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This page provides a
detailed list of Southeastern Florida's pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hay rides
and other Halloween farm stuff!! Just scroll down this
page! Some are farms, where you take a hay ride out into the field, others are elaborate farm stands with mountains of pumpkins and other activities and some
are simple roadside stands. All should have loads of pumpkins to choose
from. To really make it fun for your kids, look for those that have
the extra activities, like a corn maze, spook house, or hayride. There is
usually a small fee for the mazes (of course, the more elaborate mazes
tend to charge more. Hayrides are often free.
ALWAYS call before you go to confirm all information, they don't always report changes to me!
We have loads of related resources
here, too.
On our Pick-your-own website, we also have pages with our own
simple
instructions on canning, freezing and drying many other fruits and
vegetables, such as how to make jam, apple
butter, applesauce, spaghetti
sauce, salsa, pickles,
ketchup or freezing
corn (these links open new pages, just close them to return here). Be sure to come back at Christmas if you are looking
for a cut-your-own Christmas tree farm!
Look at the bottom of the page for links to resources on home canning, picking
tips, recipes, etc..
I'm always looking for
more to add and feedback about any patch, stand or farm you have visited, so write me using the
Feedback
form! And if you have
a farm and want to add it or correct the information, please click on
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Remember: ALWAYS call (or follow the link to the farm's own website, if the name
is a blue link) to confirm the information before you go! They may close,
run out or change events, times, etc. without notifying me!
Broward County
- Broward Main Library - Little Monster Tales
100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL. Phone: 800-385-3885. Open:
October October 24 - Fantasy Theatre Presents
Little Monster Tales, 10am & 11:30am. For tickets, call
305-284-8800. Children's about monsters, children and other
creatures by a variety of children's authors.
- Fern Forest Nature Center - Ghosts and Goblins Family Fun
Night, pumpkin photo area
201 Lyons Road South, Coconut Creek, FL. Phone: 954-970-0150. Open:
Saturday October 27th (2007) from 6-8 PM. Fun, games, prizes, a costume contest, plus arts
and crafts and a photo area with pumpkins in it for a nominal fee.
Refreshments for sale. The evening concludes with an age-appropriate
story. Ages 2-10.
- Flamingo Gardens & Wildlife Sanctuary - Halloween
Haven and Haunted House
3750 Flamingo Road, Davie, FL. Phone: 954-473-2955. Open Saturday
and Sunday October 28 & 29. Safe Halloween fun for younger children,
with a costume parade. Costume Parade and Tour at 11:30
am. Story Time with the Good Witch at 12:00 noon. Haunted
House is "not too scary" for the younger children from 9:30-4:30.
60-acre botanical garden, Native wildlife exhibits with panthers,
bobcats, otters, alligators,
Free flight aviary, birds of prey, golden and bald eagles. Live
Wildlife Encounter Shows 12:30, 1:30, 2:30. Special discounted
admission is $10 ages 12 and up, $5 for children 4-11; children
under 4 are free.
- Quiet Waters Park - Family Hayride and Campfire
401 S. Powerline Rd., Deerfield Beach, FL. Phone: 954-360-1315.
Saturday, September 29 from 6:30-8:30pm. Gather ‘round for some old
fashioned fun with a hayride and marshmallow roast around a
campfire. The hayride costs $3 and includes hot chocolate and the
makings for ‘Smores. The campfire is free after park admission of
$1. Additional refreshments also available.
- Hollywood Beach - Monster Mash
Open October 31, 2006 from 6:30 to 9 pm. Johnson Street & the Broadwalk,
Hollywood, FL. Phone: 954-921-3404. Watch master chefs compete in a pumpkin carving contest at 4
pm. The costume parade begins at 7:30 pm. Prizes will be awarded in four
categories: Children; Adults, Best Group and Best Overall. Trick-or-treating along the Broadwalk
at participating restaurants and businesses and live music until 10
pm. Free.
