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Half-Priced Ticket Discounts: Halloween Attractions & Shows

October 23, 2014
Halloween Magic Show: Arthur Atsma's Tricks Are a Treat
Aurora Theatre - Main Stage, (128 Pike Street Lawrenceville, GA 30045)
  • If your little goblin's Halloween is in danger of being all sugary treats and no tricks, make sure you get them to the sixth annual Halloween Magic Show. Magic tricks -- mystifying ones, funny ones, even "crazy amazing" ones -- will be in abundance thanks to the wonder-working of Atlanta illusionist Arthur Atsma. Returning to star in what has become an Aurora Children's Playhouse holiday tradition, Atsma will amaze and amuse folks of all ages with a show filled with captivating sleight of hand, audience interaction and comedy. Act fast as tickets tend to "disappear," no magic required.
Lawrenceville Ghost Tour: Take a Haunted Stroll Through the Night
Lawrenceville Square, Meet at Aurora Theatre Box Office (128 Pike Street Lawrenceville, GA 30045)
  • Fun for adults and children alike, this 90-minute walking tour of Metro Atlanta's oldest city teaches fascinating facts while sending an exhilarating chill down your spine. Your guide (in full period costume) will titillate the senses with details of recent paranormal investigations and popular legends of ghostly goings-on -- like the night the dead rose up and paraded down Lawrenceville's main thoroughfare. Stroll the haunted streets through historic courthouse square, past turn-of-the-century storefronts and on to the Old Jail, where you can go inside ... if you dare.

Southern Ghost Stories on Spooky Plantation Walking Tour
Stone Mountain Park Antebellum Plantation, 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd (2200 Scarlett Walk Stone Mountain, GA 30083)
  • Hear the best ghost stories floating around the South over 11 nights during this popular Atlanta storytelling festival. When you enter Stone Mountain Park and begin your walking tour of the Antebellum Plantation, six professional storytellers guide you as they spin tales of Southern ghosts along the lantern-lit paths of the South's most authentic and spookiest plantation. Now in its 29th year, join 15,000 visitors for A Tour of Southern Ghosts, a fun evening honoring the grand tradition of Southern storytelling.

The Sleepy Hollow Experience Puts You in the Story
Serenbe Playhouse - Serenbe Stables, (9237 Selborne Lane Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268)
  • The Headless Horseman rides tonight and you might be his next victim in this interactive staging of the classic spooky tale Sleepy Hollow. Roving minstrel storytellers lead you through the haunted hall of Serenbe Stables, telling the tale of bumbling schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, his love for beautiful Katrina and his rivalry with the brutish Brom Bones. But stay on yours toes because the Headless Horseman may come thundering by at any moment. Known for their innovative, site-specific productions, Serenbe Playhouse's roving show puts you in the middle of this spine-tingling yarn to experience Sleepy Hollow as you never have before.
It's part dance show, part haunted house -- you enter the theater and unknown creatures begin to come alive before your very eyes. Where will they pop up next? Behind you, in front of you, next to you, above you? Do you feel the cold breath on your neck? Did something just flutter across your feet? Who, or what, will Dracula try to bring to life next? And does it want you as its next victim? This Halloween season, immerse yourself in a world of the unknown as the music heightens your sense of fear about what's coming next. Do you have what it takes to experience a show from which there's no escape? Regardless, it will all be over in about 30 minutes!

Halloween Pub Crawl & Haunted House Attractions
Fave Things Tours - East Atlanta Village, (493B Flat Shoals Avenue Atlanta, GA 30316)
  • Recapture the fun of trick-or-treating with this Halloween Tour and Pub Crawl. Dream up your scariest, sexiest, goofiest costume, get a group of your best friends together and hop on the bus for a spooky good time. You'll kick off the night with a visit to a haunted house, a chilling hayride and a walk along a trail of the damned. Then you're off to historic Virginia Highland and your first pub. With the bus at your group's disposal you're free to have a great time and not have to worry about driving. You'll finish up the crawl by returning to East Atlanta Village, where you can keep your Halloween celebration going until closing time.

Haunted Hotel: Check In at This Hot Costume Bash
W Atlanta Midtown (188 14th Street NE Atlanta, GA 30361)
  • Check out two levels of hot Halloween action at the W Atlanta-Midtown as both the hotel's Living Room bar and Whiskey Park nightclub will each be offering their own thrills and chills. DJ Rix and Krillz are set to spin, and you and you friends can haunt seven different party areas, including a pair of outdoor patios. Costumes are mandatory at this monster-sized bash, and libations will be available at the cash bar. And don't forget to pick up your free spooky party favors and glow toys.
Corn Maze and Hayride: Fall Fun
North Georgia Corn Maze, (559 Tom Bell Road Cleveland, GA 30528)
  • Nothing captures the fall season quite like a corn maze and hayride, so bring the family out to the "Gateway to the Mountains" as it transforms into autumnal beauty. Feel as if you're experiencing an alien work of art as you enter the elegantly designed crop circles of the North Georgia Corn Maze. Take a leisurely stroll and let yourself get lost, or race to find the exit through almost three miles of trails. Then hop aboard the hayride for a trip around seven acres of beautiful pasture, where you can spot grazing cattle, wild deer, turkeys and other critters that make the land their natural habitat.

  • This Halloween, descend into a mad scientist's Dungeon of Fear at the North Georgia Corn Maze's Reaper's Hollow haunted house. Steel yourself as you enter the House of Burm. Ride a dilapidated elevator down to the dungeon, where the brilliant but evil Dr. Burm performed his twisted experiments. Cross a rickety bridge over a bottomless pit, but watch out for the giant Burmese python said to live in the darkness. If you manage to make it out of this living nightmare, head on over to the corn maze, where you can get lost within the nearly three-mile labyrinth. Top off the evening with a hayride around the beautiful pastures at the "Gateway to the Mountains."