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| Nightmare On M Street | Downtown Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. $12 in advance or $20 at the door A costume party and bar crawl for the 21+ crowd. Must register either at The Front Page or Rumors by 11 p.m. See www.lindypromo.com for more information. |
| Field of Screams | Field of Screams 4501 Olney-Laytonsville Road Olney, MD 20832 | Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 Features 4 haunted events including the haunted hayride, corn maze, and the Trail of Terror See www.screams.org for more information. |
| Freek-O-Ween Party | Fur Nightclub 33 Patterson St NE Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 at 9 p.m. Halloween party with a costume contest and prize money for the winner. See www.furnightclub.com for more information. |
| Halloween at Piratz Tavern | Piratz Tavern 8402 Gerogia Avenue, Silverspring, M.D. | Events Each Day Until Nov. 2. A restaurant/bar decked out in pirate decor. Live entertainments, a haunted VooDoo luau, discounted drink nights and a Halloween party on Oct. 31. See www.piratztavern.com for more information. |
| Graveyard Jam At Hard Rock Cafe | Hard Rock Cafe 999 E St NW Washington D.C. | Oct. 31. at 9 p.m. $10 tickets. Costume contest with a trip to Aruba for the winner along with caricatures, magicians and dancing. See www.internationalclubdc.com for more information. |
| Swing Vs Salsa Halloween Party W/ Lessons | H2O Nightclub and Lounge 800 Water Street SW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m $15 per person. Halloween party where guests will learn how to salsa as well as swing dance followed by a dance competition and costume contest. See www.thingstododc.com for more information. |
| Eyebar Lounge Halloween Bash | Eyebar 1401 K St NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. No cover. Costume must be worn in order to enter the bar. Ladies drink free from 10 p.m.-11 p.m. Prizes for the best costume. |
| La Tasca’s Masquerade Ball | La Tasca’s Spanish Tapas Bar and Restaurant 722 7th Street NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 No cover. Wear your costume to get the drink specials and participate in the costume contest. |
| Fright Night Halloween Bash | The Front Page 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, V.A. | Oct. 31 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Ladies are free before 9 p.m. $5 at the door for everyone else. $300 cash prize for best costume. Other prizes will be given throughout the night. Live music and DJ’s See www.partydc.com for more information. |
| Halloween 2008 At Love | Love 1350 Okie St NE, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 at 9 p.m. tickets are $20 for regular, $40 for VIP. Costumes not required, but recommended. 18+ are free before 10 p.m. 21+ free before 11 p.m. Get on the guest list at www.trewellent.com in order to ensure that you will get in free before 11 p.m. |
| Halloween 2008 at Midnight Glow at Leftbank | Leftbank 2424 18th St NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 at 10 p.m $15 per person or $250 for a small table. VIP admission for up to 5 people. With VIP you receive 1 bottle of liquor, either 1 bottle of champagne or a sushi plate. For $800 you can get a large table and VIP for 8 people. |
| Deep 6’s Halloween Bash at Club Lime | Club Lime 1824 Half St SW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 at 9 p.m $20 per person. DJ’s as well as live performances from and more. |
| Halloween Party at Platinum Nightclub | Platinum Nightclub 915 F St NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 at 10 p.m. Doors open at 10 p.m. Costume contest with a $500 prize for best costume. www.platinumclubdc.com |
| Halloween Mayhem And Madness Party At K Street Lounge | K Street Lounge 1301 K St. NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are $10 if purchased in advance. Many different contests throughout the night. Dancing, caricatures and magicians. |
| Mezza Luna Lounge Halloween Mixer | Mezza Luna Lounge 1140 19th Street NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are $10. Costumes are optional but there is free entry until midnight if wearing a costume. Drink specials are $4 selected bottled beer, martinis (vodka, gin, sour apple, sangriatini, peach, cosmos) and rail drinks. www.prosinthecity.com |
