Halloween's almost here, get ready to howl and prowl with our handy guide

Source: The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.儲存Oct. 24--It's the weekend before Halloween, a season that East Tennessee certainly enjoys. Below are a listing of Halloween-themed events sent to Knoxville.com after our entertaining ghouls asked for the information.Boo at the Barn: 4-8 p.m. Oct. 26, 2417 Reagan Road, Knoxville. Presented by Horse Haven of Tennessee. $10 includes carload admission and parking. Candy, camp fire, face painting, haunted barn.BOO! At the Zoo: 5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 24-27, Knoxville Zoo, off Interstate 40's Exit 392. Admission $7, free for children under 2 (zoo members $2 discount), tickets at zoo or area Kroger (no member discount at Kroger); parking $5 a vehicle. Not-too-scary event includes trick or-treating, Monster Mash tent, backward "haunted" carousel.Branson Farms' Haunted Forest: 7:30-10:30 p.m. Oct. 25-26, 3208 Dutch Valley Road, Washburn, Tenn. Admission $3.Comic Halloween Fest: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 26, Snake Eyes Comics, 9317 Kingston Pike (Market Place Shopping Center), Knoxville. Free admission. Costume contest for adults and youth 5:30 p.m."Dead Man's Farm Haunted House: 7-10 p.m. Oct. 24 & Oct. 29-30; 7 p.m.-midnight Oct. 25-26, 7-11 p.m. Nov. 1-2; closed Oct. 31, 9567 Highway 11E, Lenoir City. $17 admission. High-intensity, interactive haunted house."Deathtrap": 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 3, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St., Knoxville. Tickets $10 Thursday or Sunday, $15 Friday or Saturday at .theatreknoxville.com. Play with comedy-thriller plot features thriller writer in a slump ready to do anything to improve his fortune.Dungeon of Darkness Haunted Castle: dark-11 p.m. Thursday, Friday & Saturday through Nov. 2, 2146 Big Springs Road, Maryville. General admission $13. Classic style, self-guided walk through indoor haunted attraction in the old Alnwick School now Alnwick Community Club.Fall Festival, Cansler Family Y: 7-10 p.m. Oct. 25, 616 Jessamine St., Knoxville. Free festival admission. $2 "Haunted Swamp" rides in pool. Carnival games, bounce house, chili cook-off. Each "Haunted Swamp" boat/family given "fear factor" option to tailor how scary their experience is."Freaky Friday Fright Nite:" 5-7 p.m. Oct. 25, Mayor Bob Leonard Park, Watt Road, Farragut. Free; participants asked to bring items for Knoxville Ronald McDonald House. Children age 12 and younger in costume "trick or treat" around park walking trail, games, cookie decorating.Frightmare Manor: 7 p.m.-midnight Oct. 25-26; 7 -10 p.m. Oct. 24, Oct. 27 & Oct. 30, 7-11 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 7588 Andrew Johnson Highway, Talbott. Admission $25 for three haunted attractions; $40 for three haunted attractions plus fourth "Nightmare at Frightmare Money Back Challenge." The challenge is for ages 18 and older. Haunted house, barn, woods and "Nightmare" attraction.Frightworks Haunted House: 7-10 p.m. Oct. 24, Oct. 27 & Oct. 30; 7 p.m.-midnight Oct. 25-26; 7-11 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 1904 W. Emory Road, Powell. Tickets $19.95. "Tremble Morbidtorium" theme.Ghostly Gathering: 6 p.m. Oct. 26, Historic Rugby. $19 adults, $10 ages 6-18. Reservations required at 423-628-2441. Chili dinner, haunted stories around bonfire, lantern tour of historic buildings.Haunted Adventure "Lights Out:" 7-11 p.m. Oct. 25-26, 260 McGoffin Ave., Spring City; by Rhea County Rescue Squad. Admission $10.Haunted History Cruises Aboard the S.S. Nightmare: 7, 8 and 9 p.m. Oct. 24-27, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, NavCal Rides, Star Landing, 300 Neyland Drive, Knoxville. $15 at 865-765-3407. Family-friendly, 45-minute haunted history trips.Halloween Rehearsal Day & Costume Competition: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 26, Smart Toys and Books, 9700 Kingston Pike, Knoxville. Free. Children invited to wear Halloween costumes to get treat bag; make Halloween craft, participate in costume contest."Halloween Haunts and Haints": 3-7 p.m. Oct. 26, Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. $5 ages 16 and older, $3 ages 4-15, free ages 3 and younger; family cap at $20. Trick or treating at site's historic buildings; children's craft activities; games, spooky stories. Costume parade and contest at 5 p.m. Costume contest registration $1 per person with best fictional, cutest, scariest, most