15 Spooky Events to Get You in the Mood for Halloween

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Zoo Boo!
9am-4pm, Weekends on October, San Antonio Zoo
Throughout the weekends of October, the Zoo will have a non-scary daytime Halloween celebration with trick-or-treats, games, entertainment, costume contests and so much more with admission. $11.25-$14.25.
Photo via Instagram, @diaryofscott

BOOtanica
10am-2pm, Oct. 8-29, San Antonio Botanical Gardens
Immerse yourself in the beauty and floral freshness of the gardens and celebrate the autumn solstice with Dia De Los Muertos, Agriculture and harvest, scarecrows and watching monarch butterflies soar away. $8-$10.
Photo via Instagram, @sabotgarden

2nd Annual Halloween Workout Party
8-9:30pm, Oct. 14, Move Live Fit
Groove and shake off those candy bags with workout challenges and dancing with the music of DJ Mayhem in your best (and workout appropriate) costume with multiple studios to dance your candy off. Free.
Photo via Facebook, Live Move Fit

Voices From the Grave: Cemetery Tour
7pm, Oct. 15, Historic Cemetery Center #1.
Take steps back in time within the final resting place of San Antonio’s brethren past with reenactments of scenes and docents in historical costumes providing insight on the residents’ lives and symbolism. $15-25.
Photo via Facebook, Sisters Grimm Ghost Tours

Monster-Con’s Halfway to Halloween
10am-7pm, Oct. 20, Wonderland of the Americas
With Halloween around the corner and people cramming time to enjoy poolside parties and the last of breezy air time, why not welcome the scary Halloween frights and costumes? Witches and Zombies be out and about at this time to ring in the solstice and Halloween excitement in Texas’ “only free horror convention”. Free.
Photo via Facebook, Monster Con

Dia De Los Muertos
noon-2pm, Oct. 22, Trader's Village
Dress up in your colorful sugar skull or skeleton costume and star in a parade if you never paraded before and then shop until you drop while celebrating the Day of the Dead with free activities in the Brown Expo and a mask-making workshop. $4.
Photo via Facebook Trader's Village

Halloween Masquerade and Cosplay Night
5-7pm, Oct. 22, ThinkGeek at Northstar Mall
Be the envy of all in your best cosplay during the greatest Halloween ball for your inner nerd at ThinkGeek and slay the cosplay scene as your favorite video game, movie, book or TV show character. Free.
Photo via Facebook, ThinkGeek

Zombie Con 2016: Aftermath
5pm-midnight, Oct. 22, Plaza Del Rey Ballroom
San Antonio survived the apocalypse, became suffers of the bloodbath of zombies that wrought countless casualties and now the survivors must take on the aftermath… in the greatest “zombie-survivor” convention of Texas. Get a taste of the aftermath through zombie crawlers and brain eating contests, screams and growls and meet great local cosplayers such as Robert Cosplay and Sir Nick Justice. $10.
Photo via Facebook, Jessica Cuellar

6th annual Halloween Boo Bash
12:30-4:30pm, Oct. 23, Trader's Village, 9333 SW Loop 410
Trick-or-treat and shop 'til you drop with candy from participating shops, networking with young artists, a day parade, food and free activities for the little ones. $4.
Photo via Facebook, Trader's Village

Halloween Show 2016
10pm-2am, Oct. 27, The Amp Room
In the midst of crazy costumed chaos and trick-or-treating excitement, drinks and live music sound like a great idea to escape the frights. Live bands The Poisoned and Solitary Runaway will rock the one of the last of Halloween nights away so you can chillax with a good drink and have a batty good time. 21+ Only. Free.
Photo via Facebook, Amp Room