Join the 2023 Jack-O'-Lantern Jubilee and your family will take home candy, great memories, and more from the Y!
In the heart of your town, as the leaves turn crisp
And the moon’s eerie glow spreads across the mist
There’s a place where villagers all gather with glee,
It’s the YMCA’s Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee!
Families flock to this spooktacular scene,
With bright-colored costumes and smiles that sheen
Little witches and wizards, and vampires galore
Come knocking for sweet treats to score.
The Y’s halls start to fill with a magical light
As pumpkin-carved grins appear in the dead of night
Spooky options abound for families there
From costume contests to games that give you a scare.
Come one and all to this Halloween spree
Where your spirits can wander the Y’s halls free
A night of enchantment is bound to be had by all
At the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee this fall!
The whole family is invited to our Jack-O'-Lantern Jubilee starting on October 26. We’ll be hosting pumpkin parades and spooky good times for families across our community centers to enjoy all things fall. Featuring frightening face painting, monster mash dance parties, arts and crafts, bounce houses, and more, your pack of ghouls and goblins is sure to have a frightening good time.
Join our FREE jubilee and you could take home more than candy and memories! You can enter for a chance to win a FREE week of Winter Break or Spring Break Camp at your local Y!
Explore the events and activities taking place at your local Y below and we’ll see you haunting our halls later this month.
JACK-O-LANTERN JUBILEE EVENTS
Bremerton Family YMCA
When: Thursday, October 26 | 6-8pm
Location: Gym, indoor track, Aquatics Center, and Welcome Center
Activities:
Join the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee at Bremerton Family Y, a free and fun event that’s open to the community!
Participate in games and activities, fill your trick-or-treat bag with sweets, and have a spooky good time with your friends and neighbors.
Are you a pumpkin artist? Enter your masterpiece in the pumpkin-painting contest!
Drop off your painted pumpkins at the Bremerton Y by 5:30 p.m. on October 25 So that we can showcase them during the event. Jubilee attendees will vote for their favorite pumpkin and the winner will be announced at the end of the event.
Spook-tastic fun for everyone
Every activity includes a free treat, from glow sticks and tattoos to stickers and candy. How many can you get to?
- Guess How Many Candy Korn! at Welcome Center
- Goblin Obstacle Course at the indoor track
- Ring Toss at the swimming pool
- In the gym:
- Costume parade at 6pm
- Photo booth
- Arts and crafts stations
- Halloween-themed carnival games like tic-tac-toss, knock the cans, pumpkin minigolf, ping pong ball toss, and bean bag toss
- Temporary tattoo station
- Mystery touch table
- Monster Mash dance party
- Tunes treat trot
- Popcorn and apple slices with seasonal toppings
Gordon Family YMCA
When: Thursday, October 26 | 5-8pm
Location: Outdoor and indoor
Activities:
Join the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee at Gordon Family Y, a free and fun event that’s open to the community!
Participate in games and activities, fill your trick-or-treat bag with sweets, and have a spooky good time with your friends and neighbors.
Come dressed in your Halloween best! Join us for fall fun and games, a bounce house, photo booth, art activities, and more!
Haselwood Family YMCA Block Party
In collaboration with New Life Church
When: Saturday, October 28 | 4-7pm
Location: Parking lot (inside for inclement weather)
Activities:
Join the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee at the Haselwood Family Y, a free and fun event that’s open to the community!
Participate in games and activities, fill your trick-or-treat bag with sweets, and have a spooky good time with your friends and neighbors.
Come dressed in your Halloween best! Join us for a trunk or treat, spooky and harvest-themed activities, bounce houses, a photo booth, and local community partners and businesses that will be on-site offering festive activities.
Lakewood Family YMCA
When: Thursday, October 26 | 4–5:30pm
Location: Across the center
Activities:
Join the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee at the Lakewood Family Y, a free and fun event that’s open to the community!
Participate in games and activities, fill your trick-or-treat bag with sweets, and have a spooky good time with your friends and neighbors.
Come dressed in your Halloween best! Join in the fun with carnival games and activities in the Youth Gym. You can also explore our haunted halls as you trick-or-treat throughout our center.
Mel Korum Family YMCA
When: Thursday, October 26 | 5:30-7:30pm
Location: Main Gym
Activities:
Join the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee at the Mel Korum Family Y, a free and fun event that’s open to the community!
Participate in games and activities, fill your trick-or-treat bag with sweets, and have a spooky good time with your friends and neighbors.
