Confession?
Once upon a time, I worked on a haunted hayride and in a haunted house in Minnesota.
Confession #2?
I hate being scared – like – hate, despise – being scared and am not a fan of haunted houses or haunted hayrides (unless I’m in the middle of the hayride where nothing can touch me).
Seriously. No joke.
Fortunately, my kids are still scared of them too, but Arizona offers plenty to do at Halloween time!
My apologies, but these are in no specific order! There are just too many to keep ordered in any particular manner!
Howl-O-Ween
October 27, 2017 – October 28, 2017
6 – 10:30 p.m
Phoenix Zoo
455 North Galvin Parkway Phoenix, AZ 85008
602.286.3800
$12.95 general | $9.95 members
Kids 2 and under are free.
*Tickets also available for purchase at the gate. Admission includes entrance into the Phoenix Zoo and access to games and entertainment. Food and beverage will be available for purchase. Tickets are nontransferable and nonrefundable. The number of tickets available is limited. Events often sell out early. Tickets are valid only during specific event dates and hours. Prices, entertainment, attractions, experiences, ticket types, entitlements and other event elements subject to change without notice.
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Salt River Fields Balloon Spooktacular
October 27 – 28, 2017 · 5pm – 10pm
Salt River fields at Talking Stick
7555 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, AZ
Join us Friday October 27th and Saturday October 28th from 5:00pm to 10:00pm for the most exciting Halloween event the Valley has ever seen!!! Bring the entire family to experience Halloween in a fun and safe environment.
Over 20 Hot Air Balloons on display and passing out 4,000 pounds of candy for trick-or-treaters, live music, food and beverage, a FREE Kids Zone, vendor market, tethered balloon rides, a FREE Haunted Trail, fireworks and much more.
Experience the Balloon Spooktacular for a safe, fun filled Trick-or-Treating Halloween Festival.
Adult General Admission $15; children $10
(Children 3 – 12 years. Two and under free)
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Halloween Spooktacular in Chandler
Friday, October 27, 2017
Dr. A.J. Chandler Park-Stage Plaza
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Free Admission
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Spooktacular Golf
This year, one of our popular mini golf courses will once again undergo a spooky transformation. Spooktacular Golf is fun for the whole family and it makes a great annual halloween outing! While playing on our spooky miniature golf course be sure to avoid stepping through one of the many graveyards! Our 18-hole golf course is full of spooky and festive decorations. While golfing, you may encounter a few spooky costumed characters, but don’t worry, they only want to give you a halloween treat. Admission is the standard golf rate, there is no additional cost for Spooktacular Golf. Adults: $9.99/Kids: $7.99
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Brick or Treat! at LEGOLAND® Discovery Center
Visit The Ultimate Indoor LEGO Playground for these spook-tacular Brick or Treat events on:
10/21-10/22
10/28-10/29
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Halloween Monster Bash in Peoria
Saturday, October 28, 2017, 5 to 9 p.m.
Peoria Sports Complex, 16101 N. 83rd Ave.
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SEA LIFE Arizona Spooktacular
Halloween has hit SEA LIFE Arizona! Boys and ghouls of all ages will enjoy Halloween activities on weekends in October! Activities include:
– Underwater Pumpkin Carving: Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm
– Children’s Costume Contest: Saturdays and Sundays at 2 pm
– Haunted Seas Talk – located in the movie theater – learn all about the creatures of the deep! This talk will take place daily throughout the month.
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Enchanted Pumpkin Garden
The Enchanted Pumpkin Garden will be open daily from 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. from October 20 – 29 at the Carefree Desert Gardens and Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion with FREE admission!
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Fall Festival
Saturday, October 21 – 5 to 9 p.m.
A celebration of fall with a safe and fun family event at the ballpark! Admission and parking are free.
Activities Include:
Trackless train rides
Pumpkin patch
Inflatable activities
Costume contest (sponsored by Champs Family Automotive) with prizes for the following categories:
Family/Group
Kids
Adult
Best in Show
Trick-or-treating
Corn hole
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Performances and demonstrations by local dance, martial arts groups
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Zombie Walk – Downtown Phoenix
October 28, 2017 3pm-11pm
Downtown Phoenix Warehouse District
4th Street & Jackson
This year the Arizona Hemophilia Association and Downtown Phoenix, Inc. are bringing back Downtown Phoenix Zombie Walk bigger and better, but this may be the gutsiest – and most charitable- one of them all! John Holmberg from KUPD is back as our the Grand Marshall! We’ll have live bands, costume contest, food trucks, kid zone, zombification station, and of course, thousands of Zombies!
