The Annual Halloween Haunt 

SAVE THE DATE: Happening Saturday, October 28th 2023

Weeeee’re Back! That’s right all ghosts and goblins! It’s time to get back into the Halloween Spirit with Newmarket Rec’s Freakiest Fun Fest of the season on Saturday, October 28th with all of your festive fun favorite games and activities.

👻Goblin Gate will OPEN at 1:45pm in an effort to speed up the line, however Games will not start until 2pm.

 

Entrance Fee: $5/child or $10/family
We will take additional donations if you are feeling freakishly generous as tons of candy and prizes are given out to all the children at the activities at a pretty scary cost to the Rec!
Event Parking: There is plenty of parking at the Community Center and at the Junior/Senior High School!

Costume Contest 😈 1:45-3:15pm: The costume contest table will be by the front doors of the rec center just before the entrance to the event. Show up early if you want to be in the Costume Contest! Costume Contest Registration is only open between 1:45pm – 3:15pm – ages and categories listed on the website. Babies through Adult categories, plus a best Family theme category! Prizes given to all winners!

Categories include:

  • Baby
  • Toddler
  • Preschool
  • Kindergarten – 1st 
  • 2nd – 3rd grade
  • 4th – 5th grade
  • 6th – 8th grade
  • HS Teen
  • Adult 
  • Best Family Theme 

🎃 Freaky Fun: 2:00 – 4:00 PM

😈Freaky Fun-Fest Activities will be in and around the Newmarket REC & Community Center.

Annual FREAKY FAVORITES include:
Terror Toddlers Area, Fortune Teller, Which Witch is Which! Zombie Laser Tazer, Little Devil Diaper Dash, “Booing Ally, The Mortuary, Pumpkin Patch Monster Match, Boo Toss, The 3 Eyed Monster, The “Axe”anator, Walk of the Living Dead, Captain Jack’s Deadman’s Treasure Island Hunt, Hip Hop Glow in the Dark Dance Party, Touch-A-Truck with Newmarket’s Fire & Rescue and Police, plus a whole lot more, and of course, all of our Let’s Make a Devilish Deal games!

NEW ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR!
  • The Time Machine Adventure
  • The Wizard of Oz Tour
  • Mario Party
Entertainment 3:45 – 4:15 PM:
Head to the middle of the basketball court to see the Costume Winners Announcement Show Case of winners, and more Let’s Make Devilish Deals!

 

Ghost BusTOUR Vans will be dropping off participants  downtown 4:00 – 6:00 PM

The Trick or Treating in downtown Newmarket is on! After the Rec Event, we invite you to hop onto one of the Ghost BusTour vans which will begin transporting families downtown to go Trick or Treating at all the Downtown Main Street Businesses! The vans will travel to and from HS parking next to the Rec to down town and then back HS parking lots. No need to park again! Plenty of Parking across street from HS as well at 213 Main Street.

     

🤑💰Spooky Sponsors To Date:

– Cheney Companies
– The Oak House
– Kennebunk Savings
– Proulx Oil & Propane
– 5 Monkeys Tattoo
– Newmarket American Legion Auxiliary Unit 67

Plus, many gifts and gift cards donated from our favorites Newmarket businesses!

Spooky Sponsors Needed!
Want to be a Spooky Sponsor this year? Give the Rec a call @ 659-8581 with a Credit Card or email us @ rreception@newmarketnh.org
And let us know you want to Halloween Help!

🍫🍭Trick or Treating Businesses Wanted

Are you a business downtown? Please Let us know ASAP you will be open for Trick or Treating that afternoon and/or you would like to donate a gift card that can be used for prizes! The list of participating businesses will be added soon.

Trick or Treating

On Main Street

4PM – 6PM

 

SOUTH TO NORTH MAIN

Follicle’s Hair Studio

Pocket Park! Artist Among Us

Jonny Boston’s

Riverworks Restaurant

Kennebunk Savings

 

AFTER CHAPEL ST

Keslar Insurance

Oak House

Good Juju

Tequila Rae’s

5 Monkeys Tattoo

Wing-Itz

Crackskull’s (TBA)

Basil Leaf Thai Cuisine

La Catrina

 

SHOPPING CENTER

Aroma Joes

Panzanella’s

Deciduous Brewery

 

OTHER SIDE OF STREET

American Legion

Re: Style Hair Salon

McLoughlin Family Eye Care

– but only until 5pm

The Community Church

 

LOCATED IN MILLS

Savannah Kitchen

Russian Ballet School

Roots Cafe / Ice Cream

 

Be aware more

Downtown Businesses

may still participate

but are not listed above.

 

Ghost BUS-ter Shuttles

Pick up & Drop off

4 PM – 6:00 PM

 

  • From High School Lot
  • Front of Library
  • Church & Main St.
  • Back to Rec or HS

 

*HOWLING NEED for VOLUNTEERS!
As many of you are aware many business are having a hard time finding staff, so you can only imagine how hard it is to find volunteers!! Our Halloween Haunt is only as good as the volunteers we can recruit. If you or you know someone who just loves Halloween and/or if your house doesn’t get any tricking or treaters and that bums you out… then – this is the perfect event to get anyone and everyone right in the middle of the Halloween Season fun!
Just email: RecDesk@newmarketnh.gov
and we will give you all the volunteer details.

Contact Us

We are located at:

1 Terrace Dr. Newmarket, NH 03857

or call us at: (603) 659-858

 

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