- Museum of Discovery & Science - Gross-Out Science
Halloween
401 SW Second Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Phone: 954-467-6637. Open
Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:00 pm to 6:00 p.m. Celebrate Halloween
Weekend at the Museum with frighteningly fun crafts and gruesome
games. Check out some scary science experiments and meet some of the
Museum's resident creepy creatures. Enjoy free pumpkin painting and
don't forget to wear your costume!
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Pine Island Park/ Multipurpose Center - Halloween
Happenings and Fall Harvest Craft Show -
Multi-Purpose Center, 3801 S. Pine Island Road, Davie, FL.
Phone: 954-797-1076. Open: Sunday, October 28, 2007, from 1:00 pm to
4:00 pm. Tricks and treats all afternoon with a haunted
bounce house, games, prizes, petting farm, a pumpkin patch and more.
Arts and craft items will be on display and available for purchase.
Free admission. Pumpkin painting and decorating for a fee.
- City of Pompano Beach - Halloween Fun Fair
1801 NE
Sixth Street, Pompano Beach, FL. Phone: 954-786-4111. Open October 26,
6-8:30 pm. At the Pompano Beach Amphitheater Parking Lot. Magic
Show, costume parade, fun and games for children ages 10 and under.
Entry fee: 2 canned goods or $2/per child.
- Shops at Stirling Place - This one appears to be
cancelled in 2006 - I haven't found an update for it. South Florida Parenting Kids
Fun Day
The Shops at Stirling Place, 6851 Stirling Road, Davie, FL.
Phone: 954-741-7620. Open October 30, 3-6 pm., Dress-up in costume and come
for a fun-filled afternoon of trick-or-treating at participating
merchants at the shops. Bounce house, balloon art,
music, fun and games with Jen (formerly of RadioDisney), and much more.
Free.
- Young At Art Children's Museum - It's Halloween
11584 W. State Road 84, Davie, FL. Phone: 954-424-0085. Open October 31, noon - 5 pm.
Party all day with ghosts, goblins, tricks and treats! All ages. The
first 100 costumed children admitted free with one paid admission.
Martin County
Miami - Dade County
- Aventura Mall - Trick-or-treating at the Mall
19501 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura, FL. Phone: 305-663-4852. Open:
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Candy stations,
character cut-outs, photo opportunities and our holiday train will
keep the little munchkins entertained.
- Camp Owaissa Bauer - Halloween Family Fun Night, hayrides
UPDATE: CANCELLED
17001 SW 264 Street, Homestead, FL.
- Historical Museum of Southern Florida - Haunted History
Downtown Miami, FL. Phone: 305-375-1492. Open October 27, 7:00-9:00
PM, Part of the museum's Family Fun Days. "Freaky Friday the 13th”
Friday, October 27th, 2006, : Join your friends for an evening of
haunted history, “spirited” supper, hay rides, ghostly stories, and
a Halloween “hootenanny.” For ages 10-14 only (cost $10 per child).
Parents, please contact Anne Sinnott, Museum Educator, at
772.462.1891, for reservations.
- House of Terror
Amusement Park - Halloween themed amusement park
Miami International Mall, 1455 NW 107 Ave., Miami, FL. Phone:
305-263-1413. Email:
tsoberon@uniprogroup.com. Open October 14 through Nov. 7, 2006. Fun professionally-produced
haunted house and amusement park. Also has a costume and prop
outlet, a children's haunted house, life-sized maze, rides, festival
style foods, DJ spinning stage, concerts on Friday nights and more.
All ages. See the
website for a $5 off discount coupon!!!
- Key Biscayne Community Church Pumpkin Patch
- pumpkins, white pumpkins, also gourds, corn stalks and other
Halloween supplies.
355 Glenridge Rd, Key Biscayne, FL, 33149. Phone: 305-361-2411.
Email us at: kbcc@juno.com. Open:
The Pumpkin Patch opens on Oct 9 and runs daily through Oct 31.
CALL TO CONFIRM!
Prices range from 50 cents to $50.
- Miami Shores Presbyterian Church
- pumpkin patch and Harvest 602 NE 96th Street, Miami Shores, FL.
