Take a ghost walk through Davidson
DAVIDSON ??Virginia Grezch leads Ghost Walk Tours through Davidson.
Tours, ranging from 90 minutes to two hours, start at 7 p.m. daily in front of the Soda Shop, 104 S. Main St.
Tours cost $10 for adults and $5 for ages 8-12. Ages 8 and younger get in free.
Reservations are required.
Details: www.ghostwalknc.com or 704-928-5452.
Make a magic potion
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children mix different ingredients together to make a magic potion at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, dubbed Mad Scientist Potion, takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 9 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Create edible slime
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children add their favorite flavors to slime for a tasty snack at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, dubbed Edible Slime, takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 10 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Get inspired by ?Big Green Monster?
HUNTERSVILLE ? Children engage in activities to the popular book ?Go Away Big Green Monster? at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, dubbed ?Go Away Big Green Monster,? takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 11 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Survive a walk through Scarrigan Farms
MOORESVILLE ? Scarrigan Farms offers a haunted trail featuring an Old West mining town, forest ghouls, tragic school bus and corn maze. Guests will enjoy bonfires and music while they wait.
The event begins at sunset Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 12-Nov. 5, at Carrigan Farms, 1261 Oak Ridge Farm Hwy.
Admission costs $20, with group discounts offered online. Hayrides cost $9-$12. Email hayride@carriganfarms.com to register for hayrides.
Details: www.scarriganfarms.com, www.carriganfarms.com or 704-664-1450.
Find your way out of a maze
HUNTERSVILLE ??People use flashlights to navigate through a seven-acre corn maze at the Rural Hill Amazing Maize Maze.
The event takes place 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 4 at Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Road Huntersville.
Tickets cost $15 for ages 13 and older or $10 for ages 5-12. Ages 4 and younger get in free.
Proceeds are used to preserve the historic site.
Details: 704-875-3113 or www.ruralhill.net.
Pick through a pumpkin patch
DAVIDSON ??Davidson United Methodist Church youth sell an assortment of carving pumpkins, decorative pumpkins and gourds, Indian corn, cornstalks and hay bales at their pumpkin patch.
The sale continues noon-8 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-6 p.m.?Saturday-Sunday throughout October at the Molly McKay Youth House, 260 S. Main St.
Proceeds help support the church?s youth group and youth choir trips and retreats.
Details: 704-892-8277 or www.davidsonumc.org.
Experiment with slimy and spooky science
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children do slimy and spooky science experiments at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, dubbed Mad Science Lab, takes place 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Oct. 12 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road.
Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Take a candlelit tour of plantations
HUNTERSVILLE ??Latta Plantation offers candlelight tours and staff tell ghost stories during Ghost Tales in the Dark.
The event takes place at 8, 9 and 10 p.m. Oct. 12; 7, 8, 9, 10 p.m. Oct. 13; 8, 9, 10 p.m. Oct. 19; and 7, 8, 9, 10 p.m. Oct. 20 at the historic site, 5225 Sample Road.
Register in advance. The event, for ages 10 and older, costs $12 per person.
Details: 704-875-2312.
Trick-or-treat at Latta Plantation
HUNTERSVILLE ??Latta Plantation hosts All Hallow?s Eve, an opportunity to experience the history of Halloween.
The event features trick-or-treating, Halloween baking in the old kitchen, storytelling, pumpkin painting and a costume contest.
The event takes place 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 13 at the historic site, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville.
Admission costs $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and $5 for students. Ages 5 and younger get in free.
Details: www.lattaplantation.org or 704-875-2312.
Paint pumpkins at fall festival
SHERRILLS FORD ??The Friends of the Sherrills Ford Library holds its annual Community Fall Fest 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Sherrills Ford Branch Library, 8456 Sherrills Ford Road.
The free family-friendly event will include children?s games, prizes, crafts, face and pumpkin painting, cookie decorating, balloon sculpting, music, bake sale and used book sale.
Refreshments will be available to buy.
The rain date will be noon-4 p.m. Oct. 14.
Pick, paint pumpkins at festival
CORNELIUS ??Our Towns Habitat for Humanity Cornelius ReStore hosts a fall festival featuring a petting zoo, bounce house, pumpkin patch, pumpkin painting and fall crafts.
The event takes place 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Cornelius ReStore 20414 N. Main St.
Admission is free. Buy activity tickets for $1.
Details: www.ourtownshabitat.org.