Come dressed in your Halloween best! Join in the fun with activities, including:
- Go-go goblin obstacle course
- Trick-or-treating around the center
- A goodie bag station
- Face painting
- Crafts and games
- Haunted dance party
- A scary amount of photo opportunities
Morgan Family YMCA
When: Thursday, October 26 | 5:30-7:30pm
Location: Gym, Multipurpose Rooms, Aquatics Center
Activities:
Join the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee at the Morgan Family, a free and fun event that’s open to the community!
Participate in games and activities, fill your trick-or-treat bag with sweets, and have a spooky good time with your friends and neighbors.
Come dressed in your Halloween best! Join in the fun with arts and crafts stations, glow-in-the-dark games, family activities, and more. You’ll have a spooky good time!
Tom Taylor Family YMCA
When: Thursday, October 26 | 5–7pm
Location: Main Gym
Join the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee at the Tom Taylor Family Y, a free and fun event that’s open to the community!
Participate in games and activities, fill your trick-or-treat bag with sweets, and have a spooky good time with your friends and neighbors.
Come dressed in your Halloween best! Join in the fun from our scary number of options for the family!
SCHEDULE:
4:55 | Opening ceremony featuring a kazoo band (main gym)
5:00 | Jubilee begins
5:30 | Clown talent show
5:45 | Monster Mash dance contest
6:00 | Costume contest parade and all carved pumpkins due for judging
6:30 | Prizes awarded for pumpkin carving, costumes, giant pumpkin and candy corn
ACTIVITIES:
- Cider and Pumpkin Seed Chex Mix
- Contest registration/voting: Guess the weight of the giant pumpkin, costume contest, candy corn in a jar guessing, community pumpkin carving contest
- Scare hair: Spooky hair styling with colored spray, webs, spiders, etc.
- Face painting booth
- Touch boxes: Sensory boxes with hidden tricks
- Witch crafts: Spooky handprint art, pumpkin painting, cookie decorating
- Cauldron science: Mixing vinegar, baking soda with glitter and watch the flow
- Witch hat ring toss: Throw rings over cones painted like witch hats for a prize
- Trick-or-treat fishing: Fishing pole with a clip, fisher gets a prize of tricks or treats
- Pumpkin putt-putt: Putt-putt golf through pumpkins and other spooky things
- Scarecrow photo op: Display with scarecrows and live actor scarecrows
- Werewolf walk: Optional scare zone walk through (all ages)
- Guess the weight of the giant pumpkin
- Guess how many candy corns are in the jar to win the jar filled with candy corn
- Spooky booth passport: Fill out your passport by visiting all booths for a prize
- Local community partner stations featuring fun fall activities
- Youth Gym:
- Popcorn
- Trick-or-treat trot: Musical chairs to choose a cake (guess if the cake is real or fake)
- Oddity tent: Bizarre art and reptile display from Camp Seymour
- Circus acts: Magicians, strong man, hula hoops, juggling, etc.
- Spooky clowns scare zone: Optional walk through with scare actors (all ages)
- Fortune teller tent: Get a funny fortune/palm reading
- Snake tunnel clown: Not-so spooky crawl through tunnel for little kids
- Clown basketball game: Toss a small basketball into a basket held by a clown
- Clown duck game: Pick a floating duck to reveal a number for a prize bag
- Big hammer clown game: Test your strength by hitting the target to ring the bell
- Monster Mash dance contest for two age groups (3-10 and 11+)
- Photo booth: Green screen with digital photo opportunities by Resurrection Church
University YMCA Student Center
LIGHTS OUT
When: Friday, October 20 | 7pm-close
Location: Main Gym
Activity:
Looking to have a different kind of night at the Y? Lights Out is a dance party in partnership with the University of Washington-Tacoma where you’ll enjoy glow volleyball, climb the wall with neon drawings to illuminate your path, and enjoy delicious food with new friends.
Cost: $5 for non-students, FREE for UW-T students
COSTUME DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT
When: Friday, October 27 | 6-9pm
Location: Main Gym
Activity: Dodge. Dip. Dive. Duck. Doidge. Bring your dodgeball crew or join a new team on the fly. Don't forget to dress in your Halloween finest!
Cost: $20 for non-students, FREE for UW-T students
We hope you join us for one (or more!) of our exciting events. All are welcome so bring your family, friends, and neighbors and make new fall memories and celebrate the season of spooktacular fun!