21 things to do in Cleveland this Halloween weekend

CLEVELAND, Ohio — So, you’ve spent the previous few weeks placing collectively the right Halloween costume, properly, right here’s your likelihood to indicate off. This weekend boasts a plethora of Halloween-related occasions. However when you’d slightly see a play, go to a live performance, take a look at a museum or do one thing else, there are many choices, too.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Trick or Deal with Fest

Costume up in your favourite costume, take images with characters and acquire sweet at 20 trick-or-treat stations unfold throughout the zoo. This daytime Halloween celebration additionally features a Monster Mash Dance Occasion on the park’s amphitheater and limitless rides on the Pumpkin Specific. Tickets, $9.95 (members), $19.95 (non-members)

3900 Wildlife Manner, Cleveland

10 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 28-30

clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo

Pumpkin Village at Mapleside Farms

Exhibit your Halloween costume in the course of the last weekend of Mapleside’s fall pageant. You’ll discover over 100 acres of household enjoyable together with a large corn maze, tremendous slide, pig races, pumpkin patch, practice and hayrides. And don’t neglect the orchard’s well-known apple cider and apple cider donuts, too. Tickets, $13.

294 Pearl Rd., Brunswick

Oct. 28-30

mapleside.com

Boo Bash at Tower Metropolis Heart

This kid-friendly Halloween bash options trick-or-treating round Tower Metropolis, pumpkin-carving demonstrations, giveaways, costume contests, character appearances, dancing and extra. Free.

230 W. Huron Rd., Cleveland

noon-4 p.m., Oct. 29

towercitycenter.com

Halloweekends at Cedar Level

Benefit from the last weekend of the season at Cedar Level with a daytime fall pageant that provides option to spooky and scary enjoyable at night time. Dare, if you’ll, to search out your approach out of 5 haunted homes and 6 outside scare zones. Or simply experience your favourite curler coasters. Tickets begin at $49.99.

1 Cedar Level Dr., Sandusky

Now by means of Oct. 30

cedarpoint.com

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Owls & Howls at Cleveland Museum of Pure Historical past

This common one-day occasion returns as a weekend celebration. Present up in your Halloween costume and participate in quite a lot of actions and displays that remember Ohio’s native animals. Included are pumpkin adorning, dino masks making, a spooky picture sales space, particular “Present Science” displays and wildlife demonstrations. On Sunday, get pleasure from a live performance by college students from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Admission, $14-$17. On Sunday, Metropolis of Cleveland and East Cleveland residents get in free with proof of residency.

1 Wade Oval Dr., Cleveland

Oct. 28-30

cmnh.org

All Hale’s Eve: Sleepy Halo-O at Hale Farm and Village

Who says children get to have all of the enjoyable on Halloween? This adults-only, Sleepy Hole-themed bash has reside music, two money bars and “Trick & Deal with” tasting stations from quite a lot of native meals distributors, breweries, vineyards and meaderies positioned all through the museum’s haunted historic village. Costumes inspired. Tickets, $45-$50.

2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bathtub

7-11 p.m., Oct. 29

wrhs.org

Halloweekend Hangover Pub Crawl

It’s time to indicate off your Halloween greatest as a intelligent costume might win you money and prizes at this bar crawl within the Flats East Financial institution. With stops at Lago, Sora, Truman’s 216, Punch Bowl Social, Margaritaville, Rum Runners and extra, the occasion options drink specials, reside music at choose venues and many enjoyable. Tickets, $14.99.

Examine-in at WXYZ within the Aloft Resort, 950 Predominant Ave., Cleveland

3-9 p.m., Oct. 29

pubcrawls.com/metropolis/cleveland-oh

Smashing Pumpkins at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

It’s time to relive your youth as two of the most important alt-rock bands of the ‘90s carry out at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Jane’s Habit opens the present earlier than Smashing Pumpkins take over with hits like “1979,” “Cherub Rock” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” The invoice additionally options singer-songwriter Meg Myers. Tickets begin at $49.

1 Heart Court docket, Cleveland

6:30 p.m., Oct. 29

rocketmortgagefieldhouse.com

Mushroomhead on the Agora

Bang your heads as these heavy steel rockets in matching jumpsuits and artsy masks return to their hometown with a Halloween weekend present on the historic Agora theatre. Half Raised Heathens and Bittersweet Revenge are the opening acts. Tickets, $30-$55.

5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland

7:30 p.m., Oct. 29

agoracleveland.com

Rakim at Home of Blues

Rakim, one of many biggest and most influential rappers of all time, takes the stage at Home of Blues Cleveland in what guarantees to be an unforgettable present. Tickets, $28-$60.

