What are you doing for Halloween?

Got little ones? Lodi is the place to be for Halloween.

The merchants downtown invite the community to trick-or-treat at their establishments on the Saturday before Halloween between 12 noon and 4 p.m. The Fall Festival, sponsored by the Downtown Lodi Business Partnership, carries on into the evening and has many family activities which include live music, a food court, pumpkin painting, petting zoo, face painting, costume contests, games, raffles and a pumpkin carving competition.

Vine & Branches is offering costume photos for free if you bring in a canned good (or $5) to benefit the Emergency Food Bank of San Joaquin County. The food drive runs from noon to 5 p.m. at 110 W. Oak St. Following Halloween, the images will be posted here for a month-long costume photo contest. Be sure to vote for your favorite!

Also, keep your eyes open for signs in front of churches. Many local congregations throw open their doors for low-cost and safe festival fun like bobbing for apples. This year there is also a kid-friendly race at Lodi Lake.

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