What’s up: Free Press staff recommend things to do this week

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Farmageddon

• Deer Meadow Farms, Springfield
• Tonight, from 7 p.m.
• Tickets $47 at wfp.to/AP5

From creepy clowns to horrifying hillbillies to a bone-chilling trek through the haunted woods, Springfield’s Deer Meadow Farms has put together a frightfully good time for those willing (or brave enough) to venture beyond the city’s borders.

Farmageddon features a trio of terrifying options for those who dare attend. The CarnEvil features a cavalcade of killer clowns. Venture into six acres of corn mazes and you’ll find all manner of roving, raging rednecks as part of the Texas Chainsaw BBQ. And in the sprawling Forbidden Forest, there’s no shortage of shrieks to be had throughout the nine chilling set pieces. (The forest also features a haunted hayride for those keen for extra jump-scares.)

In addition to the trio of haunts, Farmageddon features the Blood Bar (for the 18-and-over crowd who need some liquid courage) as well as a concession stand.

Advance tickets are $47, and some slots have already sold out. In other words, get yours in advance while you can.

For tickets and more information, including directions, see wfp.to/AP5.

— Ben Sigurdson

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Boo at the Zoo: After, After Dark

• Today, 6-11 p.m.
• Assiniboine Park Zoo
• Tickets $17 at assiniboinepark.ca

Round up your coven, witches: while the little ghosts and goblins are out haunting the streets in pursuit of candy, Boo at the Zoo will be offering plenty of treats for grown-ups at its inaugural adults-only night.

A speakeasy (follow the clues to the Rabbit Den’s Secret Door), drink tasting stations, live music and a caricature artist are just some of the offerings on tap, as well as creepier set pieces than what’s usually on view for the regular Boo set — though, as always, no jump scares here.

You don’t have to dress up, but it’s encouraged. A costume contest will be running throughout the night awarding prizes for best solo, duo and group costume. Registration starts at 7 p.m. and the winner will be announced at 10 p.m.

Note: this is a staggered, timed-entry event, but you can stay as long as you like (well, until closing time). Final entry is at 8:30 p.m.

— Jen Zoratti

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Terror Garage rises again

• Tonight, 7-11 p.m.
• 10 Brendalee Bay
• Free, donations accepted for CancerCare Manitoba

For the last decade, the Duncan family has been turning their west Winnipeg abode and carport into a horrifying haunted attraction dubbed the Terror Garage Halloween Haunt.

This year’s cul de sac crypt includes five rooms of interactive horror attractions staffed by costumed actors.

The Terror Garage comes highly recommended on Facebook with users and past visitors leaving glowing reviews such as, “This was insanely awesome and scary screamed so much just wow,” and “Amazing!! Well put together! Fun for kids, scary for adults!”

The haunted house wraps up its 2024 season tonight with an evening of Halloween scares and, presumably, candy for trick-or-treating kiddos.

Visit facebook.com/terrorgaragehaunt for more information.

— Eva Wasney

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Doomsday: A Tribute Party to MF Doom

• Tonight, 9 p.m.
• Public Domain, 633 Portage
• Featuring BBS Steve, DJ Hunnict and Lonnie Ce
• Admission $10

If Winnipeg’s DJ scene has a hall of fame, DJ Hunnicutt (Tyler Sneesby) is surely in it. Like his partner in crime DJ Co-Op (Tim Hoover) and life partner Mama Cutsworth (Sarah Michaelson), Hunnicutt has been behind the turntables for some of Winnipeg’s best dance parties for years.

It may be another party for the prairie history books tonight, when Hunnicutt spins with fellow DJs BBS Steve and Lonnie Ce at Doomsday. The event’s clearly an homage to the late MF Doom, the brilliantly original scion of 1990s boom bap, whose masked look makes him a fitting mascot for this Halloween show. Doomsday marks one of Public Domain’s first events since opening a few weeks ago beside what used to be the Good Will Social Club.

—Conrad Sweatman

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I Scream Fest at Fear By Night

• Tonight, 7 p.m. onwards
• Six Pines Haunted Attractions, Rosser
• Tickets $47 at sixpineshaunted.com

Have you got what it takes to face your deepest, darkest fears on the spookiest night of the year?

Put your brave pants on for an exhilarating night of spine tingling scares at Six Pines Haunted Attractions, located four kilometres north of the Perimeter on Sturgeon Road.

A lineup of nightmarish thrills await those brave enough to venture into the darkness where malevolent spirits linger.

Descend ito the depths of The Cellar to uncover secrets that lie beneath and visit the macabre carnival for an encounter with twisted cannibal clowns intent on turning laughter into screams.

Those who dare push the boundaries of their fear even further are invited to explore Raven’s Manor where the line between past and present is blurred and wicked deeds of yesteryear refuse to remain buried.

— AV Kitching

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