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Bath and Belhaven are having an action-packed weekend. Historic Bath State Historic Site will host its annual Bath Towne After Dark Halloween event and the Belhaven Chamber of Commerce will be busy putting on the second annual Trout Tournament and Festival. 

Terrifying and spooky sights are expected on Friday and Saturday night during Bath Towne After Dark. Organized by Historic Bath State Historic Site and Not Quite Shakespeare, Bath Towne delivers frights from centuries past. Beginning at 6 p.m., attendees can learn about historic medicine practices and grief during the Victorian Era. If brave enough, participants can watch seasonally appropriate silent horror films or listen to a collection of tall tales around Drifter’s Campfire. Wandering actors, or “spirits” will roam and share their tales from years gone by. 

Participants can enjoy performances of Bath’s most notorious legend – “The Devil’s Hoofprints,” or laugh along to a performance of “Pyramus and Thisbe” by The Showboat Theater.  Finally, what would an event in Bath be without pirates? Local lore will be shared by pirates in the Pirate Show. 

Participants are encouraged to roam and enjoy timed theatrical performances at their leisure. 

What: Bath Towne After Dark 

Where: 207 Carteret St., Bath 

When: Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Tickets: Sold between 5:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. each night. They are sold at 207 Carteret St. and are cash only. Tickets for adults are $12, but $8 for children ages 5-12. Tours can be reserved in advance by calling 252-741-6030 or by emailing bath@ncdcr.gov. 

Not into Halloween? No problem. Spend Saturday in Belhaven taking in the Trout Tournament and Festival. 

On Friday and Saturday, anglers will compete to bring in the largest speckled trout. 

On Saturday afternoon, they will receive overall and/or sidepot earnings. In addition, those who competed in the Pork Cooking Contest will receive their awards from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Judging for the competition will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is still time to enter the Pig Cooking Contest where competitors show off their best recipes for Boston butts. It is $100 to enter, per team. First place prize is $500,  second place prize is $300 and third place prize is $200. 

Barbeque can be purchased by the pound. Attendees can purchase “people’s choice” tasting tickets where they can sample the competition submissions and vote for their favorite. People’s choice tickets will go on sale at 11 a.m.

The festival portion will include local, food and craft vendors on the Cooperage property southeast of the Boat Ramp on E. Main Street. 

The Trout Tournament and Festival is a fundraiser for the Beaufort County College Foundation which will provide scholarships for students interested in studying marine trades, Northside High School students who want to attend Beaufort County Community College’s Boatbuilding school and the Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center. 

For more information, visit: https://www.belhaventroutfest.com/ 

What: 2nd Annual Belhaven Trout Tournament and Festival

Where: Main Street, Belhaven 

When: Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12. 

Tickets:  $10 for 15 People’s Tasting Choice tickets.