Friday

• Buzzards and Bees in Provo will hold its Halloween Festival on Friday and Saturday. It is a music and arts festival featuring 11 venues and over 80 bands. The festival kicks off with a Goth Prom at Velour in Provo on Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight. The main event is on Saturday with continuous bands playing at each venue from 4 p.m. to midnight. Visit their website for the schedule and addresses of each venue.
• After the Spanish Fork Library (80 S. Main St.) closes, guests will arrive in Halloween costumes or cocktail or formal attire to attend The Enchanted Forest Halloween Ball. Tickets can be purchased now for anyone 19 years old and above. From 8:30-11:30 p.m., there will be dancing, food, character quests and a costume party. There will also be performances by the Utah County Flute Choir and World Dance Company.

Saturday

• Thanksgiving Point’s annual Witches Breakfast will be held in the Show Barn, 2476 Sycamore Lane in Lehi. In addition to the breakfast, there are fall activities and a costume contest, judged by the witches. The first seating is at 8 a.m.
• The Orem City Truck-Or-Treat will be held at The Orchard at University Place. Quiet hour is from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and the main event is from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is for all ages to get an up-close look at city-owned trucks and vehicles including police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, garbage trucks and others. After visiting each truck, participants can then trick-or-treat at the Orem City booth where they will be handing out candy.
• Compassion Mobility’s OctoberFest is happening at 1819 N. Main St. #9 in Spanish Fork from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free for everyone. The family-friendly festival will have live music, food trucks, speakers and prizes.
• Utah Valley Animal Rescue will be holding a Doggy Trunk-or-Treat at the Spanish Fork C-A-L Ranch parking lot, 950 N. Main St., from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Dressing up is encouraged, and treats and toys will be handed out to the dogs. They will also be selling baked goods and grab bags, of which 100% of the proceeds will go to the rescue shelter.

Thursday

• The Springville Museum of Art, 126 E. 400 South, will have a Halloween Party from 5-7:30 p.m. Admission to the party is free and there will be haunted tours, games, art projects and more. For the safety of the art and other patrons, no masks, weapons or bulky costumes may be worn.
• On varying dates until Oct. 30, from 7:30-10 p.m., Angelus Theatre, 165 N. Main St. in Spanish Fork, presents “Take My Death Away 2023,” a Halloween musical that combines “Ghost,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Hocus Pocus.”

Oct. 27

• A Halloween Party will be held at the Lehi Legacy Center, 123 N. Center St. Included in admission to the party are games, activities, trick-or-treating around the track, music, glow-in-the-dark necklaces, crafts and more. “Hocus Pocus” will be shown and a sloppy Joe dinner will be available for sale. There is also a coloring contest for all ages. The coloring pages for each age group can be found at https://www.lehi-ut.gov/legacy-center/flyers and entries can be turned into the front desk at the Lehi Legacy Center until Tuesday. The party will last from 5-8 p.m. and tickets are available for purchase at the Legacy Center Registration Office.
• For the sixth year, Provo Towne Centre Mall, 1200 Towne Centre Blvd., will be hosting “Terror in the Mall,” a Halloween-themed dance party put on by The Tribe. The party begins at 9 p.m. and goes until 1 a.m. The event is for ages 18 and older. General admission includes access to two dance floors, free photo booths, water stations, free Monster energy drinks and more.
• Lindon’s Halloween Spooktacular will be held at the Lindon Community Center, 25 N. Main St., at 6 p.m. People can register online to provide a trunk for the trunk-or-treat. In addition to the trunk-or-treat, there will be a spook alley, a flashlight candy search and games. Everyone is invited to come dressed in their best costume.
• Night of Fright at The Orchard at University Place will take place from 6-8 p.m. Costumes are encouraged and there will be opportunities to take photos with each of the 11 villain characters. Yard games will set out for people to play and warm apple cider will be for sale.

