I have always loved the atmosphere of the Halloween celebration… I can’t really tell you why… Maybe because I love the supernatural, unexplained phenomena, or just because the imagination that this celebration evokes remains, for me, a special moment in the annual calendar.
In short, here is my traditional selection of good deals to enjoy during this hair-raising celebration which will take place this year, on the night of Wednesday, October 31st…
A bit of history:
At the origin of this celebration is the day of Samhain, which marked the end of the Celtic year and provided an opportunity for spirits to haunt the homes of the living. For a long time, the Catholic Church sought to get rid of this pagan commemoration.
The Samhain festival (which dates back to the 3rd century BC) included 3 days of solemnities: the 1st dedicated to the memory of heroes, the 2nd to the memory of the deceased, and the 3rd to popular and family celebrations around a banquet.
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Le Manoir de Paris in Halloween mode
You know that I often talk about Le Manoir de Paris on the blog because it is a place I enjoy visiting (well, that’s a way of putting it). It obviously organizes a special event for the occasion.
From October 14th to November 12th, the laboratory of Le Manoir de Paris is the only refuge against a devastating pandemic ravaging the planet, dubbed Toxic.
On the program: one ticket, two routes, and three floors.
From October 5th to November 18th, 2018 Special hours on weekdays, weekends, and All Saints' holidays Full price: €29 / Child rate (12/15 years old): €20 Fast pass: €37 Show for ages 12 and up Le Manoir de Paris 18 rue de Paradis 75010 Paris
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Halloween at the Chocolate Museum
For the occasion, we can create unique “trick or treat” chocolates to play pranks on friends: broccoli, garlic, camembert, and anchovy (but all in chocolate :p).
Workshops throughout the month of October 2018 price: €35 / person (includes museum visit) Reservation required Musée du Chocolat 28 bd Bonne Nouvelle, 75010 Paris
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The Vampire Ball
The famous Princess Ball and its host, Dan Marie Rouyer, are organizing the third edition of a vampire ball for the occasion in Dracula’s castle, and this year it’s taking place at Pachamama.
To join this macabre assembly, a grandiloquent dress code is mandatory! Visitors must wear their most disturbing costumes.
Le Bal des Vampires Wednesday, October 31, 2018 from 11 PM price: €25 in presale / €35 after Pachamama 46-48 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine 75012 Paris
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Pop-spooky snacks for Halloween at the Musée Maillol
The Musée Maillol offers snacks for children with a Halloween theme: a glass of bloody soup accompanied by a spider or pumpkin muffin to overcome their fears, and they’ll be ready to face Halloween. The Café des Frères Prévert will be immersed in a phantasmagorical atmosphere for the occasion.
From October 30th to 31st, 2018 from 3 PM to 6 PM
Rate: €6/child
Musée Maillol - Café des Frères Prévert
59-61 rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris
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Pumpkin carving workshops at Ferme de Viltain
To keep your children occupied during the All Saints’ holidays, the Ferme de Viltain (which I have already told you about several times on the blog) offers a fun, creative, and economical activity: Pumpkin Carving Workshops.
Ferme de Viltain
Chemin de Viltain, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas
October 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2018 from 10 AM to
6 PM
Price: purchase of a pumpkin €4.70
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Halloween at Hard Rock Cafe Paris
The Hard Rock Cafe Paris obviously also offers great surprises and activities to celebrate Halloween properly
- Halloween is also for children, so on Sunday, October 28th, an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet (€10 for children and €20 for adults) will be served from 9:00 AM to 11:15 AM with thrills guaranteed (by reservation)!
October 31st starting at 8 PM will be the party for adults, which I am going to attend!
Sunday, October 28th from 9 AM to 11 AM and October 31st starting at 8 PM Hard Rock Cafe Paris 14, boulevard Montmartre 75009 Paris
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Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican All Saints’ Day
Since my trip to Mexico in 2016, I have wanted to tell you about special Parisian Dia de Los Muertos parties to give a bit of Mexican color to All Saints’ Day. And that’s convenient because it seems to be the trendy thing to do again this year…
- The Day of the Dead in Paris which will take place from October 25th to 31st, 2018, featuring 7 days of parties, exhibits, concerts, theater, gastronomy, and more!
