Halloween harvest hangout (Instagram by @photolope)

🐈‍⬛ Halloween in Fairmount

Browse this convenient guide to Halloween activities across Fairmount, Brewerytown, and Spring Garden! From trick-or-treating to cat cafe game night, and a pumpkin workout to food/drink specials, “Halloween Starts Here.” 

⛳ Spooky Mini Golf 

Franklin Square Park’s mini golf course transforms into spooky fun with fog, lights, music, and family-friendly surprises! New this year is a BOO-zy Bar and timed tickets to allow for time to enjoy the carousel and other activities. $15 adults/$12 children.

🎃 Halloween at the Museum of the American Revolution

History and haunted fun collide for frights and fun in Old City, with turnip-carving demonstrations, Revolutionary stencils for your jack-o-lantern, and more. Starts at 11 a.m.

🚸 Spruce Hill Halloween Parade 

The 26th Annual Halloween Little Tot Parade returns to 45th St. between Baltimore and Larchwood at 4 p.m. and ends with a party at “Little Osage” (42nd and Osage) full of cider and baked goods! Details and a parade route map are here

🧙🏽‍♀️ Sweet and Spooky Spectacular

Carnival games, candy, costume contests, raffles, locally sourced prizes, boo-zy cocktails, music, dancing, and more are on tap along 7th and Catharine Street! FREE/Pay-as-you-go. (5 to 9 p.m.)

🎭 Carrie: A Live Reading

Listen to Theatre Contra bring to life this Stephen King horror classic at whiskey bar Trestle Inn in Callowhill. General admission at the door; $15 VIP tickets. (7 to 8:45 p.m.)

🎉 “Rocky Horror Picture Show” Shadowcast

Philly’s own Transylvanian Nipple Productions has been shadowcasting the Rocky Horror Picture Show since 1997 and now comes to City Winery in Center City for a Halloween performance. $20 to $35 tickets. (6 p.m. doors open; 7:30 p.m. show)

👻 Spookeasy 

Join Plays & Players Theatre for this second annual evening of eerie cocktails, haunted tunes, a costume contest, and ghoulish fun. Grab your friends and come dressed in your most frightening attire and you might win a bar tab or treats! $10 tickets. (8 to 11 p.m.) 

Heather Chin is Billy Penn's deputy editor. She previously was a digital producer at the Inquirer and an editor at outlets both print and digital — from national breaking news service Flipboard to hyperlocal...