Get ready for fun, scary adventures, and food — and watch out for the unexpected this spooky weekend. There are plenty of family-friendly events through the Richmond area. Don’t forget to take safety measures such as wearing reflective costumes or patches when trick-or treating. Visit Patient First for a candy check because Patient First is doing their part to keep kids safe and healthy on Monday, October 31.
Don’t miss the chance to get some delicious treats and FREE meals in Richmond on Halloween night. Visit this link for details.
After all of the Halloween hoopla is over, be sure to take extra candy to Drs. Atkins, Maestrello, Miller & Associates to help Operation Gratitude where they will distribute left-over Halloween candy to our troops.
Don’t miss this great video from the Science Museum of Virginia – priceless!
There are lots of weekend events posted here – and many more on our 2011 Halloween Fun guide. So many haunts and so little time. Enjoy!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Suited for Space - There Are No Casual Fridays in Space! Suited for Space opens at the Science Museum of Virginia.
Zula Patrol: Mission Weather at CMoR Short Pump
Virginia Christmas Show – At Virginia Show Productions Inc. we have been producing outstanding Craft Shows for more than 24 years. In 1996, Sunshine Artist voted the Virginia Christmas Show the “4th Best Traditional Show in the Nation.”
Romp n’ Roll Halloween fun – Mummy and Daddy, bring your little pumpkins to Romp n’ Roll this Halloween for a not-so-scary good time. Join us for crafts, games, raffles, and gym play! Fun for the whole family!
Clean Closet Chester Sale – Chester 50% Off Sale Weekend; Friday, October 28th 50% Off Sale 3pm-7pm; Saturday, October 29th 50%; Off Sale 10am-7pm; Sunday, October 30th 50%; Off Sale 10am-5pm.
Christmas Classic Arts & Crafts Festival – Annual event with plenty of vendors, food, fun for kids and more.
Creepy Hollow Scream Park – Virginia’s Halloween legend returns for it’s 19th year! Take a narrated tractor drawn hayride into the depths of Creepy Hollow. This is one ride you’ll need to scream to survive!
Monster Mash – For all ages. Celebrate the Halloween spirit with the ghosts of Dorey Park. Come out and enjoy some freaky family fun! Activities include hair-raising arts and crafts, frighteningly spooky contests and games, and rocking monster music! Be sure to take a trip down the spooky trail provided by the Varina High School Key Club. Participate and win great prizes in the costume contest at 8 p.m. Information: Rachel Moore, 501-5134.
Halloween Fun and Exhibits @ Art Works
Spooky storytelling at Sweet Spot. Bring your flashlights and sleeping bags and prepare to be spooked with our stories. We’ll also be having a “scream” contest! Free. 7:00 p.m.
American Turning Point: The Civil War in VA From 1861 to 1865 in Virginia – a signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission.
Barksdale Theatre – BECKY’S NEW CAR.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Halloween Fun and Exhibits @ Art Works
Handson Greater Richmond Day 2011
Poe’s Pumpkin Patch. Tired of your kids being so normal? Inspire their imaginations by bringing them to the Poe Museum for some fun and weird Poe-themed activities with mummies, black cats, ravens, and a whole cast of strange characters from Poe’s best-known works. Your kids can experience a scavenger hunt, get their faces painted like a Poe character, or wrap their very own mummy.
Pumpkin Festival – Trick or Treat Festival Weekend- Costume contest and safe early trick or treating for the kids. Wear your Halloween Costume and receive $2 off admissions.
Gayton Road Church Fall Fest – 7am – 1pm. Gayton Road Christian Church – 12050 Ridgefield Parkway. Fall Fest for family fun. Brunswick stew and crafts.
Halloween Trick or Trot will be on Saturday, October 29th at 9am at Robious Landing Park (near James River High School). It will be a fun event for all ages, halloween costumes are encouraged. Registration includes a shirt and a chance to win many prizes. All proceeds will go to the James River Athletic Department.
The Great Pumpkin Palooza at Innsbrook is great family fun. Wear your Halloween costume and come for a day filled with activities, food, fun, music and more. Enjoy the 5K racecourse and walk/run and participate in the Pumpkin Dunkin’ Contest. Face painting, pumpkin auction, dance instruction, pumpkin carving, crafters, vendors, and more.
Radio Disney Green Halloween. Family fun all day long. 9:30am-5pm. Science Museum of Virginia. Celebrate Halloween with the Radio Disney and the Science Museum of Virginia. Enjoy a day full of hands-on activities for the entire family! Free for Members, Non-Members $11.
Ashwood Gardens & Nursery Pumpkin Chunk-A-Thon
Spooky Party! Come join us on Saturday, October 29th from 10am-4pm at CMoR Central and CMoR Short Pump for our Spooky Party! Celebrate Halloween a day early by putting on your Halloween costume, and coming out the either CMoR location for fun Halloween activities, and spooky art projects!
Coupon Clipping at Bon Air Library – What are you up to next Saturday morning? You’re invited to a class at Bon Air Library called There’s A Coupon for That: Finding Discounts Beyond the Grocery Store. It will be Saturday, October 29 from 10:30 to 11:30am.
Science Museum of Virginia – Go Green Halloween powered by Radio Disney
Saturday, October 29, 11 am-3 pm – Celebrate Halloween with Radio Disney and the Science Museum of Virginia with an afternoon of hands-on activities for the entire family. Create a worm condo to take home, make seed bombs to grow plants anywhere and learn about composting in your own backyard. No registration required. Free for members, non-members $11.
Goodnight Goon – Storytime, Special Event, Children’s Event. Come dressed in your costumes and enjoy treats (but no tricks!) as we celebrate Halloween with some of our favorite stories, including Goodnight Goon.11:00 AM Commonwealth Centre.
