It’s fall, the season of perfect weather and holidays galore. Halloween falls within this season, and it’s one of the most anticipated events of the year. With the holiday inching closer and closer, festive events like visiting haunted houses, pumpkin carving, pumpkin buying from the local pumpkin patch and many more grow more popular than ever. Fuquay-Varina has tons of local Halloween activities for you to participate in. If you’re looking for spooky, scary fun on Halloween, there are a few that stick out.
It’s a widely popular tradition for people to go to a local pumpkin patch and buy a pumpkin to display in front of their houses to get into the Halloween spirit. People can leave the pumpkin as is on a porch, or scoop the insides out of the pumpkin and carve the face to your creative desires or to make a “jack-o’-lantern.” Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church hosts a pumpkin patch on their front lawn, and the money generated goes to support Scouting America.
Everybody has their own set of traditions or customs when it comes to holidays, but another example of a popular custom for Halloween enjoyers are haunted houses.
Haunted houses are buildings typically owned by a corporation, charity or an independent business that dresses up the building in spooky Halloween decorations and hires actors to dress up in scary costumes with the intention to scare patrons as much as possible. Once people enter the house, these ‘scare actors’ are positioned everywhere inside the house, waiting for the perfect moment to jump out and give you a good fright. There are very few haunted houses in Fuquay-Varina, but fright seekers can find houses like The 13th Acre, Woods of Terror and Haunted Forest at Panic Point as some of the best North Carolina has to offer. Patrons certainly get their money’s worth by the time they exit the house, leaving with their hearts racing from the scares they endured.
When it comes to Halloween, Fuquay-Varina has a lot to offer. If someone was to inquire about the best fall activities the town has to offer, ghost tours would be at the top of the list.
The ghost tours in Fuquay-Varina are walking tours near downtown Fuquay. They’re centered around creepy stories being shared by the tour guides as the patrons walk along the tour route through downtown Fuquay. The tour guide tells real stories as you walk through Fuquay. Every stop on the tour has a dark past, whether it’s a portal to the underworld or the assassination of a mayor. The ghost tours are a great event to attend if you’re looking for a unique experience that will leave a lasting impression on you.
You can visit the Methodist Church and local haunted houses anywhere from now to Halloween night. The ghost tours happen on October 10-12 and 24-26. You better hurry up, these festive events are calling your name.
