Spooky Season is upon us and Monterey is teaming with plenty of ghosts, pumpkins and frights this October. Below are three seasonal attractions you can attend to get into the spooky spirit before Halloween. In no particular order, but ranging from family fun to a little more scary this list is sure to cover options suitable for our most timid scaredy cats, to our thrill-seeking horror enthusiasts.
Carmel-by-the-Sea’s Annual Pumpkin Roll
For the 8th year, Carmel by the Sea is hosting its Annual Pumpkin Roll. Everyone is invited to meet up at the “truckload of pumpkins located between Ocean Ave and Santa Fe Street” to pick a pumpkin and get ready to watch them roll. The event takes place on October 26th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is open to all ages. This event can be a fun activity for friends and family alike, to connect with their community and watch some pumpkins race, tumble, collide and smash their way down the road!
Learn more about the pumpkin roll here.
Ghost Tours on Cannery Row
Next on our list is a two-for-one, offering two ghost tours to the public of Monterey. The tours run through Zucchini’s Magic Shop and Oscar’s Playground.
There are two different tours offered, the first exploring “the twisted corridors of Historic Cannery Row” giving an eerie spin on the history and dark truths of the area. For this tour, they are also offering ghost detectors for an additional $7 to anyone interested in taking the tour up a notch.
The second tour focuses on Old Monterey. This tour reveals the secrets of California’s first city. In this tour one can expect a deep dive into Monterey’s history, going as far back as the Mexican-American War of 1846. By offering a little more history and a little less ghost investigation, participants are asked, “Are you prepared to explore the dark and sinister past that only California’s Cradle of History can reveal?”
Each tour can accommodate up to 20 guests and are running every night through Halloween. Tickets go for $35 a person.
Learn more about these tours here.
Monterey Ghosts Boos & Booze Pub Crawl
US Ghost Adventures is hosting an event here in Monterey. They are a nationwide company that specializes in all things historic and ghostly. They have planted roots in Monterey and are providing their own ghost tours as well as a Boos & Booze Pub Crawl! Open to all 21 and up, with tickets starting at $27, the crawl is running most evenings from now through Halloween. The evening promises to bring two hours of guided tour to various bars and pubs, telling historic and eerie tales along the way. Leaving one with a memory of an evening full of good spirits, and we aren’t just talking about drinks…
Check out the pub crawls here.
