# Events near your area

> Today, Friday, October 2. All ages. Within 25 km of your area. Races and other plan-ahead events are left out.

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### [Salem Haunted Happenings](https://robo.app/r/u9mxt6/salem-haunted-happenings)

- When: 2026-10-02 09:00-22:00 (America/New_York), and 29 more dates
- Scarcity: daily
- Cadence: daily
- Where: Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970 (42.5179874, -70.905152)
- Ages: all ages
- Price: free
- Category: festival
- Topics: fall, halloween, parades, ghost-tours, costumes, haunted-attractions
- About: The world's largest Halloween celebration, filling downtown Salem for the entire month of October. Walking tours, seances, costume events, vendor fairs, haunted attractions, and parades, with hundreds of individual events across the city. The 2026 season is part of Salem's 400th anniversary year, with extra programming all month. Individual events carry their own times and prices; check the event calendar for specifics.
- Source: https://www.hauntedhappenings.org/
- Feed: [Fall events in Boston](https://robo.app/f/aet9jh/fall-events-in-boston)

### [Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience](https://robo.app/r/wcmvwq/boston-lights-a-lantern-experience)

- When: 2026-10-02 17:00-22:30 (America/New_York), and 7 more dates
- Scarcity: daily
- Cadence: run
- Where: 1 Franklin Park Road, Boston, MA 02121 (42.3028346, -71.0876281)
- Ages: all ages
- Price: $31.95
- Category: exhibit
- Topics: lanterns, nighttime, outdoor, family, zoo, halloween
- About: A glowing nighttime walk through Franklin Park Zoo filled with giant lantern displays of animals and plants, interactive activities, and nightly Chinese dance performances.
- Source: https://www.meetboston.com/event/boston-lights%3a-a-lantern-experience/92417/
- Feed: [Boston family events](https://robo.app/f/2v8gjb/boston-family-events)

### [Jack-O'-Lantern Nights at Stone Zoo](https://robo.app/r/de8zg8/jack-o-lantern-nights-at-stone-zoo)

- When: 2026-10-02 17:30 (America/New_York), and 4 more dates
- Scarcity: daily
- Cadence: run
- Where: 149 Pond Street, Stoneham, MA 02180 (42.4626896, -71.0933856)
- Ages: all ages
- Category: festival
- Topics: halloween, pumpkins, evening, zoo, fall
- About: Stone Zoo transforms after dark into a glowing autumn wonderland with hundreds of illuminated pumpkins, towering pumpkin sculptures, and family-friendly Halloween fun.
- Source: https://Mommypoppins.com/boston-kids/event/shows-exhibitions/jack-o-lantern-nights-at-stone-zoo
- Feed: [Boston family events](https://robo.app/f/2v8gjb/boston-family-events)

### [Ruckus!](https://robo.app/r/99mf3c/ruckus)

- When: 2026-10-02 all day (America/New_York), and 7 more dates
- Scarcity: daily
- Cadence: run
- Where: 310 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 (42.357139, -71.058442)
- Ages: all ages
- Category: theater
- Topics: history, immersive, american-revolution, museum, family
- About: A 25-minute immersive show inside Old South Meeting House that drops visitors into the debates and defiance that ignited the American Revolution.
- Source: https://www.meetboston.com/event/ruckus!/92025/
- Feed: [Boston family events](https://robo.app/f/2v8gjb/boston-family-events)

### [Exhibition: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness](https://robo.app/r/r5ceez/exhibition-life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness)

- When: 2026-10-02 all day (America/New_York), and 7 more dates
- Scarcity: daily
- Cadence: run
- Where: 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 (42.3493298, -71.0786547)
- Ages: all ages
- Price: free
- Category: exhibit
- Topics: exhibit, free, library, history, community-history
- About: To mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, BPL's Community History Department partnered with Revolutionary Spaces on a free and public program series called Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
- Source: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a5a5de8cca66c2f00a41753
- Feed: [Boston family events](https://robo.app/f/2v8gjb/boston-family-events)