Spooky season has come to North Central Florida. Whether you’re into parties, haunted houses, taking the kids trick-or-treating or watching a scary movie, the 352 always has a host of Halloween events during the month of October. Here’s your complete, hair-raising (or glass-raising) guide to the month’s events, along with features, scary stories, and much, much more.
The safe indoor event has been entertaining Ocala kids and families at the height of Halloween Season for more than a decade.
This elegant 21-and-up evening at the park offers an entertaining Halloween break from the kids.
Two weeks before Halloween, a guided walk through historic Ocala revealed the stories, houses, and lingering presences that never fully left the horse capital.
Ocala’s historic Fort King brings back “Phantoms in the Fort” and the Haunted Trail on Oct. 17.
The Lost Souls River Tour returns to Silver Springs State Park this October, pairing glass-bottom boat rides with spooky stories, mysterious legends and Halloween surprises along the Silver River.
The Lubee Bat Conservancy will celebrate 22 years of the Florida Bat Festival Oct. 24 with bats, conservation exhibits, family activities, food, live music and a Bats & Brews Beer Garden.
Lo-Fi Theatre Company is bringing “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to life with a live shadowcast at Ocala’s Marion Theatre on four nights in October.
Gates open at 4 p.m. and the match starts at 5 p.m., with Tailgate & Treat, costume contests and a Brooke USA mini-horse meet-and-greet on the sideline
The month many revelers and scare-me-sillies wait for all year is here, and there’s more than enough to do in North Central Florida this Halloween season.
From historic buildings and former hotels to a theater and an eerie stretch of road, these seven real places around the 352 have developed reputations for paranormal activity and spooky stories.