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Event / Festival:
Halloween Extravaganza
Dates: October 30, Sunday
Time: 11am - 5pm
Location: Max Pax, Pisgah National Forest
Contact: Sandy Sgrillo
Cost: $65.00 + tax
Description: Hike 6 hours with costumed llamas for
Halloween.
Full lunch & beverages included. Hike is about 5 hours round
trip,
easy to moderate with spectacular scenery!
Event / Festival:
LEAF Festival
Dates: October 14,15 and 16th
Time:
Location: Camp Rockmont, 377 Lake Eden Rd. Black
Mountain, NC 28711
Contact: 828-686-8742
Cost: Call for More Info.
Description: Music, Concerts, Dancing, Folk Art, Kids Fun,
Camping Outdoors, Poetry and Healing Arts. Come Enjoy the
Magic!
Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) is a non-profit organization
established to enhance people's lives through creative
expressions, the arts, dance and music from a variety of
cultures.
Event / Festival:
Ghost Train
Halloween Festival
Dates: Sept. 30 - October 1,7,8,14-15, 21-22, 28-29
Time: Gates open at 7:30 pm
Location: Tweetsie Railroad
Contact:
828-264-9061 / 800-526-5740 Advance Tickets
Required
Cost: $22 per person, kids under 2 free.
Description: Join friends and family for some spine tingling
fun!
Trick or Treat, 3-D Maze, The Black Hole, Haunted House, The
Creepy Carnival. The most ghoulish event of the Season.
Event / Festival:
Haywood
County Apple Harvest Festival
Dates: October 15, Saturday
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Main Street Waynesville, NC.
Contact: 877-456-3073
Cost: Free
Description: Kid Zone in UCB Parking Lot! Enjoy Fresh Picked
apples, Crafts, Live music, Cloggers.
Event / Festival:
Asheville Film Festival
Dates: October 27 - 30
Time:
Location:
Contact: For More Info Contact 259-5800
Cost: $6.00 advance, $7.00 at door. Tickets on sale October
1st.
Description: Variety of independent films, student film
competition, workshops, tours, awards gala.
Event / Festival:
Hey Day, Fall Family
Festival
Dates: October 8th
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: WNC Nature Center 75 Gashes Creek Rd.
Contact: 298-5600
Cost: $7.00 Adults, $5.00 Children
Description: Games, Music, Crafters, Food and More!
Event / Festival:
Wolf Howl
Dates: October 20
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: WNC Nature Center 75 Gashes Creek Rd.
Contact: 298-5600
Cost: $5.00 Adult, $3.00 Child
Description:
Trek into the world of
wolves with presentations on Red and Grey wolves of North
America (indoor and outdoor). Bring warm clothing and
flashlights. Refreshments served.
Event / Festival:
Howl-O-Ween
Dates: October 28-29
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: WNC Nature Center 75 Gashes Creek Rd.
Contact: 298-5600
Cost: $5.00
Description: Great Fun! Visit our Creepy Crawlers, Enjoy a
Bon-Fire and don't forget to dress for the Costume Contest!
Event / Festival:
Halloween Weekend
Dates: October 28-30th
Time: Call for info
Location: The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, 290 Macon Ave.
Contact: 1-800-438-5800
Cost: Call for Info
Description: Trick-or-Treating, fun stories, fun stories, face
painting, pumpkin carving and a ballooning clown.
Friday: 4:30 pm meet Major Bear. He will have treats and
disguises to get you in the Halloween spirit!
Saturday: 1:30 - 2:30 - A clown makes you smile with balloon
animals and get your face painted too!
Sunday: 2:00 pm - pumpkin carving demonstration begins
followed by trick-or -treating around the inn.
Event / Festival:
Halloweenfest
Dates: October 29
Time: 10AM - Until (TBA)
Location: Brevard Downtown
Contact: 828-884-3278
Cost: FREE
Description: Music and lots of fun for the entire family
Event / Festival:
The
Health Adventure - Homeschool Happenings
Ages: K - Grade 8
Dates: October 12, 2005
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: The Health Adventure.
2 South Pack
Square in Asheville, NC 28802
Contact: Stefanie Kompathoum
828-254-6373
Cost: $5.50 students; adults free
Pre
Registration Required
Event / Festival:
The Health
Adventure - Big Birds!
Ages: 1-Adult
Dates: October 8th, 2005
Time:
2 to 3
p.m.
Location: The Health Adventure.
2 South Pack
Square in Asheville, NC 28802
Contact: Brenda Pace
828-254-6373
Cost: Free for members or with museum admission
Description:
Big Birds!,
Wild for Life will bring
some real birds for us to see. These raptors may not be
quite
as big (or yellow!) as Sesame Street's Big Bird, but they
are fascinating. Who, who, who can resist?
