Coney Island is freakier than usual come Halloween
CREEPSHOW AT THE FREAKSHOW
Coney Island Sideshows by the Seashore
3006 West 12th St. at Surf Ave.
Admission: $8 adults, $5 kids under twelve
718-372-5159
http://www.coneyisland.com
Through Saturday, October 31 Adult-oriented spookhouse, including creepy tour of building, lots of freaks, and live entertainment as Scarry Rotter and Dummydorf battle the Dark Lord to save the quaint and quiet carny village of Coney Island from being turned into a theme park
HALLOWEEN IN THE PARKS
Multiple Locations
Admission: free
http://www.nycgovparks.org
Through Sunday, November 1 Halloween celebrations will be taking place in parks all over the city, with different events at each location, from haunted houses and pumpking carving and chucking to costume workshops and haunted tours, including Owl’s Head Park, Fort Greene Park, Marine Park, Inwood Hill Park, Fort Totten Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Morningside Park, Conference House Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Riverside Park, Fort Greene Park, and others
BLOOD MANOR
542 West 27th St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Tickets: $25-$30
877-340-3002
http://www.bloodmanor.com
Through Saturday, November 7 Haunted house features special guest Disgraceland
NIGHTMARE: VAMPIRES
SoHo Event Center
623 Broadway at Houston & Mercer Sts.
Tickets: $30-$60
212-929-2963
http://www.hauntedhousenyc.com
Through Saturday, November 7 Get right in the middle of a classic horror story set in the Museum of Vampyric Artifacts
SPIRITED EVENTS
Merchant’s House Museum
29 East Fourth St. between Lafayette St. and the Bowery
212-777-1089
http://www.merchantshouse.com
Thursday, October 29
and
Friday, October 30 Candlelight Ghost Tour, featuring re-created scenes relating true tales of “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House,” reservations required, $25, 6:00 – 10:00 pm
Saturday, October 31 Family Friendly Ghost Tours to Make Your Halloween a Scream, for children ages seven to twelve, $10, 12 noon – 5:00 pm
Saturday, October 31 Spine Tingling & True: Ghost Stories of the Merchant’s House Museum, with Anthony Bellov, $25, 7:00 & 9:00
HALLOWEEN IS HAPPENING
Trinity Church
Broadway at Wall St.
Admission: free
212-602-0800
http://www.trinitywallstreet.org
Friday, October 30 Family Fun, North Churchyard, 4:00 – 6:00
Friday, October 30 Haunted Hamilton Happy Hour, alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks available, South Churchyard, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Friday, October 30 Screening of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Rupert Julian), accompanied by Robert Ridgell on the pipe organ, contributions welcome, Trinity Church, 8:00
HISTORIC HALLOWEEN
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
421 East 61st St.
Tickets: $5-$15
212-838-6878
http://www.mvhm.or
Friday, October 30 Candlelight tour with spooky stories told by Gerald Fierst, family tour 6:00, adults only 7:15
THE PARTY SHOW: HALLOWEEN
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main St.
Tickets: $10-$15
718-222-8500
http://www.galapagosartspace.com
Friday, October 30 Trixie Little & the Evil Hate Monkey’s Party Show, with Albert Cadabra, Lil Miss Lixx, Mr. Gorgeous, and DJ Momo Taro, hosted by Miss Astric, 10:30
The Procession of Ghouls is an annual Halloween highlight at St. John the Divine
HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Ave. at 112th St.
212-316-7540
http://www.stjohndivine.org
Friday, October 30 Screening of NOSFERATU (F. W. Murnau, 1922), with live organ accompaniment by Timothy Brumfield, followed by procession of puppets, creatures, and special effects, $20, 7:00 & 10:00
Saturday, October 31 Crypt Crawls, $10-$12, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday, October 31 Morning of the Gargoyles, $8 per child with accompanying adult, 10:00 am – 12 noon
CELEBRATE THE DAY OF THE DEAD!
Metropolitan Museum of Art Uris Center for Education
1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St.
Free with museum admission
212-650-2833
http://www.metmuseum.org
Saturday, October 31 Bilingual celebration for families, featuring gallery talks, live performances, films, and workshops, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
HAUNTED HALLOWEEN
World Financial Center Winter Garden
225 Vesey St.
Admission: free
212-945-2600
http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com
Saturday, October 31 Trick or treating at special spooky stations in the World Financial Center, 12 noon – 3:00 pm
HALLOWEEN KIDS KARNIVAL
Hudson River Park
Pier 46 at Charles St.
