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Looking for Halloween activities and places to go? Here are some "spooktacular" destinations around the Bay Area that are full of festivities!- This annual family-friendly Halloween event features haunted houses, hay rides, carnival rides, giant inflatables and food. 3p.m.-9p.m., Oct. 28.- Trick or treat surrounded by incredible animals. Watch them enjoy tasty holiday treats and brave the Haunted Nature Trail when the sun goes down. Oct. 29-30.- This free event in the beautiful Yerba Buena Gardens is perfect for kids.Halloween at the Yard - The Yard is hosting a Halloween event for kids, adults and pets. There will be trick-or-treating, pumpkin painting and a costume contest. 11a.m., Oct. 30.- This legendary event pays tribute to the almighty pumpkin (and gourds of course!) You can't miss the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off and all the giant pumpkins participating in it. There's also the Great Pumpkin Parade as well as the world's largest pumpkin sculpture. Food, fun and costumes await! Oct. 15, 16.- The Repetto's Pumpkin Farm is a Bay Area family tradition in Half Moon Bay. Repetto's includes a corn maze escape challenge, a tractor-pulled hayride, a climbing haystack pyramid and a giant pumpkin-decorated hay bench to pose with your family for Halloween photos! Many varieties of pumpkins are available for purchase for decoration and cooking.- Pony rides, train rides, bounce houses and a petting zoo are all available during the Halloween season- Several varieties of pumpkins are available for purchase as well as an interactive pumpkin patch tour, bounce house, slide, retail items and Halloween-themed photographs, open through Oct. 31.- Bring your proud pup to the costume contest and enter to win a $300 shopping spree! Oct. 22, 2p.m.- This scary attraction features five haunted attractions and some nightside entertainment. You can explore the "Laboragory", "Pirated of Emerson", "Holiday Horror", "The Hack Shack" and the "Dark Gauntlet" Oct. 7-9, 14-16, 20-23, 27-31.- Oakland's zoo has its own Boo event. Dress up in your costume and collect candy around the park. Other activities include face painting, treats for the animals and much more. You can see how the animals at the Oakland zoo celebrate Halloween! 10a.m. -3:00p.m., Oct. 29,30.- The Unhaunted house features many family friendly characters as well as face painting, food and more. Oct. 21, 6-9p.m., Oct. 22, 4-8pm.- This pumpkin patch has the added feature of ponies! You can decorate horseshoes, pet the ponies and watch some equine demonstrations. This event is a benefit for the Theraputic Medical Centers, which help horses of all ages. 10a.m. - 2p.m., Oct. 16th.- Participate in the corn maze, Old West Town, hay ride, farm animals, gem painting, antique museum and shop for your family pumpkins, gourds, corn, corn stalks straw bales and more. Open daily 9p.m. - 6p.m., Oct. 1-31.- This attraction features a haunted house, hay rides, train rides, pony rides, petting zoo, pumpkin slingshots, vendors, face painting and a jumpy house. Open all of October, 10a.m. - 5p.m.- Trick or treat with animals from the Lindsay Wild Life experience. Come in costume and get through the obstacle course and trick or treat. Oct. 27, 5:30p.m. - 8:30p.m.- Put on your spookiest costume and join the Goblin Jamboree at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. This two-day Halloween festival is designed for children ages 6 to 10 so bring the little ones for a day of fun. Pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, boo bowling, mini-golf and even hay rides will be available at this event, Oct. 15-16.Kids can explore this glow in the dark 150 bale hay maze. It has tunnels, netting and a slide and its all under black light, perfect for Halloween.The exhibit will be open all of October.This two weekend long festival is full of family fun. You can check out some creepy critters in the old creatures barn, participate in a seed spitting contest and even pet the farm animals. Oct. 15-16, Oct. 20-21.- Characters from Disney's Sleeping Beauty and Alice in Wonderland join in on the fun. There are several backdrops to take family photos in front of as well as food and music. Oct. 29 8a.m. - 3:30p.m.- Explore a Halloween murder mystery with daring detectives and drink some of the finest Napa Valley wines at the same time, running all of October.Have fun with the family in scenic Guadalupe River Park while you enjoy a giant pumpkin patch, costume contest, carnival games, food and more! Saturday, October 8 from 10a.m. to 4p.m.- Celebrate the scariest holiday of the year with an incredible display of lazer lights and music under the night sky of the planetarium at De Anza college. October 22, 29.- This farm transforms into a dark forest with haunted barns. Enjoy children's activities and crafts and meet Deer Hollow's friendly farm animals. Treats and drinks available for purchase. 10a.m. - 3p.m. October 22.- Watch Hotel Transylvania 2 and celebrate Halloween with friends and family. Costumes are optional but certainly encouraged. Oct. 28, 4-8p.m.- This place is spooky year-round, but during Halloween time you can go on a haunted tour by candlelight. This house hosted well over 10 million people, including Harry Houdini. You never know what ghosts will show up. Oct. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, and 28 - 31.- Hear spooky music and tour the orchestra at Redwood Symphony. Oct. 30, 3p.m.- Dress up for Halloween with your favorite train characters, Thomas and Percy as you take a ride through Felton, CA.- NextStage Productions will perform in Downtown Santa Cruz on Halloween starting at 3:00pm. They'll welcome everyone to a dance along Ghost Busters number and others.- Pacific Avenue isn't always the best place for kids, but this sing-a-long is perfect for the whole family. 7p.m, Oct. 30.- Shop for the perfect pumpkin while you enjoy free activities such as hayrides, pumpkin slingshot, pumpkin cannon and more. They also have decorations available for all your fall needs, open Sept. 30 - Oct. 31, 2016.- Bring the little ones to trick or treat with over 60 participating businesses. Oct. 31, 3:00pm - 5:00pm.Cirque du Sebastopol Halloween - Hopmunk Tavern presents an annual Halloween bash on two separate nights. The event showcases the hottest electronic music and a beer garden. Thie event is mainly for adults. Friday Oct. 28 - 29