Credit: AFAR.com
Credit: AFAR.com
For a place that was dubbed the Holy City, there sure are a lot of sinister and ghoulish activities during the Halloween season. Check out what Charleston has to offer below (be sure to visit the extensive EVENTS page for ALL activities).
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Multi-Day Events Through 10/31 (unless noted otherwise):
- Boone Hall Fright Nights – Boone Hall Plantation, Fridays and Saturdays: Dark – 12 am, All other days: Dark – 10 pm
- Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch – Boone Hall, M-Sat: 9 am – 6 pm & Sun, 11 am – 6 pm
- Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze – Legare Farms (Every weekend in October), Fri: 3 pm-9 pm, Sat: 10 am – 9 pm, Sun: 1 pm – 6 pm
- Ghost and Graveyard Walking Tours from Bulldog Tours – Various, Daily
- Ghosts of the South – Various, Daily
- West Farm Corn Maze – West Farm (Moncks Corner), Fridays, 5 pm – 10 pm, Saturdays, 12 pm – 10 pm, and Sundays, 1 pm – 8 pm (Through Nov. 4).
- Yorktown Ghost Tours – Various
Here are the one-off events:
- 10/17 – 10/19/13: Halloween in the Swamp – Cypress Gardens
- 10/17-10/19, 10/24-26, 10/31/13: The Woman in Black – Woolfe Street Playhouse
- 10/17/13: Birth of the Living Dead – Recital Hall, Simons Center for the Arts
- 10/18-10/19, 10/25-10/26/13: 5th Annual Family Fright Nights – Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
- 10/20/13: 4th Annual Zombie Walk – Marion Square
- 10/22/13: Chick-fil-A Trunk or Treat – Chick-fil-A, 1656 Savannah Highway, West Ashley
- 10/24/13: Chick-fil-A Trunk or Treat – Chick-fil-A, 3102 Iron Clad Alley, North Mt. Pleasant
- 10/24/13: Monster Bash – Joe Riley Park
- 10/24/13: Pumpkin Carving Contest – Poe’s Tavern, Sullivan’s Island
- 10/25/13: Halloween Carnival – St. Andrews Parks and Playgrounds – St. Andrew's Gymnasium, 1095 Playground Road
- 10/25/13: 8th Annual Halloween Howler Bar Crawl – Various, Downtown
- 10/25/13: Halloween Havoc – Ocean Cowboys, Ladson
- 10/25/13: Re-Trend Halloween Costume Swap – Tin Roof
- 10/25/13: Trick or Treat in the Park – Hampton Park
- 10/26/13: Fall Fun House – Children's Museum of the Lowcountry
- 10/26/13: Halloween Classical Kids Concert – Charleston Museum
- 10/26/13: Halloween Extravaganza w/ Hymn For Her & Costume Challenge – Tattooed Moose
- 10/26/13: Harvest Moon Hayride and Ghost Walk – Town Square, Summerville
- 10/26/13: North Charleston Harvest Festival and Block Party – Olde Village of North Charleston (East Montague Avenue near Park Circle)
- 10/26/13: The Second Annual Pumpkin Classic – Monster Music & Movies
- 10/26/13: rUNdead Charleston 5k – Wannamaker County Park
- 10/26/13: Skinful Halloween – Brick House Kitchen
- 10/26/13: The 3rd Annual Super Scary SUP Race – Folly Beach
- 10/27/13: Halloween Cover Show 2013 – Tin Roof
- 10/27/13: Horror Movie Night – Mad River
- 10/28/13: Pumpkin Carving – Home Team BBQ, Sullivans Island
- 10/29/13: Dracula: Ballet With a Bite – Sottile Theatre
- 10/29/13: Fish or Treat! (Members Only) – South Carolina Aquarium
- 10/30/13: Pre-Halloween Party Costume Contest – Mynt
- 10/31/13: An Uh oh, Duo! Halloween: The Royal Tinfoil and Megan Jean – TIn Roof
- 10/31/13: Bees Landing Ghostly Get Together – Bees Landing Recreation Center
- 10/31/13: Halloween Carnival – Folly Beach
- 10/31/13: Halloween Party – Home Team BBQ (West Ashley and Sullivan’s Island)
- 10/31/13: Halloween Party – Taco Boy
- 10/31/13: The Haunted Warehouse: A Halloween Party – The Warehouse
- 10/31/13: Isle of Palms Halloween Carnival – The Isle of Palms Recreation Center
- 10/31/13: Republic’s 3-day Halloween Extravaganza – Republic Garden & Lounge
- 10/31/13: Rocky Horror Halloween Party – Tides Hotel
- 10/31/13: Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest – South Carolina Aquarium
- 11/1/13: Republic’s 3-day Halloween Extravaganza – Republic Garden & Lounge
- 11/2/13: Republic’s 3-day Halloween Extravaganza – Republic Garden & Lounge
- 11/9/13: Candy Buyback and Fall Festival – Cornerstone Children's Dentistry, 2075 Charlie Hall Blvd., West Ashley