historic and most creative categories.Haunted Hay Ride: dusk-midnight Oct. 24-26, Oct. 28-Nov. 2, Nelson Springs Farm, 715 Mill Creek Road, Andersonville. $10 adult, $8 ages 12 under. Attraction says it's unsuitable/scary for small children. Forty-minute haunted hayride, concessions, bonfire.Haunted Lantern Tour: 7 p.m. Oct. 24, Oct. 29-30, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave., Knoxville. $7 Ijams member, $10 nonmember. For ages 10 and up. Night tours by lantern of Ijams quarries. Register at 865-577-4717, Ext. 110.Hauntings of Historic Harriman: Oct. 25-26, Walden Street, Harriman. Tours start at 8 p.m., leave every 15 minutes. Last tour Oct. 25 10:30 p.m., last tour Oct. 26 10 p.m. $10 at gate. Guided walking tour through Cornstalk Heights Historic District with ghostly stories. Not recommended for children under age 10.Third annual HearthScares Ball: 7-11 p.m. Oct. 25, James White's Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave., Knoxville. Tickets $75 at .jameswhitesfort.org or 865-525-6574. Music by Chillbillies, appetizer buffet, guests invited to wear Halloween costumes.HearthScares Tour: 7 p.m. Oct. 28-30, leave from James White's Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave., Knoxville. $10 for ages 16 and older, $6 ages 6-15. Walking tour of "ghostly Knoxville" covers about 1.5 miles of downtown Knoxville, tells legends, spooky stories; tour takes about an hour and a half, ends with marshmallow roast at the fort.Island in Pigeon Forge Inaugural Halloween Celebration: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Island Drive, Pigeon Forge. Free hayrides, costume contest, face painting, candy stations at stores. Wheel rides free for children in costume up to age 11 with one paid adult ticket rider for every five children. Adult wheel tickets $13; senior citizens age 60 and older tickets $11.Knoxtober Frights: 6:30-10 p.m. Oct. 24, Oct. 27, Oct. 29-30; 6:30 p.m.-midnight Oct. 25-26, Oct. 31, north parking lot, Knoxville Center Mall. Admission $13. Dreadford's Mansion Haunted House set up in parking lot."Little Shop of Horrors": 7 p.m. Oct. 25-26, Oct. 31, Rogersville Playhouse, 1924 American Legimini storagen Road, Rogersville. $12 adult, $10 under age 12 at 423-293-0882 or .rogersvillearts.org. Musical about a blood-eating plant and the people around it.Loudon County Humane Society's "Howling in the Park": 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 26, Lenoir City Park adjacent to Fort Loudon Dam & Marina. Free. Vaccinated dogs displaying rabies tags, leashed and under control welcome. Costume parades for dogs, children, dog trick competition, entertainment, pet adoptions.Malloween: starts 5:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Knoxville Center mall. Trick-or-treat, costume contest registration by 6 p.m. Children 10 and older and adults may only wear masks at constume contest stage; no toy weapons.Monster's Ball: 8 p.m.-midnight Oct. 31, Rockwood Event Center, 116 W. Rockwood St., Rockwood. $10 at door. Costume contests, appetizers, dancing.Naturally Yucky Halloween: 4 p.m. Oct. 31, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave., Knoxville. $3 Ijams member, $5 nonmember, free age 2 and younger. Program shows some of natural world's slimiest, yucky parts. Register at 865-577-4717, Ext. 110.Ripley's Haunted Adventure "Experiment in Terror" 15th annual Fright Nights: starts 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October plus Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at Ripley's, traffic light #8, Gatlinburg. Tickets $13.99 plus tax age 12 and older, $7.99 plus tax ages 6-11. No one under age 6 allowed; those under 12 must be accompanied by guardian. Year-round haunted house Fright Nights shows for Halloween season.Scary Stories at Carter Mansion: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24, Carter Mansion, 1031 Broad St., Elizabethton. Free. Storytellers tell tales beside historic Carter Mansion graveyard. Bring lawn chair/blanket.Secret City Halloween Spooktacular Train Rides: 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Oct. 26, 1 and 3 p.m. Oct. 27, at Heritage Center, Highway 58 in Roane County. $19 adult, $15 ages 3-12. One-hour ride through former K-25 uranium enrichment site and rural Poplar Creek Valley to Blair, Tenn., Riders, especially children, invited to wear costumes.Sinister Chaos haunted house: 7-11 p.m. Oct. 25-26, Oct. 31, 402 N. Cedar Bluff Road, Knoxville. $12; $10 military personnel. Concessions by nonprofit USCAV (United States Citizens Aiding Veterans) to help local homeless vets.Spirits of the Night: 8 p.m.