2025 Downtown Trick-or-Treat

Downtown Trick-or-Treat, hosted by our Downtown Billings team, and has been a popular and safe Halloween alternative for the Billings community for 22 years.  This free community event brings thousands of children in costume downtown to trick or treat at over 50 participating businesses that offer candy, healthy treats, and unique Halloween themes or activities.

This fun event has grown over the years and has become a popular event for day cares, schools, and families.

The Downtown Billings (DBA) office at 102 N. 29th St., operates as headquarters for the event and provides maps of the locations and trick or treat bags for the children.

All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

resources

submit downtown trick or treat location details (linked form coming August 2025)

What you Need to Do:

  • Click the button above to add your Business as a Trick-or-Treat location (and be included on the event map).
  • All participating business will need to provide their own candy/treats to hand out. 2,500-3,500 pieces is the recommended minimum.
  • 10am – 3pm, October 29th and October 30th  head over to the DBA office (102 N. 29th St.) for some maps and a bundle of balloons (non inflated) for you to use as identification markers for Trick or Treaters to come your way.

The DBA provides:

  • The marketing for the event.
  • DBA office will give out free Trick or Treat bags and printed maps of participating locations to the children & families.
  • Digital map of the participating locations will be available on downtownbillings.com, the day of the event.
  • A bundle of balloons and strings (non-inflated) for each participating business to pick up at the DBA office: 10am – 3pm, October 29th and October 30th 

Important Note: To have your business location listed on printed list of participating locations you must have your application submitted before October 28th.  All participating locations will be listed on the online accessible map. 

  • Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks.
  • Put electronic devices down, keep heads up and walk, don’t run.
  • Teach children to make eye contact with drivers before crossing in front of them
  • Always walk on sidewalks or designated pedestrian areas (if a sidewalk is closed).
  • Watch for cars that are turning or backing up.
  • Teach children to never dart out into the street or cross between parked cars.
  • This event is for kids of all ages, all trick or treaters must be accompanied by a legal adult.
  • Posted on: December 4, 2024

Coraline

It’s officially spooky season, and we even have something for the kids amid all our frightening films! That’s right, this month we have another special FREE ADMISSION screening as part of our ongoing Movie Buffs series- a great series intended to get younger audiences inspired by and excited about film and animation- happening October 19th at the historic Babcock Theatre! We are excited to announce that this month’s Movie Buffs film will be Henry Selick’s incredible stop-motion nightmare, CORALINE, presented by TDS Telecommunications LLC!
Adapted from fantasy genius Neil Gaiman’s book, CORALINE is Studio Laika’s stunning feat of phantasmagorical storytelling through the dedicated craft of stop-motion! In this story, 11-year-old Coraline is living in a strange old house in her new town, and she soon finds herself discovering a secret passage to a strangely idealized version of her life. In this bizarre parallel world where everything goes her way, she soon suspects that not everything is as it seems, and Coraline eventually makes the horrifying discovery that she will either have to escape this world or make a grisly sacrifice and get lost in the fantasy!
  • Posted on: October 8, 2024

YMCA Trunk of Treat

We invite community organizations, businesses, members and staff to take part in this event. If you know friends, family or a community business that would like to be a vendor and decorate their vehicle please have them register at the front desk of the Y.

 

Date: Friday Oct 25, 2024

Time: 4:00 to 7:00p.m.

Cost: Free to both vendors and participants

Registration to be a vendor: Forms at the front membership desk

Location: We will use the parking lot, located at the corner of 32nd & 6th. North corner across the street from YMCA member parking.

Vendors: Vendor set up will be between 3-3:30pm. Plan participating will want to plan for 2000 treaters.

