We hope you’re already getting into the Halloween spirit. Here’s an assortment of spooky and fun events happening this Saturday. If you know of any other events that are not included in the list please email: editor@westphillylocal.com or use the comment section below. Also, don’t forget to submit a photo of your carved pumpkin or jack-o’-lantern for our Pumpkin Carving Contest. UPDATE: On Friday, Oct. 30, The Woodlands Cemetery and Curio Theatre are inviting everyone to spend a Mischief Night with them. The event starts at 6 p.m. Go here for more information.

Saturday, Oct 31 – Halloween!

• The annual Spruce Hill Halloween Parade starts at 45th and Larchwood at 3:30 p.m. (gathering begins at 3 p.m. near 45th and Baltimore). The parade is followed by a party on the 4200 block of Osage Ave.

• The Locust Moon Comics Festival, which will be held at The Rotunda (40th and Walnut) from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., coincided this year with Halloween celebrations. The annual festival, organized by West Philly’s own comic shop, is a celebration of comics, illustration, and the graphic arts.

            Photo courtesy of Penn Museum.

• The Mexican Cultural Center, the Mexican Consulate in Philadelphia, and the Penn Museum present a Day of the Dead celebration at the museum (3260 South St.), from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.. Enjoy Mexican culture and the rich traditions of Día de los Muertos at this family-friendly afternoon filled with music and dance, puppetry and storytelling, and arts and crafts.

• International House Philadelphia (3701 Chestnut St.) is offering two “spooktacular” films. The first is a special Family Matinee showing of “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” at 2 p.m. Tickets are just $5 for kids and adults and free for IHP members. For adult moviegoers, the second film is “Vampyr“, a 1932 horror classic from Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer that screens at 7 p.m. ($9). 

• MarchFourth!, an internationally-acclaimed, genre-breaking group of 20 musicians and dancers, a combination of jazz, funk, rock, samba, Afro-beat, Gypsy brass and Big Band, will present a special Halloween program at World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.). Doors: 7:00 p.m. / Show: 8:00 p.m. Tickets: $15 – $23 in advance; $17 – $25 at the door.

• If you get hungry while trick-or-treating, stop by Chipotle for a “Boorito“. From 5 p.m. to close, all Chipotle locations will offer $3 burritos, salads, bowls and tacos to guests that arrive dressed in costume with an added “unnecessary element,” like a bearded fairy, ghost with a cowboy hat or vampire in a tutu. This is a chance to be creative! Proceeds from Boorito, up to $1 million, will benefit the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, which provides resources for farmers, promotes better livestock husbandry, fosters food literacy and nutritious eating, and more.

• Garden Court Community Association Board members will be handing out free hot dogs and cider at Cedar Pointe Park (the NW corner of 46th and Baltimore) on Halloween. They will start at 5:30 p.m. and go on until the hot dogs are gone (around 6:30-7 p.m.).