Hillsborough County

  • Pop-Up Pumpkin Patch: A luxury Fall experience awaits at the JW Marriott in Tampa. They will transform their sixth-floor lawn into a Pop-Up Pumpkin Patch, serving up seasonal cocktails and Fall favorite dishes to enjoy over the spectacular view of the Tampa Bay Area. This patch comes complete with a pumpkin carving station!

  • Central Avenue East Tour: Go on an Expert Guided Tour of the historic Central Avenue District of Tampa, also called “the Harlem of the South”. Ersula Odom takes guests on a 90-minute journey through the life of Tampa’s African-American community from 1890 to 1960. This tour will stop at the Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library, Jackson House and Perry Harvey, Sr. Park!

  • Creatures of the Night at ZooTampa: You’ll never expect what is lurking in the shadows at ZooTampa! Creatures of the Night is one of Tampa’s best family Halloween events where families of ghouls can enjoy animal encounters, spooky scares, and Halloween goodies. This year the zoo’s scariest resident is Blackwater Mattie, the Swamp Witch!

  • A Night at the Museum: The Tampa Bay History Center comes alive for a Night at the Museum! Pirates, pioneers, and other explorers wander the galleries to meet and greet any who dare to stay after dark. Museum-goers can enjoy trick-or-treating, a costume contest, photo ops, crafts, and fun games.

Pasco County

  • Kids Halloween Event: This kid-friendly party is jam-packed with frighteningly fun festivities, like karaoke, Halloween pottery painting, costume contests, and even a costume parade! Prizes for the costume contest include special discounts and coupons for Tiny Town rentals and Pottery Studio experiences.

  • Wesley Chapel Fall Festival: This beloved Pasco Fall Festival is back again this year! The Wesley Chapel Fall Festival is the ultimate celebration of the autumnal season. If we listed all the fun things Tampa Premium Outlets has planned for this weekend, we would run out of space! Come hang out in the pumpkin patch, eat from over 40 food trucks, and play games and ride rides at the returning Wesley Chapel Fall Festival Carnival.

  • Hallowrink: The most paranormal thing of all… Ice in Florida! You can scare while you skate for one evening only at AdventHealth’s Center Ice! Hallowrink is a special Saturday night of ghoulish-themed ice skating with games, prizes, contests, and much more. The admission price includes skate rentals!

Pinellas County

  • Rocktoberfest: Rock out Oktoberfest style in St. Pete this weekend with a killer lineup of 11 live bands helping Pinellas celebrate a long-standing German tradition. Rocktoberfest, coming to downtown St. Pete’s Williams Park this Friday through Sunday, is sure to be a hit bringing together some of the best food, beer, vendors, and live music in the area. Tickets are a measly $5 per person!

  • Pumpkin Patch Fun: DK Farm’s Fall Festival Pumpkin Patch has all your favorite patch activities to cap off your October. Enjoy hayrides, pony rides, mechanical bull riding, barrel train rides (Yes, lots of rides I know!), a corn beach, mini golf, photo ops, petting zoos, and of course a pumpkin patch to root around in. Online ticket sales end at 9am, after that tickets are door price!

Sarasota/Manatee Counties

  • Trick-or-Treat Festival: Eat, drink, and be scary at this Family-Friendly Trick-or-Treat Festival! Get tons of candy while trick-or-treating, go around in a spooked-up golf cart, and enjoy refreshments from the Halloween buffet. Dress in your best costume to enter the costume contest and win prizes! Food, drinks, and activities are included in the ticket.

  • BooFest: Suit up for this FREE Halloween parade and collect as many treats and goodies are you can hold. BooFest is returning to Lakewood Main Street in a big way! Bring your own bag to fill, grub on local vendor creations, and dress up for the children’s costume parade.

Polk County

  • Wings ‘N Things: Discover the incredible inventions of Aerospace for FREE this Saturday at the Aerospace Center for Excellence, Wings ‘N Things! You can launch stomp rockets, fly foam gliders, builds balsa gliders, spy the sky in a planetarium, study solar observation, and loads more. Win cool prizes at the Scavenger Hunt!

  • Pioneer Days Festival: Honor local inventors and trailblazers and award new ones at the Lake Wales History Museum Pioneer Days Festival. The festival is home to antique tractors, cars, live music, great food, beer, and wine. There are Fall festivities too like a pumpkin patch, corn crib, hay piles, craft stations, games, and face painting!

Citrus County

  • Trunk-or-Treat: This ghoul-iteful trick-or-treat adventure is sure to be a hit with the young ones! The Royal Dalton House’s Trunk-or-Treat is a special Halloween celebration with a costume contest, a pet parade led by Dutch the therapy dog, and trick-or-treat fun. The proceeds raised will enrich the lives of the seniors of The Royal Dalton House, which offers assisted living and memory care services with lots of great activities!

  • Halloween Golf Cart Poker Run: Spruce up your ride and brush up on your poker skills for this poker run in Homosassa. The Heron Hop Halloween Golf Cart Poker Run encourages folks to decorate a Halloween golf cart (or other vehicles of their choice) and follow a parade, building their best poker hand along the way. When they reach the end of the line, prizes will be awarded for the best poker hand and spookiest decorated vehicles!

Lee County

  • Gulf Coast Symphony Haunted Halloween: Be enchanted by the magic of the Gulf Coast Symphony at their spooky Haunted Halloween Symphonic Concert! Enjoy lobby activities before the show like trick-or-treating, a costume contest, and a musical discovery zone. The stage will come to life at 2pm this Sunday!

Hernando County

  • Pumpkin Patch: Brooksville, there is a perfect pumpkin patch in your area too! While the family chooses a pumpkin, try your hand at axe throwing or ride in a monster truck! You can also play fun games and enter to win the costume contest. The Brooksville Pumpkin Patch will surely be a hoot!

Charlotte County

  • Zombie Prom: The undead can feel alive at this Zombie Prom in Punta Gorda! Made for all ages, this Prom celebration awards prizes for the best costumes, hands out candy for trick or treating, and pumps hit Halloween jams. Get ready to boogie with the Boogie Man!