Lincoln Center Hosts Annual LC Kids Trick-or-Treat Event

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.