Boo! Haunted Happenings in the Sebago Lakes, Sanford Lakes, and Belgrade Lakes Regions of Maine

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Boo! Haunted Happenings in the Sebago Lakes, Sanford Lakes, and Belgrade Lakes Regions of Maine


When you need to take a break from hunting for lakefront property you won’t want to miss these spooktacular events taking place throughout the Sebago Lakes, York County/Sanford Lakes and Belgrade Lakes Regions of Maine. From town parties to old-fashioned haunted houses, frightful hayrides and thriller dances, the spirits are sure to come alive at any of these events.
October 22-25, 28-31, The Original Haunted Hayrides™, Maine’s Most Visited Halloween Event in a Bigger, even Scarier Haunted Forest! Acres of horrors and creatures of the night to frighten you out of your skin, laughs, thrills and chills, free spider cider and deadly donuts, $13/adults, $9/children, group rates available, reservations suggested, next to Scarborough Downs, Payne Road, Scarborough. FMI: 207.885.5935, www.hauntedhayridesmaine.com.
October 23, 6-9 p.m. Halloween Night Hike, get into the spooky spirit, special Halloween displays, Haunted Tree Trail, wear your costumes, door prizes,  $7/adults, $5/seniors and children 5-12, Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26A, Gray, 207.657.4977, www.state.me.us/ifw/education/wildlifepark.
 
October 23-25 and 30-31, Haunted Schoolhouse, old-fashioned haunted house with a “safe room” with crafts and games for youngsters, $12/adults, $10/students, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Richville Road, Sebago Lake Village, 207.642.3743, www.schoolhousearts.org.
October 23-24, 30-31 6:30-9:30 p.m. The Haunting, Join the ghosts and goblins haunting the 1832 43-room building and campus of the Parsonsfield Abnormal School, $10/person, $5/12 and under, Parsonsfield Seminary, Route 160N, Parsonsfield, 207.359,4233, www.parsonsfieldseminary.com.
October 24, noon-6 p.m. Pumpkin Harvest Festival, hosted by Saco Spirit, events throughout the day including pumpkin carving, games, trick or treating, contests, a maze, parade and more, rain date: Oct 25, Main Street, Saco, www.sacospirit.com.
October 24, 1-4 p.m. Up to age 11 and their parents, Halloween party including games, crafts, paper pumpkin decorating, costume judging, a “haunted barn” tour and refreshments, $5/members, $7/all others, reservations required, 6:30-9:30 p.m., activities for ages 12 and up, 19th Century Willowbrook Village, 68 Elm Street, Newfield, 207.793.2784, www.willowbrookmuseum.org.
October 24, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Carved Pumpkin contest, bring your own Jack O’Lantern to the Brewster Museum, prizes awarded, 3:30 p.m. registration, walk begins at 4 sharp, “Spirit Walk,” South Berwick Cemetery Tour, $10, includes nine black-caped figures, representing figures of the area’s past, “Spirit Walk” Reception to follow at Royal Brewster Barn with mulled cider and cookies, Historic Tory Hill Meeting House, Routes 112 and 202, Bar Mills. 207.929.6495 or 207.929.8895, www.southbuxtoncemetery.com.
October 24, 4 p.m. till just after sunset, 2nd Annual Night of the Jack O’Lantern at Narramissic, the Peabody-Fitch Farm, carve a Jack O’Lantern and stick around to see the upper field ablaze with the ghoulish grins of dozens of lit pumpkins, Ingalls Road, South Bridgton, 207.647.3699, www.bridgtonhistory.org.
October 24, 4-8 p.m. Town Halloween Party for Denmark Children, Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark, www.denmarkarts.org.
October 24, 8 p.m.-midnight, Halloween Dance, The Rockin’ Roadrunners, 21 +, BYOB, wear a costume, Boofy Quimby Memorial Center, Route 219, North Turner, 207.713.0847.
October 24, 8:30 p.m. “Thrill the World,” a world-wide simultaneous dance performance to the Michael Jackson video “Thriller,” an annual international attempt to set a participation dance record, potluck dinner at 6 p.m. with games and zombie contests from 6-8 p.m., $5/adults, $2.50/students and seniors for dinner and show, $2/show only, Gray New Gloucester High School, Libby Hill Road, Gray.
October 29, noon, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” a roundtable discussion of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story led by UMF literature professors, North Dining Hall, Olsen Student Center, University of Maine Farmington, 207.778.7424, www.poeafterpoe.wordpress.com.
October 30-31, 7:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Oct 31, Dickie’s Halloween Extravaganza: Part Duh! Dickie Hyper-Hynie hosts a killer Halloween show, $12/adults, $10/seniors, $6/12 and under, Odd Fellow Theater, Route 117, Buckfield, 207.336.3306, www.oddfellow.com.
October 30-31, Nov 1, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30, 4:00 p.m. Oct. 31, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 1, “Boo! Thirteen Scenes from Halloween,” by Pat Cook, one-act plays directed by Darnell Stuart, $7/person, Ossipee Trail Arts Center, route 25, Limington, 207.839.3267, www.ossipeetrailarts.org.
October 31, 7 p.m. Harbor Haunt, Halloween party featuring Four Fathers of Rock and costume contest, $10, with cash bar and a casual grill menu, costumes optional but encouraged, prizes for best costumes, York Harbor Inn Ballroom, Route 1A, York Harbor, 207.363.5119, www.yorkharborinn.com.

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