcycles, a wildland fire dozer, and more. Plus, meet the men and women of our first responder community as you tour these rescue vehicles.
Come see if you have the best Halloween costume in our Food City of Jonesborough Costume Contest. Starting at 7:00 p.m., numerous age categories, including a group category, will be judged and 1st and 2nd place winners will receive awesome prizes.
Make sure to stop by the International Storytelling Center for free face painting and a free jack-o-lantern Halloween craft provided by the McKinney Center. You can also visit the McKinney Center at 103 Franklin Avenue, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. to check out spooky artwork at the Halloween Haunts & Happenings Art Exhibit that will be on display until November 1st.
Don’t forget to check out all the craved pumpkins lining Main Street from the Jack-O-Lantern Drive Thru. They will be on display from October 29 through Thursday, October 31 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. each evening.
For more information on Halloween Haunts & Happenings and other Halloween events in Jonesborough this month please visit JBOHalloween.com
#####
About Main Street Jonesborough: The Main Street Jonesborough Program is a community effort to preserve and promote the heart of the community, which is our downtown. Together we unify the downtown historic district by creating an attractive destination in which businesses prosper, the community benefits and residents and visitors enjoy a quality experience.
About the Town of Jonesborough: A unique 18th century town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Tennessee, Jonesborough’s natural beauty, charming architecture, and storytelling heritage have attracted visitors worldwide. Stay a day, a week or forever, and create your own stories in beautiful Historic Jonesborough.