-midnight Oct. 29, Knoxville Zoo, off Interstate 40 Exit 392. $30 admission, $25 zoo member includes two complimentary darks, hors d'ouvres. For ages 21 and up. Costume contest, cash bar, dancing. Tickets at .knoxvillezoo.org or 865-637-5331.Spooktacular Saturday: 7 p.m. Oct. 26, Southwest Point, 1226 S. Kentucky St., Kingston. Free. Children invited to dress in Halloween costumes. Games, ghost stories, treats.Tennessee Shines Halloween Show: 7 p.m. Oct. 28, stage of Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St., broadcast live on WDVX FM. Tickets $10, free for students with ID and children ages 14 and younger. Doors open 6 p.m. Show with King Super & the Excellents with Norwegian Wood and poet Rus Harper. Show honors on-air legacies of "War of the Worlds" and "Monster Mash." Guests encouraged to wear costumes.Thrill the World Knoxville: 5 p.m. Oct. 26, Market Square, downtown Knoxville. $10 suggested donation, proceeds go to Young-Williams Animal Center. Part of international "Thrill the World" event based on Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Dress as zombies. Registration at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 26 or .ThrilltheWorldKnoxville.com.The Trial at Kyker Farms: starts 8 p.m. Oct. 25-26, Kyker Farms Corn Maze, 938 Alder Branch Road, Sevierville. $12. Haunted corn maze.Trail of Doom: dark-10 p.m. Oct. 25, Oct. 31, Nov. 1; 7-10 p.m. Oct. 24; dark-11 p.m. Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Oakes Farm Corn Maze, 8240 Corryton Road, Corryton. $19.95 plus tax general admission. Multi-"haunted attractions." Also "Thriller Nights of Lights," family friendly nighttime hayride with synchronizes lights and music with Halloween theme , $5 per person, starts dusk with last ticket sold at 10 p.m.Trail of Fears: 7:30 p.m.-midnight Oct. 25-26, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, Karns Community Center, 7708 Oak Ridge Highway, by Karns Volunteer Fire Department. Admission $10, $3 off if bring a new toy for toy drive. Also 4-7 p.m. Oct. 26 Trail of Fears Cauldrons of Fire Chili Cookoff, $5 requested donation, and 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 31 trick or treat."Trick or Trees": noon-4 p.m. Oct. 26, University of Tennessee Gardens off Neyland Drive, Knoxville. $6 per child age 12 and younger. Advance registration required at utgardens.tennessee.edu. Dress in costume, walk the gardens, trick-or-treat at five activity stations. Learn about pumpkins, spiders, creepy crawlies, make crafts. Children must be accompanied by adult.Trick or Treat in the Cave: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 25-31, Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway, Knoxville. $8 age 3 and older. Trick-or-treat along trail inside cave; meet cave "creepies," walk through underground vortex tunnel.Trunk or Treat: 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 27, Church Street United Methodist Church, 900 Henley St., Knoxville. Free. Games, bounce house, trick-or-treat.Trunk or Treat: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 27, First Baptist Church of Knoxville back parking lot, 510 W. Main St., Knoxville. Free. For children in fifth grade or younger and their families. Inflatables, games, food, face painting, candy. Children may dress up if they wish.Trunk or Treat: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Grace Lutheran Church parking lot, 9076 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville. Free.Trunk or Treat: 4-6 p.m. Oct. 27, Central United Methodist Church, 301 Hickory Creek Road, Lenoir City. Free admission. Trunk or treat, family friendly costumes welcome.Trunk or Treat: 4-6 p.m. Oct. 27, Messiah Lutheran Church, 6900 Kingston Pike, Knoxville. Treats in parking lot, inside if rain.Trunk of Treat: 4-5:30 p.m. Oct. 27, Deane Hill Recreation Center parking lot, 7400 Deane Hill Drive, Knoxville. Free food-free event by Food Allergy Community of East Tennessee. Families urged to decorate vehicle trunks, pass out non-edible treats such as stickers, crayons, decorations. Bring pumpkin to decorate.Zombie Blasters at Kyker Farms: starts 8 p.m. Oct. 25-26, 938 Alder Branch Road, Sevierville. Admission $12. Paintball ride through farm's "Dead Woods."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.) Visit the Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.) at .knoxnews.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage