Halloween Happenings

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Find Halloween fun for all ages, all around Mansfield each October!

From thrilling movies to spooky stories, trick-or-treat and "Trick-a-Trunk," Mansfield knows how to celebrate Halloween! 


Check back soon for more - this page will be updated through October!

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Spookapella

Looking for a fang-tastic Halloween activity? Well, look no further because it’s officially time for the UConn A Capella Association's annual SPOOKAPPELLA concert!

Come see all ten UConn a cappella groups perform their boo-tiful songs, featuring some Halloween surprises and scary (or not so scary) costumes 

Doors open at 6:30. There is a suggested donation of $5, but any and all donations are greatly appreciated! 

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Annual Halloween Party

Dare to drop in between 11AM-1PM for the  Mansfield Public Library's Annual Family Halloween Party for ghostly games, creepy crafts, and trick-or-treating around the library! 

As always, all library events are FREE! No registration needed. Costumes encouraged!

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Downtown Boo Bash

Calling all goblins, ghouls, and ghosts! Dress in your Halloween best and head to Downtown Storrs for an afternoon of ghastly fun. Trick-or-treat at participating businesses and visit decorated trunks on Wilbur Cross Way. Be on the lookout for some spooky surprises!

Downtown Boo Bash is free and open to everyone. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

More info to come for folks interested in hosting a trunk!

Presented by the Mansfield Downtown Partnership and Mansfield Parks & Recreation Department

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Halloween Glow in the Park

Take your thrills to new heights at Halloween Glow in the Park! Zipline and climb through the trees under eerie glowing lights while festive tunes and haunting hits fill the night air.

With a mix of adventure and Halloween magic, it’s the perfect way to celebrate the season. Come in costume, bring your bravest friends, and get ready for a frightfully fun night in the treetops!

For reservations and more information, visit myadventurepark.com/location/storrs-ct

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Halloween Party

Have a howlin' good time in the Hollow at Waldron's Studio 88's annual Halloween party, featuring a live band, karaoke, a costume contest, and more!

For more information, please contact the studio (860.377.3285).

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Pumpkin Party

Mansfield Drive-in Theatre & Marketplace invites you to join them for their first Pumpkin Party! They will have mini pumpkin decorating (10:00 am until 12:00, just $2.00 per pumpkin), kids in costume can trick or treat at the snack bar, and a fall photo op for parents to snap a pic!

Parking at the flea market is $3.00 cash per car, stick around and shop at eastern Connecticut's largest flea market- there's always treasures to find! 

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An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe

"The skies they were ashen and sober; 
      The leaves they were crispéd and sere— 
      The leaves they were withering and sere; 
It was night in the lonesome October..."* 
   

...when we gathered at the Mansfield Public Library for a spellbinding one-man performance by Campbell Harmon bringing the master of the macabre to life.

For more information, please call the Library (860.423.2501).

*from "To -- -- --. Ulalume: A Ballad" by Edgar Allan Poe


Trunk or Treat

The Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation invites families with young children to join them for a spooky-good time filled with treats, music, photo ops, airbrush tattoos, and more! Don’t forget to wear your best costume!

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Haunted HEEP

  • Wednesday, Oct. 29
  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
  • at the UConn Hillside Environmental Education Park
  • For ages 14+

Hosted by the UConn Office of Sustainability, Haunted HEEP is a free, one mile scary hike through Hillside Environmental Education Park (HEEP). The HEEP is a remediated landfill area and natural forest reserve on the UConn-Storrs campus, behind the Innovation Partnership Building. The Office of Sustainability hosts the event to introduce guests to one of the closest trails to campus in the hopes they visit on their own in the future.

Everyone is welcome to attend but you MUST fill out this waiver. 

Parents and their children can attend, but it is too scary for children under 14 years old.

Check in at the HEEP Trailhead Parking Lot between 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM. Wear comfortable walking shoes that can get muddy.

Rain date is Thursday, October 30.

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Spookapalooza

  • Friday, October 31
  • 10:30 AM
  • at the Mansfield Senior Center (303 Maple Road, Storrs)
  • Free!
  • RSVP: 860.429.0262 by October 23

Join the Mansfield Senior Center in celebrating Halloween with ghoulish games, frightening fun, and festive music! Costumes are strongly encouraged; prizes will be awarded by popular vote for the best dressed. Stay for the cafe and classic movie!

The Halloween Party is free for seniors to attend. RSVP to 860.429.0262 by Thursday, October 23.

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5th Annual Halloween Ninja Maze

While you're dressed up and out trick-or-treating, stop by your local dojo for their 5th Annual Halloween Ninja Maze! You'll have expertly-trained martial arts instructors to lead you through the maze, while teaching you beginner martial arts techniques such as the Horse Stance, Front Punch, Front Kick, and finishing with a Duck & Jump game!

At the end of the maze, you earn your very own goodie bag to take home!

The maze opens at 4:30 PM, and the last call will be at 6:30 PM. The whole maze takes about 10-15 minutes to complete.

The maze is designed for ages 5-12. Younger participants may go through with a parent/guardian, and older participants are always welcome for a little Halloween Ninja fun!

Register here.

P.S. For a $10 donation, you can earn your very own PINK belt in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! All proceeds will go to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

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Monster Ball

  • Friday, Oct. 31
  • 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
  • at the Adventure Park at Storrs  (2007 Storrs Road, Storrs)
  • For 18+
  • Tickets required; purchase yours here 

Leave the candy hunting to the kiddos - this Monster Ball is strictly for grown-up ghouls (18+)! 

Fly through the night on ziplines like a bat with a caffeine addiction, tackle climbing challenges that’ll make your legs tremble (in a good way), and howl at the moon until 11:00 PM, because bedtime is overrated.

The team at Adventure Park will crank up the music, flip on the lights, and keep the Halloween vibes spooktacularly adult. Think less “pumpkin patch” and more “pumpkin spice with a side of chaos.” 

This event is for adult climbers 18+ only.

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Halloween Movies at Mansfield Drive-In

  • October 3, 4, 10, and 11
  • Show times vary; see website for details
  • at the Mansfield Drive-In Theatre and Marketplace (228 Stafford Road, Mansfield Center)
  • Tickets available online or at the gate

There are still a few weeks to enjoy movies under the stars at the Mansfield Drive-in Theatre & Marketplace! Open October 3, 4, 10, and 11, the Mansfield Drive-in is showing fun Halloween-themed movies and serving up fall flavored treats, such as apple pie fried dough and hot apple cider! Check out the movie schedule and purchase your tickets at mansfielddrivein.com.

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Have an event happening in Mansfield? Let us know! Email mdp@mansfieldct.org with your information.