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very year, the Witches of Silverbrooke dance for a good cause at Halloween.

Choosing a non-profit or charity, they solicit donations through a restaurant / bar crawl Friday night, and a witches’ performance on Saturday night.

Witch Dolly – dressed up to honor Dolly Parton.

This year, the witches chose HeartWorks, a 501©(3) helping the children and families of Pamlico County and surrounding areas, through afterschool and summer care programs.

The main Witches’ Crawl event was Saturday night, and varied from earlier years.

Witches also came into the harbor via paddleboard and canoe.

While they kept the ‘Little Witches’ performance (a children’s dance), they reduced their performances from one every 30 minutes to a single, long-form performance at 6:30p. After, the witches spread into the crowd, buckets in hand, to collect donations.

These witches pedal kayaked surrounded by ghosts and pumpkins.

The dancing witches had some help: the Water Witches paddled, kayaked or canoed into Oriental’s harbor before the evening performance, collecting donations from participants. It was also the first ‘Run Your Boo-ty Off 3k’ over the Oriental Bridge, where runners were encouraged to dress up for their run.

The witches perform every year on the last weekend of October.

The Drumming Dragons played the Witches in.

Minions and dinosaurs hang out on the lawn of the Witches’ Crawl house.

Even the dogs were dressed up.

At the harbor, waiting on the Water Witches.

Kids take a break from trick-or-treating to watch the dance.

Kids participate in the Little Witches’ dance, led by one of the big Witches.

Lead witch Yolanda Cristiani dressed as The Scarlet Witch, leading dancers in the iconic choreography of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

Witches in the dark.

The witches – dancing, kayaking, and running – will return Halloween 2027.

Posted Wednesday November 4, 2026 by Allison DeWeese