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Halloween/Fall Fests
- Advice and Tips
- Costume Contests
- Fall Fests
- Fall Fests in Nearby Cities
- From A to Z Home's Cool
- Ghost Stories
- Haunted Houses
- Haunted Parks
- Haunted Places
- Pumpkin Patches
- Shopping for Scary Things
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Halloween/Fall Fests
 
First neighborhood Halloween party for these babies!
If you have a community-wide October Celebration that you'd
like to publicize here, please email
your Go Milpitas guide, Ann Zeise. All events that will welcome
most Milpitans and are located in the city or in nearby Silicon
Valley cities may list their event. Please specify if for adults,
youth, or families with small children. Include web site URL,
email or phone number for more information.
Costume Contests
Weller Halloween Carnival
October 30, 2009. Presented by the PTA. Games, prizes, treats, and costume contest. 1:15p Halloween Parade. 5:30p Haloween Carnival. 345 Boulder Street. 635-2876.
Fall Fests
The Mid-Autumn Festival
1:30p, Saturday, October 10, 2009. Milpitas Community Library, 160 N. Main Street. Free admission. Free parking. Featuring: Wings-of-the-100 Viet Dance Company - "Journey Through the Northern Land," Building Assets in Vietnamese Youth - "Break dancing," with Motion Monsterz, and San Khau Viet Cali - "Generation Gap," a bilingual skit. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Children's Festival. In the United States, this tradition continues in many Vietnamese-American communities. Trung-Thu activities are often centered around children and education.
Community Pumpkin Patch NEW
October 16 - 30. 1331 E. Calaveras Blvd. (In the Sports Complex Parking Lot) Weeknights 5-9 pm, Weekends 11 am-9pm Presented by The Milpitas Rotary Club. Ongoing Events & Activities: Pumpkins, Giant Slide, Jump House, Snacks, Hay Maze, Fun Picture Points.
Randall Elementary School Family Fall Festival
5 - 7p, Friday, October 23, 2009. This is a great evening for all your family members. Enjoy the BBQ, games for all ages, a pumpkin patch, and a scary haunted house! Admission is just $2.00 and you will receive 4 tickets to get you started. Addition tickets are just 25 cents each. 1300 Edsel Drive. 635-2662.
Have a Scary Good Time at Borders!
2p, Saturday, October 24, 2009. Bring the whole family to celebrate Halloween with fun games, spooky music, scary crafts and more! Ask a bookseller for more details. 15 Ranch Drive. 934-1180.
Holiday Spirit
3 - 5p, Saturday, October 24, 2009. Join the Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association at Augustine Park for a Costume Contest (Judging at 4p), free prizes, snacks and drinks, a raffle, and free candy and stickers. Learn about the Neighborhood Watch program.
Spooktacular Halloween Event
Noon to 4p, Saturday & Sunday, October 24 & 25, 2009. Great Mall (Space 142 / Entrance 5A)
447 Great Mall Drive
Free Admission
You are a game piece on an life-size Enchanted Game Board! A roll of our dice will send you on a journey through the Enchanted forest where magical creatures and characters have been captured by the evil queen! Each stop on the game board will provide you the opportunity to win prizes and move through the forest. Will you be able to win the game and go free? Or become part of the Enchanted Game, forever... Don't forget to wear your costume! For more information contact Milpitas Parks & Recreation Services at (408) 586-3210.
Harvest Faire
4 - 6pm, Saturday, October 31, 2009. Join Mt Olive
Ministries for a free evening of fun, games, candy, cake walk, a costume contest and prizes.
1989 E. Calaveras Bl.
262-0506.
Family Fall Festival
5 - 8pm, Saturday, October 31, 2009. Christ Community Church, 1000 S Park Victoria of Milpitas. For more info call the church office, 408-262-8000 x7921.
Fall Fests in Nearby Cities
Prusch Farm Park Harvest Fair
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Emma Prusch Farm Park, located at 647 S. King Road in San Jose. The event runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and will include entertainers, unusual foods, pony and wagon rides, a petting zoo, cooking classes, fruit orchard tours, a pumpkin patch, apple juice tasting, kids' programs and more. Admission and parking are free. For more information, call 926-5555
Campbell's Oktoberfest
Saturday & Sunday, October 17 - 18, 2009. In Historic Downtown Campbell.
This festival draws over 40,000 people so come early and expect
to stay all day as you visit over 100 arts and crafts booths.
Festival hours are 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 5 pm
on Sunday.
Ardenwood Harvest Festival
10a - 5p, October 10 - 11, 2009. Harvest corn, enjoy fresh squeezed apple cider, hands-on craft making, hoedown music, and enjoy the bounty of another harvest season. Best Steam tractor will be running. Visit Joe Perry's pumpkin patch, organic produce stand and the corn maze.
Ardenwood Halloween Train
7 - 9:30p evenings of Fridays, October 16 and 23,and Saturdays, October 17 and 24, 2009.
7 - 9:00p Sundays, October 18 and 25, 2009.
Trains depart every 30
minutes. Come out to Ardenwood for an evening of Halloween fun!
Ride the train through the fields and woods and join the Halloween
goblins and have a hauntingly good time! This wonderful evening
is designed for families with children 12 years of age and under.
1-866-417-7277 for group reservations.
Haunted Houses
Haunted house at east end of Grand Teton Dr.
Accepting non-perishable food items
for the Milpitas Food Pantry, otherwise free.