Email: mspc@mspc.net. Open:
October. Directions: on the corners of NE 96th St, 6th Ave, and Park
Drive. Dates and more info will be posted on the website.
- The Little Farm -
Pumpkins, Scarecrows, Ponies, Petting Farm
13401 SW 224 Street, Miami, FL 33170. Phone: 305-258-3186.
Email:
TheFarmer@thelittlefarm.us. Open: Weekdays, 3- dusk (about 7 pm)
with FREE admission; open October 14- to 31, Saturdays and Sundays,
10 am to dusk. Come and have Fall fun at The Little Farm’s annual
Pumpkin Patch. The farm is dressed up for fall and selling pumpkins,
giving a free pony ride with each pumpkin purchase and offering some
good old fashion fun. You can make a scarecrow, carve a pumpkin,
pet the animals, walk thru the butterfly garden or just take photo’s
of your family. There is no admission fee or reservations required.
All profits go to charity. This year we will donate the proceeds Red
Cross hurricane relief fund. We all remember Andrew, now we have a
chance to make a difference for other victims, as so many did for
us.
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Metrozoo - MetroBoo
12400 SW 152 Street, Miami, FL. Phone: 305-251-0400. Open MetroBoo!
returns to Miami Metrozoo on Saturday, October 28th and Sunday,
October 29th (2006) from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. It's trick-or-treat at the zoo for ages 12 and
younger. Come dressed for costume contests, fabulous prizes and have
a safe, fun day of trick-or-treating. There will be plenty of
delicious treats for the kids. All events are included in regular
zoo admission: adults, $12; children (3-12), $7 Children 2 and under
and zoo members, free.
- Miami Children's Museum - Little Monsters Tales - APPEARS TO BE CANCELLED IN 2006
980 MacArthur Causeway, Miami, FL. Phone: 305-284-8800 or
800-385-3885. Open October 22, 10 am and 11:30 am Delightful and
squeamish stories about monsters, children and squiggly creatures by
a variety of children's authors and presented by Fantasy Theater
Factory. Spooky and fun themes are brought to life combining
reading, comedy and fun. Call for reservations. Pre-K-6th Grade. $6.
- Miami International Mall - Trick or treat at M-I Mall
1455 NW 107 Ave.,
Miami, FL. Phone: 305-593-1775. 2
events: in the kid's club ($5 to join) October 31, 4 pm to 7 pm.
Celebrate Halloween with festive holiday activities including trick
or treating for children at center court, with meet Scooby-Doo and a
magic show. Also FREE trick-or-treating at participating mall
retailers from 5pm to 8pm. The haunted house at the mall is
cancelled (the company that did it is no longer in business).
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Miami Seaquarium - Monster Splash,
4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL. Phone: 305-361-5705. Open:
Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, October 27th – 29th and 31st,
2006 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00. Join us for family fun and spooky
sights at Miami Seaquarium. Monster Splash is a Nighttime Bash on
four nights. Special admission price for the Nighttime Bash is
only $14.95 (plus tax) per person. Monster Splash Nighttime Bash
will feature four nights of Halloween themed animal shows, the
‘Pirates of the Seaquarium’ Skeleton Walk and even a haunted house
for those who dare. Trick or Treat Candy stations and other cool
surprises will be set up around the park for children in costume.
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Milander Park
- Howl-O-Ween Hialeah Haunted House
4700 Palm Ave., Hialeah, FL. Phone: 305 -687-2650. Open: October 30
from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm in Milander Park. The haunted house will be open every night.
There will be a DJ, costume contest, ceramics, pumpkin painting and
rides, for a nominal fee. Concessions will be on sale nightly.
Admission, $2-$4 per person.
- PARROT PIRATE JUNGLE ISLAND
MacArthur Causeway/Interstate 395,
1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Miami, FL. Phone: 305-258-6453.
Open October 30-31, 10 am to 6 pm. Trick-or-treating throughout the
park, daily costume contests, face painters, arts & crafts and more.
A portion of the proceeds benefit Radio Lollipop at Miami Children's
Hospital. Admission: adults, $23.95; children, $18.95.