| Halloween Bash at the Clarendon Ballroom | 19120 Martinsburg Rd Arlington, VA | Oct. 31 at 6 p.m tickets cost $10 if you’re there on time, otherwise they cost $20. Biggest Halloween Party In DC for 15 years running and biggest costume contest. $200 for 1st place winner plus other prizes for 2nd, 3rd and most original. Mr. Greengenes and DJ Lil' Fos spinning in the basement. Get scary party favors! Costume required. See www.hiballevents.com for more information. |
| Halloween Menu at Brasserie Les Halles | Brasserie Les Halles 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 To celebrate Halloween, Les Halles will transform their menu into spooky Halloween specials. Come in costume! See www.leshalles.com for more information. |
| DC Halloween Scavenger Hunt 2008 | Meet at the Front Page, Dupont Circle, Washington D.C. | Oct. 25 at 10:30 a.m. Use clues to find items which will lead you to your next clue while exploring some of the local bars for the 21st annual Hunt. Either bring a group of 4-6 people or be placed into a group. Come in costume! Register early and save $5. See www.dchunt.org for more information and to register. |
| Pre-Halloween Party: “All Hallows Eve with Jason” | Chi-Cha Lounge 1624 U Street NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 30 DJ spinning, Friday the 13th Movies All Night, $5 Witches Brew, $4 Bloody Beers. |
| Chi Cha’s Haunted House | Chi-Cha Lounge 1624 U Street NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 Enjoy specialty Halloween Cocktails…be careful what you drink! Wear a costume: prizes for scariest, sexiest and most shocking costumes. |
| Halloween Party at Gazuza | Halloween Party at Gazuza 1629 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington D.C. | Oct. 31 at 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Party features Moh Ducis. |
| Post-Halloween Parade | Chi-Cha Lounge 1624 U Street NW, Washington D.C. | Nov. 1 Keep your costume on and enjoy $4 Bloody Beers and $6 Red Bull and Vomit’s all night long. |
| AMUSEMENT PARKS | ||
| Fright Fest At Six Flags | Six Flags 13710 Central Avenue, Mitchellville, MD 20721 | Fridays 5-10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Noon-10 p.m., Oct. 4 through Nov. 2 The popular amusement park is transformed to terrorize guests with haunted houses, Halloween-themed roller coasters and roaming goblins and monsters. |
| Halloween Haunt at Kings Dominion | Kings Dominion Theme Park, Richmond, VA | Friday, Saturday and Sunday Nights. Explore atelast 7 haunted mazes including The Freak Show in 3D. Also visit the CarnEvil and SleepyHallow scare zones as well as numeours Halloween shows. See www.kingsdominion.com for more information. |
| Corn Mazes | ||
| Corn Maze In The Plains | 4551 Old Tavern Rd The Plains, VA | Open through Nov. 4 every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Cost is $9 for ages 13 and up, $8 for 12 and under. Kids 3 and under are free. Find your way through the giant corn maze at night with nothing but a flashlight. See www.circleofseeds.com for more information. |
| Dairy Farm Tours Corn Maze at Cows N Corn | Cows N Corn 5225 Catlett Road, Midland, VA | Weekends starting Oct. 13th. Haunted maze, haunted hayride and haunted barn. Call (540) 439-4806 for more information. |
| Tours & Pub Crawls | ||
| Capital Hauntings Tours | Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C. | Oct. 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31. 7:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m. and $10 per person. 2-hour walking tour through Lafayettte Park. See www.washingtonwalks.com for more information. |
| Alexandrias Footsteps to The Past | Alexandria, VA | Weekends. Walking tour available for groups of 5 or more. Learn about the ghosts and history of Alexandria. www.footstepstothepast.com |
| Leesburgh Ghost Tour | 19 S. King St, Leesburg, VA | Fridays and Saturdays during the month of October at 9 p.m. This is a 2-hour tour that teaches the science behind paranormal investigation as well as the history of Leesburg. Learn about the tools used to conduct paranormal research. www.vsra.net |
| Historic District Tour of Fredrick, MD | Meet at 124 North Market Street Fredrick, MD | Oct. 8-Nov. 8 on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. No tour on Halloween. A candle-lit walking tour through Fredrick. Tours last approximately 90-minutes. Learn about the haunting past of this historic city. www.marylandghosttours.com |