Watch for scarecrows in downtown
MOORESVILLE ??Downtown Mooresville puts scarecrows up at John Franklin Moore Park in mid-October at the corner of Main Street and Moore Avenue.
Details: www.downtownmooresville.com.
Cook up monster candy
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children makes monster candy at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, dubbed Monster Candy, takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 16 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Experiment with dry ice
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children engage in dry ice experiments at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, dubbed Dry Ice Experiments, takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 17 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Chat about apocalypse with author
DAVIDSON ??Teens skype with Ann Aguirre, author of ?Enclave,? during Teen Read Week 2012.
The novel follows Deuce, a huntress who avoids the mindless Freaks in the tunnels outside of the enclave during the apocalypse.
The event takes place 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library?s Davidson branch, 119 S. Main St.
Details: 704-416-4000.
Create melted aliens
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children make special aliens with slime and googly eyes at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, dubbed Melted Aliens, takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 18 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Take a haunted tour of Statesville
STATESVILLE ??Haunted Statesville features a walking downtown ghost tour full of old stories and legends from the city?s past.
Step beyond the beauty of Statesville?s downtown and discover its haunted history.
Each tour group will end at the Statesville Historic Collection, 212 S. Center St., where musicians Karla Causey Kincaid and Stewart Kincaid will sing about some of the city?s ghosts tales.
Tours run every half hour 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 19-20 and 26-27.
Tickets cost $10 per person. Reservations are required.
For tickets, call 704-878-3436 or email info@downtownstatesvillenc.org.
Trunk-or-treat at Fair View UMC
MOORESVILLE ??Fair View United Methodist hosts its Fall Festival 3-6 p.m. Oct. 20 at the church, 1430 Mecklenburg Hwy. Trunk-or-treating begins 5:30-6 p.m.
The rain date is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Details: Katherine Allan, children?s director, 704-664-2880, ext. 5, or kma5683@hotmail.com.
Hear from a paranormal investigator
MOORESVILLE ??Paranormal investigator Michael Lane presents a program for teens 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 and 27 at the Mooresville Public Library 304 S. Main St.
Details: www.ci.mooresville.nc.us.
Learn about spooky spiders
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children learn about and create spooky spiders at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, ?Spooky Spiders,? takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 24 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Take a bite of eyeball candy
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children create tasty eyeballs with pretzels and chocolate at Discovery Place Kids.
The event, dubbed Eyeball Candy, takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 25 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Chef demonstrates pumpkin recipes
KANNAPOLIS ??Chef John Blumreich demonstrates how to cook pumpkin recipes and give samples of his tasty and healthy dishes at the Kannapolis Farmers Market.
The demonstration begins at 4 p.m. Oct. 25 at the market, 120 West Ave.
Blumreich cooks at Forty-Six, a health restaurant named for the number of chromosomes in the human body. It?s open for lunch every day, as well as dinner Thursday to Saturday and Sunday brunch.
Details: www.restaurantfortysix.com.
Observe Frankstein Fun Friday
HUNTERSVILLE ??Discovery Place Kids observes Frankenstein Fun Friday.
Children make a Frankenstein trick-or-treat bag to collect treats 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 26 at the children?s museum, 105 Gilead Road.
Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Trick-or-treat in downtown Davidson
DAVIDSON ??Davidson holds its Downtown Halloween March at 5 p.m. Oct. 26 at 216 S. Main St. Children may dress up and collect treats from downtown shops.
Details: www.ci.davidson.nc.us.
Take ghost walk at Latta Plantation
HUNTERSVILLE ??Latta Plantation hosts its Ghost Walk, an opportunity to go on a candlit tour through an explosive Civil War Battlefield, haunted plantation house, cemetery and insane asylum.
The event takes place 7-10 p.m. Oct. 26-27 at the historic site, 5225 Sample Road.
Admission costs $8 per person. Not recommended for children ages 10 and younger.
Details: www.lattaplantation.org or 704-875-2312.
Trunk-or-treat at Park Avenue UMC
MOORESVILLE ??Park Avenue United Methodist Church holds a Trunk or Treat event 4-8 p.m. Oct. 27 at the church, 648 W. Park Ave., Mooresville.
The event includes games, popcorn and hot chocolate.
Details: 704-663-3683 or www.parkavenue-umc.org.
Make time for Halloween Fun
HUNTERSVILLE ??Huntersville?s Halloween Fun event features arts and crafts, games, hayrides, a moon bounce, a petting zoo, pony rides and spooky tunes provided by Radio Disney.
