Ten Tricks and Treats for Halloween Weekend in the Hamptons
Halloween in the Hamptons means a whole lot more than trick-or-treating. Parties on the East End, costume contests, pets on parade, musical reviews, cemetery strolls and more await this Halloweekend…if you dare!
Stages’s 17th Annual Frankenstein Follies
Friday–Sunday, October 28–30 (times vary—call 631-725-9500) Bay Street Theater, Sag HarborIt is alive! Frankenstein Follies The Ghoulishly Fun Musical Revue brings everyone’s favorite monsters to the stage in a musical revue, along with face painting, a “tattoo” parlor, a crazy fortuneteller and a terrifyingly tasty treat bar!
Haunted Mulford Farm
Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 29, 6 p.m. Mulford Farm,10 James Lane, East HamptonAs night falls upon the Hamptons, the Trail of Terror welcomes brave and daring souls. (children 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent).
Sag Harbor “Wailing” Museum
Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 29, 6 p.m. Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, Sag HarborThe Haunted 1845 Mansion and the spirits within welcome you (12 and over recommended).
Howl-a-Ween at BideAWee
Saturday, October 29, 11 a.m. BideAWee, Old Country Road, WesthamptonGet your pets all dressed up for the costume contest, and get a free, one-year membership to the dog park with a $10 donation entry fee!
Little Lucy’s Halloween Pet Parade
Saturday, October 29, 1 p.m. Little Lucy’s, 91 Jobs Lane, Southampton 1 p.m.The best-dressed cats and canines on the East End will be strutting their stuff!
Annual Halloween Parade
Saturday, October 29, 10 a.m. Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton,Ghosts, goblins, witches—get dressed in your Halloween best and be ready to trick-or-treat and march down Main Street!
Halloween Folklore
Saturday, October 29, 5 p.m. Canio’s Books, 290 Main Street, Sag HarborFolklorist John Eilertsen of the Addams Foundation in Sagaponack will share accounts of near-death experiences, and omens and tokens of death and disaster he has documented over the years—especially stories from a West Virginian folk healer called Catfish Man of the Woods. Group participation and costumes are encouraged. A simple reception will follow the story telling, and a display of artwork by Addams Family creator Charles Addams will make for a creepy, kooky, mysterious and ooky evening.
Halloween Monster Mash
Saturday, October 29, 2 p.m. Amagansett Free Library, 215 Main Street, AmagansettKnow any scary stories? Your kids certainly will after this afternoon of stories, spooky games, monster crafts and more await.
Graveyard Walk
Saturday October 29 and Sunday, October 30, 2 p.m. Westhampton Free Library, 7 Library Avenue, Westhampton BeachWhistling through a graveyard takes a fun turn on this stroll through the final resting places of the rich and poor, famous and infamous buried in Westhampton Cemetery.
21st Annual Rag-A-Muffin Parade
Sunday, October 30, 12:30 p.m.Southampton
The Southampton Chamber of Commerce holds its 21st Annual Rag-A-Muffin Parade, proceeding down Windmill Lane, Nugent Street, Main Street and Jobs Lane. A costume contest will take place for the best costumes, and the trick or treat Pumkin Trail will follow for children 9 years old and under (participating merchants will be designated by paper pumpkins in their window).
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