{"id":13569,"date":"2025-10-24T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13569\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:42:11","slug":"sweet-treats-halloween-parades-and-zombies-kdka-weekend-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13569\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet treats, Halloween parades, and zombies | KDKA Weekend Planner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful fall weekend is on tap, and there will be a number of things for you to check out if you&#8217;re looking to get out of the house!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Coffee and Chocolate Festival<\/p>\n<p>You can start by making your way to the Monroeville Convention Center for the Pittsburgh Coffee and Chocolate Festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local coffee shops, gourmet roasters, artisan chocolatiers, bakeries, wineries, and distilleries all come together to serve samples of their sweet treats and coffee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It happens on Saturday and Sunday with two sessions each day &#8211; the first one beginning at noon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitpittsburgh.com\/events\/pittsburgh-coffee-chocolate-festival-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Check out the details here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Living Dead Weekend<\/p>\n<p>The dead will walk the earth this weekend!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Living Dead Weekend at the Monroeville Mall! The cast of\u00a0The Return of the Living Dead\u00a0will reunite for the cult classic&#8217;s 40th anniversary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fun begins today and goes through Sunday. Check more on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelivingdeadweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website at this link<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oakmont Fall Festival<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, Oakmont will host its annual fall festival along Allegheny River Boulevard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It includes food, vendors, costumes, and pet costume contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The day begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday with a Halloween parade, and it runs until 4 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more on the Oakmont <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oakmont-pa.com\/blank-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website right here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Playhouse Fall Fest<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the second weekend of the Pittsburgh Playhouse&#8217;s Fall Fest.<\/p>\n<p>There are carnival booths, vendors, face-painting, arts and crafts, tarot readings, and a really cool Broadway-style show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It wraps up on Sunday, and you can see the full rundown of events <a href=\"https:\/\/playhouse.pointpark.edu\/shows-events\/community-features\/Fall-Fest-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on their website at this link<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Children&#8217;s Museum Sensory Friendly Halloween\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday night, the Children&#8217;s Museum of Pittsburgh will host its annual sensory-friendly Halloween event called &#8220;Boo!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There will be a silent disco, pumpkin painting, trick-or-treating, and so much more Halloween fun. It all comes with quieter sounds and softer lights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It goes from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghkids.org\/event\/boo-a-sensory-friendly-halloween-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get the details here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>National Aviary Owl-O-Ween<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Owl-O-Ween wraps up at the National Aviary on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You and the kids can meet the owls, get Halloween treats, take part in a costume fashion show, play games, and make arts and crafts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s included with general admission tickets, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviary.org\/sitewrench-calendar\/events\/?swwpc_calendar_id=103017&amp;swwpc_event_id=5437787&amp;swwpc_event_date=2025-10-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">you can purchase at this link<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beautiful fall weekend is on tap, and there will be a number of things for you to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3538,5142,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-13569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-kdka-tv-morning-news","tag-links-amp-numbers","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}