There are 24 article(s) tagged Halloween:

• October 2024

  • Countdown to candy: Memphis sweets shops brace for Halloween demand

    With Halloween on the horizon, local family-owned businesses Wayne’s Candy Co. and Macklin Candy Co. are working hard to stay stocked with sweet treats for candy shoppers. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 27, 2024

• August 2024

  • Spirit Halloween readies for Memphis area seasonal pop-ups

    The Halloween retailer will open two seasonal stores in the Memphis metro area in August. 

    By Aisling Mäki August 04, 2024

• May 2024

  • Mr. Lincoln’s Costume Shoppe will close June 1

    Mr. Lincoln’s Costume Shoppe will close its doors on Saturday, June 1, after 33 years of dressing Memphians for Halloween, Mardi Gras, costume parties, school plays, historical tours and other occasions. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 30, 2024

• October 2023

  • Memphians share the inspiration behind their Halloween houses

    Residents of Bartlett, Cooper-Young, East Memphis and Germantown share the inspiration behind their Halloween house decor.

    By BJ Gibbs October 30, 2023

  • The Candy Man Can: Downtown’s candy shop sees Halloween sugar rush

    Wayne’s Candy Co. was founded back in 1947 and sells a variety of candies. “Where else can you pick up cases of jumbo Kit Kats and Hershey bars along with a fishbowl of Lemonheads and foot-long Pixy Stix?” 

    By Aisling Mäki October 30, 2023

  • This Week in Memphis: Halloween, Hotel Chisca sign’s comeback?

    Downtown’s Design Review Board will consider bringing a familiar sign back to the skyline, a new report will look at Memphis poverty and you’ll gain an hour on Sunday.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 29, 2023

  • A Memphis guide to pumpkin patches, haunted houses and Halloween parties

    With yards plastered with Halloween decorations and a faint chill in the air, what are the best places for frights, tricks and treats? 

    By Kambui Bomani October 24, 2023

  • Expect tricks (but no treats) this year at ‘Halloween Cove’

    Residents of Halloween Cove in Bartlett have decreased in number, and annoyances in recent years have led to them not passing out candy, but they still are celebrating the season.

    By Michael Waddell October 21, 2023

• September 2023

  • Tropical bar to open in Midtown, Halloween drinks pop up

    A boozy oasis is headed to Midtown, as the owners of the Cameo cocktail bar lay down plans for a new tropical-themed sibling. 

    By Holly Whitfield September 26, 2023

• October 2022

  • Halloween fest in an alley = Alleyween

    Brinson’s Downtown and Craft Axe Throwing celebrated the holiday with a gathering on Floyd Alley.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 31, 2022

  • Good bones: Local residents get creepy — and creative — with skeletons for Halloween

    Behold some of the biggest and spookiest skeleton displays in the Memphis area.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 30, 2022

  • Oh, Snap: This week’s best photos

    The Daily Memphian photographer Mark Weber was busy this week, snapping photos of some scary Halloween decorations, a frighteningly close basketball game, and a heavenly mural. Which is your favorite?

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 29, 2022

  • From frights to hikes: Here are 8 ways to spend Halloween in Memphis

    Events include storytelling contests, “haunted community centers,” classic films, parties and even a Halloween-themed hike.

    By Judaea Driscoll October 27, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Dancing vampires, brewing witches and the ‘Evil Dead’

    This week offers Halloween happenings galore; plus, the Buckman Arts Center turns 25 and Rick Springfield plays Graceland on “General Hospital” fan weekend.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry October 27, 2022

• November 2021

  • Conaway: After I’m gone, I’ll be here, there and everywhere

    Halloween was a couple of weeks ago as was Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).

    By Dan Conaway November 12, 2021

• October 2021

  • All treats, no tricks at Halloween Hike

    About 1,000 trick-or-treaters strolled through Memphis Botanic Garden Saturday. As children gathered candy, they met costumed volunteers like “Professor Fang” and “Indiana Bones,” who taught them about nature. 

    By Julia Baker October 30, 2021

  • Memphis area NICU babies celebrate Halloween

    “Celebrating first holidays when your baby is in the hospital is difficult, and we want to provide some normalcy to families by having a little fun with these costumes,” said a Regional One spokesperson.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 29, 2021

  • Singer Kane Brown takes a fall in Memphis and some spooky statistics

    A Halloween edition of what Memphians are saying and what’s being said about Memphis on social media this week.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 29, 2021

  • Opinion: Can we just leave Halloween on Halloween?

    ‘Every so often, we have to deal with the question of what night to celebrate Halloween so it doesn’t conflict with religious celebrations. This is such a year.’

    By Clay Bailey October 25, 2021

• October 2020

  • Boyd: Memphis hip-hop is Halloween’s soundtrack

    While the rest of the world bobs for apples, fans of hardcore Memphis rap bob their heads to a collection of artists in the 1990s who built a repertoire around slasher film samples, cartoonish descriptions of grotesque violence and occult imagery. 

    By Jared Boyd October 30, 2020

  • Calkins: Our scary reality makes this the scariest of Halloweens

    One Memphis family decided they wanted to really frighten people with their Halloween display this year. So it features Donald Trump. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 30, 2020

  • Health Dept.: ‘We have not canceled Halloween’

    “If you choose to trick or treat, keep it to a family unit and make sure there is social distancing,” Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter said.

    By Omer Yusuf October 20, 2020

• October 2019

  • The Weekly Memphian: Booker T. Jones, Melissa Etheridge, Elise Neal

    Ex-pat entertainers Booker T. Jones and Elise Neal both stage appearances in Memphis during the weekend in which much of the city is abuzz about homecomings.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 31, 2019

  • Make candy in the kitchen for Halloween or anytime

    Halloween kicks off the candy season; let it be when you start your candy making for the holidays, too.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 29, 2019