Weekender: 32 things to do in Charlotte this Halloween weekend

Friday, October 25

🎊 Head to Sycamore Brewing for prizes, festive bites, cocktails and live music. | Free | 12-9pm | Details

🎉 Party at Seoul Food in South End with food, spirits, karaoke, a costume contest and prizes. | $30-$40 | 9pm-2am | Details

🎨 Check out the Queen's Carnival Music & Arts festival with live music and DJs, art installations and vendors at The Music Yard at Southbound. | $39.77+ | Runs through Saturday | Details

🇺🇸 See former president Barack Obama in Charlotte as he makes a stop to rally for Vice President Kamala Harris.| Free | 12-9pm | Details

🍗 Hearken back to ye olde times at the Carolina Renaissance Festival with performance stages, hands-on games, rides, food and an artisan marketplace. | $20-$34 | Runs through Nov. 24 | Details

😱 Get spooked at SCarowinds. | $49.99+ | Runs through Sunday | Details

🐶 Take the pups to SPOOKTOWN at Skiptown so your furry friend can participate in Halloween festivities from costumes to decor. | Price varies | Runs through Oct. 31 | Details

🍷 Enjoy a Halloween candy, cheese and a wine pairing event at Wine Loft in South End. | $60 | 5:30pm | Details

🍸 Visit one of the many spooky-themed pop-up bars in Charlotte. | Prices vary | Times vary | Details

Saturday, October 26

🍻 Wear your costume to the annual Rich & Bennet Halloween Bar Crawl with more than 25 participating bars in Uptown. Proceeds benefit Carolina Breast Friends. | $10-$25 | 1-10pm | Details

🛍️ Shop from a pop-up market with items from several local businesses at Victoria Yards. | Free | 12-6pm | Details

👻 Celebrate Halloween at the U.S. Whitewater Center after dark with illuminated treehouses, balance bikes, pumpkin painting and an outdoor screening of a not-too-spooky movie. | Prices vary | 4-8pm | Details

🍬 Put on your costumes and trick-or-treat at 30+ participating businesses with a candy crawl at Camp North End. | Free | 5-7pm | Details

🎶 Watch the live stream of Concert for Carolina, a benefit concert to raise money for communities in western North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene. | Free for those in areas affected by Helene and $24.99 in unaffected areas. | 12-8pm | Details

🐶 Take your pup in their costume to Swirl for a chance to win a prize. | Free | 2-11pm | Details

🍻 Pull up to Sugar Creek Brewing in your costumes to watch Halloween movies over spooky-themed drinks and live music.| Free | 11am | Details

🤣 Laugh the night away in a "that's what she said" comedy session at Charlotte Comedy Theater. | $15 | 8pm | Details

🍭 Go to Town Brewing Co. as a family dressed in costumes for a trick-or-treating night market.| Free | 3-8pm | Details

🦪 Eat oysters on the patio of SupperClub SouthEnd. The second annual oyster roast comes with a crawfish boil and live music. | Prices vary | 1pm | Details

🎃 Stop by Vaulted Oak Brewing for a pumpkin carving and dog costume contest, plus music from a DJ. | Free | 1pm | Details

🏃‍♀️ Run, jog or walk in NoDa's Freaky 5K while wearing a costume and stick around for a post-party run at NoDa Company Store. | $45 | 5pm | Details

🤵‍♂️ Wear a 1960s-style costume to the Duke Mansion's Truman Capote-themed party with dancing, food and drinks. Ticket sales support the Duke Mansion. | $150 | 8pm | Details

🍫 Cruise into a trunk or treat at Gibson Mill with a car decked out in Halloween decor for prizes, raffles, vendors and food. | Free | 9am-1pm| Details

Sunday, October 27

🎃 Marvel at the 20th annual Great Elizabeth Pumpkin Wall in Elizabeth (2017 Greenway Ave.) | Free | 6:45pm. | Details

🛥️ Pull up to to boat trunk or treat at Papa Doc's Shore Club in Lake Wylie. Expect Halloween-themed cocktails, pumpkin beer and candy for the kiddos. | Free | 5pm | Details

🏓 Play a game of pickleball in your costumes at Rally. | $45 | 9:30am | Details

💐 Pick your own flowers at McLawland Farms and create a fall bouquet for the house. | $12.50-$36.50 | Times vary | Details

⚽️ Participate in a variety of sports tournaments including volleyball, soccer, pickleball, kickball, softball and ultimate frisbee to raise money for Hurricane Helene relief efforts. | $20-$200 | 1pm | Details

🕯️Learn how to make a fall-scented skull candle at The Market at 7th Street that you can take home. | $35 | 4pm | Details

🌽 Find your way out of Rural Hill's corn maze in Huntersville. | $13-$20 | Runs through Oct. 27 | Details

🎃 Pick the perfect pumpkin at Hodges Family Farm. | $5 parking. Pumpkin prices vary. | Runs through Oct. 31 | Details

🎡 Take a day trip to the State Fair in Raleigh. Expect rides, bizarre food and attractions. | Prices vary | Runs through Oct. 27 | Details

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