Halloween events, fall festivals, live music and stage shows are filling the Palm Beach County calendar as October winds down. The Boca Raton Tribune’s weekend roundup lists events from Friday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Oct. 25.
In Delray Beach, downtown will hold its Halloween celebration starting at 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, with the 15th annual Witches of Delray Ride, merchant trick-or-treating, a public parade, costume contests and Kidsfest activities. Costumed paddlers can join the Witch Paddle Parade at Ocean Inlet Park at 9 a.m. the same day. Babe for a Cure, a breast cancer awareness fashion show and fundraiser benefiting the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s Go Pink Challenge, runs from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at Honey Delray.
West Palm Beach has its own slate. Fright Nights opens at 7 p.m. Friday at the South Florida Fairgrounds, and the Palm Beach Zoo hosts Boo at the Zoo at 5:30 p.m. Friday. At the Kravis Center, Ballet Palm Beach presents Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Friday night, and blues guitarist Buddy Guy performs his 90th birthday tour at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Families can also visit Mounts Botanical Garden for its BOOtanical Garden Bash, which starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, or Smartyplants Nursery and Café for pumpkin painting and live carving on Sunday, beginning at 9 a.m. The weekend closes with Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue at the Kravis Center at 7 p.m. Sunday.
