Are you ready to enjoy this Fall season? If so, we have some great ideas to the best Halloween activities in the area. We got all the info on fun for all ages throughout the month of October. Plan some family events to enjoy all that Halloween has to offer. Don’t forget to practice your screams.
FALL FESTIVALS / EVENTS
Children’s Museum Trick or Treat Street
It’s the sweetest time of year, so don your favorite costume and head to the Children’s Museum of Denver for a trick-or-treating adventure bursting with fun! Parade from one Treat House to the next collecting goodies, craft classic Halloween creatures, brave your chances at the Monster Carnival and stroll through Pumpkin Hill. Activities included with Museum admission. Oct. 29-31, 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Children’s Museum of Denver, 2121 Children’s Museum Drive. 303-376-4800 information@cmdenver.org, http://www.mychildsmuseum.org/.
Boo at the Zoo
The 27th annual Boo At The Zoo offers more than 25 trick-or-treat stations, creepy crawly animal demonstrations and exciting family-friendly entertainment under the canopy of the beautiful fall foliage of the Denver Zoo. Activities free with zoo admission. NEW THIS YEAR: Join Denver Zoo’s nocturnal creatures during a special night time additional of Boo At The Zoo, Friday, Oct. 28, 6-9 p.m. Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St. 303-376-4800, zooinfo@denverzoo.org, http://www.denverzoo.org/.
Arapahoe County Fall Festival
Step back in time and celebrate a piece of Colorado’s history during the free Fall Festival, hosted by Arapahoe County and held outside at the 150-year old 17 Mile House. This historic property served as an inn for pioneers traveling on wagon trains to Denver, and was a working farm for more than a century. Fall Festival-October 17th 2015 http://www.co.arapahoe.co.us/index.aspx?NID=1160
Día de los Muertos ( Day of the Dead) at Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Botanic Gardens celebrates Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a festival of “welcome” for the souls of the dead. This celebration will feature live entertainment, artists and dancers. Attendees will enjoy a “Sugar Skull” making area, an area where they can create “Papel Picado”, and more. Complimentary face painting stations and a complimentary photo booth will also be on hand. Oct. 29, 5-8 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St. 720-865-3500 exhibits@botanicgardens.org, botanicgardens.org/.
Colorado Symphony Halloween Spooktacular
Thrill to a program of spooky classics and chilling favorites at the Colorado Symphony’s annual Halloween concert. Join the orchestra members in costume for a chance to win some ghoulicious door prizes!, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall / Denver Performing Arts Complex / 1000 14th St. 303-623-7876
Scream Scram 5K
Halloween is all about candy, but it can also be about staying fit, thanks to the annual Scream Scram 5K Run/Walk. Put on your costume and your sneakers and hit the pavement. At the finish, hang out at Trick or Treat Street for yummy food, award presentations and prize drawings for best costumes and top finishers. Oct. 21, 6 p.m. Washington Park, Denver, 303-892-9200 http://www.bgcmd.org/events/scream-scram.
Victorian Horrors at The Molly Brown House Museum
Be spooked for the first time, or return and be spooked again by a fresh selection of wicked writings of long-dead authors. Classic stories are brought to life in the dim, flickering candlelight as Edgar Allan Poe, HG Wells and others haunt you with their tales of the macabre. Bring someone to hold on to!, Oct. 14-15 & Oct. 21-22 Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania, Denver. 303.832-4092, mollybrown.org.
Country Harvest Festival
Hayrides, straw maze, crafts, pumpkin bowling, mural coloring, more. Oct. 8, 15, 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $6. Age 2 and under free. Straw maze for ages up to 10. 13785 Potomac St., Brighton. 303-659-5050 info@berrypatchfarms.com, berrypatchfarms.com.
Denver Zombie Crawl
Be a part of undead history this year, when Denver holds the largest Zombie gathering in history at Skyline Park. Put on your best zombie makeup and outfit and join this “afternoon of the living dead.” This is an ALL AGES and FREE event which attracted more than 7,000 “zombies” in 2010. The organizers do however ask that participants bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Food Bank of the Rockies. Oct. 22, 2 p.m. Skyline Park, downtown http://eyeheartbrains.com/
MAZES & PUMPKIN PATCHES
Bootown
Bootown Halloween Fun is a large bi-level 3-D maze full of colorful and festive enchantment. Bootown is the place for children of all ages and family entertainment! On top of the adventure-filled 3-D Maze, take a walk through the huge pumpkin patch or pumpkin painting area. With FREE parking and affordable Halloween fun, Heritage Square is the place to be this October! Location: Heritage Square 18301 W. Colfax Ave Golden, Co 80401. Hours:Weekends in October from 11 am to 7pm, Oct 8th thru Oct 31st. Glowing 3-D Maze Craze-Nightly from 7pm-till close. Pricing: Bootown 3D Maze is $8 per person (parents are free with children under 3) Admission includes your own set of 3D glasses and plenty of Halloween excitement. Paint-your-own pumpkins are $4 per pumpkin. Pumpkin and paint included in price. For more information and details on this event please contact-Heritage Square Amusement Park at (303) 727-8437 or www.heritagesquareamusementpark.com.
Mile High Farms Maze
Venture into the 20-acre corn maze featuring a South Seas designs with a 20 foot pirate ship right in the middle. The maze walk will take you through a volcano drawn in the corn. Are your navigation skills warmed up and ready to point you toward the goals in the corn maze scavenger hunt? Are your sea-faring eyes keen enough spot the whale diving into the maze? For the little ones, a mini maze and hay castle are ready to be explored. Barrel cars are revved up and ready to ride. Animals are gathering in the petting zoo. The bouncy castles are filled up and ready for all the energy the children can muster. Open Sunday through Thursday 10am-11pm, Friday & Saturday from 10am to midnight. $12 for adults and teens 13 and up, $10 for children. Call 303-416-7139 or visit www.milehighfarms.com
Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Corn Maze
The eight-acre Native-American-themed corn maze is open through Oct. 30. Mini maze for the little ones. Fridays 4-9 p.m., Saturdays noon-9 p.m., Sundays noon-6 p.m. $10 adults, $8 adult members, senior and students with ID; $5 children 4-12; $4 child members. There is also a 10-acre pupkin patch ready for picking. 8500 West Deer Creek Canyon, botanicgardens.org, 303-973-3705
I hope you get to enjoy some of this October fun. Remember to call us with any real estate questions you may have at 720-515-0248. HAPPY OCTOBER!
