Halloween listings
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.25.2007
Halloween events really kick into high spook this weekend. We're talking festivals, movies, concerts and even a festish ball. Enjoy!
Festivals
Almost Free Fridays: Takes a Spooky Turn β Main Gate Square, University Boulevard between North Park Avenue and North Euclid Avenue. Scary sidewalk art, face painting, costume contests for dogs, kids and adults, music, trick or treating. 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 26. Free. 622-8613.
Halloween Carnival β Lohse Family YMCA, 60 W. Alameda St. Kids under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. 1-5 p.m. Oct. 27. Free. 623-5200.
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Event β I-10 Self Storage, 3273 N. Freeway. Kids can show off their costumes and trick-or-treat. 4-6:30 p.m. Oct. 27. Free. 861-6686.
Harvest Festival β Salvation Army Tucson Amphi, 218 E. Prince Road. Costume and pie-eating contests, games, food. 4-6 p.m. Oct. 27. Christian concert, 5-8 p.m. $1 or two cans of food. 888-1299.
Halloween in the Wild β International Wildlife Museum, 4800 W. Gates Pass Road. Costume contest, face-painting, ghostly games, tricky treats and creepy cookie creating. 4-7 p.m. Oct. 27. $7; discounts available. 617-1439.
A Hacienda Halloween β Hacienda del Lago and Rancho del Lago, 14155 E. Via Rancho del Lago. Parade, costume contest, trick or treating and music by Julie Mack. 3-9 p.m. Oct. 27. Free. 647-3109.
Fall Festival β Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 1200 N. Campbell Ave. 5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 27. Free. 327-6521.
Safari in the Park β Purple Heart Park, Rita Ranch, 10050 E. Rita Road. Games, prizes, jumping castles, balloons. Free hot dogs, popcorn and water. Costumes are encouraged. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 27. Free. 574-0952.
Not So Spooky Halloween β Tucson Children's Museum, 200 S. Sixth Ave. Preschoolers will have trick-or-treat stations, a costume contest and a bug booth, courtesy of the Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute. 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31. $7; 2-for-1 admission for this event only. 792-9985.
Hallelujah Night β Fountain of Life Lutheran Church, School and Day Care, 710 S. Kolb Road. A Halloween alternative. Food, games, candy. Dress in non-scary costumes. 5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Free. 747-1213.
Halloween Party for Neighborhood Kids β First United Methodist Church, 915 E. Fourth St. Costume contest, pumpkin-painting, face-painting, cupcake walk and haunted house. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Free. 622-6481.
Fall Festival β Sabino Road Baptist Church, 2710 N. Sabino Canyon Road. Jumping castles, food, crafts, trunk or treat. 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Free. 298-9493.
Fall Festival β Lakeside Park, 8300 E. Stella Road. Games, cupcake walk, inflatable slide, train ride, food and candy. 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Free. 298-1505.
Fall Festival β East Tucson Baptist Church, 9100 E. Speedway. A Halloween alternative. Games, jumping castle, food, trunk or treat. 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Free. 917-4233.
Halloween Greet and Treat β Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2450 E. Fort Lowell Road, parking lot. Church members will share treats. 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Free. 327-7121.
Fitness
El Tour Halloween 10K and 5K Run/Walk β Sycamore Park, South Kolb and East Voyager roads. Proceeds benefit Ben's Bells project. 7 a.m. Oct. 28. 745-2033. Register: pbaa.com.
Night life
Nightmare on Congress Street β Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Live music, mix of costume contests, giveaways, prizes and indoor/outdoor madness. Lineup includes Thrillhouse, The Zsa Zsas, Chango Malo, The Jons and Greyhound Soul. 7 p.m. Oct. 27. $10 in advance; $12 at the door. 622-8848.
Boondocks β 330 N. First Ave. Halloween costume party with The King Bees, 9 p.m. Oct. 27. $6. 690-0991.
Halloween Fetish Ball β Pearl, 445 W. Wetmore Road. Cash and prizes awarded for the best fetish and best creative/scary costumes. Music provided by VNDLSM, along with DJ Corbin Dooley. 9 p.m. Oct. 31. $10 before 10 p.m., and $15 after. 888-8084.