Oct. 28

• Advanced Paranormal Services is inviting people to participate in the paranormal investigation of the Peteetneet Museum,10 N. 600 East in Payson. The event is for people 18 years and older or 16 years old with a parent or legal guardian. The Event begins at 8 p.m. and ends at midnight. Tickets can be purchased at https://bit.ly/45G3IDZ. They encourage investigation-appropriate Halloween costumes and there will be prizes. Additional events in Utah County by Advanced Paranormal Services can be found at https://advancedparanormal.com/events, including a Paranormal Presentation at the Springville Library on Monday and a free Indian Hills Horror Haunt on Oct. 27, 28 and 31.
• Runtastic Events presents the 2023 Provo Half, 5K and Kids Run at the Canyon Park Tech Center, 1200 N. 600 East in Orem. The half-marathon begins at 8 a.m., the 5K begins at 8:30 a.m. and the kids run begins at 11 a.m. Registration for this event closes the day of the race 30 minutes before the race begins, space permitting. They ask that people register online at https://thehauntedhalf.com/races/provo. For more information about the race, registration, awards, starting places and times, shuttles and race amenities visit the website.
• The Halloween-themed drum show “Paranormal Percussion” will be performing in the Main Hall at the Covey Center for the Arts, 425 W. Center St. in Provo, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. The production of Halloween-themed songs will be played using only percussion instruments along with jump scares, scary situations and fog effects.
• The Utah Valley Monster Concert will feature nearly 300 young piano students from Utah Valley playing duets and trios on eight pianos at one time, creating a “Monster Concert.” There will be a special performance by the piano quartet Piano Therapy and featuring Ron Saltmarsh of Brigham Young University as master of ceremonies.The concert is from noon to 3 p.m. and is presented by University Place, 575 E. University Parkway in Orem. The concert will be performed four times with different performers.
• The 14th annual Salem Witches Run, featuring two runs, a 5K run and a children’s mile, will be held Salem Hills High School, 150 Skyhawk Blvd. Registration and T-shirt pickup is at 7 a.m. The 5K run begins at 8 a.m. and the children’s mile begins at 8:45 a.m. This is a community run for all regardless of age or ability. To register and learn more about the run visit runnercard.com.

Recurring seasonal activities

Haunted houses:

• Insanity Point Extreme at Cornbelly’s Lehi location, 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, is open every Friday, Saturday and Monday until Oct. 30. They feature a 40-minute walking path where participants can experience over 23 haunted scenes.
• Evermore Park in Pleasant Grove, 382 S. Evermore Lane, is transformed during the fall season into “Lore,” a Halloween wonderland with new characters and quests. Once the sun sets, the haunted adventure begins to heighten the scariness of the park. Evermore is open Fridays and Saturdays from 6-11 p.m.
• Haunted Forest in American Fork, 6000 W. 6400 North, is one of the largest haunted attractions in the country with “over 30 acres of fear” to walk through. The haunt is all outside and the path goes through natural trees. Haunted Forest is open until Oct. 31, from 7:30-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:30 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.
• Field of Fright is a haunted maze located inside of the real corn field at Glen Ray’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Spanish Fork, 1750 W. 8000 South. The Field of Fright runs until Oct. 28. Admission starts at dark. On Monday and Tuesday, visitors must be in line by 9:30 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday by 10:30 p.m. Check their website for additional dates.
• The Shadows of Fear haunted maze in Pleasant Grove, 618 N. County Blvd., is open Monday through Saturday for all of October. Friday and Saturday hours are 7:30-11 p.m. and Monday through Thursday hours are 7:30-10 p.m. This haunt is for thrill seekers and family time. Tuesdays are no-spook days except for on Oct. 31, when they stay open until 11 p.m.
• Strangling Brothers Utah Haunted Circus is located at 632 E. 1500 South in American Fork and will be open until Oct. 31 with varying hours. Before the main haunt begins, visitors wait inside a circus tent to see a show including live music, games, videos, crowd interactions and possibly the Strangling Brothers riding their motorcycles. Each Saturday from noon to 5 p.m., the circus is open for walk throughs with the lights on and without the scary actors.
• The Haunted Halloween Haven in Spanish Fork, 1641 Oakview Lane, is an outdoor haunt appropriate for all ages. It is free for all and is open every night in October from 7:30-10 p.m. regardless of the weather. No reservations are required and any number of people can enter at once. There is also a 25-minute projection-mapping show each night.

