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Whether you’re checking under the bed to make sure there aren’t any goblins hiding out or you’ve tucked your own favorite monster into bed, there’s still plenty of fun for the adults to enjoy in Fayetteville and Cumberland County, this spooky season.
Hallowe'en Revels “Seance and Secrets” at the 1987 Poe House

Assist recent widow, Mrs. Poe, and her famed medium Madame Graham with reuniting the Poes to commune in love at the 1897 Poe House for Hallowe’en Revels: Seance and Secrets. Experience 45 minutes of interactive theatrical performances by Sweet Tea Shakespeare actors inside the 1897 Poe House, once inhabited by the two. Explore the motivations behind the Victorian spiritualism movement, how mediums performed tricks that deceived their viewers, and the counter movement that came about to expose mediums as frauds.

Purchase tickets for Hallowe’en Revels: Seance and Secrets, October 10-11 or October 17-19 from 6:00-10:00 p.m.

 

Trick or Treat at the EA Poe House
The Celebrity Shot at Archives

Relax and raise a glass at Fayetteville’s premier discreet and cozy speakeasy, Archives, for the “Celebrity Shot,” Wednesday, October 29.

Archives shine a light on local organizations by enlisting a rockstar representative to shake up delicious drinks for all who pull up a seat.

Experience a laid-back evening of insightful discussion over cocktails and a dazzling performance from the “Celebrity Bartender.”

Catch future celebrity performances every last Wednesday of the month.

Halloween Ghost Hunt in Fayetteville

Combine the challenge of an outdoor escape room, the excitement of a scavenger hunt, and the suspense of a thriller mystery in this role-playing adventure of hunting ghosts through the streets of Cool Spring Downtown District for the Halloween Ghost Hunt. The thrill-seeking hunt is part outdoor escape room, part scavenger hunt, and part walking tour from Thursday, October 30, to Sunday, November 2. You’ll have 90 minutes and just your phone and game guiding app, Questo, to crack the chilling mystery.

Zombie Paintball and Haunted House in Fayetteville

Survive the 20-minute zombie hayride, then navigate about 400 acres of zombie-stricken land with your friends and family at this year’s Zombie Paintball Hayride and Haunted House presented by Black Ops Paintball and Airsoft. Endure heart-racing thrills through blinding dark woods as you defend yourself from the waves of zombies and ghouls. Shoot the walking dead in close-range environments with an automatic electric airsoft paintball marker, created to closely resemble a tactical firearm with glowing ammo.

Zombie Paintball and Haunted House is open to the public beginning at 7 p.m. every Friday and Saturday for October.

Halloween at the BOOtanical Garden​

Stroll an enchanted 80-acre Cape Fear Botanical Garden specially curated to combine nature and imagination at the BOOtanical Garden. From October 23-26, immerse yourself in harmony in nature, take in thousands of lights and light displays, animations, food and beverages, vendor markets, and photo opportunities.

Halloween Night Market

Get festive in your spookiest Halloween costume, grab your favorite lawn chair or blanket, and join Gaston Brewing Taproom on October 11 for a scary cinematic experience at the Halloween Night Market. At Gaston Brewing Company's second location, Gaston Brewing Taproom, has collaborated with Creative Corner Markets to offer a night of shopping with 25 vendors, adult beverages, food truck dining, and free trick-or-treating curated specifically for adults.

Zombie Walk Prom Night

Calling all undead zombies to the annual prom night stroll on Hay Street in the Cool Spring Downtown District, Saturday, October 25, from 6-10 p.m. All living monsters are welcome to take part in listening to live terrifying tunes, street performances, a costume contest, wrestling by Ring Wars Carolina Pro Wrestling, street make-up artists, and local galleries and shops decorated in gruesome gore as they roam the horror-stricken streets of Downtown Fayetteville.

Ghost and Goblins Beer Mile

This year’s Ghost and Goblins Beer Mile tops the list for one of the best ways to be prepared for a zombie apocalypse, should it occur. Join Rogue Alpha Athletics at Dirtbag Ales Brewery and Taproom for a one-mile course run, jog, walk, or crawl of your choice. All participants, whether you break a sweat on the course or cheer monsters and gremlins on from the sideline, can enjoy a refreshing 4-to 10-ounce beer of their liking, and watch keg carry relays with the purchase of a ticket.

Check-in begins at 2 p.m. and the elite wave to start the race is slated for 2:15 p.m.

Vinyl Market at Dirtbag

Crate diggers can celebrate Halloween by connecting with fellow music lovers and discovering rare records, cassettes, movies, and music memorabilia.

 

Spend Saturday, November 1, with Record & Music Collectors for Vinyl Market at Dirtbag Ales Brewery and Taproom to explore new cuts or add rare finds to your collection while enjoying food truck favorites and craft beers on tap.

No Skips Thriller

The legendary lyric ”you try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it,”  by silver glove-wearing icon Michael Jackson, just has a special way of kick-starting the spooky season. Join R&B and Hip-Hop lovers and the NO Skips album club at Dirtbag Ales as they spin back in time through the playing of Jackson’s entire pop album, Thriller. Sing along to your favorite tunes while coloring custom color sheets, while food from Napkins, and craft beer are only a walkable distance away.

Records for sale in Westdale Vintage store
Day of the Dead Masquerade Ball at Paddy’s

Honor the deceased with a celebration of the dead on the dance floor. Get dressed in your finest costumes and head down to Paddy’s Irish Public House for the Day of the Dead Masquerade Ball on Saturday, November 1. Capture pictures at the photo booth, receive tarot card readings by Mama Ro, Voodoo Priestess, get your sugar skull face paintings by Sarah Sandrock as Rockabilly band THEM and DJ Epic keep the party dead.

The undead are free to enter the ball at no cost before 9 p.m. The party will be going from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

 
Backwoods Terror Ranch

Encounter your most horrifying nightmares become a reality at the Backwoods Terror Ranch, where Dr. Surgeon’s experiments have gone horribly wrong. Friday, October 24 through Saturday, November 1, from 7-11 p.m., at Sweet Valley Ranch, three different fixings of fear await you, your friends, and family: The Sunnyside Sanctum, The Slaughterhouse, and The Dystopian Abyss. Picture the asylum as a breeding ground of decay, inhabited by dangerous individuals who live by their own laws within crumbling walls. The haunting slaughterhouse contains all the inhumane experiments where torturous cries fill the chilling atmosphere. Take a blood-curdling journey into the depths of the abyss, where creatures lie in the shadows waiting to prey on the unassuming.

Backwoods Terror Ranch
The Haunted Hallows Presents: Twisted’s Tales of Terror​

Experience adrenaline rushes like never before with loud bangs, strobe lights flashing, blinding fog, jump scares, and horrific scenery at the Twisted’s Tales of Terror presented by Haunted Hallows. Confront your fears come true in witnessing headless horsemen, widowed witches, and grim reapers take over open acreage in Godwin, NC, every Friday and Saturday in October and November 1st and 2nd.

The proceeds from your night of panic will benefit Edward and Elijah in their fight against cancer.

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