The winds of change are in the air in Windsor Essex … that eerie feeling of fall-time…
It is the perfect time to get spooked! Is it madness or fun? Check out some of the area’s attractions and events to find out!
Spine-Chilling Stops this Spooky Season!
Windsor Essex is ScaredEvil as the largest Haunted House in Southwestern Ontario prepares for your anxious arrival. Boasting 16,000 square feet with new hauntings every year, and this year’s theme “The Release Shall Commence” is inviting “Your cooperation” What does this all mean??? Find out if you dare! Located at 1441 McDougall Ave., at Shepherd, inside Scarehouse Windsor. Tickets are available online. Call (519) 981-EVIL! https://www.scarehousewindsor.com/
Colasanti’s Tropical Garden is transformed into an evil forest for every Halloween. This year, they will only be open for 6 nights of scares! Experience over 135,000 sq.ft. of doom as they serve up horror in 2 parts… the Horror Hayride Hedgemaze as the main course, the Haunted Greenhouse as a delectable side dish. Located at 1550 Road 3 East in Kingsville. Call (519) 326-3287. http://www.colasanti.com/event/haunted-attractions-6-nights-scares/
Tillbilly Haunted Barn in tongue-twistin’ Hillbilly Tilbury is awaiting the innocent with clowns and cornfields! (I shall say no more!) Located at 17825 Tecumseh Rd., Tilbury . Call (519) 437-8701 (daytime kid-friendly activities on site for the faint of heart) https://www.facebook.com/tilbilly.hauntedbarn/
The House Youth Centre invites you to take a tour through Fort Malden in Amherstburg & through their harrowing haunted house. Scenes of executions and military macabre are created by local students. Take an unguided visit and make it out of the fort if you can! Proceeds to the House Youth Centre. Call (519) 736-5416 https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/malden/activ/calendar-calendrier
Kid-Friendly Spooks!
Halloween Spectacular on the Farm invites you to watch the “Headless Horseman Ride Again! – $6 per person and children 2 and under are free. Food for purchase, Pony rides $3.00, Crafts, Horses in costume, Magic, Balloon twister, Prizes, Face painting, Lot of Candy and much more. Dates: Friday, Oct 18th and Saturday, October 20th from 5 pm – 9 pm. Located at 3323 North Malden Rd. Essex Ontario (Just outside of McGregor) Cash Only. (A benefit for the Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association) Call (519) 726-7682. https://wetra.ca/event/halloween-spooktacular-farm-2/
Theissen Orchards Scaredy Cat Haunted Barn is kid-friendly this year with no live actors on site. Spookly the Square Pumpkin will be giving an anti-bullying message at the kid’s corn maze and participate if you like in a Farm Scene Investigation “The Disappearance of Farmer Joe” in the main corn maze! 400 Talbot Rd. E. Leamington. Call (519) 326-5282. https://www.thiessenorchards.com/family-fun/
Visit Tilbury’s Annual Tillbilly Hayride & Halloween Village for a kid-friendly great time! Purchase a pumpkin for only $6 and get access to 30 different activities on site! (haunted house at night for the fearless) 17825 Tecumseh Rd., Tilbury (519) 437-8701 https://www.facebook.com/tilbilly.hauntedbarn/
Love a true mystery? The Canadian Transportation Museum Village Murder Mystery is a truly fun dusk to dark experience. Each year, a new murder in the little village is announced and it’s up to you to figure out who! All participants gather under a large tent at the end for the murderer to be revealed! 6155 Arner Townline, County Rd. 23, RR#2 in Kingsville. Refreshments available. Call (519) 776-6909. https://www.ctmhv.com/Events/monthly_event_calendar.htm
Enjoy The Safety Village Trick or Treat in the Village Dress in costume and get ready to trick or treat while you learn lessons of staying safe! Along with ghosts and goblins, Windsor Fire’s Sparky, Siren & Elmer will be on hand and emergency vehicles on site for kids to explore! http://www.thesafetyvillage.com/pages/halloween-spooktacular.html
Miss Tecumseh and her sash winners are hosting a Halloween Masquerade for Mental Health fundraiser on Friday, October 26, 2018. Children 5 and under are free and tickets available at Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/halloween-masquerade-for-mental-health-tickets-50191636536?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Windsor Symphony Orchestra presenting Witches and Wizards – The Music of Harry Potter http://www.capitoltheatrewindsor.ca/events/2018-10-27/
Some Windsor Essex residents enjoy scaring their neighbors. Awaiting the innocent is the Lost Souls Cemetery at 10310 Caledon St. in Forest Glade. https://www.facebook.com/halloweenwindsorontario/
Keep checking back to http://hauntedwindsor.com/ for updates on haunted happenings in Windsor Essex!
