Goblins and Ghouls, Haunted Houses and Scary Stories This Weekend

Let's take a look at the San Rafael Patch Events Calendar and see what we can find.

---Get into the Halloween spirit on Friday with the . Come on over to for pumpkin carving and decorating, Halloween bounce house, trick-or-treat bag decorating, face painting, candied apples and much more! Tickets are $12, and festivities begin at 5 p.m.

---Take the kids to Saturday night. Every year, hundreds of families visit our friendly merchants handing out goodies and sweets to kids in costume!  Starting at the Downtown City Plaza or in the West End Village, kids and their parents can pick up a list of participating businesses and a free Halloween pencil or set of stickers.

--- Does your kids have a creative Halloween costume? Post a photo on our website and you could win a trip to meet celebrity Heidi Klum.

---Want to listen to some spooky stories? The will serve as a haunting backdrop when the award-winning Porchlight Theatre Company players and their colleagues of the macabre written by American writers Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving and William Faulkner on Saturday. The $25 admission includes gourmet treats and fine wines.

---Is Body Mansion haunted? Find out on Saturday when the presents the findings the recent paranormal investigation provided by "Ghost Explorers."

---Looking for a non-Halloween event? Award-winning author and environmental visionary practical techniques for reversing the climate crisis during a rare Bay Area visit on Sunday, Oct. 30.

--- Looking for more to do this weekend? Check out all the events listed for the weekend on our calendar.

Do you have an event going that is not in our calendar? Well, our calendar is open for everyone to post your own events and have them go live on the site right away. We also have a video to show you the easy steps to add announcements to our site.