Modern Aging Resource Day – 11 am – 4 pm at Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center presented by Lift Caregiving and VCU.Caregivers not only provide care for those who need it most — they need and deserve care for themselves too. Lift Caregiving and VCU’s Department of Gerontology & School of Geriatric Medicine are presenting a free resource day for caregivers and their families on October 29, 2011 in Richmond, VA.
Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage – Saturday, October 29, 2011 – 11AM. Follow Karl’s journey as he learns more about the life and music of his famous father, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Pre-concert festival prior to the concert starts at 10:00 a.m.
Goochland County Fall Festival
Pig Roast on the James featuring music by the Slack Family Bluegrass Band and an
Oyster Roast sponosred by Awful Arthurs. Click here for tickets and registration.
Halloween Costume Contest at Sweet Spot. 5 pm. Prizes for Most original Costume, Best group Costume, Best Female’s Costume, Best Male’s Costume, Best Dog’s Costume, Best Candy/Candy Character Inspired Costume. Free.
Haunted West Broad Village: The Headless Horseman Returns. Lots of Halloween fun with family-fun including face painting, storytelling, spooky games, candy, and outdoor movie and popcorn. Bring a warm blanket and comfy chair. It’s all at Old Brick Road in West Broad Village. More information at 804.217.6916 or email Michelle Ramkey at michelleramkey@ecrva.com.
Light the Night in Powhatan. Hayrides, bonfire, inflatables, food, and lots more fun. Bring the entire family. A Halloween alternative for the whole family and it’s FREE!
Hallowe’en Graveyard Tour. Our Hallowe’en Graveyard Tour discusses the history and symbolism of the graveyard. Visitors will meet the spirits of the following people from early Richmond’s history, buried here.
Ravenchase Ultimate Halloween. Teams will compete against each other while solving clues and defeating Halloween-themed challenges on foot across downtown Richmond. Event culminates in a fantastic after-party where fabulously tacky prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams. Cost includes registration to the event and admission to after-party with entertainment. After-party is also open to the general public and will cost $5. Halloween costumes are encouraged, but not required.
The Haunted Lantern Tour at Magnolia Grange is a low-key tour of a spooky Federal Plantation in rural Chesterfield, just south of Richmond. The house was built in 1822, and the Chesterfield Historical Society uses the home as a museum dedicated to interpreting 19th century life. On October 29th, the Historical Society will host the lantern-lit tour of the “haunted” house. The tours commence at 7 p.m., 8 p.m., and 9 p.m., and are one hour each. Children under seven years old are $2, and adults are $5.
American Turning Point: The Civil War in VA From 1861 to 1865 in Virginia – a signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission.
Barksdale Theatre – BECKY’S NEW CAR.
Suited for Space - There Are No Casual Fridays in Space! Suited for Space opens at the Science Museum of Virginia.
Zula Patrol: Mission Weather at CMoR Short Pump
Virginia Christmas Show – At Virginia Show Productions Inc. we have been producing outstanding Craft Shows for more than 24 years. In 1996, Sunshine Artist voted the Virginia Christmas Show the “4th Best Traditional Show in the Nation.”
Clean Closet Chester Sale – Chester 50% Off Sale Weekend; Friday, October 28th 50% Off Sale 3pm-7pm; Saturday, October 29th 50%; Off Sale 10am-7pm; Sunday, October 30th 50%; Off Sale 10am-5pm.
Christmas Classic Arts & Crafts Festival – Annual event with plenty of vendors, food, fun for kids and more.
Creepy Hollow Scream Park – Virginia’s Halloween legend returns for it’s 19th year! Take a narrated tractor drawn hayride into the depths of Creepy Hollow. This is one ride you’ll need to scream to survive!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Squirreloween! Nutzy’s Halloween Party at the Diamond. Featuring a Lambeth petting zoo, face painting, costume contest, bobbing for apples, inflatables, Nutzy and friends, and hayrides. Live music and trick or treat through the suites where football games are playing for football fans. 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Pumpkin Festival – Trick or Treat Festival Weekend- Costume contest and safe early trick or treating for the kids. Wear your Halloween Costume and receive $2 off admissions.
Romp n’ Roll Halloween fun. Mummy and Daddy, bring your little pumpkins to Romp n’ Roll this Halloween for a not-so-scary good time. Join us for crafts, games, raffles, and gym play! Fun for the whole family! See website for locations. 4pm to 6 pm.
American Turning Point: The Civil War in VA From 1861 to 1865 in Virginia – a signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission.
Barksdale Theatre – BECKY’S NEW CAR.
Suited for Space - There Are No Casual Fridays in Space! Suited for Space opens at the Science Museum of Virginia.
Zula Patrol: Mission Weather at CMoR Short Pump
Virginia Christmas Show – At Virginia Show Productions Inc. we have been producing outstanding Craft Shows for more than 24 years. In 1996, Sunshine Artist voted the Virginia Christmas Show the “4th Best Traditional Show in the Nation.”
Clean Closet Chester Sale – Chester 50% Off Sale Weekend; Friday, October 28th 50% Off Sale 3pm-7pm; Saturday, October 29th 50%; Off Sale 10am-7pm; Sunday, October 30th 50%; Off Sale 10am-5pm.
Christmas Classic Arts & Crafts Festival – Annual event with plenty of vendors, food, fun for kids and more.
Creepy Hollow Scream Park – Virginia’s Halloween legend returns for it’s 19th year! Take a narrated tractor drawn hayride into the depths of Creepy Hollow. This is one ride you’ll need to scream to survive!
Monday, October 31, 2011
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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