Halloween in New Jersey:
A Listing of the Top Shows, Events,and Parades
Halloween in New Jersey is a time for many scary, frightful shows, events, attractions, and parades that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Check out the top 2009 NJ Halloween activities.
We have put on our costumes and headed into the dark of night with a full moon to search haunted houses, cemeteries, and pumpkin patches for ghosts, goblins, and skeletons to come up with the best Halloween events for families with kids.
Check them out!
Northern New Jersey Halloween Events
Frightful Nights Friday, October 2 - November 1, 2009
Grochowicz Farms
2401 Rt 31 South
Glen Gardner
908-537-4332
One of New Jersey's most popular live actor Halloween Family Events.
Take a 1- 1/2 mile long hay ride through the creepy moonlit countryside where your worst nightmares wait in the darkness. Once your ride is over you will find yourself stranded among the abandoned and rotting ruins of Blood Bayou, or is it abandoned?
Next, face the Challenge of The Scare Crows in our mind twisting haunted corn maze. Come join us for a fun but scary night of Shrieks and Screams.
Please call for schedule of open dates
Fright Pass $22.00 includes
Haunted Hollow Hay ride
Blood Bayou Haunted Trail
Scare Crows' Revenge corn Maze
A frightening family event that uses live actors who are trained to scare & frighten.
The New Jersey Halloween Horror Company
October 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 2009
Sussex County Fair Grounds
37 Plains Road
Augusta
201-362-1690
This live actor event is 5 terrifying nights of entertainment featuring actors performing and assisting in an indoor Haunted Walk-thru, an outdoor haunted hay ride and over 100 life-size Hollywood monster displays.
Guest star scream Queen Debbie D appears on Friday & Saturday nights only.
Food and drinks are available with indoor seating.
Tickets sold at the box office only on the night of the show.
Halloween Experience
Weekends in October, Call for 2009 dates and times
Tomahawk Lake
Route 181 North
Sparta
973-398-7777
A narrated 1- 1/2 mile haunted ride on tractor pulled wagons through the darkness. Look for haunts, ghouls, Frankenstein, Jason, Freddy, skeletons, executioners, pirates, indians, dragons, Chucky and more. The first ride starts at 7pm and every 15 minutes after that. At the end of the ride, enjoy free cider and donuts and storytelling. Reservations are required.
Central New Jersey Halloween Events
Corner of Chaos Haunted Maze Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, September 25 to November 1, 2009
Corner-Copia Garden Center and Nursery
299 Princeton-Hightstown Road
East Windsor
(609) 426-8884
This is a horror trifecta – three new, haunted maze attractions sure to put you and your friends in the proper spirits! Experience the Devil’s Den, the Barbaric Barnyard and the Trail of Treachery. Beware the Jersey Devil!
Fun for Boys & girls, the new Family Fun Maze has more than two miles of pathways to explore. Come for the day or bring your flashlight and come at night. The snack stand is there for when the troops get hungry.
The New Jersey Zombie Walk October 3, 2009
The Carousel House
700 Ocean Ave.
Asbury Park
zombiesbiting@me.com
Events begin at 11:00am at the Base Camp in the Carousel House. All zombies need to get a wristband. This gives them a body count and gets YOU exclusive discounts, freebies and deals all over town. If you miss getting a wristband, you can get one at any time at Paranormal Books & Curiosities on Cookman Avenue. We also have an Official Zombie Guide for you, with a map, schedule and a list of exclusive zombie-only deal
It features exhibits by local artists, film makers and authors, as well as a special Zombie Blood Drive.
Throughout the day,there will be a special quarantine area devoted to local artists, film makers, authors and special guests. They'll be exhibiting their work, recruiting for projects, selling their merchandise, signing books and handing out cool free stuff.
Also there will be a variety of presentations by special effects masters, who will demonstrate the tricks of the trade and how to achieve movie-quality make-up. You won't want to miss out on this!
The Zombie Walk begins at 5:00pm.
There's no sign up or registration. Just show up and grab a wristband. It's open to everyone, zombies all ages and undead pets on leashes.
The walk is rain or shine.
Haunted Express Night Time Rides
October 17, 18, 24, 25 and 31st 2009
Allaire State Park
Route 524
Wall Township,
New Jersey
(732) 938-5524
Take a spooky night time ride through the haunted woods of Allaire State Park. Advance tickets are highly recommended for this bone chilling event! Tickets go on sale September 17th. Ticket booth is open from 12-4:30 on weekends.th. Trains leave every 30 minutes from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Jersey Devil Haunted Hay ride
Open weekends, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Oct 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 & 30, 2009
Indian Rock Resort
920 W. Veterans Hwy. (Rte. 528), Jackson, NJ
(732) 928-0034
An wevening of frightful fun with night time spooky Hay rides begining at dark.
Haunted Village
Friday & Saturday evenings, Oct 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 2009
Red Mill Museum Village
56 Main Street
Clinton, New Jersey 08809
908-735-4101
The historic Red Mill comes alive with the eerie sights and sounds of Halloween. Hayride and Terror Trail. The biggest, safest and best haunted event in the area.
Doors open 6:00 p.m.
