photo by: Ashley Hocking

Elise Evers, center, goes trick-or-treating in downtown Lawrence on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018.

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Downtown Lawrence Inc. is bringing back its annual trick-or-treating event.

Downtown trick-or-treating begins at 5 p.m. on Halloween and goes “until the candy runs out.” Past events have gone for a couple of hours and more than 100 downtown businesses typically participate.

DLI Executive Director Sally Zogry said there are several other fun downtown events happening alongside the trick-or-treating. That includes First Student’s haunted school bus and Watkins Museum’s annual Halloween scavenger hunt. Zogry said it is still being determined where the bus will park. The Watkins event is free to attend and will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. at the museum, 1047 Massachusetts St.

Later on in the evening, Zogry said there will be live music at The Granada and a DJ Night at The Replay.