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Spooky and kid-friendly Halloween events

Our list of attractions, where to trick or treat and places to go to celebrate the season.

By now you’ve probably picked out the costume, grabbed bags of candy to pass out to trick or treaters, and are ready to celebrate Halloween. There are a lot of places to go in the Lake area for a frightfully good time. We have a wide selection of places to take the kids or enjoy a date night out on the town.

SPOOKY ATTRACTIONS

The Haunted Holler

Walk through a haunted house of zombies and survive the night of the living dead. The walking zombie shoot gives participants 100 paintballs to take out zombies. Admission is $25 for two tickets. Open Oct. 28 & 29 from 6 p.m.-midnight. Food and beverages available, a 40 foot inflatable movie screen will be playing a kid’s movie.

Live music by Machine Gun Symphony on Friday and Relentless on Saturday.

Located at 651 Hiland Cir., Osage Beach.

For more information, go to The Lakes Ultimate Halloween Party on Facebook.

Haunted Maze

Ghouls Gathering and the Haunted Maze is held at Lake Breeze Resort. Based on one of the scariest British horror movies every made in mind, segments of “The Descent” come alive as you make your way from the graveyard, into a killing workshop, and a dark and frightening cave. It takes about 30 minutes to get through but could go by much quicker depending on how fast you run. About 20 actors are a part of the Haunted Maze.

Families with small children who may not want something too scary can still enjoy

the kid’s area. Participants receive a gift bag and will win tickets when they play games which can be turned in for prizes. Parents can enjoy drinks and watch their kids before heading into the Haunted Maze. Enter at your own risk! Tickets are $25/person for entry into the Haunted Maze and Ghouls Gathering or $10 for kids (two free parents) for access to just the kids area. Open Oct. 21, 22, & 28-31 from 7-10 p.m. Lake Breeze Terrace is located at 7127 Old Route 5, outside of Camdenton. More information can be found at www. lakebreezeterrace.com.

Camdenton Haunted House

A community effort to build a haunted house attraction in Camdenton was so popular last year, the group has gotten together again to make it even bigger and better this Halloween. Officer Jeffrey Brownlee and other members of the Camdenton Police Department, Camden County and others have helped with framing and building the haunted house expanding to four rooms this year. Home Depot in Osage Beach even donated all of the building supplies needed. All money raised will go to the Shop with a Cop Christmas program. The goal this year is to help an additional 20 kids. The program helped 97 kids last year.

The rooms at the haunted house include a jail, jungle, clown and creepy girls room.

Located on North Street in Camdenton. Open Oct. 21 & 22 and Oct. 28-31 from 7-11 p.m. Admission is $5/person but additional donations welcome.

Extra help is needed. Anyone interested can go to Camdenton Haunted House on Facebook and send a message for more information.

Open Oct. 21, 22, 28-31 from 7-11 p.m. Money raised benefits the Shop with a Cop program.

Spooky Movie Nights

The Hippopotamus Swim Up Bar at The Regalia Hotel & Conference Center will be showing spooky movies outside by the pool all month long. Free admission. Kids movies will be shown on Friday and adult night is Saturday. Showtime is 7 p.m. The Friday kids schedule is: Oct. 21, BeetleJuice; and Oct. 28, Casper. Saturday’s adult films showing are: Oct. 22, Scream; and Oct. 29, Halloween.

Halloween Pub Crawl

Pub crawls are always a popular event at Lake of the Ozarks. Get your best costume on and hop on the bus as it makes stops at seven different locations during Halloween Pub Crawl Oct. 29. Ride the bus for $5 and enjoy a fun evening of entertainment. Participating locations are: 10-42 Bar & Que, Hillbilly Yacht Club, Tony Gs, Maggie’s, Lake Burger, VFW, and the Li’l Bass Hole.

Adult Costume Parties

Many bars and restaurants in the Lake area will be hosting costume contests and offering drink specials for Halloween. Captain Ron’s adult Halloween Party will be held Oct. 29 from 7-11 p.m. Casablanca’s party is Oct. 30 from 7-11 p.m. with Don Akers performing. The Encore will have a Halloween costume party on Oct. 29. Wear your best costume and enter into the contests.

Zombie Wasteland

The Zombie Wasteland Haunted House is open this month.

Open Oct. 21 & 22 and Oct. 28 & 29 from 6:30-12 p.m.

Located at 85 Benne Blvd., Camdenton. For more information, go to www.fearstoneforest.com.

Westside Senior Center

serves meals to seniors and homebound!

Good For 1 FREE Senior Dinner!

$5 Meals

Suggested Contributions for Seniors

(age 60 and over) $7 for guests

under age 60

Soup Time 10:30 am Lunch Served 11 am-12:30 pm

Open Mondays-Fridays

1501 Hwy. O, Gravois Mills, MO 8am-4 pm For more information contact Julie Jacobs 573-372-3588

TRICK OR TREAT/ KID’S ACTIVITIES

Halloween on the Strip

Dress up the kids in their spookiest Halloween costume and go trick or treating during the day. An annual tradition in Lake Ozark, businesses all along the Bagnell Dam Strip will be passing out candy on Oct. 29 from 2-4 p.m. An area with games will be set up at Luby’s Plaza and a costume contest is held at 4 p.m.

