Nothing like this morning's chilly weather to get you in the mood for fall festivities. I've been perusing the upcoming weekend for Halloween events and bought my costume today. That means I have to find places to wear it. With the lengthy list of of options for things to do and places to be seen, I don't think I'll have a problem. Here are my picks for adult Halloween fun this weekend that add a little culture in with the creepy:
1. Oakland Cemetery Halloween Tours. $15 gets you an hour tour (at night) and costumed famous dead persona in the graveyard doing a little soapboxing. Oct 26-27 from 7-10pm.
2. Sometimes crude, shocking, ghoulish but never boring, the Halloween puppet show at the Center for Puppetry Arts is back for another season. admission prices vary by show, but you can get $2 off admission if you wear your costume. The show gets a plus for its guest appearances and their opening night beer tasting. No one under 14 allowed. This isn't a kids show, even if puppets do most the talking.
3. Sleepy Hollow Hunt adventure race. Saturday and Sunday, 2-6pm. I've never done anything like this in Atlanta, but there is some appeal in scampering around downtown trying to figure out codes and clues to win prizes. Supposedly some headless horsemen are on the loose...I'm interested to see how they pull that off.
4. For those dancers out there, a costume swing dance is this Saturday in the Georgia Tech Ballroom. A dance lesson is from 8-9pm if you would like to learn or refresh your steps. Also on Saturday is the Monster Bash with Latin dancing and costume contest at Loca Luna in Midtown, 9pm-3am. Sunday is a salsa dance and costume contest at Take Hold Ballroom with a lesson from 8-9pm. Hosted by local instructor Jimmy Rumba.
For more listing of things to do, check out the AJC, accessatlanta.com and Creative Loafing. What are your picks for the weekend?