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Halloween Events This Weekend in Connecticut: Haunted Houses, Graveyard Tours, Shows 10/21-10/23 2011
Halloween is one of the most popular holidays of the year and we Americans like to milk it for all its worth. That's why we've done a round up of the spooky fun that is happening all over CT this weekend. For even more fun check out our posts on Halloween Train Rides, Pumpkin Patches and Corn Mazes in CT. For those in Fairfield County there's more events listed here. Events will continue to be added to the calendar so check back often. Some activites are free and others may not be age appropriate for your little ones. Check the listing for more details. Have fun choosing that perfect pumpkin for carving, making your own scarecrow or getting scared to death. You can do it all this weekend! Read more for a break down of events happening Friday through Sunday.
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FRIDAY 10/21
Make Your Own Scarecrow - Bishop's Orchards
Come assemble your very own Fall friend.
Freaky Fridays - Oliver Wolcott Library
Listen to stories, act out songs, and do crafts about monsters.
Haunted Miniature Golf - Farmington Miniature Golf
Walk through the haunted miniature golf course.
The House of Fangs - Foxwoods Resort Casino
The Great Cedar Exhibition Hall will be transformed into a dark world of ghouls and goblins! From 5 to 7 p.m., this 4D haunted adventure is kid-friendly.
Family Howl Prowl - Woodcock Nature Center
Hay rides, Scavenger hunt and smore's by the fire.
Horse Drawn Haunted Hayrides - Oakdale Volunteer Fire Dept. 444
One of only two rides in New England using horses for haunted hay rides.
West Hartford Hauntings - North Cemetery
This is a historical spooky lantern light tour featuring ghosts of historical characters such as runaway apprentices and Revolutionary War prisoners.
Halloween Fright Train Rides in Essex 2011
Ghosts of a Train Crash on a Halloween Haunt!
Enchanted Forest Candlelit Walk - Sharon Audubon Society
Guided groups will meet friendly costumed animal characters along the trail (including a raccoon, fox, owl, bear, skunk and beaver) and hear how the animals live their lives on the Audubon grounds.
Lantern Light Tours - Keeney Memorial Cultural Center
Tours will be led by a lantern through the Main Street neighborhood stopping to “encounter” spirits from the past in their homes, houses of worship and gravesites.
Cinderella Skeleton - The Musical Arts Hall: ACES Center for the Arts
A graveyard called Boneyard Acres, is the setting for this frightfully delightful musical retelling of the Cinderella tale.
Fairview Tree Farm Haunted Hay Rides
The 15th season of terrifying haunted hay rides around the tree farm.
Rails to the Darkside - Connecticut Trolley Museum
All aboard a trolley cart ride where ghouls await.
Mystic Seaport’s Sights & Frights - Mystic Seaport
A haunted Halloween celebration with fun for the entire family.
SATURDAY 10/22
Zappy Zebra’s Monster Mash Bash - Knights of Columbus
Fun for the entire family!
Frankenstein: The Halloween Hi-Jinks Musical Comedy - Downtown Cabaret Theater
Dracula and Frankenstein and some school girls come together in crazy encounters!
Haunted Miniature Golf - Farmington Miniature Golf
Walk through the haunted miniature golf course.
Haunted Graveyard at Lake Compounce
The entire park will be transformed to frighten and delight guests and the spine-chilling Haunted Graveyard will not disappoint!
Glebe House Museum Ghost Tour
20 of Woodbury's most famous and infamous 'spirits' will await you at their grave sites to share tales from the scary side of 18th and 19th century in Woodbury.
The House of Fangs - Foxwoods Resort Casino
The Great Cedar Exhibition Hall will be transformed into a dark world of ghouls and goblins!
A Haunting at Mill Hill - Mill Hill Historic Park
Take a lantern-light tour through the historic Mill Hill graveyard and hear chilling tales from the spirits of Norwalk's past.
Monster Mash - Stepping Stones Museum
Come in costume, make a ghost ship, get a pirate name, play pirate games.
Halloween Fright Train Rides in Essex 2011
Ghosts of a Train Crash on a Halloween Haunt!
Lantern Light Tours - Keeney Memorial Cultural Center
Tours will be led by a lantern through the Main Street neighborhood stopping to “encounter” spirits from the past in their homes, houses of worship and gravesites.
Haunted Hay Ride - Action Wildlife
Take a haunted hay ride through Action Wildlife Animal Park and find out what awaits you!
45th Annual Witches Dungeon Halloween - Classic Movies Museum
The Graveyard Of Classic Ghouls sets the atmosphere as you enter the dungeon where accurate life-size figures of vintage movie chillers.
Spooky Kingdom - Plantsville
A fire breathing gargoyle, a scythe swinging grim reaper and a horse drawn hearse only for the dead.
SUNDAY 10/23
Make Your Own Scarecrow - Bishop's Orchards
Come assemble your very own Fall friend.
Haunted Miniature Golf - Farmington Miniature Golf
Walk through the haunted miniature golf course.
The House of Fangs - Foxwoods Resort Casino
The Great Cedar Exhibition Hall will be transformed into a dark world of ghouls and goblins!
Halloween Fright Train Rides in Essex 2011
f a Train Crash on a Halloween Haunt!
"Howl-O-Ween" - Beardsley Zoo
Enjoy a "Fairy Tales Gone Wrong" Hayride, Haunted Farmyard, Gruesome Greenhouse, and magic show by Jim Sisti.
Spooky Kingdom - Plantsville
A fire breathing gargoyle, a scythe swinging grim reaper and a horse drawn hearse only for the dead.