We are asking for your support in making sure all Zombies have their walking dead night out and continue to have a night dedicated to them! To cover our costs and help raise funds for the Arizona Hemophilia Association, we are going to charge a $10 entry fee, but ghouls 12 and under are free. What do you get for your contribution? The largest gathering of Zombies in the city and the best outdoor Halloween Party in Arizona!
Zombie Walk proceeds go to programs and services provided by the Arizona Hemophilia Association.
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Queen Creek Trunk or Treat
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 5-9 p.m.
Town Center
21802 S. Ellsworth Road
Save the date for this unique annual event! Trunk or Treat provides a safe environment for families to enjoy an inexpensive evening of Halloween fun in a festival atmosphere! Children trick-or-treat by going from car trunk to car trunk on “Trunk or Treat Street” to get their bag filled with goodies. Individuals or groups sign up to host and decorate a trunk, and the Town provides all the candy to be given out at the event. Admission is free.
Ghouls, goblins and ghosts of all ages will enjoy a festival of activities. So come out and join us for some ghoulish games, frightening food and freaky fun.
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Great Arizona Puppet Theater
Oct 4 – Oct 29, Wed-Fri only at 10am
Sat 10am & 2pm
Sun 2pm
302 W Latham St Phoenix, AZ 85003
Our brand new Halloween show premieres with our favorite farmer and all his animals. See what happens when all Old MacDonald’s animals have to find a costume for Halloween. Told with hand puppets and rod puppets, this show has lots of sing-a-long fun. It’s a Halloween treat! Recommended for ages 2 – 8.
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Nightmare on Main
October, Friday the 13th 6pm to 10pm
Costume Contest: 7:30
Free to enter! Win great prizes!
Historic Haunted Basement Tour 8:00 & 9:00
at the OneOhOne Gallery $3 adults, $2 kids
Zombie-Walk Main Street all night long!
Enchanted Trail – Sendero Encantado
October 20 and 21, 2017. 5:30pm–8pm
Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center
3131 S. Central Ave, Phoenix AZ 85040
FREE for all ages
Join us for a night of family fun at our annual fall festival, Enchanted Trail, and get a rare glimpse of the Rio Salado by night while learning about Arizona’s nocturnal wildlife.
Enchanted Trail is an annual, bilingual and educational family festival held every October at the Rio Salado Audubon Center in South Phoenix. The “nature by night” fall festival teaches children and adults about nature, science, and Arizona’s nocturnal wildlife through a scavenger hunt and several other fun activities.
While exploring the trail, you will enjoy:
Nature by night
Guided night hikes
Food concessions
Live wildlife
Halloween crafts
A spooky bat cave
and much more!
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Strange Garden at Desert Botanical Garden
OCTOBER 27, 2017 – OCTOBER 28, 2017
Friday & Saturday
5:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Free with paid Garden admission or Membership.
A NEW Fall family experience is creeping into the Garden and you’re invited!
Join us at Strange Garden and encounter weird sights, fun tricks and enchanting creatures. Look out for our Mad Botanists as they dazzle you with tales of fascinating and peculiar plants. Dance ‘til you drop with groovy ghouls at the spooktacular Monster Bash.
ACTIVITES
Live performances
Complimentary face painting
Frightfully-fun displays and pumpkin carving by Villafane Studios
Kids costumes* welcomed
Kids 12 and younger receive a free pumpkin
Food and beverage available for purchase
*There are costume rules! Be sure to check the website for guidelines!
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Haunted House & Hayride in Ahwatukee
October 27th – 29th 6pm to 9pm
“Not so Scary” 6pm to 7:30pm
Ahwatukee Community Swim & Tennis Center
4700 E. Warner Road
Phoenix, AZ 85044
Adult Admision $9
Child Admission $6
(8 years old and younger)
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Halloween Howl
Saturday, October 21, 2017 3:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Cave Creek Regional Park
37900 E. Cave Creek Parkway
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
(623) 465-0431
Grab your kids, friends and family and join us at the Nature Center for our annual Halloween Howl! Tricks/treats, games, live wildlife displays, Coyote Howling and Costume contests, and more fun stuff, this year! You gotta check it out! No pets, please.
Grab your kids, friends and family and join us at the Nature Center for our annual Halloween Howl!! Tricks/treats, games, awesome live wildlife viewing, Coyote Howling contest and Costume contest (most original, cutest, best jr. Ranger, and surprise categories ……), NEW Special Guests!!!, and more fun stuff, this year!
You gotta check it out!
No pets, please.
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