Haven’t found what day/time kids will be trick or treating this year … wanted to walk around the neighborhood with the wife and dog. Thanks I’m advance for any insight.

It's always on Halloween. Don't know what time, sorry.

Thanks , wasn’t sure if they would do it tonight or Sunday, being the weekend and all.

When my kids were younger, we'd start around 4pm, and here's our approach (near the VVP area):

- school ends at 3pm. Come home for a quick rest, drink some water and a snack (non-sugary!!!). I think many kids start right away after school, but personally, I find not all businesses have candy ready that early (see my next point)

- head out around 4 or 4:30 - hit all the businesses in the area first! A bit too early for private home/stoop trick or treating, but if you hit the businesses later, they would all be out by then

- once we're done with the businesses, then we'd go around the neighborhood for private homes / stoops. I think most private people start coming out around 5:30 or so

- if you're near VVP, make sure to swing by - they decorate the park every year, and it's a blast for the kids

- treat or treating is VERY GOOD in the VVP area, esp the few blocks around VVP (Mercer, Wayne, etc)

- Don't forget the newark pedestrian plaza festivities, obviously. But I find that area gets too crowded and can be dangerous/too much for younger kids.

Make sure to bring a backpack for yourself - there are so much candy to collect along the way, the bags/buckets for the kids will be full and heavy very quickly. I usually unload several rounds into my backpack during the evening, so the kids have a light load :-)

It's a lot of work for the parents (yes! I was exhausted every year after treat-or-treating with my kids. Who knew getting free candy is so much work!!!) - make sure you rest well this weekend, and go to bed early on sunday night so you're ready for monday.

Have a blast!

Tomorrow 4-8 in VVP

Do they really trick or treat tomorrow? On the 30th?

No, they don’t.

Saw a flyer for VVP this evening so appears they are this year. Halloween rather inconveniently fell on a Monday this year. May be more concentrated in the park instead of door to door.

Thank you. What's VVP by chance? Van Vorst Park, yea?

Thanks for the detail, this is great! So you're referring to Monday, yea? It seems like they may do Sunday (per /u/whybother5000 above), and Monday?

Van Vorst Park

Yep as soon as I hit enter, I realized how obvious that was. Thanks again though. So tonight 4-8pm, yea?

That’s what the flyer said. In or around the gazebo.

Yes, that's usually the "day of" sequence for us. When Halloween falls on a weekend (or monday / friday), then I feel it's very different as it becomes a weekend-long event. But I think "real" treat-or-treat is always 10/31.

Have a great time - sometimes I feel I loved Halloween as much as my kids (maybe a tad more even? heehehehhe)