Halloween events

HAUNTED WOODS
AT SHORT MTN DISTILLERY
Nights of terror benefiting Short Mount-ain Volunteer Fire Department and the Cannon County Rescue Squad will continue at Short Mountain Distillery.
Admission to the haunted woods is $10. Hours are 7 p.m. to midnight on October 28 & 29. On October 29th Short Mountain Distillery is hosting a free Halloween Party/ Rock Concert (featuring Burning Years) AND DANCE PARTY from 7 a.m. to midnight.
Camp sites will be available.
The distillery is located at 8280 Short Mountain Road, Woodbury, 37190

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CANNON COUNTY
HALLOWEEN
HORSE RIDE
The ride is set for Saturday October 29th. Participants will ride from the Campground at 11a.m. with a meal from 4 to 6 p.m.
Trick or Treat will follow at 6 p.m. Thunder Hill from Shelbyville will perform for a dance at 8 p.m. $10 per person; camping for the weekend welcome.
For more information 615-653-7156

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ATTENTION ALL GHOSTS AND GOBLINS
You are invited to the Woodbury Health and Rehab Center on Monday, October 31 at the bewitching hours of 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for tricks and treats. Popcorn will be served! Your ghostly hosts: Residents of the Woodbury Health and Rehab. No dogs allowed inside the building.

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SCHOOL'S OUT REALITY HOUSE
Pleasant View Baptist Church is holding a free reality house, "School Is Out," on October 29th from 7-10 p.m. A walk through play, the subject this year is bullying. It takes the audience through the last day of a teenager's life. It shows how they die, judgment and the heaven or hell depending on the decision they made with Jesus.
Last year approx-imately 400 people completed the tour with 35 decisions for Christ. Groups of 10 or more are recommended. Call for a reservation to ensure shorter wait times.
Pleasant View Baptist is located at 2355 Lonnie Smith Road.
For reservations or more information, call 615-796-1570 or 931-314-2754.

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START YOUR
HALLOWEEN
OFF RIGHT
Stop by the Woodbury Farmer's Co-op Store for free candy, coffee and hot chocolate.

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PET HALLOWEEN
COSTUME CONTEST
Saturday, October 29 at Cannon County Animal Clinic, 124 Masey Drive in Woodbury. Registration at noon, judging at 12:30 p.m. All dogs required to be on leashes and must be current on rabies vaccinations.

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TRUNK 'N TREAT
FAMILY FUN NIGHT
Saturday, October 29 at 5 to 8 p.m. at Woodbury Church of Christ. Planned are games, treats, chilli, hot dogs, snacks, costumes and more. In the event of rain, the festivities will be held in the church's Fellowship Hall.

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FRANKLIN'S
PUMPKINFEST
Franklin's Annual Pumpkinfest, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, October 27, converts the picturesque town into a village of unearthly horrors -- as well as the backdrop for a chili cook-off, live music, dance performances, children's activities, more than 75 arts and crafts vendors, the Taste of the South tent, and guided nighttime tours of the Old City Cemetery and Rest Haven Cemetery. Free and open to the public until 6 p.m., though some events require separate tickets.www.historicfranklin.com/events/pumpkinfest

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BATEY FARMS
3250 Wilkinson Pike, Murfreesboro
615-995-6682
October 28, 29 & 30
Hours: Friday 4 - 11 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 11 p.m., Sunday 1 - 8 p.m. (last tickets sold one hour prior to closing) Admission: $8 ages 10 & older, $5 ages 4 - 9, free ages 3 & younger
Hayrides, you-pick and pre-picked pumpkins and a 14-acre corn maze with a Charlotte's Web theme.
Fun fact: Batey Farms is home to "Wilbur" the pig, who was the piglet on the cover of the re-publication of E.B. White's beloved book in 2006.

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CEDARWOOD FARMS
2900 Old Nashville Hwy., McMinnville
931-939-3960

Through October 31
Hours: Friday 8:30 a.m. - 10 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sunday 12 - 5 p.m. (Monday - Thursday by appointment only)
Admission: $10 adults, $9 children
One-hundred acres of fun includes hayrides to the pumpkin patch where you can pick your own (pumpkin included in price of admission), a corn maze, cor crib, two petting zoos, tire swings, food and more.

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MEYERS CREEK HAUNTED WOODS
John Bragg Hwy, near Murfreesboro. Hours are
7 to 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Admission: $18 ages 10 & older, $10 ages 9 & younger (must be accompanied by adult)
The woods await, and you never know what's crawling around them at night!

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SAM DAVIS HOME GHOST TOURS
1399 Sam Davis Road, Smyrna.
October 28 & 29 from 7 p.m. - midnight
Admission: $10 ages 12 & older, $5 ages 5 - 11
Explore ghost stories from Tennessee and Southern America in the 1800s with the theme "Dreadful Demises: Deaths of Antebellum America." The tour includes historical facts and folklore. While there are no jump-scares to frighten little ones, the stories do include those of people who died in underhanded ways, so parental discretion is advised on this PG-tour.

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FLASHLITE NIGHT
AT OAKLANDS
Thursday, October 27 & Friday, October 28
Explore Murfreesboro's most mysterious mansion and experience some of the unusual mourning customs and creepy superstitions of the Victorian era at Oaklands Mansion. As the doors creak open to reveal the town's spookiest historic home, guides in mourning attire will be stationed through-out the mansion to answer questio
As you explore the dark corners and creepy cupboards, the shadows will be hauntingly dim. For your safety, please bring your own flashlight. These special evening openings of the mansion will take place on Thursday, October 27 and Friday, October 28, 2016, from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. with admission of $5 per person.
"While in the downtown area, enjoying the fall fun, take the opportunity to see Oaklands after dark! When your flashlight tour is over, if you dare, take a walk on the dimly lit trails of the wetlands and see the dark reflections of Maney Spring" said James Manning, Executive Director of Oaklands Mansion.
Please park at Oaklands Park Picnic Pavilion at 427 Roberts Street. You will then walk to the mansion to begin your tour!

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GUIDED TOURS OF EVERGREEN CEMETERY
Saturday, October 29. Tickets: $15 per person Tours begin at 6 p.m.
This tour really digs the past...Did you know that Evergreen Cemetery began as a slave burial ground for Oaklands Plantation in the mid-1800's? The cemetery officially began on May 30, 1872, when Dr. James Maney sold a 20-acre tract encompassing the plantation's slave burial ground to the city of Murfreesboro. Intriguing tales, historical facts and good old-fashioned stories live on through an evocative cemetery tour.
This memorable, mourning tour of Evergreen Cemetery will be offered on Saturday, October 29, with tours beginning at 6:00 p.m. Cemetery tours will depart from the entrance of the cemetery on Greenland Drive in groups with the last tour leaving at 8:30 p.m. Ticket cost is $15 per person. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Oaklands is excited to welcome the BoroTellers, a storytelling guild that promotes and perpetuates the art of storytelling and will join Oaklands at stops along the walking tour.