halloween hoots
Filed Under Events, Places | October 12, 2010
With Halloween only a few weeks away, here’s a list of ongoing spooky, fun and entertaining events happening in and around the GTA. Bookmark it and refer back often as we’ll update when we find spooktacular new fun. We’ve also added farms with harvest festivities and pumpkin patches that will surely get the whole family into the fall spirit! This list only includes ongoing events, so check back the Thursday before Halloween for special weekend events for your little ghouls and goblins.
Halloween Howl
Saturday, October 23rd & Saturday, October 30th, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Toronto Zoo, 361A Old Finch Avenue, Toronto
It’s a howling good time at the Zoo after dark, when families learn about wolves and how they communicate, and get the chance to try out their own authentic howl! This is an outdoor, ticketed event and space is limited: www.torontozoo.com
Boo At The Zoo
October 23rd – 24th & October 30th – 31st, 10 am – 4 pm, Zellers Discovery Zone, Toronto Zoo, 361A Old Finch Avenue, Toronto
Navigate the hay maze, drink from the cauldron of Boo Brew, and take part in the Critters and Costumes Parade at 12 pm & 2 pm daily. Families will enjoy storytelling, animal meet & greets, and busker shows, and best of all, up to two kids in costume (12 and under) get in free when accompanied by an adult: www.torontozoo.com
Camp Spooky
Every Saturday & Sunday in October, 10 am – 5 pm, Canada’s Wonderland, 9740 Jane Street, Maple
Parents and kids alike are invited to take part in a vampire treasure hunt, explore a haunted hay bale barn and get lost in a pumpkin patch or vampire maze. Other featured events include a children’s costume parade and a trick or treat show with Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang: www.canadaswonderland.com
SCREEMERS
October 15th – October 31st, please visit website for hours, Canadian National Exhibition grounds, Toronto
Screemers is back at Exhibition Place for its 18th blood curling Halloween season, featuring fresh frights like the entirely re-built Haunted House and a licensed Vampire Lounge. With lots of haunted attractions and rides, please note this is not recommended for kids under 10: www.screemers.ca
Howling Hootenanny
October 23rd – October 24th & October 30th – October 31st, 11 am – 4:30 pm, Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross Parkway, Toronto
Visit for a Halloween celebration with haunted mazes, creepy creature shows, circus acts, storytelling, pumpkin carving, and more! Enjoy old-time Halloween traditions in the historic village, or watch a great performance in the Event Pavilion: www.blackcreek.ca
Haunted High Park For Families
Saturday, October 23rd & Saturday, October 30th, various times, Colborne Lodge, Colborne Lodge Drive, Toronto
Visit Colborne Lodge and its grounds at night, hear ghostly tales and legends that have been told about the Lodge and High Park, and enjoy the included refreshments. This is not recommended for kids under the age of eight: www.highpark.org
Pumpkins & Harvest Fun!
Pumpkinfest
Last weekend of September through October 31st, open daily 10 am – 5 pm, Downey’s Farm Market, 13682 Heart Lake Road, Brampton
Tons of fun and thousands of pumpkins! Enjoy unlimited wagon rides, get lost in the super corn maze, and visit the farm’s animals, plus so much more. Family fun for everyone: www.downeysfarm.com
Pumpkinland Harvest Festivals Weekend
September 18th – October 31st, 10 am – 5 pm, Whittamore’s Farm, 8100 Steeles Avenue East, Markham
The farm is transformed into a Halloween wonderland of pumpkins and great activities for the whole family. Tractor drawn wagon rides, mazes and the Balloon Typhoon are only the beginning of the fun: www.whittamoresfarm.com
Southbrook Pumpkin Patch
September 1st – November 1st, open daily 10 am – 6 pm, 1150 Major Mackenzie Drive West, Richmond Hill
Visit any day to pick your own pumpkin and buy fall decorations at the market, or plan a weekend visit to enjoy tractor-pulled wagon rides, a kids’ carnival, face painting, and other family activities. Free admission and parking: www.southbrookpumpkinpatch.com
Springridge Farm Harvest Festival
Every weekend in October, including Thanksgiving Monday (October 11th), Springridge Farm, 7256 Bell School Line, Milton
It’s Harvest time at the farm! Bring the whole family for piles of fun and enjoy wagon rides, a five-acre corn trail, face painting, ‘The Great Pumpkin Mix-up’ professional puppet show, the BOO BARN, and the Fun Farm Yard with a new pipe slide and spider web climber: www.springridge.com
Brooks Farms Fall Fun Festival
Weekends from September 18th – October 31st, 10 am – 5 pm, Brooks Farms, 122 Ashworth Road, Mount Albert
Bring the family to the farm for weekend fun including wagon rides, zip lines, a corn maze, a straw jump, farm animals, live shows and much more… including pumpkins, of course: www.brooksfarms.com
Puck’s Farm
Weekends from October 2nd – October 31st, 10 am – 5 pm, Puck’s Farm, 16540 11th Concession, King Township, Schomberg
With kid-friendly carnival rides, farm animals, horse-draw wagon rides, a corn maze, a nature trail to explore, pony rides, and pumpkin patch picking, the whole family will be entertained: www.pucksfarm.com
Pingle’s Farm Market
September 18th – October 31st, Fall Fun Weekend activities from 11 am – 4:30 am (farm open daily 10 am – 6 pm), 1805 Taunton Road East, Hampton
Fun Fall Weekends mean playing on the trike track, exploring the giant corn maze (extra fee), visiting the farm’s animals, watching puppet and pumpkin cannon shows, taking a wagon ride, and picking your own pumpkins: www.pinglesfarmmarket.com
Andrew’s Scenic Acres
September 15th – October 31st, farm open daily 8 am – 6pm, 9365 10th Sideroad, Milton/Halton Hills
During the fall season a “gently haunted” forest, straw jump, and corn maze are added to the usual creative play area, animal corral and hayrides. Kids can also pick their own perfect pumpkin, or choose one from the market: www.andrewsscenicacres.com
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