It's spooky season on the Outer Banks and the Halloween-themed events are stacking up. Whether you're in it for the scares, the socializing or the family-friendly fun, this week brings plenty of opportunities to celebrate Halloween. Below are a few of this week's featured events, and you'll find even more on our Daytime and Nightlife events pages.
Ghostly Gallies of the Outer Banks
What: Halloween-themed food and drink specials plus special events (live music, trivia, silent disco, trunk or treat, costume contests) at four local restaurants/bars
Where: Monster Kwans (Mama Kwan’s), Spooky 12 (Lucky 12), Gloombays (Goombays), Shack of Shadows (Bonzer Shack)
When: Nightly through October 31
Info: Ghostly Gallies Facebook, Shack of Shadows Gloombays
Photo above at Shack of Shadows at Bonzer Shack
Halloween Island
What: Halloween-themed decorations, food and drink specials and special events at 13 local businesses
Where: Downtown Manteo Social District – The Pioneer Theater, Kiiiler Cocktails (Kiiind Cocktails), Ghost Colony Tavern (Lost Colony Tavern), Kill Devil Rum, Poor Richard’s, Phantoms (Old Tom’s), NouVeins (NouVines), Olives, Ortega’z, The StockAide General Store, Vinyard on the Scuppernong, 1587, The Chop Shop (The Hop Shop)
When: October 23 to 31
Pubkin Patch
What: Backyard fall festival experience with pumpkins, food and drink specials
Where: Outer Banks Brewing Station, Kill Devil Hills
When: Daily through October 31, 12 to 8 p.m.
Two Nights of Fright
What: Family-friendly haunted house (Friday scarier than Saturday) plus trick or treating and games galore on Saturday night.
Where: First Flight Elementary School, Kill Devil Hills
When: Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26, 6 to 8 p.m.
Island Farm Pumpkin Patch
What: Locally grown pumpkins, games, snacks and fall activities
Where: Island Farm, Manteo
When: Saturday, October 26, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Photo: Picking out pumpkins at Island Farm Pumpkin Patch
Harborween
What: Trick or treating around the docks, food, costume contest, live music
Where: Wanchese Marina and the Landing Grill, Wanchese
When: Saturday, October 26, 4 to 7 p.m.
Wicked Woods
What: Haunted attraction out in a dark and spooky rural area of Dare County
Where: 18766 U.S. Highway 64, East Lake
When: Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26, 7:30 to 11 p.m.
Harbinger Haunted Trail
What: Spooky outdoor haunted attraction
Where: 208 Reggie Ownes Drive, Harbinger (Currituck mainland)
When: October 25, 26, 27 and 31, 7 to 10 p.m.
Night of 1587 Pumpkins
What: Trick or treating, scream and costume contests, food, bonfires and 1,587 illuminated pumpkins. Come in costume and bring a jack-o-lantern. Community pumpkin carving on October 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: The Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island
When: Saturday, October 26
Photo: The 11th annual Halloween Parade of Costumes is sponsored by OBX Entertainment.
Outer Banks Halloween Parade of Costumes
What: A huge walking parade of costumers, with prizes
Where: Aviation Park, Kill Devil Hills
When: Sunday, October 27, 2 p.m. party and 3 p.m. parade start
Ships and Sweets
What: Trick or treating at the docks, games, music, refreshments
Where: Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
When: Sunday, October 27 at 5 p.m.
Thrills and Chills Hatteras Museum Halloween Tour
What: Spooky stories at Hatteras Island’s Museums
Where: Chicamacomico Life Saving Station in Rodanthe, 11 to 11:45 a.m.; Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras, 1 to 1:45 p.m.; Frisco Native American Museum in Frisco, 2 to 2:45 p.m. The Lost Colony Museum in Buxton, 3 to 3:45 p.m.
When: Wednesday, October 30
Halloween Nightlife
Halloween parties can be found on our Nightlife pages.
About the Author Molly Harrison
Molly Harrison is managing editor at OneBoat, publisher of OuterBanksThisWeek.com. She moved to Nags Head in 1994 and since then has made her living writing articles and creating publications about the people, places and culture of the Outer Banks.