The event takes place 5-7 p.m. Oct. 27 at Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Road.
Details: www.huntersville.org.
Boogie at the Boo Bash
CORNELIUS ??Cornelius offers arts and crafts, costume contests,?face-painting, food,?hayrides, music and pumpkin decorating at its Boo Bash.
The event takes place 6-9 p.m. Oct. 27 at Bailey Road Park, 11536 Bailey Road.
Details: www.cornelius.org.
Stretch for the Pumpkin Run 8K
MOORESVILLE ??Mooresville Recreation Department hosts its 13th annual Pumpkin Run 8K Road Race on Oct. 27 at the War Memorial Center, 220 N. Maple St.
Organizers are also offering a 2K Fun Run/Walk for ages 7 and older.
Runners and walkers will check-in at 7 a.m. on race day at the War Memorial Center. The 8K race begins at 9 a.m. The fun run/walk starts at 9:15 a.m. Raffle and awards will follow the race.
Registration costs $25 for the 8K and $15 for the 2K. Checks should be made payable to Mooresville Recreation Department.
Register 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays at the Mooresville Recreation Office, 418 Carpenter Ave., as well as at the race or online at www.mooresvillerecreation.org.
Details: 704-663-7026.
Trunk-or-treat at church fall festival
TERRELL ??Kids come dressed up to enjoy games, prizes, hot dogs and inflatables at Rehobeth?s United Methodist Church?s fall festival.
Adults will have a trunk-decorating contest for the best-dressed trunk for the season.
The free event takes place 4-6:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Rehobeth UMC Connor Recreation Center, 4054 McGee Point Road.
Details: http://rehobethumc.org/news.html or 828-478-2581.
?Race the Reaper? in 5K
DAVIDSON ??The Race the Reaper 5K offers a unique experience filled with spooks at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Fisher Farm Cross Country and Bike Trails.
The October Fun Festival precedes the race 3-7 p.m., offering crafts, food, games and hayrides.
Registration costs $25 prior to race day and $30 on the day of the race. Proceeds go towards the Davidson Parks & Recreation?s scholarship program.
Charlotte Sports Cycling is organizing the race. Register for the race at www.Racesonline.com and www.sportoften.com.
Details: 704-892-3349.
Watch zombie battle in the joust
HUNTERSVILLE ??The Carolina Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace offers Halloween-themed events, including a costume contest, trick-or-treating and zombie jousting.
The event opens 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28 at N.C. 73 at Poplar Tent Road, between Interstates 77 and 85.
A Halloween Costume Contest begins at 4 p.m. for children and 4:30 p.m. for adults.
Admission costs $19 in advance and $20 at the gate. Ages 12 and younger get in free. Parking is free.
Details: www.RenFestInfo.com.
Dress up for library costume party
MOORESVILLE ??The Mooresville Public Library hosts a Halloween Costume Party 6:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in the Youth Services Community Room, 304 S. Main St.
Details: www.ci.mooresville.nc.us.
Celebrate National Candy Corn Day
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children celebrate National Candy Corn Day with art and games at Discovery Place Kids.
The event takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 30 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Trick-or-treat at Discovery Place Kids
HUNTERSVILLE ??Children celebrate Halloween with trick-or-treating at Discovery Place Kids.
The event takes place 11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. Oct. 31 at the museum, 105 Gilead Road. Admission costs $8.
Details: www.discoveryplacekids.org or 704-372-6261 ext. 300.
Trick-or-treat in downtown Mooresville
MOORESVILLE ??Mooresville holds trick-or-treating 3-5 p.m. Oct. 31 in downtown. Children may dress up and collect treats from downtown shops.
Details: www.downtownmooresville.com.
Hunt for clues at Birkdale Village
HUNTERSVILLE ??Families decipher clues during a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt 4-6 p.m. Oct. 31 at Birkdale Village, 8712 Lindholm Drive.
The event includes tunes from Radio Disney and a costume contest. Enter to win a $100 Birkdale Village gift card.
Dress your children as ghouls
DENVER ??Great Clips hosts a trunk-or-treat event that features costume contests for ages 0-3, 4-7 and 8-11.
The event takes place 4-6 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Catawba Springs Promenade Shopping Center, across the street from Wal-Mart in the Lowe?s shopping. Center in Denver.
The contest prize will be a gift basket filled with goodies from the participants and businesses in the shopping center. Judging starts a 5 p.m. Awards follow at 5:30 p.m.
Details: 704-827-7009.
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