The Lazy 5 Ranch hosts its annual Fall Festival this Thursday with fun for everyone. Friday‘s highlight is the Davidson Halloween March starting at 5 pm. Cornelius has its own Halloween in Old Town on Saturday. The Carolina Renaissance Festival rounds out the weekend with Halloween Daze and Spooky Knights on Sunday.
Thursday, Oct. 24
Fall is in the air which means it is time for our annual Fall festival! Special events include: straw castle, corn box, pumpkin patch, marshmallow roasting, pumpkin slingshot, and pumpkin decorating. Mooresville.
Join us for a concert version* of this cult classic! Come dressed in your favorite Rocky outfit. Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a scientist. Warehouse Performing Arts Center, Cornelius.
Friday, Oct. 25
The Town of Davidson will celebrate the Halloween season on Friday, October 25 starting at 5:00 p.m. with our traditional Halloween March along Main Street.
Come out to Movies in the Park. We will be showing Hocus Pocus. Veterans Park, Huntersville.
Saturday Oct. 26
Halloween in Old Town Cornelius
Dress up in your best costume and visit downtown Cornelius businesses for tricks and treats 2-6 pm. Saturday, Oct. 26. Enjoy live music, food trucks, costume contests, Halloween-themed crafts.
Join your neighbors to take a stand against hate and violence. Featuring cultural performers and community members speaking out against hate towards people of color, Jews, Muslims, immigrants and LGBTQ, as well as against gun violence.
Officer Sheldon Family Fall Festival
Bounce Houses, Fun Games, Vendors, Face Painting, Music, Trackless Train Rides, Great Raffle Prizes, Food and Giveaways. Downtown Mooresville.
October 26 & 27. Come to the zoo and enjoy fun fall activities. Fun passes, feeding passes, and encounters available to purchase. Zootastic Park, Troutman.
Pumpkin decorating, games, face painting, and candy. Northcross Shopping Center.
Doors open at 10 am. Comics from many publishers will be waiting for you. Get here early some titles will go fast!
Sunday Oct. 27
Please join us Sunday, October 27th at Northstone Country Club in Huntersville, NC to help us raise funds that let us create smiles. This will be our second tournament that honors the memory of our friend Jeff “DINO” DiNicola.
Dinner, games and crafts. Trunk or Treat. Decorated vehicles are needed. 5 to 7pm, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.
Halloween Daze and Spooky Knights
Children and parents alike enjoy the fun and safe trick or treating experience with free treats to be found at over 100 locations throughout the Festival Village. And don’t miss the children’s Halloween Treasure Hunt with Treasure Chest filled with prizes. Carolina Renaissance Festival, Huntersville.
Monday Oct. 28
Carrigan Farms have some pumpkins that we pick for you and some that you can pick yourself. Once October starts its pumpkin time.
Monday Night Jam is…wait for it…Monday night!

Tuesday Oct. 29
Have you ever seen a King Vulture on a playground? We’ll Pishi has his own fun yard out beside his enclosure in the Vulture Culture exhibit. You won’t want to miss this bird’s favorite part of the day. 11am, Carolina Raptor Center.
Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables, direct from an acclaimed two-and-a-half-year return to Broadway. Ovens Auditorium.
Wednesday Oct. 30
A special evening tour with Rosedale and Paranormal Society members. From the reconstructed blacksmith shop, to the gardens, to the first floor and cellar of the house itself, you’ll hear tales of the macabre and the stories behind Rosedale’s resident spirits. Historic Rosedale Plantation.
Join us with your kids for a story time with live music! Our musical story teller, Jamie, will lead our avid young readers in tunes accompanied by her mellifluous guitar and ukelele that complement the book of the day. Main St. Books, Davidson.