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How-To Halloween 2025
How-To Halloween is a family-friendly festival that celebrates creativity, imagination and the innovative spirit of the frightfully fun season!
Discover a wicked wonderland of interactive exhibits, unique vendors, spookalicious food and amazing entertainment! Our mission is to inspire kids and the ‘kids at heart’ to get goose bumps for the creative process as they participate in many hands-on activities, how-to sessions and immersive experiences.
Fire up your proton packs because we’re busting GHOSTS for our 11th annual extravaganza! Meet the members of the local Ghostbuster fan groups along with Michigan Beetlejuice as you venture through the haunted cemetery on a thrilling journey to search for supernatural spirits appearing around every corner of the spooky trail. BOO!
Everyone is invited to many outdoor attractions and festivities happening in the Riverside Parking Lot of Impression 5 Science Center which is FREE to attend!
There is also special programming inside the science center (regular admission fee to enter) including the experienced professionals from Southern Michigan Paranormals who will be sharing spine-tingling stories about the mysterious places they’ve visited across the state and showing off all the high-tech gear they use to detect ghostly phenomena.
We also have trick-or-treating for the kids outside along with costume contests, character appearances and the Downtown Lansing Zombie Walk. So mark your calendar, tell your friends and get your costume ready for a spooktacular day on Saturday October 4th from 11am-5pm on the grounds of Impression 5.
Please contact us if you have any questions or if you’d like to participate as a vendor, exhibitor, entertainer or sponsor of How-To Halloween, and we look forward to seeing you there.
Happy Halloween! – from ROBOT PUMPKIN
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MIGeekScene is not affiliated with nor owns any of the events listed on the calendar. While MIGeekScene does its best to ensure the accuracy of the listings, event details may be changed, events may be postponed, or cancelled without notice. Please confirm with the organizer before making any plans. MIGeekScene is not responsible for events changing, postponing, or canceling.
MIGeekScene is not affiliated with nor owns any of the events listed on the calendar. While MIGeekScene does its best to ensure the accuracy of the listings, event details may be changed, events may be postponed, or cancelled without notice. Please confirm with the organizer before making any plans. MIGeekScene is not responsible for events changing, postponing, or canceling.
How-To Halloween 2024
Here are my photos from my visit to How-To Halloween. Enjoy.
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Event for the Week Sept 30th-Oct 6th 2024
Don’t know what to do for the week? Well, check out what’s going on for this weekend.
Downtown Lansing Zombie Walk 2024
Lock your doors and board up the windows! The 14th Annual Downtown Lansing Zombie Walk returns on Saturday October 5, 2024, and registration starts at 3pm outside of Impression 5 Science Center in the Riverside Parking Lot.
It is strongly encouraged that zombies bring donations for the Greater Lansing Food Bank, and those ghoulish givers will be entered in a drawing for a prize pack worth $100. The walking dead are invited to compete in our Best Zombie Contest at 4pm (with adult and kid categories) for a total prize package valued at over $200.
Afterwards, the horde will be given instructions before being unleashed on the unsuspecting citizens. Traffic will come to a stand still as we slowly make our way to the steps of the Capitol for the most amazingly horrific photo shoot that Mid-Michigan has ever seen.
Z-Walkers must have a ticket to participate, and all ages of the undead are welcome. The advance ticket price is $5 each, and kids 4 & under walk for free.
SCHEDULE
• Saturday October 5, 2024
• 3pm- Registration at Riverside Parking Lot of Impression 5
• 4pm- Best Zombie Contest hosted by Z-Walk Founder
• 4:30pm- Horde pre-Z-Walk photo shoot
• 4:40pm- Instructions for Z-Walk given by Zombie Bride
• 4:45pm- Z-Walk starts heading toward the Capitol
• 5:30pm- Horde photo shoot at the Capitol
CONTESTS
$100 Prize Pack Drawing- Bring donations for Greater Lansing Food Bank to be entered
$200 Total Prize Package for Best Zombie- adult & kid categories
TICKETS
• Zombies must have a ticket to participate
• Advance tickets $5 each (Price is $10 on the day of the Walk)
• Kids 4 & under walk for free
• Eventbrite service fees will apply to all online sales
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While MIGeekScene does its best to ensure the accuracy of the listings, event details may be changed, events may be postponed, or cancelled without notice. Please confirm with the organizer before making any plans. MIGeekScene is not responsible for events changing, postponing, or canceling.
While MIGeekScene does its best to ensure the accuracy of the listings, event details may be changed, events may be postponed, or cancelled without notice. Please confirm with the organizer before making any plans. MIGeekScene is not responsible for events changing, postponing, or canceling.
How-To Halloween 2024
The lost world of DINOSAURS roars to life as we celebrate our 10th year of How-To Halloween! We’ve teamed up with Impression 5 Science Center once again to bring you an outdoor festival which is FREE to attend featuring:
• Interactive Attractions
• Dinosaur Adventure
• Trick-or-Treating
• Live Entertainment
• Make-n-Takes
• Creative Vendors
• Character Meet-&-Greets
• Costume Contests and more
Travel back in time as you explore a trail of prehistoric creatures and meet different species of baby dinos with the guidance of an experienced Raptor Wrangler. But beware of genetically engineered beasts on the loose including a giant T-Rex rampaging through a fleet of Jurassic vehicles.
There is also special programming inside Impression 5 Science Center (regular admission fee to enter) including hands-on experiences with live reptiles like Winston the Tegu, a huge Argentine back & white lizard, along with a collection of critters and adoption opportunities from Saving Scales Reptile Rescue.
Here are the details at a glance…
WHEN: Saturday October 5, 2024 • 11am-5pm
WHERE: Impression 5 Science Center • Riverside Parking Lot
COST: Free outside • Regular admission fee to enter i5
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While MIGeekScene does its best to ensure the accuracy of the listings, event details may be changed, events may be postponed, or cancelled without notice. Please confirm with the organizer before making any plans. MIGeekScene is not responsible for events changing, postponing, or canceling.
While MIGeekScene does its best to ensure the accuracy of the listings, event details may be changed, events may be postponed, or cancelled without notice. Please confirm with the organizer before making any plans. MIGeekScene is not responsible for events changing, postponing, or canceling.
How-To Halloween 2023
We are excited to announce a reimagined festival experience with a completely new format and pricing. How-To Halloween is now an OUTDOOR festival and is FREE to the public! The main event will be happening outside of Impression 5 Science Center, and all ages are welcome to walk right up and join in the fun.
The FREE outdoor festivities include:
• Interactive Attractions
• Robot Demonstrations
• Trick-or-Treating
• Live Entertainment
• Make-n-Takes
• Creative Vendors
• Character Meet-&-Greets
• Costume Contests and more
We have a ROBO-TASTIC THEME for our ninth annual event which includes a competitive robotics student team, droids from Star Wars, Autobots from Transformers, and many more engineering marvels from science fiction and pop culture. The festival also features special programming inside Impression 5 Science Center, and regular admission fees will still apply to enter.
Check out MIGeekScene’s previous coverage
2018 Gallery
2019 Gallery
****Disclaimer****
While MIGeekScene does its best to ensure the accuracy of the listings, event details may be changed, events may be postponed, or cancelled without notice. Please confirm with the organizer before making any plans. MIGeekScene is not responsible for events changing, postponing, or canceling.
While MIGeekScene does its best to ensure the accuracy of the listings, event details may be changed, events may be postponed, or cancelled without notice. Please confirm with the organizer before making any plans. MIGeekScene is not responsible for events changing, postponing, or canceling.
2019 Year in Review Fall Edition
These Year in Reviews are not, what I call, official “reviews”. They are a series of musings, learned lessons and stories of what I experienced through out the year. Of course, reviews are featured but they are blended in with everything. It’s a director’s commentary of my Fall season adventures during the year of 2019 in the Michigan Geek Scene.
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2019 Photo Retrospective Part 5
Here are some photos of my journey through 2019. These photos resonated with me for various reasons. This album features pics from my time at How-To Halloween and the Grand Rapids Comic Con.
How-To Halloween 2019
I had another great time at How-To Halloween. Check out these photos from Lansing’s annual spooky convention. Shout out to S. Spencer Photography for the additional photos.