Fall is almost here and we've got a head start listing all the area's family-friendly fall festivals and Halloween events. Be sure to bookmark this page as events and activities will be added daily as businesses announce them!
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{ THIS IS PART 2, CLICK HERE FOR PART 1 2016 FALL EVENTS }
Trick-or-Treat
As the museum winds down, our exhibits come alive! Catch pirates, explorers, Florida pioneers, and even the Ghostbusters sneaking around the galleries
Kids can choose a free pumpkin to decorate & show off their costumes while trick-or-treating among the Centro Ybor merchants
Trick or Treat Street 10/22
Get candy, play games, enjoy bounce houses, eat food and win prizes.Kids and dogs also have the opportunity to participate in costume contests!
Trunk or Treat at DQ 10/28
Come decorate your trunk (1st and 2nd place prizes for best decorations) Bring treats for the ghost and gobbins
Trunk-or-treat, dressed up in your Halloween best! Prizes will be awarded for the most creative trunks
Guppyween 10/29 &10/30
Be whoever or whatever you want and trick-or-treat at The Florida Aquarium's Guppyween! With a safe and family-friendly setting, live entertainment and more than 20,000 animals, there's plenty of fun to go around!
Who said the ghost and goblins only come out at night? Costumed Munchkins are invited to take part in the Halloween Parade and will enjoy lots of Treat Stations hosted by Civic Clubs & Businesses along the route.
Join us for our annual Trick or Treat event in our showroom!
Food trucks, games, a few tricks, and lots and lots of candy.
This is a great event for all ages with trunks filled with candy plus free hot dogs, inflatables and free family fun!
This is a great event for all ages with trunks filled with candy plus free hot dogs, inflatables and free family fun!
This isn't your normal trick-or-treat event because it features more than just candy. Families play carnival-style games, win prizes, collect candy from stations, rock out to Halloween tunes and have fun with special guests.
Classic Cars, Inflatables, Live Music, Face-Painting, and Cotton Candy, Games, Giveaways… and lots of CANDY!
Sensory-friendly
Lights
Adventure Drive Lights 10/1- 10/31
Halloween light display sequenced to music
Sensory-friendly
Throughout the morning, children can explore the Museum with lights and sounds turned down, enjoy sensory adapted tools, and partake in special activities
Lights
Adventure Drive Lights 10/1- 10/31
Halloween light display sequenced to music
Haunted & Scary
SCREAM-A-GEDDON Select nights 9/23 - 11/5
The new horror park features six haunted attractions with a Monster Midway spread over a sinister 60 acres of Old Florida forest.
Haunted House On St Cloud 9/30- 10/31 FRI, SAT & SUN
Come to the most frightening haunted house. Kids are welcome, but remember it is very scary!
Twisted Haunted Yard 10/1- 10/31 FRI & SAT
We invite you to come visit a haunted yard like no other! TWISTED will scare you and keep you coming back for more year after year! Kids are welcome but remember it is a haunted yard!
Haunted House On St Cloud 9/30- 10/31 FRI, SAT & SUN
Come to the most frightening haunted house. Kids are welcome, but remember it is very scary!
Twisted Haunted Yard 10/1- 10/31 FRI & SAT
We invite you to come visit a haunted yard like no other! TWISTED will scare you and keep you coming back for more year after year! Kids are welcome but remember it is a haunted yard!
Worth The Drive
Brick or Treat LEGOLAND Weekends in October 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31
Friendly-not-frightening event features trick-or-treating along the Brick or Treat Trail, larger-than-life LEGO® models, LEGO build activities, the world's largest LEGO jack-o-lantern, a scavenger hunt with prizes, and an exclusive, Halloween-themed fireworks show in Pirates' Cove.
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Select Nights 9/2- 10/31
Don your favorite costume and get ready to trick-or-treat at this Halloween-themed event in Magic Kingdom park
Sea World Halloween Spootakular Weekends 10/1 - 10/30
Dive in and explore SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular, an underwater “fantasea” with silly spooky shows, fun crafts and trick-or-treating.
Universal Halloween Horror Nights Select Nights 9/19 - 10/31
This fall, the streets of Universal Studios Florida™ come alive with hordes of horrifying mutants, monsters and maniacs. Explore nine all-new terrifying haunted houses, brave multiple creature-filled scare zones, enjoy outrageous live shows and experience many of the park’s most exciting rides and attractions.
Sweetfields Farm (Masaryktown) Opens 10/1 Fall Corn Maze and Activities
Cornfusion (Lakeland) Open 10/1- 10/30
Come join us this fall at our Family Ranch for a fun filled day at CornFusion Crop Maze & Fall Festival.
Dunellen Pumpkin Patch 10/7- 10/30 Fri, Sat, Sun
Sweetfields Farm (Masaryktown) Opens 10/1 Fall Corn Maze and Activities
Cornfusion (Lakeland) Open 10/1- 10/30
Come join us this fall at our Family Ranch for a fun filled day at CornFusion Crop Maze & Fall Festival.
Dunellen Pumpkin Patch 10/7- 10/30 Fri, Sat, Sun
Florida's original true pumpkin patch where you can cut the perfect pumpkin right off the vine! Bring your whole family and come enjoy the corn maze, hayrides, kids hay fort and slides, kids hay maze and grab a wagon to go pick your pumpkins. (about 1 hr 45 min drive)
Look for even MORE ideas in next week's edition of Macaroni Kid Brandon!
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