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Featuring entertainment, n Pumpkinlive Fest — Oct. 10 toface 31. painting, games, hay rides, Featuring kids live entertainment, face u-pick pumpkins, train hay rides, corn painting, kids games, rides, maze, pumpkins, playground,train petting farm, u-pick rides, corn children’s haunted petting house, farm, fantastic maze, playground, seasonal displays thisfantastic year the children’s haunted and house, new Cow Train. galeyfarms.net. seasonal displays and this year the n Victoria Zombie Walk — Oct. 17. new Cow Train. galeyfarms.net. TheVictoria walkingZombie dead set off—from n Walk Oct. 17. Centennial at 3 The walkingSquare dead set offp.m. fromand move down Square both Government and Centennial at 3 p.m. and Douglas streets, at theand move down both ending Government historic Buildings. DouglasLegislative streets, ending at the n Pumpkin Art on Oak Bay Ave — historic Legislative Buildings. Oct. 23 to 31. n Pumpkin Art on Oak Bay Ave — Hundreds carved pumpkins Oct. 23 to of 31. featuring the likes ofpumpkins local Hundreds of carved personalities, cartoon characters, featuring the likes of local the Royal family, the Beatles and personalities, cartoon characters, moreRoyal will be displayed behindand the the family, the Beatles Oak hall.behind Pumpkin moreBay willmunicipal be displayed the Art isBay open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oak municipal hall. Pumpkin Admission donation. Art is openby from 5 p.m. Proceeds to 9 p.m. support the Oak Bay Kiwanis Admission by donation. Proceeds Eliminatethe Project. pumpkinart.ca. support Oak Bay Kiwanis n Nightshift: Nightmare at the Eliminate Project. pumpkinart.ca. Museum — Oct. 31. n Nightshift: Nightmare at the From the — creepy-crawly Museum Oct. 31. to the downright terrifying, Nightmare From the creepy-crawly to the at the Museum will show you a side downright terrifying, Nightmare at of the B.C.will Museum you’ve never the Royal Museum show you a side of seen before. Event includes drinks the Royal B.C. Museum you’ve never and bites, liveEvent local includes music, spooky seen before. drinks ghost tours, haunted forestsspooky and and bites, live local music, diabolical decorations. ghost tours, haunted forests and diabolical decorations.
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