- Sadowski Park - Halloween Family Campfire and Night Walk
7555 SW 79 Ave., Miami, FL. Phone: 305-255-4767. Join park
naturalists to learn about scary night- time critters and then
search for them on the trail after dark. Afterwards, enjoy a
campfire with a marshmallow roast and star viewing with Southern
Cross Astronomical Society. October 23, 7-9: 30 pm. Pre-registration
is required $5 per person.
- Southland Mall - Radio Disney's trick or treat Street
Party
20505 S. Dixie Highway, Miami, FL. Phone: 305-235-8880. Open October
31, 1-3 pm., Mummy Rap, a costume contest and fun for the whole
family. From 3-6 pm., there will be trick or treating throughout
the mall, so come in costume and bring a bag to haul around all the
treats. Ages 12 and under. Free.
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Trinity United Methodist Church - pumpkin patch
Trinity United Methodist Church, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 33410.
Palm Beach County
- Boca Raton Children's Museum - Halloween Happenings
498
Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton, FL. Phone: 561-393-7806. Open October 28,
2006 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm in the Museum.
Enchanted House of Magic: It's a fun evening for kids, with lots of
treats and magic performed by the Magic Club of Boca Raton, with
magicians in every room to entertain and amaze the children. Bring
the whole family!
- Boynton Beach Art Center - Great Pumpkin - Appears to
have been canceled!
125
SE Second Ave., Boynton Beach. Phone: 561-742-6221. Open October 23,
10 am-12 pm. An event for the whole family. Decorate your own
pumpkin and win prizes. Children can dress up as their favorite
characters and join in the fun. Free. Space is limited to 50
participants. Register at City Hall in the Mall.
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Delray Beach - Halloween Parade and Downtown Trick or
Treating
Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray, FL. Phone:
561-330-2499. Open
October 28, FREE - 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Trick-or-Treating will take place on Atlantic Ave. between Swinton
Ave. & the Intracoastal. For more information, contact Vince Canning
at (561) 276-6537.
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Kiwanis Halloween Parade. Line up at Old School
Square at 1:00 pm. Awards will be given for best Halloween costumes.
Parade starts at 1:30 and marches along Atlantic Ave. to Veterans
Park. For more information, contact Vince Canning at (561) 276-6537.
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Kidsfest of Delray, Veterans Park. Kidsfest is a
free family event highlighting children's services and
organizations, targeting on health, safety and fun, that are
available to parents. It will also have live entertainment for
everyone, a make-and-take craft area and much, much more. For more
information, contact Danielle Beardsley at (561) 243-7277 or email
Danielle at
Beardsleyd@mydelraybeach.com.
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Grassy Water Preserve - Monsters in the Marsh
8264 Northlake Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL. Phone:
561-627-8831. Open October 25, 2006, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Stroll
the ‘yellow-brick’ boardwalk to meet Dorothy, the Tin Man, & the
Cowardly Lion and other favorite swamp characters! Visit the Emerald
Green City in the nature center. Have fun while learning how to Save
Energy, Habitats, Wildlife and more! Hear frightful storytelling and
go trick or treating across the tree island! Ages: All. Fees: $1
child - $3 adults - $1 adults with costumes. Location: S. Side
(Shuttle parking on North side of preserve).
- Hester Center - Halloween Spooktacular
1901 N. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach, FL. Phone:
561-742-6550. Open October 22, 5-8 pm. Dress up and be a contestant
in the costume parade. Games, prizes and goodies to take home. Ages
1-12. Free.
- Hoffman's Chocolates - WRMF'S Halloween at Hoffman's
5190 Lake Worth Road,
Greenacres, FL. Phone: 561-792-5753. Open October 1-31.
Update October 15, 2005: a visitor writes: Hoffman's in
Greenacres is not doing their pumpkin patch this year due to a
shortage of pumpkins!