Pre-Register -
M-Fri., 9 am - 3 pm. Sept. 15 - October 7th
Event / Festival:
The Health Adventure - Sign Language for Babies
Ages: All Ages
Dates: October 22, 2005
Time:
10:30
to 11:30 a.m
Location: The Health Adventure.
2 South Pack
Square in Asheville, NC 28802
Contact: Brenda Pace
828-254-6373
Cost: Free for members or with museum admission
Description:
Babies use
their hands to communicate before they speak.
Sign language gives babies and parents an effective way to
communicate
at an early age and may reduce frustration. Join us as we explore this
fascinating communication method.
No registration
required
Event / Festival:
The Health
Adventure - Surf & Turf
Ages: 3-6
Dates: October 14, 2005
Time:
10:30
am
Location: The Health Adventure.
2
South Pack Square in Asheville, NC 28802
Contact: Stefanie Kompathom
828-254-6373
Cost: $5.00 for members / $7.00 non-members - Adults Free
Description:
Pre-registration
required
Event / Festival:
Doggie Carnival
Ages: Doggies of all ages
Dates: October 9, 2005
Time:
12-5 pm.
Location:
WNC Agricultural Center
Contact: www.ashevillehumane.org
Cost: $5.00 per adult
Description:
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Event / Festival:
Fletcher Halloween Carnival
Ages: family fun
Dates: October 29th
Time:
3 pm - 5 pm
Location: Fletcher Parks and Recreation
- Kate's park
Contact: 828-687-0751
Cost: Admission is donation of nonperishable food items for
interfaith assistance ministries.
Description: Fun and safe activities for children in the
spirit of Halloween - costume contest, games, prizes and an
air bounce.
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Event / Festival:
Scarecrow Festival
Ages: Family Fun
Dates: October 15th
Time:
10 am - 4 pm
Location: Lake Julian
Contact:
Cost: Free
Description: Face painting, favorite scarecrow voting.
Contest
participants can set up their scarecrows from 3 to 6 pm
October 14th. Winners to be announced at 3 pm.
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Event / Festival:
Buncombe Parks and Recreation Halloween Party
Ages: All ges
Dates: October 29th
Time:
12 pm -
Location: Zeugner Center 90 Spring Side Road
Contact:
Cost: $2.00
Description: Swimming until 2 pm then head to the costume
contest, face painting and craft class at 2:30.
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Event / Festival:
Downtown
Hendersonville Trick-or-Street
Ages: All Ages
Dates: Oct. 31
Time:
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Downtown Hendersonville
Contact: 697-2022
Cost: Free
Description: Trick-or-Treating treats, Costume contest and
entertainment for all!
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Event / Festival:
Halloween Parade
Ages: All Ages
Dates: Oct. 29
Time:
Location: Black Mountain
Contact: Sandi Rector 828-669-0706
Cost: Free
Description: Come join the fun as locals and their pets
dress-up for a fun parade and prizes at the costume contest.
Fund raiser for Full Moon Farm
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Event / Festival:
Pumpkinfest
Dates: Oct. 30
Time:
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: 225 W. State St. Old City hall downtown Black
Mountain
Contact: 828-669-0930
Cost: Free
Description: Annual festival sponsored by the Black Mountain
Center for the Arts. Decorate pumpkins, hands on activities
and live entertainment. For for all ages.
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Event / Festival:
Fall by the Tracks
Dates: Oct. 15
Time:
Location:
Black Mountain
Contact: Old Depot Assoc. 828-669-6583
Cost: Free
Description: Fun day for the whole family downtown Black Mtn.
at the Old Depot. Crafters, demonstrations, cake walk, etc.
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Event / Festival:
Spellbound Children's Bookshop Events
Dates: Saturday, Oct. 15th. November
19th and December 17th
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location:
866 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC. 28806
Contact: 828-232-2228 for more info
Cost: Free
Description: Stories can be your child's passport to the
world. Spellbound is offering a free series of special story
time events celebrating other languages and cultures.
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Event / Festival:
Unity
Halloween Party & Potluck
Dates: Saturday, Oct. 29th. November
19th and December 17th
Time:
6:00 pm
Location: Unity Center 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd.,
Fletcher/Mills River
Contact: 684-3798 or 891-8700, unity@unitync.net
Cost: Free - Bring food to share
Description: For all ages. Come in costume! Potluck (bring
food to share), Games, Bonfire
http://www.unitync.net/Schedule.html
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