Home haunts/decorated yards:

• Explore Utah Valley put together a map of homes and businesses across the valley that have been decorated for Halloween, including a free Big Jack coloring book/scavenger hunt map at the Outlets at Traverse Mountain. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3tj3Ziy.
• The Pirate Yard, 2208 E. 1480 South in Spanish Fork, is part of the Parade of Haunted Homes. The free, family-friendly outdoor attraction will be open for two nights on Oct. 27-28 from 6-9 p.m. It is stroller and wheelchair accessible. There will be custom scenery, lighting and special effects, all of which are not frightening for children. The other homes in the Parade of Haunted homes can be found at https://bit.ly/471pyCV.
• The “Indian Hills Horror” haunted house, 2817 W. 950 North in Provo, is free for all and open from 8-11 p.m. Oct. 27-28 and from 8-10 p.m. on Halloween. This home haunt has been running for 17 years and Advanced Paranormal Services will have a booth set up where attendees “may meet some of the Supernatural Hour podcast personalities and purchase paranormal-related merchandise.”

Pumpkin patches/corn mazes/fresh produce:

• Cornbelly’s has locations in Lehi (3003 N. Thanksgiving Way)and Spanish Fork (3687 W. 5600 South). Both locations offer family-friendly events and activities, a pumpkin patch and a corn maze until Oct. 28. Cornbelly’s is open Monday through Thursday from 4-9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 1-10 p.m. The Spanish Fork location also offered a Sunflower Festival from Sept. 8-30. While Sunflower season officially ended, it is likely to run through mid-October, so the fields are still open to visitors. Pumpkin season started in October.
• Glen Ray’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch is located at 1750 W. 8000 South in Spanish Fork and will be open through Oct. 30. Hours are 4-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4-11 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays. They offer family-friendly events and activities, a corn maze and a pumpkin patch.
• The Pumpkin Patch in Orem, 1541 Sandhill Road, has free activities and no admission fee. They have pumpkins and decor for sale, and every Monday and Saturday they offer free Halloween hayrides. Reservations for rides can be made on their website. They are open until Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; and from 10 a.m. to dark on Sundays.
• Gordon’s Family Farm offers a pumpkin patch and activities through the end of October called Gordo’s Fun Farm. Located at 5746 S. 3200 West St. in Spanish Fork, this pumpkin patch also has a petting zoo and a corn maze. It is open Monday through Friday noon to 9 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Hee Haw Farms in Pleasant Grove, 150 S. 2000 West/N. County Blvd., is open from 3-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 3-10 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays. They offer a pumpkin patch, pumpkin drop event, kids spook alley, pumpkin patch hayride and other activities.
• Jaker’s Jack-O-Lanterns at Hayward Farms located at 950 W. 400 South in Springville has pumpkins to buy, a hayride, a corn “maize” and a haunted cave. They are open through the end of October, from 9 a.m. to dusk Monday through Saturday, except Oct. 31, when they are open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The Pumpkin Patch – Carlisle Gardens is located at 1200 N. County Blvd. in American Fork. Pumpkins are available at the front stand and in the field to pick out. They have a kiddie train, hay ride train and a petting zoo with farm animals. They are open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Tyler’s Pumpkin Patch in Provo, 1036 S. Nevada Ave., is a family-owned pumpkin patch. They are open until Oct. 31 while supplies last. Weekday hours are 4 p.m. to dusk and weekend hours are 10 a.m. to dusk.
• A Country Farm Pumpkin Patch in Payson, 4058 W. 9600 South, is a homegrown farm that offers fresh produce picked daily upon order or visitors can pick it themselves. They are open 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
• Rowley’s Red Barn, 901 S. 300 West, is a fruit farm open year-round in Santaquin. The fall festival is held through Oct. 30 and includes a corn maze, a tractor wagon ride, a pumpkin patch and other activities such as a petting zoo, zip line and a corn pit. It is open Monday through Friday from 3:30-8:45 p.m. and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.
• Rileys’ U-pick in Genola, 294 N. 800 East, has pumpkins, fresh fruit and other produce available at the local Rileys’ Orchard. It is open during harvest season (July through November), Monday through Saturday from sunup to sundown.