Halloween events, before and beyond Halloween

TONIGHT

Peddler's Village Parade

BYO flashlight to a kids-centric pre-party of merchant trick-or-treating, Halloween-y acoustic rock, and a 6 p.m. costume parade. Tomorrow, Giggleberry Fair does giveaways and a count-the-candy contest. Scarecrows on display through Sunday.

Route 263 and Street Road,

Lahaska, 4-9 tonight, 215-794-4000, peddlersvillage.com.

Seaport Museum

Parents Night Out

Almost as cheap as - and better than - a sitter: Costume the kids (ages 5-12), drop 'em off, have dinner in Old City while they pumpkin scrimshaw, tour the boats and hear ghost ship stories.

211 S. Columbus Blvd., 6-10 tonight, $35 per child, $25 per sibling, 215-413-8663, phillyseaport.org.

The Woodlands

Mischief Night

Cemetery opens its gates after dusk. Bring flashlights, s'mores, surprised faces: Ghosts and ghouls lurk behind tombstones.

4000 Woodland Ave., 6-9 tonight, $5, on-street parking only, 215-386-2181, woodlandsphila.org.

Laurel Hill Mischief Night

The Not Ready for After-Life Players tell "True Tales from the Tombs" on torch-lit tours of vast, hilly, historic and still active memorial ground. (BYO flashlight.)

3822 Ridge Ave., 7-9:30 tonight, $20, 215-228-8200, thelaurelhillcemetery.org.

Thriller Dance Party

Headhouse Square studio offers lesson in Michael Jackson's monstrous moves, then a BYOB potluck dance party.

Society Hill Dance, 409 S. 2nd St., 7-8 lesson, 8:30-10:30 party, 215-574-3574, societyhilldance.com.

Organ Extravaganza

The stirring Fred J. Cooper organ will spook folks out. Chelsea Chen, Peter Richard Conte and Christopher Houlihan perform classic, scary, splashy music, with video projections of the instrument close-up. Post-concert, patrons can lie down on the stage to feel the organ's rumbling sensations. Hosted by Frederick Haas.

Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce streets, 9:30

tonight, $50, 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.

TOMORROW

Franklin Square

Last day for foggy, cobweb-bedecked Philly-theme putt-putt (6-9 p.m. tonight-tomorrow, $7-$9), and only day to decorate trick-or-treat bags (noon-3 p.m. tomorrow, free to kids under 11).

6th and Race streets, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. through Sunday, free, 215-629-4026, historicphiladelphia.org.

Philadelphia Orchestra

Annual family friendly Halloween costume party features dressed-up players and moving music: "Moldau River" and "Scheherazade."

Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce streets, 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, $20-$48, 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.

David London

Witty, nerdy illusionist offers "Magic Outside the Box" as holiday-appropriate alternative to asking strangers for candy. Later in the night, he performs as part of the Philadelphia Experiment's 21-and-over-ball, alongside musicians and DJs Nickodemus, Big Jawn, Oona Dahl, more.

South Street Magic, 617 E. Passyunk Ave., 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, $20; The Roxxy, 939 N. Delaware Ave.,

9 p.m., $30, davidlondon.com.

'Nightscape'

Longwood Gardens' psychedelic yet relaxing lights after-dark, closing tonight, offers a wildly modern, almost otherworldly last glimpse at plant life. Ticket price includes all-day admission.

1001 Longwood Rd., Kennett Square, $17-$27, free under 5, 7:30-11 p.m. (gardens open at 9 a.m.) through tomorrow, 610-388-1000, longwoodgardens.org.

Wanamaker Organ

Peter Richard Conte lets loose on the gigantic instrument with music from Disney's "Fantasia," including Bach, Mussorgsky, Berlioz, Grieg, Rachmaninoff and more. Earlier, at 7 p.m., Rudy Lucente performs Disney pops favorites in an informal opener.

Macy's, 1300 Market St., 8:30 p.m. tomorrow, $50 (discounts available), 484-684-7250, wanamakerorgan.com.

DOWN

THE SHORE

Trunk-or-treat

Door knocking is for salespeople. Families in North Wildwood festoon cars, fill trunks with candy, park along the avenue. Prizes go to best-bedecked vehicles.

Olde New Jersey Avenue from 2nd to Chestnut Avenue, 5:30-7 p.m.

tomorrow, free, 609-522-2955, wildwoodsnj.com.

Tropicana

Boardwalk-top free-for-all includes light and sound show, flash-mob style "Thriller" dance (8 p.m.), and, back in the Quarter, a costume contest (9-10 p.m.)

2831 Boardwalk, 7:30-10 p.m.

tomorrow, free, 609-340-4000, tropicana.net.

ALL WEEKEND

Linvilla Orchards

One-stop agri-tainment complex displays 100 tons of gourds in Pumpkinland (through Nov. 8). Autumnal activities include daytime/nighttime hayrides ($6-$9); straw and corn mazes ($4 each, both for $7), apple picking (from $5 per person), face-painting (from $8) and just-baked treats.

137 W. Knowlton Road, Media,

8 a.m.-9 p.m. today & tomorrow,

8 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 610-876-7116, linvilla.com.

Eastern State Penitentiary

One of the country's busiest, best haunts starts freaking you out when you're in line on Fairmount, then lets you pick your fright level while walking though hi-tech halls of this extra-creepy, relatively recently vacated jail.

22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue, 7-11 p.m. tonight-Sunday and Nov. 6, till midnight Nov. 7, $13-$45 (discounts online), easternstate.org.

Sesame Place

Final hayrides and maze-runs for Elmo, Abby et al. "Spooktacular" productions include "Who Said Boo?" "Elmo the Musical - Halloween!" and "The Not-too-Spooky Howl-O-Ween Radio Show." Street parade's at 4 p.m. (Park reopens for Christmas-y weekends Nov. 21.)

Sesame Place, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

tomorrow-Sunday, $40-$65

(free under 2, discounts online), 866-GO-4-ELMO, sesameplace.com.

Johnson's Corner Farm

Costumed kids hayride to the pumpkin fields for free all weekend. Weekend access to trick-or-treating at on-site playground and animal farm is $8 per child, $4 per adult. Don't miss the market's apple-cider doughnuts. Also open today, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

133 Church Road, Medford, N.J.,

11 a.m.-4 p.m. tomorrow & Sunday, 609-654-8643, johnsonsfarm.com.

DAY OF

THE DEAD

Mutter Museum

Use actual skulls as models for decorating traditional head-bone-shaped sugar cookies. Also, make paper flowers and get faces painted for this irreverent, hallowed Mexican holiday.

19 S. 22nd St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

tomorrow, $11-$16, free under 5, 215-560-8564, muttermuseum.org.

Penn Museum

The city's official celebration of Dia de los Muertos goes all out with an artists-made ofrenda (altar), loads of crafts (make skull masks, tissue flowers, sugar skulls, paper mache), tours, dancing starting at 12:30 p.m. and a mariachi fashion show at 2:30 p.m. Costumed guests get half off tickets.

3260 South St., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

tomorrow, $10-$15, free under 6, 215-898-4000, penn.museum.

- Compiled by Tom Di Nardo,

Lauren McCutcheon