Check out Halloween survival guide for Southeast Missouri

October is for apple picking, pumpkin carving and ghost stories, and all are available in Southeast Missouri. Here is the ultimate Halloween survival guide:

Family-friendly places

• Haunted Hall of Horror in Cape Girardeau
• Black Forest Haunted Ghost Town in Cape Girardeau
• Cape Grace Pumpkin Patch in Cape Girardeau
• Haunted Museum Scavenger Hunt in Cape Girardeau
• Embrace Macabre in Cape Girardeau
• Bloomsdale Fun Farm in Bloomsdale, Missouri
• Beggs Family Farm in Sikeston, Missouri
• Knowlan Family Farm in Burfordville
• Perryville Pumpkin Farm in Perryville, Missouri

Movie nights

• "Hocus Pocus" on Friday, Oct. 20, in Daisy
• Reel Riffs: "Night of the Living Dead" on Friday, Oct. 20, in Cape Girardeau
• "Hocus Pocus" on Friday, Oct. 20, in Cape Girardeau
• "Halloweentown" on Friday, Oct. 20, in Cape Girardeau
• Boo at the Dew on Tuesday, Oct. 24, and Oct. 31, in Bloomsdale, Missouri

Trunk or Treats

• Trunk and Treat at Sonic on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Cape Girardeau
• Howl-O-Ween Trunk or Treat on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Cape Girardeau
• Fall-O-Ween Jesus Trunk or Treat on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Jackson
• Harleyween Trunk-Or-Treat on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Scott City
• St. Paul Trunk or Treat on Sunday, Oct. 29, in Jackson
• Grace Trunk or Treat on Sunday, Oct. 29, in Cape Girardeau
• Rent Semo's Trunk or Treat on Monday, Oct. 30, in Cape Girardeau
• Notre Dame Trick or Treat on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Cape Girardeau
• Library Trick or Treat on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Perryville, Missouri
• Shawnee Trunk or Treat on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Cape Girardeau
• Drive-Thru Trick or Treat on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Jackson
• Crisp Museum Trick or Treat on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Cape Girardeau
• Abbey Road Trick or Treating on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Cape Girardeau
• Chick-or-Treat on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Cape Girardeau

Arts and crafts

• Paint & Sip on Friday, Oct. 20, in Scott City
• Crafternoon: Fall Pumpkin Wreaths on Friday, Oct. 20, in Cape Girardeau
• Fall Cake Event on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Jackson
• Plastic Skull Decor Painting on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Cape Girardeau
• Halloween Cake Event on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Jackson

Parties and festivals

• Tween/Teen Halloween Party on Thursday, Oct. 19, in Oran, Missouri
• Witches Crawl on Thursday, Oct. 19, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri
• Pumpkin Palooza on Friday, Oct. 20, in Cape Girardeau
• Riverfront Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Cape Girardeau
• Punktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Cape Girardeau
• Fall Festival at First Baptist on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Scott City
• Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Cape Girardeau
• Adult Halloween Party on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Scott City
• Halloween Hoopla on Friday, Oct. 27, in Cape Girardeau
• Free Halloween Party! on Friday, Oct. 27, in Cape Girardeau
• Carstar's Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 27, in Cape Girardeau
• Halloween Bash + Costume Contest on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Cape Girardeau
• Benton Speedway Halloween Party on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Benton, Missouri
• Cape's Best Halloween Blast on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Cape Girardeau
• Pumpkin Dive on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Cape Girardeau
• DLC Kids Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 29, in Cape Girardeau
• Highly Haunted Halloween Hoedown on Sunday, Oct. 29, in Jackson
• DLC Fall Festival on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Sikeston, Missouri
• Halloween at Encore Dance on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Cape Girardeau
• Library Halloween Party on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Scott City

Live music

• Octubafest 2023 on Wednesday, Oct. 25, in Cape Girardeau
• Percussion Ensembles Trick of Treat Concert on Friday, Oct. 27, in Cape Girardeau
• Monster Mash Bash on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Cape Girardeau

Compete with other monsters

• 5KRCU Monster Mash Dash on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Cape Girardeau

Spooky good tastings

• Spooky Mindful Tasting on Sunday, Oct. 29, in Cape Girardeau

Last minute potion stop markets

• Riverfront Spooky Market on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Cape Girardeau
• Mystic Market of SEMO on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Cape Girardeau

New is 'ghoul'

• Let's Talk Graphic Novels on Tuesday, Oct. 24, in Cape Girardeau
• Deja vu Spirit Reunion on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri