Looking for a hay ride or a corn maze, check out this great site: http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org
Lake Mary Farmer's Market
Date: Every Saturday of the Month
Location: Central Park
Time: 9 am - 1:30 pm.
Lake Mary's Food Truck
Date: Last Sunday of Every Month
Time: 4 pm - 7 pm
Location: Central Park
Sanford's Live After Five is Central Florida’s largest recurring monthly street party with live music, local artists, food and beverage sampling in a beautiful historic town.
Date: The second Thursday of each month
Time: 5-8pm, rain or shine
Location: 230 East First Street Downtown Sanford
Tickets: $7.00 (includes food and beverage sampling throughout the event)
Enjoy: Great local restaurants, art galleries, gift shops, antique stores, & nightlife!
Sept. 28-Nov. 12
Epcot International Food & Wine Festival This celebration of culinary adventure features the cuisine of six continents. Taste your way around the world with food from 30 international food and beverage marketplaces, celebrity chef demos, mixology seminars, home-entertaining presentations, wine tastings and live concerts. 11 am-9 pm daily; Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista; included with park admission, various menu prices, visit website for details; 407-939-3378; disneyworld.com.
October 28, 2012 Fourth Annual VIP Winefest Tasting and Sale Sample more than 50 wines paired with hors d'ouevres and artisan cheeses. 3-6 pm Sunday; The Wine Room, 270 S. Park Ave. ; $75; 407-696-9463; thewineroomonline.com.
Oct. 8
Taste of Altamonte Outdoor street party with food and beverage samples from local restaurants, ranging from barbecue to international cuisine. 6-9 pm Monday; Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; $30-$35; 407-262-2773;
altamonterotary.org.
Event: Halloween Spooktacular
Location: Central Park at Lake Mary City Hall
Date: October 27th
Time: 6-8pm
Doorways to Nightmares – Face the Fear
This Halloween be prepared to confront many of the darkest fears and most terrifying situations that you have ever, quite literally, dreamt up.
Dates: October 29-31st
Address: 205 S Milwee St, Longwood, FL 32750
A Petrified Forest
Sept. 29-Nov. 3
A Petrified Forest Try this on for size: A Petrified Forest is an 85,000 square foot outdoor haunted scare trail, featuring zombies and blood and gore and monsters. After you've walked the trail, stick around and check out the Halloween festival, which features live music, mini golf and laser tag. 7:30 pm-11 pm on select dates, 7:30 pm-midnight Friday, Nov. 2-Saturday, Nov. 3; A Petrified Forest, 1360 State Road 436, Altamonte Springs; $15-$20; apetrifiedforest.com.
Event: Candlelight Tales
Location: Lake Mary Museum
Date: Fridays, October 12, 2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Web: http://lakemaryhistory.org
Event: Ghost Walk
Location: Lake Mary Museum
Date: October 13 & October 20
Time: evening
Web: http://lakemaryhistory.org
Oct. 19
The Halloween Pub Crawl Wear your costume and drink your way through downtown Orlando with drink specials at each stop. Downtown Orlando, Orange Avenue and Central Boulevard; $10-$15, visit website for details; orlando
pubcrawl.com.
Halloween Horror Nights 2012
Event Dates: Sept. 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30
Oct. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 & 31
Halloween Horror Nights annually draws hundreds of thousands of horror fans from around the globe to this one-of-a-kind event. Tony Timpone, Editor of Fangoria Magazine, said, "After visiting scream parks all across the U.S. for the last 20 years, I can easily say that Universal’s is the best in the business… Halloween Horror Nights is the ultimate Halloween experience."
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort is a separately ticketed event.
Oct. 31
Halloween at Cranes Roost This one's good to take the kids to: They can go trick-or-treating around the lake, enter costume contests, bounce around in inflatable houses and take in the live entertainment. 5-9 pm Wednesday; Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; free; 407-571-8863; uptownaltamonte.com.
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