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San Luis Obispo County organizations are offering multiple opportunities to get your Halloween haunt on this October, all the way up to the big day itself. Enjoy these spooky, artful, fun-filled activities by yourself or with the whole family.
Filmed almost a century ago but still frightening today . . . witness the creation of a new creature in the original Bride of Frankenstein directed by James Whale. The 1935 horror movie screens Saturday, October 3 at 4:15 p.m. at the Palm Theatre.
Kids under 16 get in free . . . bring your picnic blankets and low back chairs and settle in for a night at the Paso Picture Show‘s last screening of the season: Hocus Pocus on Saturday, October 3, at Venteux Vineyards. Be sure to dress up for a spooky photo op!
Unleash your inner circus performer . . . and enter the twisted carnival of the SLO Film Center‘s annual Haunting Party on Wednesday, October 7. Enjoy a costume contest, giveaways, wine pull, spooky charcuterie, candy, and the famous Palm popcorn.
Let’s do the Time Warp again . . . under the stars with the Cambria Film Festival and Monday Night Movie Club at Parr Wines on Friday, October 9. It’s an outdoor interactive screening celebration of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
They’re creepy and they’re spooky . . . When people come to see ’em, they really are a scream: it’s The Addams Family, a new musical comedy on stage at the Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre October 23-November 1.
A free evening of books, games and more . . . is on tap at The Cove‘s annual Spooky Bookfair on Friday, October 23 at Two Broads Ciderworks in San Luis Obispo. Literary costumes are encouraged for both adults and kids.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller . . . together in the National Theatre Live production of Frankenstein filmed in 2011 and showing at Ensemble Theatre Company in Santa Barbara on Thursday, October 29. Regular and VIP tickets are available.
Dust off your Halloween costumes . . . the annual Boo Bash comes to SLO’s Meadow Park on Friday, October 30. Bring the family for games, a photo booth, food trucks, haunted house, and a showing of Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest.
Celebrate Día de los Muertos . . . when the Latino Outreach Council invites the community to gather in Mission Plaza on Saturday, October 31 for a free, family-friendly event featuring dancing, mariachis, a costume contest, face-painting, food, and more.