Garden Glow
Oct. 16-19, 5-9 p.m.| Ladew Gardens
3535 Jarrettsville Pike, Monkton, Maryland 21111
This popular Ladew Gardens staple is a fun fall festival with a Halloween twist, featuring a pumpkin-carving workshop, jack-o’-lanterns designed by local artists and walk-through illuminated sculptures.
$8-$33 members, $16-$43 non-members | ladewgardens.com
Free Fall: AVAM’s Annual Halloween Celebration
Oct. 24, 5-7 p.m. | American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230
Explore the American Visionary Art Museum for free at this Halloween festival featuring luminary lantern crafts! Bring a jar if you plan to participate in the lantern craft project.
Free | avam.org
BSO Music Presents: Play Me a Ghost Story
Oct. 26, 11 a.m. | Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201
Spooky stories and spine-tingling music abound at this educational performance, which combines stories inspired by Edgar Allen Poe and Frankenstein with music from artists like Lou Reed and Jim Stephenson.
$12-$22 | bsomusic.org
The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival
Oct. 26, 4-9 p.m. | Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224
Put on your Halloween costumes for this parade that promises to be full of scary floats and exciting lanterns sculptures. There’s also a costume contest for families and kids!
Free | creativealliance.org
Tails on the Rails
Oct. 27, 2-5 p.m. | B&O Railroad Museum
901 W Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21223
Dress up your dogs for this unique Halloween event focused on pets! It’s also the only time all year that animals are allowed on the B&O Railroad Museum’s Mile One Express train.
$25 | borail.org
