All Hallow’s Eve out here past the rotary isn’t a soiree at the Museums of Natural History. Not that everybody is tucked deep in the woods at Rob Zombie’s house - looking at you, Truro - but it’s a little saltier. As we like it. And there’s a little salt for everybody - it’s an all-ages shaker.
It becomes something all its own, once you’re past the Drive-In and two lanes turn to one … and the streetlights, whatever streetlights are left, have a habit of maybe not working so well. Or at all. On a night just like this one. On Halloween.
Town by town, Witch by Clown, the Pumpkins’re up-Cape, the Bears are down.
OUTER CAPE
Provincetown
Choosing to never go gently into that good night, Provincetown will use the full force of its will and reach of its tentacles to drop powerhouse pahties around town like a grizzly drops potties across the Alaskan ground. As luck would have it the weekend starts on Thursday the 31st, thanks Baphomet!
To name a few …
• 30 Oct, 1030p: LIVE MUSIC: Space Pussy @ Governor Bradford (doors @ 930p)
• 31 Oct - 03 Nov - Tea Dances (a variety-pack] @ The Boat Slip throughout the weekend: 4-7p Th, F, Sun - 4-9p Sat
• 31 Oct, 10p - Spooky Bear Ptown Pub Crawl @ The Vault
• 31 Oct - 03 Nov: Halloween Spooky Bear @ Gifford House EVERY NIGHT starting @ 5p, featured events starting @ 9p every night but Sunday … starting @ 8p
• 01 Nov @ 6p: Funny Ghoul Halloween Cabaret @ Crown Cabaret (Crown & Anchor)
• 01 Nov @ 730p: Flip Cup Tournament @ Provincetown Brewing Co
• 02 Nov, 10a-2p: Spooky Bear Market @ The Boat Slip
• 02 Nov, 9p: Spooky Bear Costume Ball @ Crown & Anchor
• 02 Nov, 730p: Well Strung @ Town Hall
• 02 Nov, 9p: HellTown Burlesque @ Post Office Cabaret
• 02 & 03 Nov (+ every Sat & Sun in October) Provincetown Ghost Tours, 7 & 9p, meet up just south of commercial on Lopes Sq
Venues to Peruse for More Events:
Crown & Anchor
Art House
Gifford House
Governor Bradford
Post Office
Red Room
Truro
The Town with No Traffic Lights Keeps it Quiet.
• 25 Oct, 5-7p: All Ages Halloween Party @ Truro Public Library
The 21st Annual! Pumpkin Decorating, Outside Activities, Games, Photo Booth, Crafts
7 Standish Way, North Truro, MA 02652
• 26 Oct 12noon-4p @ Truro Vineyards
DJ Set, Prizes for Best Costume, Drinking Games, Food & Ice Cream Truck, Pumpkins for Kiddos
11 Shore Rd, North Truro, MA 02652
Wellfleet
The most family friendly of the Outer Cape towns. Nothing bad ever happens in Wellfleet. Does it?
• 26 Oct, 8p-Midnight @ The Block & Tackle
Cocktail Specials, Costume Contest, Scary-Oke w/ Cape Cod Karaoke, Tarot Readings by Demianna
545 Rt 6 Wellfleet, MA 02667
• 31 Oct, 330-6p: 16th Annual Trunk or Treat Festival @ Wellfleet Drive In
The Trunk or Treat Festival is open to Outer & Lower Cape families - all trunks welcome. Anyone interested in registering a trunk can visit their Registration page for more information. https://trunkortreatfestival.com/register-your-trunk/
51 Rt 6 Wellfleet MA 02667
• 31 Oct, 5-8p: Pumpkin Palooza @ Wellfleet Preservation Hall
Candy, Cash Bar, Costume Contest, Music & Dance Party. Bring a carved pumpkin with you and they’ll light it up for display!
335 Main St Wellfleet 02667
LOWER CAPE
Eastham
The home of the oldest working windmill - how charming. Are they also the oldest haunted windmills? And are those haunted windmills related to the low moans and cries that roll over the marshes in the middle of the night? Asking for a friend.
• 26 October, 3-5p: Halloween on the Green @ Windmill Green
Costumed up volunteers from community groups, Eastham civil departments, and local businesses get together to hand out candy to the kiddos. This is the 2nd year and 2023 brought out almost 500 strong.
