Historic home tour1

October 18 - Nov. 5, 2017

9.2 miles NW

Walk through 20 rooms of a historic home remodeled by experts at Designer Show House at 661 Pleasant Street in Belmont. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. 

Discount tickets $20 (Thursday & Friday)

Asian film festival

October 19 - 22, 2017

Boston and Cambridge locations

Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) showcases the experiences of Asian Americans on film and supports Asian American filmmakers.
 

Haunted ship

October 19 - 31, 2017

14 miles south

A ticket to Ghost Ship Harbor includes four haunts on a ship near the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum in Quincy. The fourth haunt costs extra. Parking is $5. Open Thursday to Sunday and Oct. 31.
 

Pumpkin float

October 20, 2017 (5 to 8 p.m.)

0.7 miles SW

Pumpkin Festival features floating pumpkins, kids’ activities, and music at Boston Common Frog Pond. Bring a hollow pumpkin under 8 inches in diameter.
 

Halloween radio show

October 20 - 21 and 26 - 28, 2017

5.1 miles NW

Hear chilling urban legends and campfire stories at Tomes of Terror, a radio-style show of eight stories of horror, madness, and out-and-out weirdness performed live in Somerville.

Discount tickets $7.50.

Romantic musical

October 20 - 29, 2017

9.3 miles NW

The Light in the Piazza is a breezy musical about a woman and daughter who travel to Italy and the Italian who falls for the daughter, in Arlington.

Discount tickets $13.

Adult Halloween show

October 20 - 31, 2017

3.3 miles NW

Billed as a macabre and unsavory night of circus, live music, and gore, Cirque of the Dead includes aerial, acrobatic, and juggling acts plus burlesque at Oberon.
 

Haunted house in 3 locations

October 20 - Nov. 4, 2017

50 miles

Factory of Terror includes cutting-edge special effects and actors in professional makeup. Schedules vary.

• Fall River
• West Warwick, RI
• Worcester

Comics expo

October 21 - 22, 2017

4.5 miles NW

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo focuses on the art of making comics and has panels, workshops, and exhibitions at Lesley University. Free.
 

Medieval fair

October 21 - 22, 2017

49 miles south

King Richard’s Faire offers medieval food, games, and artisan shops, plus costumed acrobats, battling knights, fire-eaters, jugglers, dancers, and puppeteers in a forest near Carver.
 

Halloween in Cambridge

October 27 - 31, 2017

3.5 miles NW

See the list of business that offer Halloween parties and specials. Some give away candy during Harvard Scare. [They do not have a 2017 web page yet.]

[Source from : https://www.events12.com/boston/]