| Natalie Zanins Historic Strolls | Meet at the McPherson Square Metro Station, Washington, D.C. | Oct. 18,24,31 at 8 p.m. Oct. 25, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for 16 and under. Tour Lafayette Park (said to be Washington’s most haunted location) and learn about local haunted stories and happenings. See www.historicstrolls.com for more information. |
| Alexandria’s Original Ghost and Graveyard Tour | Alexandria, VA | Oct. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. nightly, 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Nov. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sundays at 7:30 p.m. A one-hour walking tour through the most haunted spots in old town Alexandria. Tour guides are dressed in colonial attire and guide you by the light of a lantern. Cost is $10. See www.alexcolonialtours.com for more information. |
| Haunted Houses of D.C. Walking tour | Meet At Farragut West Metro Station Washington, D.C. | Oct. 25 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. $20 per person. Ghost stories of the White House as well as the old houses in the neighborhood. Hear about the old presidents, first lady, and military officers that are said to still haunt D.C. |
| Ghost Tour of Old Town, VA After Dark With Live Entertainment | Old Town, VA | Oct. 26 from 7:45 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. 7:45 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. cost is $25. Listen to ghost stories from the 18th Century told by a colonial guide while exploring some of the local hotspots. There will be a stop at Bugsy’s Pizza as well as Chadwick’s for drinks on the waterfront. Also visit the Fish Market Restaurant for live music. |
| Haunted Germantown Walking Tour | Germantown, MD | Oct. 28 from 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. Begin at Oak Hill Cemetary and wander through the local haunts in Georgetown (including the Exorcist steps.) An optional after party will be offered. $20. See www.thingstododc.com to purchase tickets. |
| Trick or Treat Walking Embassy Tour | Embassy Row, Washington, D.C. | Oct. 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. "Trick Or Treat" on Embassy Row while tasting candy and learning facts about all the different countries. Tours of some Embassy buildings have been successful in the past but are not guaranteed. Cost is $25. See www.thingstododc.com |
| President Lincoln Assassination Walking Tour | Downtown, Washington, D.C. | Oct.17 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Get into the Halloween spirit and learn about the first presidential assassination. This tour will show you Fords Theatre, the Petersen house where Abraham Lincoln died as well as where the conspirators were plotting his death and where some of them were arrested at Mary Surrats boarding house. Tickets are $25. See www.thingstododc.com to purchase tickets. |
| The Most Haunted Houses Walking Tour | Meet outside of Farragut West Metrorail Station (17th Street exit.) Washington, D.C. | Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 each. See some of the most haunted homes known in the D.C. area including President Andrew Jackson’s old house, Stephen Decatur (navy hero) and the Octagon, just to name a few. See www.washingtonwalks.com to purchase tickets. |
| Ghosts and Gargoyles: HauntedSecrets of The Washington National Cathedral | Washington National Cathedral Washington, D.C. | Oct. 18 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 each. A tour of the Washington National Cathedral led by the son of Constantine Seferlis (sculptor and artist of the Cathedral.) Learn the Cathedral’s history as well as haunted stories and happenings within the Cathedral. |
| Haunted Leesburg Parapsychologist Tour, Haunted Dinner and Corn Maze | Leesburg, VA | Oct. 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are $60 each (includes bus fare.) Begin with a giant corn maze, then dine at the Green Tree Restaurant, which was built in the 18th Century and is said to be haunted. Afterward, take a tour of the haunted sites in Leesburg with an actual ghost buster. This tour is famous for it’s claim that you will actually get to touch a ghost at one point during the tour. See www.thingstododc.com to purchase tickets. |
