Oh wait - and there is another mini-dog costume contest on Saturday at PUMPKIN FEST in Central Park! Pumpkin fest is a super fun fall festival in Central Park with live music, pumpkins, and delicious food. Make sure you get there early though, supplies run out relatively quickly.
The Saturday event that honestly looks the most intriguing to me is the Haunted Highline Halloween. This is mainly because I'm a big history nerd and I love the idea meeting historical ghosts while walking down the old elevated railroad. Pony rides, trick or treating, haunted train tunnels and hay-bale mazes don't sound half bad either.
Sunday at twilight in Central Park there is a giant pumpkin flotilla/pumpkin sail. I wish I were free to observe this - it sounds so magical!
If you're not feeling Halloween-y just yet, you're in luck. There is a pickle festival happening on Sunday! 12-5 p.m. eat pickles and watch pickling contests. Follow the link to the Lower East Side Pickle Day.
I'm also going to give some friends a shout out. I have several friends who give ghost tours of the city. I feel these are great ways to learn about the city's history as well as get into the Halloween spirit. My friend Amada Anderson gives spooktacular Haunted Broadway Tours. (Side note: did the person who coined to term "Spooktacular" trade mark it? They'd be making bank by now.) A company I used to work for, Ghosts of New York, also has absolutely wonderful ghost tours.
Also this is the perfect time of year to visit the Merchant's House Museum - New York's most haunted house! All weekend they will be hosting candle-lit ghost tours of the house and on Sunday they will have an 1865 funeral re-enactment and graveyard procession at 5:30 p.m. There are guided tours daily.
So get out there and celebrate Halloween New York Style - or eat a lot of pickles!:)
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