2515 State Highway Eastham MA 02642
• 26 Oct, 530-730p: Garv’s Great Pumpkin @ Wild Care
This not at all scary fall celebration will feature a Great Horned Owl named Dracula, a stunning Raven named Dova, a visit from Garv, our Eastern Box Turtle and your party host, and a few other animal guests. Costumes are optional, but we hope you’ll come dressed as your favorite wild creature for a chance to win a private meet and greet with Garv himself! There will be children’s games, crafts, and goodies.
*Get your tickets online in advance and be entered to win a prize! Tickets will also be available at the door. $15 for adults, $5 for children aged 3-13. Free admission for children under 3.
10 Smith Lane Eastham, MA 02642
Orleans
Rumored to be the most haunted place on Cape Cod, Orleans holds a brothel that’s been collecting ghosts dating back to the 1920s when an … employee was killed there. Later, a bartender hung himself in the cupola. In the 70s a dishwasher died in the basement … by hanging. So while there’s a nifty little book about it, who knows if the place isn’t amassing a platoon to set loose on the beaches next summer. Oh that brother site? The Orleans Waterfront Inn.
• 26 Oct, 1-2p: Toe Jam Puppet Band Halloween Show @ Snow’s Library
Wear your costume and join the Toe Jam Puppet Band for a fantastical Halloween show full of music, laughter and fun! Featuring original and interactive songs and stories, the Toe Jam Puppet Band gives a performance that both kids and adults will enjoy. The Halloween Stroll will start after the show, in front of the library.
Sponsored by the Friends of Snow Library. Admission is free and all are welcome.
67 Main Street Orleans, MA 02653
Chatham
The good news is that Chatham is very well heeled and doesn't have any ghost stories to spook you. They do have the Grey Ghost but that was only a massive abandoned rooming house dating back to the pre-electricity days. Scores of homeless would squat there and wander the halls and up to the top floor with their candles and lanterns. Probably in high spirits, probably all in good fun, probably not scary people at all. Not malnourished and looking for an edge to get over on anyone in the house, not borderline zombies just yards away from the road where innocents walked ... nope, nothing to fear in Chatham.
• 26 Oct, 530p AND 730p: Shipwrecked – A Haunted Night at the Museum, Atwood Museum
An adult Halloween event with Halloween-themed cocktails, food and scary shipwreck lore of Cape Cod.Admission is $45 for adults. Spaces are limited so reservations are needed. https://chathamhistoricalsociety.org/shipwrecked-haunted-house/
347 Stage Harbor Road Chatham, MA 02633
• 26 Oct, 10a-4p: Shark Center Chatham Trick or Treat @ Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Join the AWSC Team for Trick-or-Treating at the Shark Center Chatham!
Come dressed in your favorite costume to trick-or-treat through our exhibit hall. Learn all about white sharks and other marine life while collecting candy and participating in hands-on activities.
Tickets are $8 per person, children 2 and under are free.
Visits will be 30 minutes with a timed entry, advanced registration is encouraged.
235 Orleans Road North Chatham, MA02650
• 29 Oct, 530-630: Talking Horror with Corey Farrenkopf @ Eldredge Public Library
Local author, Corey Farrenkopf, share more on his new release Living in Cemeteries. Through Q+A, we will discuss Corey's reading and writing Horror/Dark Fantasy Fiction process. Farrenkopf was raised in Chatham and given the subject matter, a fun fact about Corey's book is the majority of his deceased relatives now reside in the cemetery right down the street from Eldredge Public Library! Books will be available for purchase at the event.
564 Main St, Chatham, MA 02633
• 31 Oct, 2-3p: Searching for the Lady of the Dunes @ Eldredge Public Library
For nearly fifty years, the Lady of the Dunes was Cape Cod’s most enduring mystery. Found savagely murdered and mutilated in the remote dunes of Provincetown in 1974 it seemed her identity would be forever unknown. In 2022 she was finally identified as Ruth Marie Terry. This book pulls the curtain back on the Wild West that was Provincetown in the 1960s and 1970s thanks to those who were there at the time. It was written in conjunction with a documentary that helped shine a new light on the case. It is the full in-depth story behind the arduous journey from the Lady of the Dunes to Ruth Marie Terry.
564 Main St, Chatham, MA 02633
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