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Kids get candy outside of Merchants Pub and Plate during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

Downtown Lawrence’s annual trick-or-treating event was on Friday night, and all kinds of crazy and creative costumes were on display.

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Deidre Backs and Pierluca Di Pasquale as the twins from “The Shining” during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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Paisley, 2, got more than candy Friday when she trick-or-treated at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. Judge Blake Glover’s administrative assistant, Lacy Gaultney, was on hand with her Angora rabbit Foofy.

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Theo trick-or-treats on Massachusetts Street in his Transformer costume on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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A couple of trick-or-treaters ride down Massachusetts Street during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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Jaimee, center, poses with Olivia, dressed as Elmo, and Mateo, as Cookie Monster, during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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Cody and Sara Cummings dressed up with their dogs Nash, left, and Vinny on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025, on Massachusetts Street.

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“Disco snails” wait to cross the street during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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A shark hands out candy outside of Mass St. Fish House & Raw Bar during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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A gathering of ghosts at J.Lynn Bridal during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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A ferocious dinosaur rattles the bars of the cage at the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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A plague doctor waits at the corner of Eighth and Massachusetts streets during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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A crowd of trick-or-treaters crosses the street at Ninth and Massachusetts during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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A trick-or-treater sports a Chewbacca mask during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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Festively dressed musicians play at Eighth and Massachusetts during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.

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A trick-or-treater in an inflatable suit strolls down Mass. Street during the downtown Lawrence trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31. 2025.