2017 Halloween Around Hillsborough: What To Know Before You Go

TAMPA, FL – What evils lurk in the heart of Hillsborough County? Ghouls and ghosts of all ages can find out heading into Halloween.

From Northdale to Ruskin and everywhere in between, Halloween-themed events will take place all over Hillsborough County. Events include fall festivals, ghost tours, escape rooms and trunk-or-treat.

Here’s what area residents and visitors need to know before you go to the various Halloween events around Hillsborough County:

A Nightmare on Franklin Street: ‘Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’

Tuesday, Oct. 31 at noon

711 N. Franklin St., Tampa

Cost: $10, $7 for Tampa Theatre Members

Nick Park brings his Claymation characters Wallace & Gromit to the big screen in this Halloween treat for families. A huge rabbit terrorizes a town’s carrots and wrecks its annual Giant Vegetable Competition. For tickets, visit https://tampatheatre.ticketfor... (G, Animated, 1 hour 25 minutes)

Spooktacular Halloween Party

Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 12:30 p.m.

Brandon Senior Center, 612 N. Parson Ave., Brandon

The Brandon Senior Center will host its Spooktacular Halloween Party. Participants are invited to come dressed in their favorite costume. Music and light refreshments will be available.

A Nightmare on Franklin Street: Halloween Happy Hour

Tuesday, Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m.

711 N. Franklin St., Tampa

Want to say “Bah, humbug!” to the tykes in your neighborhood? Visit the Tampa Theatre on Halloween evening for happy hour. The event features drink specials, free shots and for every drink you buy, get another ticket (besides your first free one) to enter drawings for prizes, including annual Theatre Memberships, restaurant gift certificates, gourmet goodie baskets, tickets to local comedy shows and two tickets the 7:30 p.m. screening of “Halloween.”

A Nightmare on Franklin Street: ‘Halloween’

Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m.

711 N. Franklin St., Tampa

Cost: $10, $7 for Tampa Theatre Members

Follow Michael Myers as he slowly trudges through his first movie, silently killing teens off screen to ramp up the psychological terror. For tickets, visit https://tampatheatre.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=336 (R, Thriller, 1 hour 31 minutes)

A Nightmare on Franklin Street: ‘Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!’

Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 9:30 p.m.

711 N. Franklin St., Tampa

Cost: $10, $7 for Tampa Theatre Members

From the crazy mind of B-movie king Roger Corman, an all-girl candy-raver band called Kill Pussy Kill are kidnapped and locked in a torture house until their forced to turn on each other. For tickets, visit https://tampatheatre.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=524 (Not Rated, Horror, 1 hour 26 minutes)

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