| Ghosts of Annapolis Tour and Haunted Pub Crawl | Annapolis, MD | Throughout October. Tickets are $15 for the tour and $20 for the pub crawl. Either choose a lantern lit walking tour or a haunted pub crawl through Annapolis. On the ghost tour, learn about the most haunted locations and troubled past of Annapolis. The pub crawl will teach you about the most haunted taverns in Annapolis with a 20 minute stop at each bar. See www.ghostofannapolis.com to purchase tickets. |
| Haunted Houses | ||
| Bennets Curse | 7000 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover, MD 21076 | Throughout October Tickets are $20 to see both attractions. Visit one of America’s best voted haunted houses, The House of Vampyres or try to make your way out of the haunted house maze at the Sanctuary of Insanity. See www.bennettscurse.com for more information. |
| Markhoff’s Haunted Forest | 19120 Martinsburg Rd, Dickerson, MD 20842 | Throughout October. One of the top 13 Haunts In The USA according to AOL’s City Guide. Take a 28-minute hike through a forest set up with scary scenes and monsters. Other activities include hay rides, scary movies, bonfires, haunted bus, fortune tellers, etc. See www.web.mac.com/markoff for more information. |
| Spooky Hollow and Haunted Trail | 15101 Seneca Road Germantown, MD | Weekends from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. $15 per person. Walk through the haunted trail set up at Valley Mill. See www.valleymillhalloween.com for more information. |
| Vampire Manor | 9410 Irving Road Bel Alton, MD | 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. weeknights and 7:30 p.m.- 11 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. $8 per person. For it’s 19th annual year, the Charles County Dive Rescue, Inc will be creating the haunted manor to raise money for their team. Take a hayride from the parking lot to the 2-story manor. Defeat obstacles such as the shaky bridge as you make your way toward the torture chamber. See www.ccdr.net/fundraising.htm for more information. |
| Field Of Screams | 4501 Olney-Latonsville Road Olney, MD | 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. weekend nights Costs are: trail- $20, haunted house- $10 and hayride $5. 2-story haunted house, haunted trail and corn maze. Food, DJs, bonfires and other sources of entertainment are provided See www.screams.org for more information. |
| Haunted Landon | 3401 Urbana Pike Urbana, MD 21704 | Oct. 19- 20 and Oct. 24-27 7:30 p.m. The historic civil war landmark is turned into a modern day haunted house. See www.hauntedlandon.com for more information. |
| Bowie Baysox Stadium: Black Beard’s Revenge | 4101 NE Crain Highway Bowie, MD 20716 | Oct 11-14, 18-21 and 25-31 from sundown-11p.m $13 per person. Tulip Gulch Productions will be putting on a horror show at Bowie Baysox Stadium for anyone 13+ crowd. Also visit the Haunted Hospital and Crazed Chain Maze. See www.baysox.com to purchase tickets. |
| Dead End Cemetary | 10554 Crooked Branch Court Manassas, VA 20112 | Oct. 26-31. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Take a stroll through the haunted house where you will find mad butchers, dentists and embalmers See www.deadendcemetery.com for more information. |
| Bates Motel Haunted House and Hayride | 1835 Middletown Road Glen Mills, PA 19342 | Open Every Night. Haunted Hayride- $15, Bates Motel- $12, Corn Maxe- $12 and Combo Special- $30. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Visit Bates Haunted Motel for a high-action haunted house experience with special visuals, sound effects and actors. Also visit the Haunted Corn Maze and Hayride See www.thebatesmotel.com for more information. |
| Goat Man Hollow’s Haunted House | 6100 Rhode Island Ave Riverdale, MD 20737. | Friday nights 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday nights from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Ticket prices vary each day from $10-$15 on most weekends, and $20 on October 31 Based on the urban legend of a half goat-half human creature that is said to haunt Riverdale, MD, this haunted house seeks to tell the story through the use of movie special effects, lighting and actors. See www.goatmanhollow.com for more information. |
| McGinnis Haunted Trail | 1440 West Pulaski Highway Elkton, MD 21921 | Oct. 12-14, 19-21, 26-28. 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday. 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Sunday $12 per person Hike through the haunted woods and learn the haunting tale of the McGinnis family who has been said to haunt the forest for years. www.mcginnishill.com |
(Dates and times are subject to change.)
