Ferndale rolls out the orange carpet for a full month of spine-tingling, household pleasant festivities with its Frightfully Fun town-wide Halloween celebration. Things kick off Friday, Oct. 3, with free Artisan Pumpkin Carving on Main Street from 3 to 6 p.m. with carving stations alongside the road earlier than the jack o’ lanterns gentle up in a sundown show.
For those that like their scares with a facet of historical past, weekends deliver guided Cemetery Tours at Ferndale Cemetery ($15-$30) and Candlelight Tours & Ghost Stories on the Ferndale Museum ($20, $15 for youths 5-12, free for youths underneath 5).
Then the month heats up with the Murder Mystery Magic Show on the Old Steeple on Saturday, Oct. 11 ($25), Broomsticks & Brews on the Ferndale Community Center on Sunday, Oct. 12 ($45), and the Monster Mash Block Party on Main Street on Wednesday, Oct. 29 (free).
Want extra? Try Tarot & Spirits on the Victorian Inn, or sip and scry at Wine and Fortune Telling in Sitka Wine Lounge.
And don’t miss the grand finale: the Scaregrounds, the place Griffin Loch transforms the Humboldt County Fairgrounds right into a delightfully darkish vacation spot with three haunted homes, roaming haunters, meals vehicles, Marie Lavou’s Voodoo Lounge, Frightdale’s Symphony of Lights and extra. Get extra particulars at visitferndale.com.