Complete Halloween Roundup For ALL Ages

October is that spooky, let-loose, and don’t-be-yourself time of year. Bring in the pumpkin harvest and have fun. Here are all the ways to spice up the autumn season in Rockville and beyond.

Pumpkin Patch Exploration
Friday, October 15, 2010
9 AM - 3:30 PM
Meet at Thomas Farm Community Center, 700 Fallsgrove Drive.
Students age 5-12 can spend the day at Butler’s Orchard. Registration required. Cost $25, residents; $35 nonresidents. Call 240-314-8840 for more information.

Halloween Family Funfest
Saturday, October 16, 2010
10 AM - 1 PM
Potomac Woods Plaza, 1075 Seven Locks Road
Come out for a costume parade, moonbounce, DJ, face painting and pumpkin decorating, story and craft time, safety tips, scarecrow making (bring any size pants with belt loops, long sleeved shirt and panty hose).

Mommy And Me Halloween Event
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
10 AM – 2 PM
Rockville Town Square
Join us for trick or treating, live entertainment, crafts, balloon art, story time, Kids Eat Free and more next Tuesday, October 19th from 10am-noon. Free to all registered Mommy and Me members.

“What’s Eating Edgar Allan Poe?” a multimedia performance for teens
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
3:30 PM
Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave.
It’s Teen Read Week™ 2010 from October 17-23. This year’s theme, “Books with Beat @ your library®,” encourages teens to read a variety of materials, such as poetry, audio books, books about music, etc. This is a special performance. Call 240-777-0140 for more details.

Croydon Creep
Friday, October 22, 2010
6-8 PM
Croydon Creek Nature Center
$1 per person at the door, Children under 2 free
Expect the absolutely best creepy nature experience in Rockville:
Hands-on Activities and Games
Spooky Nature Hike
Mad Science Shows
Halloween Crafts
This is always a crowded event because it’s that great! Contact: 240-314-8620 or 301-656-4111, ext. 743 for more info.

Pumpkins in the Park
Saturday, October 23, 2010
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Twinbrook Community Recreation Center
Pumpkins in the Park Registration required. Call: 240-314-8830.
Event Fee: $5 per child ages 4 and up

Braaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnnnsssssssssss!!!!!
Third Annual Silver Spring Zombie Walk
Saturday, October 23, 2010
7:30 PM
Downtown Silver Spring – the whole place.
I haven’t missed one and I’m not going to start now. I don’t care if it is not in Rockville, this is the event of the season so I’m making sure you know where the best Zombie fun will be. Dress up and drag along with the hundreds and hundreds or find a spot and enjoy the parade. This event keeps growing because it’s that snarly. Our fellow bloggers in Silver Spring started it and it’s a tribute to the power of blogging. So — don’t say I didn’t tell you — leave Rockville and survive the Zombie invasion.

Tiny Tots Pumpkin Patch
Tuesday, Oct. 26
10 AM to 12 PM
Thomas Farm Community Center, 700 Fallsgrove Drive.
Come in costume. Cost $2 per child. Open to ages 5 and younger. Call 240-314-8840 for more information.

Discussion of “The Raven” and “To Helen” by Edgar Allen Poe
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
3 PM
Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Dr.
Part of the Big Read program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture and bring together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. Call 240-777-0240.

Halloween Haunt
October 30, 2010
2 - 4 PM
Thomas Farm Community Center
Come in costume for a day of fun. Event Fee: $2 per person at the door.

Halloween Charity Event and Haunted House
Saturday, October 30, 2010
5-8 PM
Lincoln Park Community Center
Ages: 7-14 Cost: $2 (50 percent of proceeds to the Youth Recreation Fund)

Bloooooooooodddddd!!!!!!
Vampire Halloween Blood Drive
Sunday, October 31
Noon-5 PM
Congressional Plaza
The Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation will host a Halloween Blood Drive to benefit Inova Blood Services. Participants are encouraged to come in costume. Pre-registration info here.

Remember: Check event details because they often change. Stay safe and have fun!

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