Time to get your trick or treat on! Welcome to the 2016 Halloween Guide, presented by the Florida Aquarium.[separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”10″ bottom_margin=”10″ sep_color=”” icon=”” width=”” class=”” id=””]
Featured Events
- Florida Aquarium. Trick-or-treat throughout the Aquarium and view over 20,000 sea creatures. Kids in costume get in for $10 with a limit of 4 children per adult at this price. Members and children under two are free. Non-Member adults (age 12+) pay general admission. Purchase tickets onsite at Aquarium ticket booth. Click here.
- St Andrews Methodist Church. St. Andrew’s has lots of fun in store for you this Fall! Pick your perfect pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch Oct. 3-29. Shop at hundreds of vendor booths at our Fall Craft Fair on Oct. 29. Join us for games, crafts and LOTS of candy at Trunk or Treat on Oct. 30. Visit SAUMC.NET for all the details!
- CornFusion.Polk County’s original Maze! With Monster Tractor Rides, ZombieFarm Paintball, Pumpkin Patch, Bounce Pillow, “Little Farmer Land” and more! Open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting, October 1-30, located at 13444 Moore Road in Lakeland. For more info follow us on Facebook or visit CornFusionMaze.com.
- Glazer Children’s Museum. Join Glazer Children’s Museum for the safest, silliest, and slimiest Halloween party in town! Bring your little goblins into GCM for indoor trick-or-treating, spooky tunes, ghoulish crafts, costume parades with prizes, and much more. Get your tickets before they disappear! *Please bring your own goodie bags to collect prizes and candy from select stations. Click here for info.
- Humane Society of Tampa. Support homeless pets by picking a pumpkin from our patch! It’s also a wonderful place for festive photos of children and pets decked out in their Halloween costumes! Location/Hours/Prices: 3607 N. Armenia Ave; Mon-Fri, 12pm-7pm; Sat/Sun, 10am-5pm; $5-$25. Click here for details.
- Lowry Park Zoo. Experience Creatures of the Night at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, an all-new family Halloween event! Encounter animals at night. Party the night away at a ghoulish dance party. No horror or gore, just startles for all. Fridays & Saturdays, October 7-29. Included with daytime admission or membership. $19.95 after 4pm. Visit tlpz.org/creatures.
- Seal Swim School. Seal Swim School opens its pumpkin patch to the public starting October 1. This child friendly patch is open daily. The school takes great pride in the quality of its pumpkins. Seal Swim School’s pumpkins travel from North Carolina and come in all colors, shapes and sizes. Proceeds from the pumpkin patch benefit our special needs programs. Seal Swim School reaches out to the community on October 15 from 4-8pm with its Free Family Fun Festival. Stop in and pose with our pumpkins, jump around in the bounce house, paint pumpkins or get your face painted. For more information, call 813-229-7946. Click here for info.
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Local Pumpkin Patches
- Fox Squirrel Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch. (3002 Charlie Taylor Rd, Plant City, FL) Open weekends 10am-5pm through Oct 30.
- Great Westchase Pumpkin Patch (10701 Sheldon Rd, Tampa, FL). Open daily 12-8pm, call for confirmation & details.
- Hopewell Baptist Church (6001 CR 39 S, Plant City, FL. Open Oct 24-31, call 813-737-3053 for hours & details.
- Hunsader Farms (5500 Co Rd 675, Bradenton, FL). Weekends Oct 15-30 from 9am-5pm. Fee required for entry, call 941-322-2168 for details.
- Hydro Harvest Farms (1101 Shell Point Rd E, Ruskin, FL). Pumpkin Patch open Oct 5-31. Call 813-645-6574 for hours.
- Southern Hill Farms (16651 Schofield Rd, Clermont, FL). Open Oct 14-17 and 21-23, call 407-986-5806 for info.
- Sweetfields Farm Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (17250 Benes Roush Rd, Masaryktown, FL). Oct 1 – Nov 6. Hours vary, call 352-279-0977.
- Tampa Bay Humane Society (3607 N Armenia Ave, Tampa, FL). Open Oct 8-31 from 10am-7pm, call for hours & details.
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Free Community Events
- Oct 7-28: Haunted Horse-O-Ween @ In the Breeze Ranch
- Oct 8: Fire Prevention Week Kick-Off Party @ Pinellas Park
- Oct 8: Monster Mash @ Ruskin Library
- Oct 8: Fall Festival @ Hyde Park Village
- Oct 8: Fun Fall Craft: Halloween T-Shirt @ Michael’s
- Oct 8: Halloween Parade @ Pottery Barn Kids
- Oct 8: Horror Fest @ Munn Park Historic District
- Oct 13-16: Fall Festival @ Our Lady of Lourdes
- Oct 14: Harry Potter Halloween Party @ Barnes & Noble
- Oct 15: Storytime @ Great Westchase Pumpkin Patch
- Oct 15-16: Rootstock Plant & Garden Festival @ Bok Tower Gardens
- Oct 15: Baby’s First Halloween @ Babies R Us
- Oct 15: Family Fun Festival @ Seal Swim School
- Oct 15: Harry Potter Party @ Temple Terrace Public Library
- Oct 15: Fall Festival @ Creative World School Rivercrest
- Oct 15: Oktoberfest @ Immanuel Lutheran Church & School
- Oct 15: 7th Annual Flavor of West Tampa @ Al Lopez Park
- Oct 16: Jen’s Market & Fall Festival @ Campo Family YMCA
- Oct 16: Pumpkin Palooza @ Mirabay Market
- Oct 20-23: Fall-O-Ween Fun Fair @ St Patrick Catholic School
- Oct 21: Fall Festival @ Hawthorne Village of Brandon
- Oct 22: Boo Fest @ Hydro Harvest Farms
- Oct 22: Fall Family Festival @ St Timothy Church Lutz
- Oct 22: Fall Festival @ Southern Hill Farms
- Oct 22: Trick or Treat 2016 @ Riverview Chamber of Commerce
- Oct 22: Fall Festival @ Apollo Beach
- Oct 28: Trunk or Treat @ Real Life Church
- Oct 29-30: Trinity Fest @ Generations Christian Church
- Oct 29: Fall Fest Tampa Bay @ Westfield Brandon Mall
- Oct 29: Wesley Chapel Fall Festival @ The Grove Wesley Chapel
- Oct 29: Fall Festival @ Alafia River State Park
- Oct 29: Trunk or Treat Fall Festival @ South Shore United Methodist Church
- Oct 29: Halloween Spooktacular @ Largo Central Park
- Oct 29: Halloween Howl @ Main Street Zephryhills
- Oct 29: Harvest Festival @ Spence Field Park
- Oct 30: Halloween Party @ Community Roots Collective
- Oct 31: Book-O-Ween @ Upper Tampa Bay Library
- Oct 31: Boo Bash @ Bright House Field
- Oct 31: Trunk or Treat @ Bell Shoals Baptist Church
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