11 ways to celebrate Halloween in Mesa
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Spooky season is here, and Mesa has everything from haunted houses and floating pumpkin patches to a "Bob's Burgers" takeover.
Here are 11 Halloween events to put on your calendar.
All month long
👻 Get seriously scared: Scarizona's three sprawling haunted attractions are on October weekends and some weeknights starting at 6:45pm. Tickets start at $25.
🌽 Get lost in a corn maze: Vertuccio Farms' Fall Festival runs all month with a 5-acre corn maze, pumpkin barn, petting zoo, giant slide, mini-golf and more. Admission is $17 and free for children 2 years old and under.
🌀 Get wonderfully weird: Idea Museum's "Artfully Absurd: Quirks, Questions and Creative Chaos" exhibition features offbeat art activities, embracing the strange and unexpected. 9am-4pm Tuesday-Saturday and noon-4pm Sunday. Admission is $12; and free for children 1 year old and under.
👹 Brave Sanctum of Horror: Two haunted mazes take over Superstition Springs Center. Starting at 7pm. Tickets start at $25.
- Younger kids can do a "Lights On" walkthrough and trick-or-treat in the daylight. 4-6pm, $10.
For history-loving spirits
🪦 Mesa stories among headstones: The Mesa Historical Museum's Cemetery Tour features narrators sharing the stories of pioneers, civic leaders, World War II aviation cadets and other people buried at Mesa Cemetery. 8-10am Saturday. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the event.
For the little boos
🎃 Pick a pumpkin — from a pool: Grab a floating pumpkin, play carnival games and catch a lifeguard costume contest at Mesa's Pumpkin Splash at Stapley Aquatic Complex. 3-5pm and 6-8pm Saturday; tickets are $10.
🍬 Downtown freebies: Businesses will give out candy, with games, crafts and cotton candy near Main and Macdonald streets. 10am-1pm Saturday. Free.
✈️ Trick-or-treat among airplanes: Falcon Field's Haunted Hangar opens its historic WWII hangar for costumes, candy and close-up looks at private aircraft. 8-11am Oct. 31. Free.
🎪 Hit a neighborhood carnival: Webster Recreation Center's Halloween Carnival will have games, activities and a new trunk-or-treat. 5:30-7:30pm Oct. 30. Free.
Halloween weekend, but make it weird
🍔 Step inside "Bob's Burgers": Worth Takeaway will transform for Halloween weekend, serving a special burger menu 9am-9pm on Oct. 30 and 31.
📚 Get haunted in the stacks: BookMaze becomes a Haunted Library, with a mildly spooky literary walk-through and a free outdoor trunk-or-treat with local authors. 6-9pm Oct. 30 and 31. Admission is $5.