FRIDAY
- Resident Culture Brewing
- The Dumpling Lady, Streamline Kitchen, What The Fries CLT, My Sausage Buddy, Libretto’s Pizzeria Charlotte, Waffle Tastries and Hip Hop Smoothies.
- 4-9 p.m.
- Free.
Food Truck Friday South End
- Sycamore Brewing
- Papi Queso Food Truck, TIN Kitchen, OooWee BBQ, Gyro Twins Truck, GOGI, Chef Ray’s Cuban Cuisine, Chilaka Tacolab and Rollicious Ribs & More.
- 4-10 p.m.
- Free.
- Belk Theater
- “The Nightmare Before Christmas” will be playing on the big screen and orchestra will bring the music to life for an even spookier experience.
- 7:30 p.m.
- $19+
- U.S. National Whitewater Center
- This week, they’re showing “Into the Okavango,” a film that shows the journey of a team of explorers, navigating a region that’s home to the largest population of African elephants.
- 6:53 p.m.
- Free, $6 parking
- 1824 Statesville Ave.
- Every Friday, they’ll have food, music and a few surprises for a laid-back hangout. Note: Kids and leashed pets are welcome.
- 5-10 p.m.
- Free
- Charlotte Museum of History
- In this immersive theatrical attraction, participants will journey into the darkness of the woods to solve the mysterious death of Polly Alexander.
- $30-$45.
- 6-10 p.m
- TheBOplex
- Bring at least four cans of food to support Loaves and Fishes and receive a free ticket to their December 1 game.
- 7 p.m.
- $18.50+
- Spectrum Center
- 7 p.m.
- $10-$343
SATURDAY
- 300 N. Brevard St.
- It’s time for the city’s biggest annual Halloween party. So put on a costume and get ready to party with Diplo.
- 6-11:30 p.m.
- $20-$1,500.
- 1111 Metropolitan Ave.
- Meet The Sanderson Sisters, decorate pumpkins, eat popcorn and candy and watch one of the best Halloween movies of all time, “Hocus Pocus.”
- 5:30-9 p.m.
- Free
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
- An event for the whole fam, expect campfires and smore’s, a costume parade, games, fall activities and more.
- Free for Members, Kids in Costume or with General Garden Admission.
- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m
- Uptown
- Day/night of drink specials, event koozies, giveaways and a costume contest. It’s like trick-or-treating, expect instead of candy you get alcohol. There are more than 20 bars included in this year’s crawl.
- 1-10 p.m.
- $10-$25.
- Pinhouse, 2306 Central Ave.
- They’ll have haunted bowling, a costume contest, live music and an entire wall of fall-inspired taps.
- 7-11:30 p.m. Free
- Brewers at 4001 Yancey
- We know you already have a costume for your dog anyways, so you might as well enter your cutie in a costume contest to win a prize.
- 3-5 p.m.
- Donations encouraged.
- Discovery Place Nature
- Dress your kiddo in a nature-themed costume for a contest, crafts, shows and more.
- 10 a.m. to noon.
- $8.
- The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery
- They’ll have live music all day, Halloween inspired food specials and a costume contest for Best Overall Men’s Costume, Best Overall Women’s Costume, Most Original Costume (or Best Homemade Costume) and Funniest Costume.
- 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Free
- Blue Blaze Brewing
- Catch a free screening of this classic Halloween horror movie.
- 7:30-10 p.m.
- Free, RSVP.
- 5020 Hangar Road
- Anyone can watch the race for free, but there are three 5K options for runners/walkers (5K regular, 5K baby jogger walk/run and 5K wheelchair). You get to run/walk on the airport runway, so it’s a quick and flat race surrounded by planes taking off.
- 8 a.m.
- $35
SUNDAY
- Great American Harvest Company, 6420 Rea Road
- A $10 donation gets you free loaf of bread, and 100 percent of your donation supports CMPD Animal Care & Control Division’s spay/neuter program. There will also be a Halloween costume contest so bring your dog along to participate.
- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- $10 donation.
- Childrens Theatre of Charlotte
- 2:00pm
ALL WEEKEND
- Spirit Square
- Expect a night of ghoulish fun, scary surprises, awesome make-up and Halloween-themed tunes.
- 8 p.m. $20.
- 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh
- The ultimate fall bucket list item, the fair is filled with deep-fried foods, vendors, spinning rides and excellent people-watching opportunities.
- Times vary each day
- $5-$13.
- Hall Family Farm
- Hall Family Farm has a little bit of something for everyone, including a pumpkin patch, hayrides, a 5-acre corn maze and of course, and the delicious apple cider doughnut sundaes.
- 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Pumpkins are $0.64 per pound
- Wise Acres
- Wise Acres also had a corn pit, wagon rides, a corn maze, zip lines, playgrounds and a barrel train.
- Pumpkins: are$0.69 per pound.
- 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Carrigan Farms
- During the day, a hayride will take you to the patch so you can hunt for your perfect pumpkin. But there’s also plenty to do at night. You can opt for the night hayride which will take you to a bonfire (you can bring your own s’mores materials for roasting) or head to “Scarrigan Farms” for a haunted trail (not for kids).
- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $11 (pumpkin + hayride)
- Carowinds
- The event features 500+ monsters, ghosts and goblins roaming the grounds plus haunted attractions and shows.
- 7 p.m. to midnight.
- $32+
- 16445 Poplar Tent Road
- This 20-something-year-old annual festival takes you way back in time to the days of jousting, armored knights, feasting and more. Expect more than 500 characters in costume, 14 entertainment stages, hundreds of village vendors, turkey legs and other festival foods, knights on horseback, tomato tossing and more.
- 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- $15 kids, $25 adults.