Pirates of Emerson
September 25 - October 31, 2009. The 2009 season will be our 18th year of presenting our Halloween Adventure. This year we are The Haunting Fields, featuring the Pirates of Emerson. We are completely unlike the traditional haunted house; we have taken this to a much, much higher level. At our Dark Adventure, we have created an environment where you are actually in the scenes. We have made extensive use of special effects, robotics, animation and interaction. While we do have the obligatory scream in your face areas - they are relatively small. This is real adrenaline pumping excitement - definitely not for the faint of heart! 45031 Warm Springs Blvd., Fremont, CA. See Calendar for specific dates and hours.
Winchester Mystery House
Flashlight tours of this pioneer mansion created by the superstitious
daughter of the man who invented the Winchester rifle. $31 -
but you have to do it at least once! Tickets may now be ordered
online and are available up to 60 days in advance. October
17, 24, and 31, 2009, and Friday, November 13, 2009, flashlight tours begin at 6 PM though
12:30 AM. For Halloween, special entertainment and Trick-or-Treating
in the gardens provides "spirited" fun for the whole
family. Advance ticket purchase online is highly recommended as tours do sell out.
Haunted House at Moss Beach
Back again in 2009. Open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from October 15, 2009. Just 10 min north of Half Moon Bay and only 25 min south of San Francisco. 601 Kelmore St. Moss Beach.
Haunted Parks
Great America: Halloween Haunt
Weekends October 2 - 31, 2009. Special ticketed event which requires a separate ticket for admission. Not recommended for wimps or children under 13.
Grant Ranch House Halloween tours
October 9 - 10, 2009, 8p - Midnight. Join park historians and ghost trackers on a moonlit tour of
the Grant Ranch House. Discover the history of this turn-of-the-19th
century house, including its supernatural occurrences.
Call (408) 274-6121 for reservations & information.
Creepy Campfire - Vasona County Park
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 6 - 9p. Enjoy a night around the campfire with a Park Ranger and learn about nocturnal animals and the myths and stories that surround them. Stay for a Halloween-themed movie to follow the campfire. Appropriate for ages 6 and up. Meet at the Ranger Office with a blanket or low beach chair and flashlight. (408) 354-2608.
Bugged-Out Movie Night - Tarantula
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 7:30p - 10:30p. Santa Teresa County Park's Historic Bernal Ranch.Explore the fascinating life of the tarantula in our world. Hang on to your seats while watching the 1950s thriller, "Tarantula," followed by some safe close encounters with the real-life creatures! Meet at the ranch barn, located at 372 Manila Drive in San Jose. Reservations required, call (408) 226-5453.
Ed Levin Park - Halloween Haunt
Friday, October 30, 2009, 5 - 8p. Join park staff for a night of spooky family fun. Play ghostly games, carve a free pumpkin, eat s'mores around a glowing campfire and take a creepy hike around the Spring Valley Pond. Meet at the Park Ranger office. Costumes and all ages welcome. (408) 262-6980.
Haunted Places
These places in Milpitas may really be haunted! Visit at your own risk.
Ed Levin Park Cemetery
The cemetery is now closed, but even in the daytime, electronics
will shut off, start on own, loud moans can be heard, flashes
of lights and car problems. Very cold in spots.
Empty Lot next to Arco on Abbott
Whole area is large, ancient burial ground for maybe hundreds
of people who all died suddenly and were stacked like cordwood
in this make-shift cemetery. Did they die from an epidemic or
attack? No one knows. The City inspectors have some information
about this, as they prevent further development in that area.
River's Edge
In 1981 a Milpitas High School student killed his girlfriend,
then brought his buddies to see the body. No one told the cops.
We'd prefer to forget this crime, but it was made into a movie
in 1987. Our "river" here being but that small creek
that runs along side of Calaveras Blvd. The film was made up
on the American River.
Pumpkin Patches
Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival
October 17 - 18, 2009. Noted for its giant pumpkin contest, but also has full assortment of family fun contests and a haunted barn. On historic Main St., Half Moon Bay.
Advice and Tips
Pumpkin
Recipes
Our cookbook is filling up quickly with recipes for pumpkins of course. Please contribute your favorite recipe. And, don't forget to tell others about our recipes!
Survival
tips for Halloween for dog owners
Halloween can indeed be a frightening experience for dogs, especially
for puppies who have never experienced this event, and for shy
dogs who are easily frightened.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories
Stories to send chills down your spine.
From A to Z Home's
Cool
Ghost
Town - Bodie, California
Homeschoolers haunt this historic gold mining town on a fine
October day. An online field trip.
Gory Goodies
Drinks,
Dips,
Snacks, & Appetizers, Breads,
Main
Dishes, Desserts
and Other
Good Ideas
Halloween
At Home
It can be a fun-filled, learning time for the whole family.
Halloween
Spook School
Welcome to our homeschool for little spooks. Our haunted house
needs to meet all the state requirements for being a haunted
home school.
Shopping for
Scary Things
Goodwill
Discover the possibilities at Goodwill. You never know what you
might become! 91 S. Abbott Ave.
Orchard Supply Hardware
We have found some of the "coolest" stuff here to scare
the daylights out of Trick-or-Treaters coming to the GoMilpitas
Haunted Yard, east end of Grand Teton Dr.
Party City
Halloween is here and Party City has hundreds of costumes to
choose from. You will also find - Masks, Wigs, Hats, Costume
Accessories, Make Up, Indoor/Outdoor decoration, candy and more.
311 W Calaveras.
Spirit Halloween
This year it is in the former Mervyn's store in the Town Center. Construction on Hillview makes it hard to enter there, so use the entrance off E Calaveras or N Milpitas Blvd.
Should we add your Milpitas store? Contact GoMilpitas.com.
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Come Trick or Treat at east end of
Grand Teton Dr. Be prepared to be REAL scared!
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