10/30/2026
With Downtown Lansing’s iconic Trick or Treat on the Square fast approaching, we’re back with another installment of Characters on the Square. Tonight, sugar-fueled children will descend on the Square in one of the neighborhood's most quintessential traditions. Consider this your starter pack for the annual candy-fueled takeover:
- A plastic pumpkin bucket already working overtime.
- A pillowcase that suggests a trick-or-treater is planning for a much longer evening.
- A family with coordinating costumes that fully committed to the bit.
- Dressed up dogs. We repeat: Dressed up dogs.
- A vaguely familiar character costume that you can’t quite place.
- Comfy Velcro sneakers and a long-sleeve tee layered under a floor-length princess gown.
- Enough face paint to survive a full-contact football game.
- A parent carrying three jackets, two water bottles, a balloon animal, and everyone else’s candy.
- Another parent taking advantage of the social district drinks.
- Halloweentown vibes in the heart of Downtown Lansing.
If you take Halloween as seriously as we do, swing by Nelson Gallery to visit us at Trick or Treat on the Square today, 5-7 pm!