  • Posted on: October 7, 2024

Dracula

Our spooky October series,the UNIVERSAL MONSTER MASH continues at the historic Babcock Theatre Thursday, October 17th, with the a special screening of the third film in our series, that being Tod Browning’s legendary 1931 vampire classic, DRACULA! Arguably the earliest horror talkie of significant importance, DRACULA is a screen adaptation of the stage play inspired by Bram Stoker’s original novel starring Bela Lugosi in the breakthrough role that is responsible for reshaping the modern vampire into the sleek and seductive horror icon that it has become since this film’s widespread success 93 years ago! When British estate agent Renfield is sent to Transylvania to help the mysterious Count Dracula, who plans to move away from his crumbling castle in the Carpathian mountains. Despite the warnings of the frightened and superstitious locals, Renfield proceeds to castle Dracula, and is ultimately made into the vampire’s slave. As the pair sail to London, Dracula plans to assimilate himself in the society of socialites in search of human blood, resulting in the sinister duo piquing the interest of supernatural scholar Professor Abraham Van Helsing!
  • Posted on: October 5, 2024

The Wolf Man

Thursday, October 10th, our startling October series, UNIVERSAL MONSTER MASH, keeps up the monster madness at the historic Babcock Theatre with a special screening of George Waggner’s 1941 transformative terror, THE WOLF MAN! Made in the heyday of the restrictive Hays Code, THE WOLF MAN creatively and effectively utilized stark cinematography, brooding atmosphere, creeping shadows, and a reluctant monster in order to dish out frightening images in lieu of the shocking content found in pre-code horror films. The final concoction presented to us has helped to reshape and popularize the image of the Wolf Man, inspiring viewers and creatives alike, keeping the Wolf Man alive as an icon of horror 83 years later!
Lon Chaney Jr. stars in his first truly memorable role, and arguably his best, as Larry Talbot, a man returning home to his father’s estate following the death of his brother. After acquainting himself with an antique store employee and purchasing a strange silver cane, Larry is attacked and bitten by a werewolf while walking through the woods, resulting in a curse that forces him to transform into a lycanthropic beast while the moon is full! Fearing his lack of control and potential to harm others, Larry races to find an answer on how to cure his affliction!

  • Posted on: October 5, 2024

2024 Downtown Trick-or-Treat

Downtown Trick-or-Treat, hosted by our Downtown Billings team, and has been a popular and safe Halloween alternative for the Billings community for 21 years.  This free community event brings thousands of children in costume downtown to trick or treat at over 50 participating businesses that offer candy, healthy treats, and unique Halloween themes or activities.

This fun event has grown over the years and has become a popular event for day cares, schools, and families.

The Downtown Billings (DBA) office at 102 N. 29th St., operates as headquarters for the event and provides maps of the locations and trick or treat bags for the children. View the printer friendly map.

All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

CLICK FOR DIGITAL MAP

resources

submit downtown trick or treat location details

What you Need to Do:

  • Click the button above to add your Business as a Trick-or-Treat location (and be included on the event map).
  • All participating business will need to provide their own candy/treats to hand out. 2,500-3,500 pieces is the recommended minimum.
  • Beginning Wednesday, October 30th 10am – 3pm and Thursday, October 31st at 10am head over to the DBA office (102 N. 29th St.) for some maps and a bundle of balloons (non inflated) for you to use as identification markers for Trick or Treaters to come your way.

The DBA provides:

  • The marketing for the event.
  • DBA office will give out free Trick or Treat bags and printed maps of participating locations to the children & families.
  • Digital map of the participating locations will be available on downtownbillings.com, the day of the event.
  • A bundle of balloons and strings (non-inflated) for each participating business to pick up at the DBA office: Wednesday, October 30th 10am – 3pm and Thursday, October 31st at 10am.

Important Note: To have your business location listed on printed list of participating locations you must have your application submitted before Oct 29th. All participating locations will be listed on the online accessible map. 

  • Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks.
  • Put electronic devices down, keep heads up and walk, don’t run.
  • Teach children to make eye contact with drivers before crossing in front of them
  • Always walk on sidewalks or designated pedestrian areas (if a sidewalk is closed).
  • Watch for cars that are turning or backing up.
  • Teach children to never dart out into the street or cross between parked cars.
  • This event is for kids of all ages, all trick or treaters must be accompanied by a legal adult.
  • Posted on: September 16, 2024