- Maize - corn maze, hayrides, corn cannon - NO MAZE<
HAYRIDES, ETC IN 2006
7986 Lantana Rd, West Palm Beach, FL. Next to Turnpike overpass.
Phone: (missing). Email:
calltimc@bellsouth.net Open October 31st to Jan 4th. Hours:
Friday 4pm - 10pm, Saturday 11:30am to 10pm, Sunday 11:30 am to 6pm,
Monday thru Thursday: only by appointment.
- Mounts Botanical Garden - Family Fall Festival
531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL. Phone:
561-233-1757. Open: October 15, 2006 (11:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.) More
information Phone: 561-233-1757. This annual festival features
games, arts and crafts and other hands-on activities, music,
refreshments, and prizes for everyone. Favorite activities
include pumpkin painting (sponsored by the Junior League of the Palm
Beaches), pony rides, vegetable planting, rock wall climbing, face
painting and lots more. Some activities are free; others have a
nominal charge. Cost: $3.00 per adult; members and children 10 &
under free
- Old Fashioned
Halloween in the Village -
Yesteryear Village, 9067 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL. Phone:
561-793-0333. Open: October 31, 4 p.m.–7 p.m. This family-friendly
event features trick-or-treating to the restored early Florida
buildings, activities and contests. Children, $5; adult chaperones,
$3; ages 2 and under, free and parking is free.
- Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park -
"Baby Boo at the Zoo" and "Boo at the Zoo"
1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL. Phone: 561-533-0887.
Open: "Baby" Boo at the Zoo Friday - 26th 9 a.m. - 5
p.m. For all those "itty bitty" ghosts and ghouls - Enjoy 'tick or
treating' in a playful and safe environment with all of your
favorite furry, feathered, and scaly friends. The day's
entertainment will include up close animal encounters, amazing
wildlife shows, costume contests where everyone is a winner,
not-so-scary haunted house, and children's entertainment, games, and
crafts. This event is co-sponsored by Florida Power & Light Company
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Boo at the Zoo Saturday & Sunday - 27th & 28th from 9 a.m. -
5 p.m. Be "spooked" at the Palm Beach Zoo! Local businesses and
non-profit organizations partner with us to make this event a "ghouly"
good time for the whole family. Enjoy 'trick or treating' in the
midst of 1,500 animals, non-stop animal encounters and wildlife
shows, costume contests for all ages, out of this world children's
entertainment and performances, and the largest haunted house in
"Boo at the Zoo" history! This event is co-sponsored by Florida
Power & Light Company and The Palm Beach Post.
- The South Florida Fairgrounds - Fright Nights
Southern Blvd.,
West Palm Beach, FL. Phone: 561-793-0333. Open October 6-7, 12-14,
19-21 & 26-31 in 2006. A
whole night's worth of entertainment with four walk-through haunts,
including The Manor, Asylum, Afraid of the Dark and Ripper, a
monster midway with thrill rides and more. Not recommended for small
children. Admission: Haunt Hopper Pass (park entry and one-time
entry to each haunted attraction), See the website for current
prices and hours!
- South Olive Community Center - Haunted Hayride and Haunted House
- Haunted Hayride Phone: 561-585-3567. Celebrate the
season with a hayride around the park. Tell spooky stories while
roasting marshmallows over a bonfire. Ages: Adult Preschool Senior
Teen Youth. open: Friday, October 20, 2006 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Fees: $1 Children, $2 Adult ($5 / Family Max)
- Haunted House Open
10/30 - 10/31 (Mon and Tue) from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, S, 345 Suma Street, West Palm Beach, FL.
For a fun and scary Halloween experience that everyone can enjoy,
join us at South Olive for a haunting good time. All ages. $3. 561-585-3567.
- Sugar Sand Park Community Center -
300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL. Phone: 561-347-3948. See the
website (click on the link above) for current dates, times, prices
and other information!
