Bewitching month-long Halloween festival comes alive in Burnaby

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Tourism Burnaby hosts family-friendly events with neighbourhood decorating contest

The witching hour. It conjures up all sorts of spooky. Ghouls and goblins, witches, graveyards, ghastly costumes, and all things that go bump in the night. Every evening , it all comes alive for a month in Burnaby.

"Last year, our first year, we were really impressed that we had slightly more than 90,000 people participate, and over a third of those were Burnaby residents," says Chris Peters, executive director, Tourism Burnaby. Nightmare on Elm Street Turn your home into a show-stopping display of fright and delight in the Neighbourhood Decorating Contest, open to all Burnaby residents, with a chance to win prizes, plus the Best Neighbourhood Award, too. The 2023 applications for the decorating grants are now closed and have been awarded; however, if you didn’t get a chance to apply this year, grant applications will also be available in 2024.

Cauldron of spooky highlights Grab your garlic. You're likely to encounter a vampire or two. The festival boasts an impressive lineup in various communities, so you can expect lots of spine-tingling excitement, with just the right amount of fun and fear factor. Candlelit Crime Murder Mystery Dinner: Oct. 20, Hilton Vancouver Metrotown. Immersive Roaring Twenties Halloween soirée, with gangsters, flappers, and murder on the menu; part dinner theatre–part audience participation. Fundraiser for the Burnaby Hospital Foundation; silent auction, limited tickets.

 

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