Halloween is celebrated for 14 days – not just one -- in Winter Garden! Hosted by the City of Winter Garden, the annual Halloween Experience provides FREE fun “frightening” family-friendly festivities in historic downtown Winter Garden.
Halloween is celebrated for 14 days – not just one -- in Winter Garden! Hosted by the City of Winter Garden, the annual Halloween Experience provides FREE fun “frightening” family-friendly festivities in historic downtown Winter Garden.
This includes seven nights of an outdoor animated Halloween Light Show on City Hall; a hay maze; spooky- and fall-themed photo stations, decorations, and light displays throughout downtown; a Halloween Celebration at the Winter Garden Farmers Market; a Spooky Caboose at the Winter Garden Heritage Museum; and more!
HAY MAZE AT CITY HALL
Daily, October 18 – 31, 10am - 9pm - City Hall, 300 W. Plant St. - Free
Enter if you dare! A winding hay maze will delight visitors daily during Halloween Experience. Located outside of City Hall, you will find surprise scares (and great photo ops!) as you make your way through the maze. Do not worry, everyone escapes in one piece – and with lots of fun memories!
STREET PERFORMANCES & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 31, 6pm - 9pm - Historical Downtown -Free
You never know what is lurking downtown as spooky characters, jugglers, stilt walkers, and more tricks surprise visitors with pop-up street performances. In addition, live music will fill the night air. Catch the creepy fun on weekend evenings and on Halloween night.
HALLOWEEN LIGHT SHOW
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 31, 7pm - 9pm - City Hall, 300 W. Plant St. - Free
Look out! City Hall is under siege by ghosts, goblins, witches, and creepy crawlers as they trek across the walls of City Hall. The 15-minute Halloween Light Show is synchronized to scary tunes and runs in a continuous loop from 7 - 9pm on Fridays/Saturdays/Sundays and on Halloween night.
HALLOWEEN AT THE WINTER GARDEN FARMERS MARKET
Every Saturday, 8 - 10am - Downtown Pavilion, 104. S. Lakeview Ave. - Free
The fall harvest season is in and the Winter Garden Farmers Market is ripe with pumpkins, gourds, as well as festive autumn décor. Every Saturday, you will find pumpkins of all shapes and sizes that are perfect for carving – and a perfect backdrop for fall photos!
On October 26, the market will host a Halloween celebration with free Halloween craft making for kids at the KidZone tent (across from Parking Garage Plaza on Tremaine Street), as well as live music.
LEGO DAY AT THE RAILROAD MUSEUM — A Frightfully Fun Experience
Saturday, Oct 26, 9am - 4pm - Central Florida Railroad Museum, 101 S. Boyd St. - Free
Stop by the Central Florida Railroad Museum as they host the Greater Florida Lego User Group and their large Lego display loaded with buildings, people, trains, and a Halloween surprise! A kids’ coloring table and sweet treats will be available for the visiting little ghouls.
SPOOKY CABOOSE AT THE MUSEUM
Thursday, October 31, 3 - 8 pm - Winter Garden Heritage Museum, 1 N. Main St. - Free
Enter the Spooky Caboose – if you dare — stationed outside the Winter Garden Heritage Museum. The spooky-decorated caboose has fun frights for all ages.
HALLOWEEN MOVIES AT THE GARDEN THEATRE
There’s no better way to see a Halloween movie than inside the historic Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St. Catch the lineup of Halloween classics and enjoy the theatre’s ambiance complete with a star-lit ceiling.
Carrie (1976, R) | Tuesday, October 29
Scream (1996, R) | Tuesday, October 29
Young Frankenstein (1974, PG) | Wednesday, October 30
The Blair Witch Project (1999, R) | Wednesday, October 30
Get Out (2017, R) | Thursday, October 31
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Experience (1975/ R) | October 31
Enjoy games, contests, & prizes, and all-around hilarity before the showing of this classic film.
Movies: are $12 and The Rocky Horror Show Experience is $29 — includes ticketing fee. Purchase tickets.
SEASONAL DECORATIONS & PHOTO STATIONS
Daily, October 18 – 31 - Historic Downtown - Free
You are immersed in the Halloween Experience when you enter historic downtown. Halloween and fall decorations and light displays capture the “haunted” spirit of the season. From hanging ghosts, dangling skeletons, and humongous crawling spiders, to hay bales, scarecrows, and pumpkins, the perfect backdrops abound for seasonal photos! See how many of the themed photo stations you can find!
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