- To celebrate life of the past and present with the attributes and rituals of the Mexican festival #FleursDeLosMuertos, Lajoiedesfleurs.fr offers us a dive into a universe of candles, incredible makeup, and floral skulls.
On the program: the 1stst of November, Lajoiedesfleurs.fr invades 2 highlights of the Parisian scene, the Comptoir Général near the Canal Saint Martin and the Grand Marché Stalingrad at the Bassin de la Villette.
Grand Marché Stalingrad and Le Comptoir Général November 1st, 2018 From 6 PM to 10 PM 3 free workshops (flower crown; buttonhole; calavera makeup)
But anyway, after our little Mexican trip, I am convinced that to fully experience it, you have to go to a Dia de los Muertos in Mexico; I think that must be unforgettable!…
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In the Chapeau de Paille orchards, pumpkins are in the spotlight
During the All Saints’ holidays, to keep your little ones busy, head to the Pick-Your-Own fields to carve your Halloween pumpkin.
The Chapeau de Paille pick-your-own fields take place throughout the year in 29 orchards spread across France less than 20 km from major cities, to discover the diversity of vegetable and fruit varieties.
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Halloween at the Zoological Park
From October 20th to November 4th, 2018, the Paris Zoological Park celebrates Halloween. A dash of pumpkins, a double dose of activities with the preparation of more or less slimy enrichment, a pinch of guided tours behind the scenes of the zoo, a zest of zoological oddities, a hint of Malagasy spiders, all sprinkled with meetings with experts—this is the daily potion that will await visitors at the zoo during the holidays.
Not to mention, for the bravest, a special day and evening on October 31st…
Zoological Park Avenue Daumesnil 75012 Paris from October 20th to November 4th, 2018 Rates: €20 for adults / €17 student / €15 for children October 31st from 10 AM to 4 PM: -20% for costumed visitors on adult and child rates
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Pumpkin Festival at the Fermes de Gally
Activities and workshops are on the agenda from October 26th to 31st, 2018, to prepare your own pumpkin.
Rates: between €8 and €11 depending on the farm and €4.6 for companions
Open Farms: Saint Cyr l'Ecole; Sartrouville; Saint Denis October 26th from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM From October 27th to 31st, 2018 from 10:30 AM to 12 PM and 2 PM to 5:30 PM
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Halloween in FrogPubs bars, restaurants, and microbreweries
A must-visit event in October, Halloween will be celebrated as it should be in the bars, restaurants, and microbreweries of FrogPubs (a brand I really like and talk about regularly on the blog) in Paris, Toulouse, and Bordeaux.
On the program: dedicated menus, staging worthy of horror movies, and other Halloween parties promise to chase away vampires with good cheer. Trick or treat, gimme something good to eat and drink in the FrogPubs!
You can also go there to taste the burger dedicated to Halloween, the Smokey Pumpkin Burger (with 100% French beef, smoked cheddar, smoked bacon, iceberg, fried onions, mayonnaise, and squash of course) but also the Bewitched Pumpkin Ale, the Halloween beer infused with pumpkin and butternut, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
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Some treats to nibble on!
Treats at Comptoir de Mathilde with the “Halloween visits Mathilde” range: Halloween Emotichoc lollipops (€3.90); the bag of Halloween fried chocolates (€7.90).
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Halloween chocolates from Atelier du Chocolat with the house’s iconic Chocolate bouquet wrapped in an orange and black setting with a collector’s bite with a funny face (€16.30 for 260g and €22.10 for 360g) and a Jack O’Lantern chocolate pumpkin filled with golden leaves and fried chocolates (€19.95).
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Madness takes hold of Grévin
The Musée Grévin is celebrating Halloween this year with scary night sessions from October 25th to 31st, 2018. Take a leap into the past to 1900 to experience a Psy-chaotic Experience. Grévin transforms into a dark and clandestine laboratory—enough to give you shivers…
Musée Grévin from October 25th to 31st, 2018 from 8 PM to midnight (and until 1 AM on October 27, 30, and 31) 10 Boulevard Montmartre, 75009 Paris
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