Admission: free (some activities cost $2)
212-627-2020
http://www.hudsonriverpark.org
Saturday, October 31 Spooktacular children’s activities, the Striking Viking Story Pirates, and more, 12 noon – 6:00 pm
EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS/DAY OF THE DEAD
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
George Gustav Heye Center
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
1 Bowling Green
Admission: free
212-514-3737
http://www.nmai.si.edu
Saturday, October 31 Performances, storytelling, and workshops honoring the memory of the departed, featuring Danza Mexica Cetiliztli Nauhcampa, Elvira, Hortensia Colorado, Tlisza Jaurique , Marcus Xilliox, hands-on workshops, and the Dedication of the Altar, 1:00 – 5:00
Halloween at the American Museum of Natural History is always good for a scare
HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West & 79th St.
Admission: $10
212-769-5200
http://www.amnh.org
Saturday, October 31 Fourteenth annual spooktacular celebration featuring arts and crafts, cartoon characters, origami workshop, pumpkin carving, and live performances; come in costume and go trick-or-treating through the exhibits, 2:00 – 5:00
HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE
Queens Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway
Admission: $4 (hayrides additional $2)
718-347-3243
http://www.queensfarm.org
Saturday, October 31 Haunted house, hayrides, apple and pumpkin treats, mulled cider, and more, 4:00 – 7:00
BAM street festival has become a Brooklyn Halloween tradition
BAMboo! BAM UNDER THE SEA
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Ave. between Ashland Pl. & St. Felix St.
Admission: free
718-636-4100
http://www.bam.org
Saturday, October 31 Eighth annual street festival featuring free trick-or-treat bags, a haunted garden, children’s costume contest, and carnival performances, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL
Theater for the New City
155 First Ave. at Tenth St.
Outdoor entertainment: free, 5:00 to 8:00 pm
Indoor tickets: $20, 8:00 pm to 1:00 am
212-254-1109
http://www.theaterforthenewcity.net
Saturday, October 31 Thirty-third annual event featuring free outdoor party from 5:00 to 8:00, with stilt walkers, jugglers, fire-eaters, vaudeville and burlesque entertainment, and the Red and Black Masque medieval ritual show, followed by ticketed indoor party featuring the Witches’ Cauldron grand buffet, Monsters and Miracles Costume Parade and contest at 11:30, and live music from the Great Paprika Band and the Hot Lavendar Swing Band
VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE
Sixth Ave. from Spring to 22nd Sts.
Marchers meet at 6:30, parade starts at 7:00
Admission: free
http://halloween-nyc.com
Saturday, October 31 Thirty-sixth annual parade, featuring more than fifty bands, dance groups, and more
The Misfits are back at B.B.'s for annual Halloween ritual
HALLOWEEN WITH THE MISFITS
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42nd St. between Seventh & Eighth Aves.
Tickets: $26.50-$30
212-997-4144
http://www.bbkingblues.com
Saturday, October 31 Jerry Only, Dez, and Robo celebrate Halloween, with Stigma and the Zombie Mafia, 8:00
WITCHES MASQUERADE BALL
The Delancey
168 Delancey SDt.
Tickets: $25-$30
212-254-9920
http://charmedbystarr.com
Saturday, October 31 A Night for All Vamps, Pagans, Witches, Druids, Goths, Faerie Folk, Magickal Fold, Indigos, and Urbanites, featuring live music, theater, dance, and DJs, with costume contest, psychics, Gothic bellydancing class, the Lifting of the Veils, a midnight Samhain ritual, a raffle, and more, with proceeds benefiting the Make a Wish Foundation and the NYC Pagan Council, 8:00
HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE BALL
Grand Ballroom, downtown location
Tickets: $20-$2,500
917-721-1760
http://www.toshifilm.com
Saturday, October 31 Annual crazy party at a location to be announced to ticket holders, 9:00 pm – 3:00 am
SCARED SILLY!
Prospect Park
718-965-8999
http://www.prospectpark.org
Saturday, October 31 Annual Halloween Haunted Walk and Carnival, featuring monsters on Lookout Hill, carnival on the Nethermead, live music, hayrides, games, candy, and more, suggested donation $1, 12 noon – 3:00
Saturday, October 31
and
Sunday, November 1 Haunted Carousel ($1.50), 12 noon – 5:00
HALLOWEEN AT GREEN-WOOD
Green-Wood Cemetery Landmark Gothic Archway, Brooklyn
Fifth Ave. at 25th St. entrance
Tickets: $10-$20
718-768-7300
http://www.green-wood.com
Saturday, October 31
and
Sunday, November 1 Two Historic Fund Tours, with tales of murder, mayhem, spirits, and ghosts, 1:00