Events

Take a look at all the Halloween Happenings in Orange County this year!

Are you planning your Trunk or Treat event for 2023? If so, we’d love to list it in our article about Halloween Festivities in Orange County. Please send details (press release, flyer, or link to Facebook event page) to support@orangeworthy.com. Please DO NOT send the info via FB messenger.

September 23 – October 31, 2023

• Pumpkin Patch, First Baptist of Bridge City, 200 W Round Bunch Rd, Bridge City

October 5, 2023

• Spooky Movie Nights at the Vineyard featuring The Invisible Man (1933), Free State Cellars Winery, 4702 Tejas Parkway, Orange

October 6-8, 2023

• 3rd Annual Orangetober Festival, Orange Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Riverside Pavilion, 708 Simmons Dr., Orange

October 7. 2023

• The Big Pumpkin Run, 3 Bros Running Company, Riverside Pavilion, 708 Simmons Dr., Orange
• Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension, Riverside Pavilion, 708 Simmons Dr., Orange
• Retail Vendor Market, Orange Texas Rotary Club, Riverside Pavilion, 708 Simmons Dr., Orange
• Cornhole Tournament, United Way of Orange County
• Gumbo Cookoff, Orange Lions Club, Riverside Pavilion, 708 Simmons Dr., Orange

October 10-28, 2023

• Scarecrow Festival, Shangri La Botanical Center, 2111 West Park Avenue , Orange

October 12, 2023

• Spooky Movie Nights at the Vineyard featuring Phantom of the Opera (1933) , Free State Cellars Winery, 4702 Tejas Parkway, Orange

October 14, 2023

• Historic Ghost Walk, Heritage House of Orange County, 905 W. Division, Orange

October 19, 2023

• Spooky Movie Nights at the Vineyard featuring Mummy (1931), Free State Cellars Winery, 4702 Tejas Parkway, Orange

October 21, 2023

• 4th Annual It’s Fall Y’all Vendor Market, The Cottage Boutique, 11261 Hwy 12 Suite 400, Orange
• Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat, Cowboy Church of Orange County, 673 FM 1078, Orange
• Trick or Treat Trivial Night, Vidor Chamber of Commerce, The Plaza Event Center, 185 North Main St. Vidor

October 26, 2023

• Spooky Movie Nights at the Vineyard featuring The Fly (1958), Free State Cellars Winery, 4702 Tejas Parkway, Orange

October 28, 2023

• Tyler Estates Trick or Treating, Bridge City
• Autumn Fair, Shangri La Botanical Center, 2111 West Park Avenue , Orange

Shangri La Gardens has opened registration to participate in the 13th Annual Scarecrow Festival, scheduled for Oct. 10-28, 2023.

Celebrate the changing season at the 13th Annual Scarecrow Festival, featuring dozens of unique scarecrow designs, fall flowering displays, thousands of pumpkins, and autumn decorations displayed throughout the gardens. See what the talented members of the community can create with repurposed and recycled materials, as well as a heap of imagination. Scarecrow exhibits are always innovative, inspiring, and kind to their world!

Register your business, organization, church, or other community group to enter a scarecrow in our upcoming Scarecrow Festival. Use your imagination to create a fun and festive scarecrow.

Free online registration is required for scarecrow entries. Register soon to secure your spot: https://shangrilagardens.org/scarecrow/

Storytime returns to the Orange Public Library every Wednesday morning from September 13 – December 13, 2023, at 220 5th St. in Orange.

Early Literacy: 10:15 – 10:45 am
Preschool Storytime is designed for 3 – 5-year-olds. Children enjoy 30 minutes of books, songs, finger puppet plays, and more during this time.

Lapsit: 11:00 – 11:20 am
This program is recommended for children (infants – 2) and their caregivers. Children enjoy 20 minutes of books, bounces, songs, rhymes, and finger puppet plays, emphasizing repetition for their developing minds.

Interactive Playtime: 11:25 – 11:55 am
This is a time for the caregiver and child to interact together. It is also a time to learn to socialize with other children and is an excellent way to help children build social skills, promote learning, and discover that the library is a destination for fun and learning!

Meet new friends, bond with your little one, and explore the many resources the Orange Public Library has to offer.

For more info, contact the library at (409) 883-1086.

On the third Tuesday of each month from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm, the Orange Public Library hosts “Adulting 101”, a program designed to introduce an “adulting” skill.

Join Region 5 Education Service Center on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for a presentation on “Caring for Your Mental Health.” This program is designed for ages 16 and up. You do not need a library card to attend; registration is not required.

For more information, please contact the Orange Public Library at 409-883-1086.

Upcoming programs include:

• October 17th: TK Insurance – “Health and Life Insurance Basics”
• November 21st: Ronnie Wood – “Automotive Basics”