For more information, go to the Bagnell Dam Strip Association on Facebook.

Hy-Vee Hollow

Hy-Vee in Osage Beach will turn their parking lot into a trick or treating maze on Oct. 22 during the annual Hy-Vee Hollow event to benefit Wonderland Camp and the Dream Factory. For $2/child kids can go around to each booth set up in the parking lot to get goodies. Held from 4-7 p.m. Businesses that want to have a booth can call Hy-Vee Osage Beach to sign up.

School Spookathon

A Spookathon will be held at the School of the Osage Middle School Oct. 22 from 5-7 p.m. A costume contest, inflatables, silent auction, food and drinks, Halloween games and activities will be held.

West Lake Church Trunk or Treat

The West Lake Christian Church will host a trunk or treat event from Oct. 29 from 5-8:30 p.m. Games, cotton candy, free hot dogs and drinks, the Gravois Fire Department and more.

Kid’s Event

A kids Halloween event will be held at Central Ozarks Medical Center from Oct. 29 from 2-4 p.m. Games, face painting and candy. Free event.

CandyPalooza

CandyPalooza will be held at the Church of Osage Hills Oct. 29 from 5:30-8 p.m. Individuals with disabilities will be allowed from 5:30-8 p.m. Free food/candy will be provided.

Harper Chapel Trunk or Treat

A trunk or treat event will be held at Harper Chapel United Methodist Church from 5-6 p.m. on Oct. 30.

Kent Memorial Trunk or Treat

Kent Memorial Lutheran Church will host a trunk or treat event at from 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 31.

Spook Night

The Sunrise Beach Little Theatre will host Halloween Spook Night Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m. This free trick or treat event will be held inside the Sunrise Beach Community Center.

Tucker’s Shuckers usually puts on a large adult Halloween

costume party each year. Facebook photo

PUMPKIN PATCHES & FALL DECOR

The Garden Party

4.3 miles down V Road, Linn Creek

If you are looking to spruce up your home for the holidays, this stop located outside of the Camdenton area has everything you need. All sizes of pumpkins, gourds, minis, Indian Corn, mums, cornstalks, straw and other plans and fall décor is available. Open Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. in October. Make plans to come back and shop for the Christmas season!

For more information, go to www.gardenpartyfarm. webs.com.

Harper Valley Farm

4114 Old South 5, Camdenton

Another great place to grab fall items, you’ll find mums, cornstalks, pumpkins, gourds, patio pots, ornamental glass and lots of other potted plants to dress up your front porch.

The Cave Pumpkin Patch

123 Swinging Bridges Road, Brumley

More than 10,000 pumpkin seeds have been planted in anticipation of this year’s fall crop of pumpkins so there will be plenty to decorate and take home. Dozens of activities are included in the admission (rates were not set as of press time). Kids will be able to go inside The Cave which is always decorated for the season, enjoy playground equipment, sand boxes, various yard games, go on a hay ride, climb straw bales, play mini golf, and experience the many other attractions set up around the farm. Additional activities such as paint balls, water balloons, pumpkin painting and picking pumpkins from the patch are available for a small fee. Admission is $8/person, ages 2 and under free. Cash only.

Open on weekends in October from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

For more information, go to The Cave Pumpkin Patch on Facebook.

Top photo: The Garden Party. Above: The Cave Pumpkin Patch field. Opposite page: MECCA Family Farms.

Facebook photos

MECCA Farms U-Pick Patch

425 Delmar Dr., Roach

MECCA Farms has a variety of fun activities for the kids in October. The farm has a 150 foot slide, petting zoo, nature trail, obstacle course, hay rides and other entertainment. Go to the field to pick out your pumpkins to take home. Admission is $7 for access to most attractions, children ages 2 and under are free. A few things that cost extra includes the make and take scarecrows, the corn cannon and concessions.

Open weekends in October beginning Oct. 8.

For more information, go to www.meccafarm.com.

Still Waters Farm

28891 Treeline Ln., Richland

Take a tractor hayride to the pumpkin patch, or visit the shooting and axe throwing area where adults can practice their axe-throwing skills. Paintball, a corn launcher, pumpkin cannon and other fun activities are offered. The kids area has a zipline, barrel train rides, tree fort, bounce house, pedal cart racers, a human hamster wheel, a sand pit and lots more.

Admission is $6/person on Fridays, $7/person on Saturdays with children 2 and under free. All activities included except mining gem bags, axe throwing and paint ball. Pumpkin prices average $6, and a variety of food and snacks are also available to purchase.

From Lebanon: Take Interstate 44 east to Exit 140. Turn right off the exit toward N Highway. At the T intersection, take a left onto the Outer Road (Old Route 66). Travel 3 miles and the farm will be on the right.