Florence City announces free fall events including Oct. 11 Fright Fest and Nov. 2 music festival

Florence in Focus announced a slate of free fall events for Florence City, led by a Fright Fest and a concurrent Trunk or Treating event on Oct. 11, the program said.

The announcement said the Fright Fest and the Trunk or Treating event are free to attend. "Admission is free to both Fright Fest and the Trunk or Treating event," Florence in Focus said.

The program also highlighted a golf tournament organized by the Florence Police Department described in the announcement as the "20 third annual" fundraiser to be held the Friday after the Oct. 11 events; the transcript did not specify an exact calendar date for that tournament.

Other events listed in the announcement included a pumpkin-decorating contest run by the city’s parks unit with two age categories (16–17 and 18 and older) awarding first, second and third prizes; a "Lights On After School" event from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Florence Soccer Complex; and a City Center Farmers Market trick-or-treat event on Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Florence Downtown Development Corporation’s music-and-food festival returns on Nov. 2, the announcement said, with headline act Starship featuring Mickey Thomas. The program noted that admission to that festival is free and that Florence City booths will be on site offering prize opportunities.

For more information and reminders, the announcement directed listeners to online links and to "text k sign at (855) 964-3929 to sign up for text alerts," language taken from the recording.

The announcement did not state ticket or registration requirements beyond the items labeled free, and it did not provide contact names for event organizers beyond the agencies named in the recording.