Lincoln Center Hosts Annual LC Kids Trick-Or-Treat Event and You Are Invited!
Looking for somewhere great to take the kids trick-or-treating this year? We still have a few more years left to fill up the candy bag, so this family is always on the look out for a great place to go. We already love Lincoln Center and Lincoln Center Kids so this year we are gong to check out their annual trick-or-treat event featuring a costume parade, activities, Scavenger “Haunt,” Performances, Storytime, and more.
This free event takes place on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 11:00 am
So, like us, you can join the fun as Lincoln Center once again welcomes costumed kids and families for a festive Halloween celebration. Hosted by the LC Kids program, the all-ages event will feature trick-or-treating around the cultural campus, a parade to live music, a haunted scavenger hunt, a David Bowie tribute concert and dance party, and a number of additional free activities to delight all ages. Last year’s inaugural Trick-or-Treat event welcomed more than 10,000 people to Lincoln Center, marking it as a destination for families and children of all ages to celebrate Halloween.
Participating organizations and partners include: LC Kids; the Film Society of Lincoln Center; The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Jazz at Lincoln Center; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; American Ballet Theatre; Children’s Museum of Manhattan; GoGoSqueez; NewYork-Presbyterian; Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse; and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
The day’s schedule includes:
On the public plaza areas:
11:00 am–1:00 pm:
Trick-or-treating at Lincoln Center venues and public spaces
Scavenger “Haunt” activity stations around the plazas, presented by Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse (Kids who participate in all five locations can win a prize.)
Children’s Museum of Manhattan craft activity on Hearst Plaza
Stilt walkers on Josie Robertson and Hearst Plazas
#LCKids costume contest
Partner giveaways and activities
12:00 pm–12:30 pm
Performance and costume parade led by Sammy Miller and the Congregation
*Presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center
At the David Rubenstein Atrium:
11:00 am–11:45 am
Storytime at the Atrium featuring My Teacher is a Monster! by Peter Brown
*Presented in collaboration with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
12:15 pm–1:00 pm
Let All The Children Boogie: A Tribute to David Bowie by Spare the Rock Records (concert and dance party)
At the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center:
1:00 pm
Film screening of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
*Presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center
LC Kids members at the $125 level and higher are invited to reserve seats for the day’s events in the David Rubenstein Atrium. To join, visit Kids.LincolnCenter.org/Join.
LC Trick-or-Treat is presented by LC Kids, Lincoln Center’s program that welcomes families to Lincoln Center and presents top quality performances and events to introduce children to the arts. The 2016–17 season features more than 10 ticketed productions and more than 20 free events, for children ages 2 and up. Complete information about the season can be found at Kids.LincolnCenter.org, which also includes campus-wide information about family-friendly performances and practical information about coming to Lincoln Center with a child.
LCKids is presented by NewYork-Presbyterian
Support for LC Kids programs and events is provided by Disney
Generous support is also provided by Barbara and James Block, Sandra and Tony Tamer, Joseph Bae and Janice Lee, Anna Nikolayevsky, Amanda and John Waldron, The Robertson Family, and Joseph M. Cohen.
American Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center
Nespresso is the Official Coffee of Lincoln Center
NewYork-Presbyterian is the Official Hospital of Lincoln Center
MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center
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