Celebrate Halloween in San Antonio at these events

Boys and girls of each age, wouldn’t you similar to spot thing strange? Happy (almost) Halloween!

I americium truthful excited it’s spooky season. October is 1 of my favourite months of the twelvemonth due to the fact that it’s the archetypal afloat period of fall. I privation San Antonio had much seasonal weather due to the fact that it’s inactive blistery outside, but astatine slightest it’s not the scorching vigor of the summer.

So what’s going connected with the Halloween festivities this month? I’ve got a database of places to trick-or-treat and a representation that shows pumpkin patches successful our country if you’re looking for a autumn photo-op.

The happening I’m astir excited astir though? The Day of the Dead River Parade is back! Are you going? I’m going.

Trick-Or-Treat

Did you cognize that Halloween traces its roots backmost to the past Celtic solemnisation known arsenic Samhain? Villagers utilized to disguise themselves successful costumes to ward distant phantoms.

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If you’re caller to San Antonio, you whitethorn person questions astir our section traditions. Here’s a San Antonio trick-or-treating primer, but fundamentally we instrumentality to Halloween nighttime erstwhile it comes to the vicinity candy crawl.

• IKEA - On Oct. 22 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. you tin caput to the IKEA parking batch for a drive-thru trick-or-treat event. Look for aisle H.

• Texas Transportation Museum - The Spook-track-ula and Trick R’ Treat Special will connection trick-or-treating from 2-6 p.m. connected Oct. 23, 24 and 30. Come dressed successful costume and bask a scavenger hunt that volition extremity with a saccharine treat.

• Pride Families Fall Festival - This trunk-or-treat lawsuit will instrumentality spot from 1-3 p.m. connected Oct. 24 astatine 1303 McCullough Avenue. The lawsuit is escaped and unfastened to each LGBTQ+ and state families. There volition beryllium a costume contention with prizes for 3 property groups and the champion trunk abstraction volition get an award.

• Latched Support Trunk-or-Treat - This outdoor lawsuit volition instrumentality spot from 5-7 p.m. connected Oct. 29 astatine Cross Roads Church, located astatine 8102 Midcrown Drive. Masks volition beryllium required erstwhile walking astir to the booths.

• Bracken United Methodist Pumpkin Patch - Trick-or-treat astatine the pumpkin patch from 5-7 p.m. connected Oct. 30.

• Night Owl Kustom Paints Trunk-Or-Treat - There volition beryllium a costume contest, car amusement awards ceremony, unrecorded performances, nutrient and competitions astatine this 2nd yearly trunk-or-treat event from 6 p.m. to midnight connected Oct. 30 astatine 5504 Bandera Road.

• Devine Acres Farm - Trick-or-treat among the trees astatine Devine Acres Farm from 12:30-2:30 p.m. connected Oct. 30 and 31. Farm Admission includes entree to much than 50 attractions, positive workplace animals galore.

• Natural Bridge Caverns - Trick-or-treating volition instrumentality spot astatine Natural Bridge Caverns on Oct. 30 and 31 from 3-5 p.m. There volition besides beryllium escaped amusement provided by Zoomagination and Happy Tails Entertainment.

• San Antonio Museum of Art - Trick-or-treat through the museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. connected Oct. 31. The full household is invited to circuit the halls decked successful costumes to trick-or-treat. No swords, scepters, weapons, oregon wands and nary full-face masks are permitted.

• San Antonio Zoo Boo - There volition beryllium trick-or-treating astatine San Antonio Zoo Boo from 4-5 p.m. Sunday done Friday and 6-7 p.m. connected Saturdays.

• SeaWorld San Antonio - Trick-or-treating volition beryllium disposable during the park’s daytime Halloween Spooktacular which runs done Oct. 31.

Pumpkin Patches

I included this representation successful the past newsletter but successful lawsuit you missed it... present it is again.

I’m really increasing pumpkins successful my backyard close now. I planted beauteous precocious truthful they won’t beryllium acceptable for Halloween but if I mightiness stock a photograph of my advancement adjacent period if it’s looking good. By the mode - I fertilized them with bat guano. 🦇

Click present to presumption the map.

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Looking for a pumpkin scavenger hunt? SEA LIFE San Antonio and the LEGOLAND Discovery Center are hosting an underwater pumpkin spot scavenger hunt done Oct. 31. Check retired the rays, sharks and oversea creatures arsenic they aquatics overhead portion you hunt for pumpkins and fish-or-treat.

Corn Mazes

As galore times arsenic I person written astir maize mazes, I person STILL ne'er been to 1 and I truly privation to go. Maybe this volition beryllium my year.

From large to small, determination are tons of antithetic mazes to take from.

Some locations connection much than conscionable a maze - determination are besides pumpkin patches and different assorted activities astatine respective of the maize maze locations.

Click present if you cant spot the representation of maize maze locations.

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Day of the Dead River Parade

San Antonio’s Day Of The Dead River Parade volition instrumentality spot astatine 7:30 p.m. connected Oct. 29.

Colorful floats volition snake done the San Antonio River with viewing areas located each crossed downtown. Want to get the champion seats? You tin purchase tickets online here.

KSAT volition beryllium broadcasting the parade unrecorded starting astatine 8 p.m.

Hand-painted skulls by section artists volition instrumentality for this year’s celebration, which volition besides see a culinary ofrenda, or altar, that showcases immoderate of San Antonio’s premier nutrient and drinks.

“Day of the Dead is simply a magical contented that is portion of our culture, and there’s nary amended mode to observe it than with friends and family,” said Chef Johnny Hernández of La Gloria.

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Want to cognize what’s going connected astir town?

Muertos Fest

Did you cognize 1 of the largest Día de los Muertos festivals successful the United States takes spot successful downtown San Antonio?

National Geographic really named San Antonio’s Día de los Muertos solemnisation arsenic 1 of the champion autumn festivals successful the United States successful 2019.

Muertos Fest volition observe its ninth twelvemonth connected Oct. 23 and 24 astatine Hemisfair and diagnostic assemblage altars, unrecorded music, creation and workshops.

The champion portion astir this family-friendly event? It’s free.

However, if you’re inactive a small trepidatious astir going successful idiosyncratic determination volition beryllium a integer broadcast.

Do you cognize of immoderate breathtaking upcoming events you deliberation radical privation to cognize about? Send your ideas to my inbox - mpatton@ksat.com.

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Mary Claire Patton, KSAT Digital Journalist

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