With Halloween around the corner, students scramble around town with two important questions on their minds: what to dress up as, and what fun events are going on during Halloween weekend. Here are the most popular attractions around Greensboro on or around Halloween night.
–Woods of Terror Haunted Theme Park
This Halloween event is the perfect combination of tragic history and horror, set on a piece of land that has witnessed decades of turmoil dating back to the Great Depression. Woods of Terror has numerous attractions, some of which are not for the fainthearted. These include Heavy Metal Nightmare, Clown Town, and Miner’s Massacre, where a psychopathic miner searches for new victims.
Sept. 25 – Nov. 7
Tickets: $15 Sundays-Thursdays
$25 Fridays- Saturdays
5601 North Church Street. Greensboro, NC, 27455
http://www.woodsofterror.com
–Halloween Tour of Blandwood
Not only is the Blandwood Mansion the oldest original building in Greensboro, dating back to 1795, it also holds the title of a National Historic Landmark. The Mansion is holding its first Halloween Tour event this year, and all who attend are sure to have chills running up and down their spines as they tour the Mansion through the night, listening to harrowing tales of a past filled with death and tragedy dating all the way back to before the Civil War.
Oct. 31 at 10 p.m.
Tickets $25
Blandwood Mansion
447 W. Washington Street. Greensboro, NC, 27401
Info Phone 336.272.5003 x2
http://www.blandwood.org
–Harvest Fall Festival
What could be better than a festival with hot dogs, pizza, cotton candy, games and more? The Harvest Fall Festival is close to Guilford’s campus and a great opportunity to charge up for Halloween-night festivities.
Oct. 31, 6-8:30 p.m.
4915 Harvest World Outreach Church
Guilford College Road. Greensboro, N.C. 27407
–Third Annual Barn Dance
Located at Hodgin Valley Farm, an alumni-owned historic house surrounded by 126 acres of woods and farmland. The dance will give students the opportunity to go on a hayride, taste some of the provided refreshments, and participate in a group dance. Joy Greenwolfe will call the steps.
Oct. 30
Dance instruction: 7:30-8 p.m.
Dance: 8-10 p.m.
561 Hodgin Valley Road
Pleasant Garden, N.C.
–Mountain of Terror Haunted Attraction
This chilling place is the site of a mine shaft from the 1940s. After collapsing in October 1948, only 17 bodies were recovered from the rubble out of the 37 miners missing. The rest of the miners were left for dead after six days of searching. If any had survived the collapse, they surely died from either starvation or dehydration. This attraction tells the story of the miners’ revenge and is sure to invoke nightmares for all who dare to enter. Features include the Maze of Mayhem, the Miners Lodge, and the Old Gold Mines.
Tickets $13
Sept. 25- Oct. 31
Thursday 8-10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 8 p.m.- midnight.
4527 Linda Laneoff Hooverhill Road
Randolph County
http://www.mountainofterror.com