The Vampire Room at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort β You'll be greeted by a vampire and seated in the Five Tooth Vampire Room for a four-course feast for the undead. 6-9 p.m. Oct. 31. $95. Reservations: 615-5494.
Performances
Nightmare on Congress Street β Club Congress. Live music, mix of costume contests, giveaways, prizes and indoor/outdoor madness. Freaks of Thrillhouse are featured. Lineup includes the Zsa Zsas, Chango Malo, the Jons and Greyhound Soul. 7 p.m. Oct. 27. $10 in advance; $12 at the door; available at www.ticketweb.com.
Halloween Party with Hog Canyon β La MisiΓ³n de San Miguel, 335 McKeown Ave., Patagonia. Rock, country, folk and blues. Costume contest. All ages. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27. $5. 1-520-394-0123.
Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer β Arizona Folklore Preserve, six miles south of Sierra Vista, 56 Folklore Trail, Hereford. "Arizona Ghosts and Spooky Things," a program of sung stories of ghost towns, Indian legends, the Mogollon Monster and lost mines. 2-3:30 p.m. Oct. 27. $12; discounts available. 1-520-378-6165.
A Halloween Music Spooktacula β UA School of Music, Crowder Hall, North Park Avenue and East Speedway. Patrick Neher's faculty recital is an evening of challenging music, including the premiere of "Mucumber McGee and the Half-Eaten Hot Dog," featuring singers Grayson Hirst and Betty Allen with pianist Michael Dauphinais. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Free. 621-2998.
Halloween Concert β The Rock. Cage dancers and the music of Sanity in Death, Body Part Rain, HeadtRIP, Merchants After All, Last Day of March, and Untitled Hero. All ages. 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31. $7 in advance; more at the door.
Pets
Mutts-querade Event to benefit Cause Four Paws β La Encantada Center Courtyard, 2905 E. Skyline Drive. Entertainment, gourmet food and drink, tray-passed dog treats, live and silent auctions, costume contests, and pet portraits. Tickets $50; $75 per couple. 6-9 p.m. Oct. 26. 299-6888.
Pets in the Desert: Snakes and Bats β Humane Society's Companions for Life Center, 3465 E. Kleindale Road. View native bats and snakes at this Halloween seminar. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 28. $5. 795-6225.
Pumpkins
Buckelew Farm 19th Annual Pumpkin Festival, Corn Maze and Haunted Corn Field β Buckelew Farm, 17000 W. Ajo Way US 86. Horse-drawn wagon rides to the pumpkin patch, u-pick pumpkins, food, games, arts and crafts, 4-H petting zoo, pedal car racetrack. Pumpkin Festival, $4, and Corn Maze, $8, kids $6: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 27-28. Corn Maze Flashlight Nights, $10, kids $8: 5 p.m.-midnight Oct. 26-27. Haunted Corn Field "The Reunion," $18 (includes corn maze): 6:30 p.m.-midnight Oct. 26-27. 822-2277. buckelewfarm.com.
Fall Pumpkin Celebration β Apple Annie's Produce and Pumpkins, 6405 W. Williams Road, Willcox. Pumpkins, fall vegetables and apples. $3 includes hay ride to pumpkin patch and kids play area. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 27-28. Cost of pumpkins and produce. 1-520-384-4685.
Screenings
Family Movie Night β Jacobs City YMCA, 1010 W. Lind St. Tim Burton's animated "Nightmare Before Christmas." 6-8:30 p.m. Oct. 26. Free. 888-7716.
"Ghostbusters" with The Arizona Ghostbusters Live β Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway. Screening of the 1984 comedy classic with a pre-show performance by The Arizona Ghostbusters leading the theme song singalong. 7 p.m. Oct. 27. $5. 795-0844.
A Spooky Halloween Storytelling Hour β Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway. Matthew Diggins reads from his book "Andrew and the Secret Gallery." 10 a.m. Oct. 27. Free. 795-0844.
Three-Minute Thriller Film Competition β Screening Room, 127 E. Congress St. Independent Film Association of Southern Arizona (IFASA). 6 p.m. Oct. 28. $5. 349-8249.
Rocky Horror Halloween Bash β Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway. A scandalous night of tricks, treats and ghoulish surprises. 10 p.m. Oct. 31. $5. 795-0844.
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