308 Euclid Ave, Cleveland

7 p.m., Oct. 28

houseofblues.com/cleveland

Ramy Youssef at Hilarities

The Emmy-nominated star and creator of the Hulu hit comedy collection “Ramy” brings his standup act to Cleveland for a one-night-only engagement at Pickwick & Frolic. Tickets, $70 for two.

2035 E. 4th St., Cleveland

7:30 p.m., Oct. 30

pickwickandfrolic.com

Cleveland Orchestra presents Gerstein performs Schumann

Famend pianist Kirill Gerstein brings his dazzling expertise to Schumann’s famously romantic Piano Concerto. Edward Gardner conducts a night at Severance Music Heart that features a efficiency of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7. Tickets begin at $24.

11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland

Oct. 27-29

clevelandorchestra.com

“How Did This Get Made? Stay!” at MGM Northfield Park

On this reside model of their common podcast, Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas break down the infamously unhealthy 1993 movie, “Ghost within the Machine.” Tickets begin at $37.

10777 Northfield Rd., Northfield

7 p.m., Oct. 29

mgmnorthfieldpark.mgmresorts.com

All Rise: A Pageant of Movie and Legislation

This new pageant presents 5 feature-length movies centered on the theme of regulation vs. justice. The lineup contains three documentaries (“Discovering Kendrick Johnson,” “The First Step” and “The Pez Outlaw”) and two narrative movies (“A Few Good Males,” “Darkish Waters”), plus panel discussions and nightly receptions. Free.

Westfield Studio Theater (1375 Euclid Ave., Cleveland), Moot Court docket Room (1801 Euclid Ave.) and CSU Faculty of Movie & Media Arts Screening Room (1375 Euclid Ave, sixth flooring)

Oct. 27-29

allrisefilmfest.org

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Cleveland Play Home presents “The Nice Leap”

A “pleasant” exhibition recreation between American and Chinese language faculty basketball groups explores generational and cultural divides on this dramatic play at Playhouse Sq.’s intimate Outcalt Theatre. Tickets, $25-$75.

1407 Euclid Ave., Cleveland

Oct. 29-Nov. 20

clevelandplayhouse.com

“Les Miserables” at Playhouse Sq.

One of many largest and most beloved musicals of all time wraps up its newest run on the KeyBank State Theatre. Powered by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s iconic rating, Herbert Kretzmer’s catchy lyrics and highly effective performances by the nationwide tour solid, Les Miz is as contemporary and related as ever. Tickets, $29-$129.

1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland

Now by means of Oct. 30

playhousesquare.org

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Clean Canvas Theatre presents “American Psycho”

Patrick Bateman is a Wall Road banker by day and a serial killer by night time. The play is predicated on the 1991 novel by “Bret Easton Ellis,” which was additionally tailored right into a film starring Christian Bale in 2000. Tickets, $25.

1305 West 78th St., Suite 211

Now by means of Nov. 5

blankcanvastheatre.com

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Nice Lakes Theater presents “Romeo and Juliet”

Cleveland’s traditional theater firm returns to its Shakespearean origins with one of many biggest love tales ever informed. This timeless story of two star-crossed lovers from feuding households is bound to make your coronary heart swell and burst. Tickets, $20-$84.

2067 E 14th St, Cleveland

Now by means of Nov. 6

greatlakestheater.org

Cesear’s Discussion board presents “Wencelas Sq.”

Larry Shue’s semi-autobiographical reminiscence play staged at Kennedy’s Theatre in Playhouse Sq. finds an American professor and his drama pupil confronting oppression and ruthlessness in Nineteen Seventies Prague following the Soviet Union’s invasion of Czechoslovakia. Tickets, $18.

1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland

Oct. 28-29

cesearsforum.com

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Assortment at Cleveland Museum of Artwork

This particular exhibition showcases Joseph and Nancy Keithley’s 2020 present to the museum: a group of greater than 100 artistic endeavors value greater than $100 million. The items embrace 5 work by Pierre Bonnard; 4 every by Maurice Denis and Édouard Vuillard; and particular person works by Henri-Edmond Cross, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Nicolas de Stael, and Andrew Wyeth. Tickets, $12-$15. Free for museum members.

11150 East Blvd., Cleveland

Now by means of Jan. 8, 2023

clevelandart.org

Cavaliers vs. Knicks

Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland look to “let ‘em know” that the Cavs are the true deal this season. The crew hosts RJ Barrett, Julius Randle & the remainder of the New York Knicks in an Jap Convention battle at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Sunday. Tickets begin at $18.

1 Heart Court docket, Cleveland

6 p.m., Oct. 30

nba.com/cavaliers