A closer look at some of the fall festivals and events in the area:
Friday, Oct. 6, through Saturday, Oct. 28
34th annual Ghosts and Goblins Tours
Lincoln Caverns, Huntingdon
6 to 9:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
Family tour, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays
Enjoy three unique experiences — a new haunted house, haunted trail and haunted hayride — for the price of one.
To purchase tickets, visit www.lincolncaverns.com.
Friday, Oct. 6, through Saturday, Oct. 29
Spook Haven Haunted House
100 Danis St., Mill Hall
7 p.m. every Friday and Saturday
A walk through this old abandoned mansion promises to leave visitors shaken and terrorized.
For more information, visit www.spookhaven.com.
Saturday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct. 21
Way Fruit Farm’s Fall Festival
2355 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Family-oriented event featuring the popular apple slingshot and a petting zoo, as well as craft vendors and free wagon rides to the pumpkin patch.
For more information, visit www.wayfruitfarm.com.
Friday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, Oct. 14
The Arboretum at Penn State’s Pumpkin Festival
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday
This event includes something for the whole family, including pumpkin carving and jack-o’-lantern judging and displays.
For more information, visit www.arboretum.psu.edu.
Saturday, Oct. 14
10th annual Cranberry Festival
Black Moshannon State Park, Philipsburg
Noon to 4 p.m.
Activities at this festival include hiking to pick cranberries on the bog, making pinecone birdfeeders, Colonial candle-dipping and a hayride. There also will be some crafters at the event, which takes place near the Environmental Learning Center. Cost is $1 to participate.
Saturday, Oct. 14
17th annual Downtown State College Fall Festival
Allen Street
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Activities for the whole family, including pumpkin decorating, amusement rides and a dessert contest.
For more information, visit www.downtownstatecollege.com.
Saturday, Oct. 14
Fall Festival
Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hear ghost stories and music and enjoy delicious food. A Halloween parade takes place at 1:30 p.m.
For more information, call (814) 355-2917.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20 and 21, and Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27 and 28
Haunted Camp Anderson
Tyrone
6 p.m.
A haunted house that goes through two buildings, a trail though haunted woods, a huge bonfire at camp and a haunted hay ride. The kitchen will be open.
For more information, visit the Haunted Camp Anderson Facebook page.
Saturday, Oct. 21
Seventh annual Fall Festival and Pumpkin Chuckin’ Festival
Bald Eagle State Park
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hosted by the Howard Fire Company, this annual event features craft and food vendors, bands, square dancing and a pie-eating contest.
For more information, call (814) 571-8303.
Friday, Oct. 27, through Sunday, Oct. 29
Fall Foliage Train Rides and Halloween Train Rides
Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte
The Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society will be hosting the annual rides in a restored 1940s-era passenger train.
For more information, visit www.bellefontetrain.org.
Friday, Oct. 27, and Saturday, Oct. 28
Haunted House at Murarik’s Motorsports
1410 E. Presqueisle St., Philipsburg
This car dealership is transformed into a haunted house for a frightening weekend of fun. A charity will be selected to receive the donations generated by this event.
For more information, call (814) 342-3773 or visit www.hauntedhouse.murarik.com.
Saturday, Oct. 28
Philipsburg Harvest Festival Parade
Downtown Philipsburg
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The vendors will open at 11 a.m., with the parade to follow at noon.
Saturday, Oct. 29
Annual Halloween Parade
Bellefonte
12:30 to 4 p.m.
Judging and parade formation starts at 12:30 p.m. at the Bellefonte Elementary School Parking Lot, with the parade taking off at 1 p.m. on North Allegheny Street toward the diamond. Following the parade, there will be awards, free apple cider, trick-or-treat bags and free pumpkins for children 12 and younger on the courthouse lawn, as well as downtown trick-or-treating on Allegheny and High streets from 2 to 4 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 29
Halloween Costume Parade
North Burrowes Street and West College Avenue, State College
7 p.m.
Community members are invited to participate in or watch this annual family-fun event. Costume judging will take place at Memorial Field by the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.
Tuesday, Oct. 31
Official Trick-or-Treat Night
6 to 8 p.m.
This time and date applies to the boroughs of State College and Bellefonte and the townships of College, Ferguson, Patton and Harris. Halfmoon Township’s trick-or-treat will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 11
Pleasant Gap Area Lioness Club Annual Fall Craft Show
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, Bellefonte
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Features handmade crafts and holiday items, as well as a Chinese auction, lunch and bake sale items.
For more information, call (814) 359-3127 or email lglucas2935@aol.com.
