An Annual favourite! Dozens of activities are scheduled during the month-long celebration, a self-guided tour leads visitors through Elora’s historic downtown and showcases a hauntingly beautiful collection of illuminated sculptures created by artist Tim Murton called The Twilight Zoo — ghosts, skeletons and other ghoulish creatures – that have decorated the village’s streets each October for nearly 20 years. Volunteers gave many of the monsters makeovers over the past few weeks to get them ready for visitors.
On weekends throughout October most of Elora’s main streets downtown are closed to vehicular traffic, making it easy for pedestrians to walk through the village and get up close and personal with the resident monsters. A digital map marking the tour route – including a QR code version – is available at monstermonth.ca.
PLUS don’t miss:
- Spooky Stables at The GrandWay. Explore the first-ever Spooky Stables at Grand River Raceway in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington.
- Spooktacular Market. Scare up some great deals while exploring arts, crafts and other goodies made by local vendors at the Spooktacular Market at the Elora Centre for the Arts.
- Zombie Walk. Wandering zombie tourists will take over downtown Elora for photos and selfies with visitors and a Halloween Flash Mob as a finale in the village’s greenspace to close off the night.
- Ghost walks in Fergus
See website for dates and times, and special event schedules.