General admission tickets are available for pre-purchase at the Red Mill Museum Office from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm daily. The ticket window opens on performance nights at 5:00 pm and will close at 10pm.
The 71st Toms River Halloween Parade Friday, October 31, 2009
7:00p.m.
For information on the parade and for submitting an application to enter, contact:
732-349-0144
or trfd25no1@aol.com
Reported to be one of the largest Parades of it's type in the world, it's a parade with plenty of floats and decorative Halloween themed attractions.
Parade starts at 7:00 pm, from the Toms River Center located at Main Street and Route 37, proceeding South on Main Street, then east on Washington Street and concludes at Hooper Avenue. Most trophies will be distributed at 101 Hooper Avenue, Ocean County Administration Building.
ARRIVE EARLY! It is recommended you arrive about 2 hours prior to the start of the parade. This allows time to get settled and comfortable so the parade can begin on time. In the past, people have put chairs out even earlier.
Participants must register during the day of the parade and receive a registration number between the hours of 9:00 A.M. AND 5:30 P.M. at the firehouse located at 26 Robbins St, near Town Hall
Participants are to be at the Toms River Shopping Center
no later than 6:00 pm
Parade time 7 pm
Rain date will be Saturday, November 1, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Fright Fest
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning Saturday, October 3 through November 1, plus Columbus Day, October 12, 2009
Six Flags Great Adventure
Route 537
Jackson
732-928-1821
In October, Six Flags Great Adventure will e unearth their annual Fright Fest, a scary fun event for the entire family during our most popular festival of the year.
Arrive before 6 p.m. for shows for kids, but after 6 p.m. when the sun begins to set, the ghouls come out to haunt the midways. Evening hours feature bone-chilling walk through attractions, eerie shows and teeth-chattering thrill rides.
Point Pleasant 29th Annual Halloween Parade
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Parade Begins at 1:00 PM
Line up 11:30 AM
(Wachovia Bank - 3223 Bridge Ave)
732-295-8850
Fun for all ages - Pets - Groups - Motorized Floats - Pull Floats - Judging takes place at noon - trophies and participation ribbons for all. Come out to march or watch - this is a really fun event - 2nd largest parade in New Jersey!
South New Jersey Halloween Events
Ghost Tours of Ocean City September 8 pm, Saturdays
October 8 pm Saturdays + Halloween
Tours depart from the corner of 9th St & Asbury Avenue.
Ocean City
609-814-0199
A candlelight walking tour where that turns into "FEAR IN THE DARK"! It combines history, folklore, and ghost stories for a night of eerie fun in Ocean City's historic downtown.
TICKETS $14 per person; $8 ages 4-12
Night of Terror
Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights in October, 2009
Creamy Acres Farm
448 Mill Road
Mullica Hill 856-223-1669
A spook filled event featuring very scary attractions including; The ride of Terror, the Home of the Demented and Dead, and the dreaded Corn Maze
Cape May Halloween Parade Sunday, October 25, 2009, 1.30 PM
Contact: 609-884-5404
The Cape May annual Halloween Parade is one of the highlights of the fall season. Nowhere else in New Jersey can you see so many creative costumes parade by in such a short time.
The Parade travels down Carpenter's Lane onto Ocean Street and then down Washington Street where it ends at the Emlen Physick Estate where there’ll be a little party for the participants.
Registration begins at 1:30 on Lyle Lane behind City Centre Mall. Judging will begin at 2 and the parade starts at 3 p.m.
Burlington County Prison Museum
Halloween Show
October 9 - 31, 2009
From dusk - 10pm
128 High Street
Mount Holly
609-265-5476
This National Prison Landmark is now a museum and is offering special Halloween events. See the dungeons, gallows and old cells decorated with manequins and artifacts.
Admission: $15 at door; $13 pre-purchased
Haunted Seaport
Tuckerton Seaport
120 W. Main Street
Tuckerton, NJ
Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24, 2009
609-296-8868 ext 114
Guests of all ages are welcome to partake in the festivities, which pirates and sea captains long lost at sea, hayrides, refreshments and a pumpkin patch
Goblins in the Garden Family Festival Sat, October 24, 12pm – Sun, October 25, 4pm
Goblins in the Garden Family Festival. Kids in costumes receive half-price admission for this howling good time. Take a Haunted Train Ride; dodge costumed characters in our Haunted Maze, meet the bumbling burglars and have your fortune told. Celebrate the Mexican tradition of “Día de los Muertos,” a fun and educational activity for the whole family.
Not Sooo Scary Halloween Friday, October 23; Saturday, October 24; Friday, October 30, 2009
6:30pm-9:00pm.
Fernbrook Farms Education Center 142 Bordentown-Georgetown Road Chesterfield, NJ 08515
To RSVP for this event please call: (609) 298-4028 or email: eric@fernbrookfarms.com.
Looking for a “haunted hayride” alternative for your family? Come out to Fernbrook Farms and join them for a “not soOo scary” fall celebration. You’ll enjoy a fall evening on the farm while they play games, hike, go on a story stroll and take a hayride to a campfire to roast marshmallows.
This event is best suited for families with children ages 0-8.
Fernbrook Farms Education Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting children to our natural world.
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