11th Annual Great Halloween Lantern Parade and Festival

Saturday, October 30, 2010 is the 11th Annual Great Halloween Lantern Parade and Festival in Patterson Park to celebrate Halloween.

This year’s parade theme is taking it into the Garden, so expect to see many garden-themed paper lanterns built throughout the past few weeks by children, neighbors, and artists alike in workshops promoting the event.

On Saturday, beginning at 3 pm, there will be another lantern-making workshop, hayrides, live music by the Love Peace Project, Old Man Brown, and Balti Mare, along with food and drinks to enjoy.

7 pm is the line up, and the parade begins at 7:30 pm.

Last year, inclement weather made the 2009 Lantern Parade move to Sunday. Rain date this year is on Halloween!

Thanks to the Creative Alliance and Southeast Community Development Corporation for putting this neat event on each year. For more details on the festival parade, please visit their website.

Come to Downtown Baltimore to experience this unique, hands-on event. Make a lantern and you too can be in the parade!

Photo courtesy of elh70/Erica via Flickr CC

Visit Port Discovery in Downtown Baltimore for Halloween Howl on Saturday, October 31, 2009

If you are looking for a spooky good time in Downtown Baltimore during the day on Saturday, look no further than Port Discovery‘s “Halloween Howl”.

Kids can dress in costume and decorate cupcakes, do crafts, get their faces painted, play at the museum — and enjoy a fun moonbounce too!

Add onto that, the very popular children’s bank, MILKSHAKE, will be there to perform at 1 pm!

So enjoy downtown Baltimore in costume style! 

Port Discovery is a Children’s Museum located at 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202.  Its’ Saturday hours are 10am – 5pm. Admission is $12.95 for children aged 2-102!

Hunt Valley’s Oregon Ridge Offers Harry Potter Halloween October 24-25 2-4 pm

I wrote a few weeks ago about the Honey Making Festival at the Oregon Ridge Nature Center, and how the Center is a hidden treasure in the Park in Hunt Valley.

For all of you Harry Potter fans out there, this weekend is “Harry Potter Halloween”!

For $2 per child (or other crafters!) paid in advance, one can make Harry Potter themed crafts and learn about wizardry!

While you are there, you can visit the gorgeous changing leaves and hike the trails to enjoy the fall weather, or browse the Center to see the bees, birds, and turtles close up!