- Shriek Week Crooked Creek Haunted House Ghost Town Tours
Open October 20 to 29, Wed. to Friday, 4-8 pm.; Saturday-Sun.,
12-4 pm. $1 per person at the door. Visit Sugar "Scared" Park
and take an eerie tour of this haunted Ghost Town, beginning with a
short ride aboard the Crooked Creek Express. The tour takes visitors
to the rotten graveyard, forsaken one-room schoolhouse, the Cold
Tomb Saloon and a few other tourist "cold" spots. Recommended for
ages 7-12. and events include crafts, magic shows,
storytelling and the primary attraction, weekend tours of the
Crooked Creek Haunted Ghost Town. The tours, for children ages 7
through 12, began in 2004, but were canceled in 2005 because of the
storm.
- Kooky, But Not
Spooky Halloween Crafts
Decorate small
pumpkins, T-shirts and more. Ages 4-8. Halloween Mask-Making with Recycled Materials. An environmental artist
will show how to make one-of-a-kind masks using recycled objects from
home. 561-347-3900.
- Spooktacular Magic and Grand Illusion show
300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton, FL. Master illusionist Gary Goodman performs magic and illusion
with spooky music, special effects and audience participation. Part
of the park's Shriek Week." Ages 4 and up. Purchase tickets at
Willow Theatre Box Office. Adults, $7; children under 12, $5.
- The House of Boo
300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton, FL. Pretend Party Productions presents Plump Pumpkin and Two
Wacky Witches - fun, non-frightening Halloween stories and songs
with puppets, props and pictures. Up to age 6. Adults, $5; children
under 12, $3. Purchase tickets at Willow Theatre Box Office.
- First Baptist Church of Royal Palm Beach - Trunk or Treat
Party
10701 Okeechobee Blvd., Royal Palm Beach, FL. Phone: 561-793-2475.
Open: 10/29/2006 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Community of Hope, FBC of Royal
Palm Beach & New Community Church present a Trunk or Treat Party!
Admission is free and open to the public! Trunk or Treat is an
evening of exciting, safe, seasonal fun featuring lots of candy,
bounce houses & more. For more information, please call.
- Parkridge Baptist
Church - Trunk or Treat Annual Community Event
5600 Coral Ridge Dr, Coral Springs, FL. Phone: 954-346-9009. Open:
10/31/2006 at 6:30 - 8:00 pm. This safe alternative to
Halloween will provide games, bounce house, hot dog dinners, FREE
candy, popcorn and snow cones. You can come in costume, too.
- Cason United Methodist
- Pumpkin Patch, petting zoo, pumpkin painting, face painting, and a
bake sale.
342 N Swinton Av, Delray Beach, FL. Phone: 561-276-5302. This free
event will feature food, too.
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Yesteryear Village, South Florida Fairgrounds - A Safe
Halloween
West Palm Beach off Southern Boulevard, 1.5 miles west of the
Florida Turnpike exit 97. Phone: 561-793-0333. Open October
31, 4 pm to 7 pm. This is a safe Halloween for the entire family.
Activities include trick or treating, pumpkin painting, sack races
and costume contests. Admission: $5 Kids, $3 adults 18 and older, 2
and under free. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
- South Florida
Fairgrounds - Fright Nights
West Palm Beach off Southern Boulevard, 1.5 miles west of
the Florida Turnpike exit 97. Phone: 561-793-0333. Open:
October 12-14, 19-21 & 26-31, 2006;Thursday: 7pm - 11:00pm, Friday &
Saturday: 7pm-midnight.
Click here for more information. Nothing Can Prepare You!
Not one … Not Two … But FOUR Terror-Filled Haunts You Will Never
Forget! Fright Nights, the scariest Halloween phenomenon around,
returns to the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach. This
year’s terror-full attraction kicks off Friday, October 6th and is
slated to be more terrifying than ever before! Plus… This year,
Fright Nights will feature a bigger Monster Midway of the
Macabre…with thrill rides, games, devilishly delicious refreshments
and much, much more!
Tickets are:
$20 - Total Terror Ticket for unlimited access to all four Haunted
Attractions and Monster Midway Rides. Games NOT included
$13 - General Admission plus one-time entry to each of the four
Haunted Attraction. Midway Rides & Games NOT included.
Buy tickets
online at frightnights.net
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