Traverse City's annual Downtown Halloween Walk is moving to a weekday this year. The event will take place on Thursday, October 29 from 4pm to 5:30pm, changing a long-standing tradition of being held on Saturday. 

The shift is intended to create a "seamless after-school routine for local families while driving a valuable midweek surge to downtown merchants and eateries," according to a release from the Downtown Traverse City Association (DTCA). The event is structured as a continuous, district-wide strolling event with no single central gathering point. Families can start their trick-or-treating route at any participating business. On Front Street, the flow will go east-to-west on the north side and west-to-east on the south side.

Almost 4,000 attendees came out to the Downtown Halloween Walk last year. Event parking is available at street meters, as well as both downtown parking decks. Attendees are encouraged to take BATA’s free Bayline shuttle into town or ride/walk via the TART Trail.