Get your costumes ready because Halloween is right around the corner. There are festivals, arts and crafts, haunted tours, movie screenings and more.
The events range from creepy and spooky to not-so-scary and kid-friendly:
HAMPTON
- Haunted Horse Rides – Oct. 9 – Nov. 4, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission: $1.
- Halloween Event – Oct. 20-31 (multiple times). Free.
- Hampton Horror Tours – Oct. 22-26, 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Admission: $10 advance.
- Halloween Movie & Parade – Oct. 25, 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free.
- Hocus Pocus – Oct. 26-31 (multiple times)..
- Monster Bash – Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Free.
- 4th Annual Halloween Family Fest – Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free.
- Mummy Rock Decorating – Oct. 27, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m
- Monster Slime & Jar – Oct. 27, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Free.
- Halloween Block Party – Oct. 27, 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Free..
- Night at the Museum – Oct. 29, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free.
- Mall-Wide Trick-or-Treat – Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Scare Hunger Halloween Fundraiser – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission: $10.
- Halloween ComicFest 2018 – Oct. 31, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Rocky Horror Picture Show – Oct. 31, 8 p.m.
Trick-or-Treating is for children ages 12 and under from dusk until 8 p.m.
NEWPORT NEWS
- Monster Bash at Grissom Library – Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free.
- Mini Maker – Oct. 24, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Free.
- Horror Film Screening: IT – Oct. 26, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free.
- Haunted House and Trunk or Treat – Oct. 26, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free.
- Monster Bash – Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Free.
- Historic Hilton Fall Festival – Oct. 27, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Monster Slime & Jar – Oct. 27, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Free.
- Halloween ComicFest – Oct. 27, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free.
- Halloween Party at Play & Co – Oct. 27 (multiple times).
- Fright Light at the Virginia Living Museum – Oct. 27 (multiple times).
- Halloween Fall Fest – Oct. 27, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Halloween Pub Run – Oct. 29, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Glow in the Dark Storytime – Oct. 30, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Free.
- Halloween Ghost Walk – Oct. 30, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Halloween at Peninsula Fine Arts Center – Oct. 31, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free.
- Halloween Craft for Kids – Oct. 31, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free.
- Spooktacular at Denbigh Community Center – Oct. 31, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Dia de los Muertos – Nov. 1, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free.
- Dia de los Muertos Picnic & Movie: Coco – Nov. 2, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Free.
Trick-or-Treating is for children ages 12 and under and ends no later than 8 p.m. Adults accompanying trick-or-treaters may not wear masks.

