Definitely suitable for young children:

ALL SOUL’S EVE ORGAN RECITAL. As part of trick-or-treat activities organized by Anchorage Lutheran Church, 1420 N St., Marcia Stratman will present a series of short recitals featuring some of the spookiest organ music ever written. Concerts take place each half hour starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Free.

ANCHORAGE SYMPHONY HALLOWEEN FAMILY CONCERT, with costumed musicians, a kooky story and not-so-spooky music. Costumes are encouraged for this popular Anchorage tradition, where there will be four floors of warm indoor trick-or-treating after the concert.

7 p.m. Saturday, Atwood Concert Hall, 621 W. Sixth Ave. $10-$19. centertix.net.

ANNABELLE BROOM: THE UNHAPPY WITCH, a musical presented by the Alaska Fine Arts Academy, 12340 Old Glenn Hwy. at 7 p.m. on Friday and at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $9 -$16. Call 694-8909.

THE DAEMON OF DARBY CASTLE, presented by TBA Theatre, at 7 p.m. Friday, 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday in APU’s Grant Hall. Tickets are $5-$7. Call 677-7529.

WEST HIGH’S HAUNTED THEATRE, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Spooky games, creepy tales and a tour of the haunted auditorium. No kidding, Boris Karloff performed here! 1700 W. Hillcrest Drive, $5.

HAUNTED MUSEUM MAD SCIENTISTS, icky, squishy and gooey. Eerie goings-on in the exhibits at the Anchorage Museum of Natural History, 201 N. Bragaw St. Visit the mad scientist laboratory and create bubbling potions, identify gross, slimy objects, test for alien blood and more. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $4-$5.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. The Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry, 3800 W. Museum Dr., just north of Wasilla on the Parks Highway, offers a safe and warm place to trick or treat. Come see characters come to life, spooky flashlight train tour, old time cartoons, candy, popcorn and more. 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday. $5.

For older kids and adults:

DIA DE MUERTOS at Out North, 3800 Debarr Rd. Events are free and include:

• 5-7 p.m. Friday. An opening reception with refreshments for an exhibit of traditional and contemporary altares by local artists including Indra Arriaga, Mariano Gonzales, Angela Ramirez, The Rodriguez-Zinn Family, Hospice of Anchorage and students from West High School.

• 6 p.m. Saturday. Halloween stories presented by The Storyteller’s Guild of Anchorage.

• 3-8 p.m. Sunday. Live music, dancing, food.

MURDER MYSTERY at the Historic Anchorage Hotel, 330 E. St. Become a part of one of Anchorage’s most famous mysteries as you wine and dine with the famous and infamous characters associated with the death of Anchorage’s first police chief — on that very spot! — in 1921. 5 p.m.-11 a.m. Friday.

$239 per couple, (includes room for two, evening appetizers/light meal, cash bar and breakfast the following morning) or $269 for a suite. Call 272-4553.

THE ALYESKA MYSTERY TRAIN, leaves the depot at 411 W. First Ave. at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. Package includes a welcome reception, a dinner and dessert buffet, culminating with a grisly murder that guests have to solve. $239 (265-2494, AlaskaRailroad.com).

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, live on stage at

7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Mad Myrna’s, 530 E. Fifth Ave. $20. Call 276-9762.

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