There is a lot going on in Jacksonville, from your regular Fall Festivals with pumpkins and scarecrows to Spookier Events requiring costumes. We have picked a few cool happenings for Halloween.
Spooktacular for Party Animals
The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens kicks-off its holiday celebrations with 21st Annual Spooktacular. The is a kid-friendly event for the family featuring live entertainment, music, bounce houses, face painting and lots of fun! Children can dress up in costumes and stop by treat-stations located throughout the zoo.
The Spooktacular Halloween celebration takes place Oct. 24, 25, 26, 30, 31
and Nov. 1.
www.jacksonvillezoo.org
Roaring Good Times
3rd Annual Haunted Forest Halloween Party. This is a Two Day Spooky “Cat-tacular†Event Tour the ranch and meet all the big cat residents and quite a few spooky residents that weren’t invited to the ranch. Come dressed in your costume and tour of the ranch Candy, Prizes and Games for the Kids – Pumpkin Carving – Fortune Telling – and much, much more.It’ll be a ROARING good time. www.cattyshack.org
Friday, October 24th, 2008 5:00pm – 8:00pm & Saturday, October 25th, 2008 5:00pm – 9:00 pm
Tickets are $10 per person, 7 years old & up, Children 3-6 is $5, 2 years & under free!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
October 24, 2008 at 12:00am at the Florida Theatre
The antici…pation is over! The cult classic film will be shown at midnight at the Florida Theatre. Come early for an action-packed street festival with The Rocky Horror Tribute Band, costume contest, food, beverages and fun. Get your tickets today before they are sold out. $5 per person. General admission.
Rocky Horror is the first and only true audience partici-(SAY IT!)-pation movie. People yell back lines at the screen during the extended pauses between dialogue, dress up in costume and act out the film, and throw props various times during the film.
The audience participation phenomenon was observed as early as the film’s first run in 1975 and was later re-released as a midnight movie where the audience participation really began to flourish. For the “gore sensitive”, Rocky Horror is NOT a horror film. It is a rock-musical send-up of old science-fiction and horror films.
Click here for more Rocky information for first-timers.
Tickets can be purchased at the Florida Theatre box office or in City Hall St. James in Suite 280. Dress up as your favorite Rocky character, bring your props and join in the fun!
Doors open at 11 p.m.
Street Festival, 8 p.m.
Forsyth St. in front of the Florida Theatre
– Live entertainment by the Rocky Horror Tribute Band- Costume Contest
– DJ MayDay
– Planet Radio 107.3 tent
– Photo Booth
– Food vendors, beverages and fun!
Forsyth St. between Ocean St. and Newnan St. will be closed on Friday, October 24 from noon – 3 a.m.
INFO: (904)630-3690
www.makeascenedowntown.com
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Symphony Style
Symphonic Spooktacular : The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
October 26, 2008 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Jacksonville Symphony offers a frighteningly fun Halloween concert for the whole family. We’ll haunt the symphony house with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and more thrills and chills. Bring the kids in their favorite costumes and arrive early to play Halloween games before the concert. The ghouls and goblins of the orchestra will be wearing their costumes, too.
Times-Union Center: Jacoby Symphony Hall
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
www.jaxsymphony.org