The annual Furry Friends Pet Relief Hot Rods 4 Paws Car Show will take place Oct. 29 in downtown Antioch. This year Furry Friends will partner with the Celebrate Antioch Foundation for their annual fall fundraiser. Money raised at this event will help open the organization’s spay-and-neuter clinic.

“The Celebrate Antioch Foundation was hosting its Trunk or Treat Car Show as part of their 150th anniversary, and we asked if they wanted to combine events,” said Hot Rods 4 Paws organizer Erin Pina, who noted that both events were scheduled downtown around the same time and planned to have similar activities.

Furry Friends Pet Relief is a downtown Antioch nonprofit organization that helps low-income, unhoused and veteran families with pets get help when they need it. Services include vaccines and wellness care for dogs and cats, testing for parasites in dogs and FIV in cats, microchipping pets, heartworm testing, flea treatment and more. The organization also offers a free pet food pantry, dog and cat adoptions, rehoming and training services.

“Furry Friends is all about helping families in need, and this event is a big part of helping us with our mission,” Pina said.

The Oct. 29 event includes a car show with a trunk-or-treat candy handout. Decorated cars will be judged in the category of best decorated along with all the other regular show categories. Register your vehicle at carshowpro.com/event/1008.

Also, part of the fun will be a dog costume parade. There will also be craft vendors, music entertainment and a “pin-up” contest by Victory Bombshells. Downtown businesses and restaurants will be open for events from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Furry Friends is at 708 W. Second St. in Antioch.

Celebrate Antioch officials will also be on hand as part of the event to help promote the city of Antioch’s 150th anniversary. Downtown stores will offer trick-or-treating for kids. Don’t forget to have children dress up for the kids’ costume parade and contest. Find out more information on this event and other 150th anniversary Antioch events at celebrateantioch.org.

Fall-O-Ween: The city of Antioch will host its third annual Fall-O-Ween Festival from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Antioch Water Park. The event features a hay maze, pumpkin patch, scavenger hunt, and more. Each child who enters will leave with a pumpkin and a bag of candy while supplies last.

This “spooktacular” family event is open to all ages and costs $5 per person. The water park is at 4701 Lone Tree Way in Antioch. To register, go to antiochwaterpark.com.

Restaurant tour: The Kiwanis Club of the Delta will host a fall Pride of the Delta Restaurant Tour. The event is planned for 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 30, and tickets are $20.

Attendees can sample food from nine Antioch restaurants, including Celia’s Mexican Restaurant, Freddy B’s BBQ, Little Manuel’s Mexican Food, Rivertown Treasure Chest, Rick’s on Second, Chelsea’s of Antioch, Smith Landing Seafood Grill, Hillcrest Taphouse (3 to 6  p.m. only) and Lone Tree Golf Course (also 3 to 6 p.m. only).

The proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit local charities. Ticket holders travel to each restaurant on their own and can visit the restaurants in any order. To buy tickets, contact Kay Power at 925-202-3519 or get them online at bayareane.ws/antiochrestour.

Halloween Bash: Also on Oct. 30, the city of Pittsburg and Small World Park will host their Halloween Bash from noon to 5 p.m. The event is open to anyone.

The annual event features safe trick-or-treating, and admission is from kids 10 or younger who bring in a canned-food item to donate. A costume parade will begin at 2 p.m., and rides are included with admission. Small World Park is at 2551 Harbor St. in Pittsburg.

Roni Gehlke can be reached at oakleynow@comcast.net.