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Bachelorette Casting, Shocktober Haunted Mansion, Pumpkinville, CCA 5K and More

What we're looking forward to this weekend.

The events below come from the Patch events calendar, but there's more! Also, tell us about your events this weekend in the comment section below.

Shocktober's Haunted Mansion. PG-13 fun includes Paxton Manor’s Haunted Mansion, The Funhouse and The Haunted Well of Souls. $20 for Paxton Manor, $5 for other attractions. Discounts and VIP tickets available. Friday-Sunday. 601 Catoctin Circle, Leesburg.

Pumpkinville Fall Festival. The Leesburg Animal Park has more than a dozen large, sculpted dinosaurs for the popular fall event. Other new attractions include a Spider Web Crawl, a 20-foot inflatable tree house slide, a huge pumpkin bounce and a kid’s cornstalk maze. From $8.95, more ticket info. Daily. 19270 James Manroe Highway, Leesburg.

Catoctin Crescent Association 5K Run/Walk. Support the Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad by running or walking the W&OD trail. Rewards for biggest team and best finishers in the overall run and in age categories, plus a raffle drawing. To register, visit onthecrescent.org/5k. $25. 9 a.m. Saturday. Douglass School, 407 E Market St., Leesburg.

Bachelorette Casting Call. ABC7 is holding the only DC-area casting call for the summer reality show staple in Leesburg this year. For ages 21 and over. 1 p.m. Saturday. Village at Leesburg, 1601 Village Market Blvd. SE, Suite 100. 

Skating Send Off. The Ashburn Ice House will be hosting a South Atlantic Qualifying Send Off for local ice skaters who will be competing in North Carolina. "Get ready to see some jumps, spins, lifts, twizzles and more!" Free. 3:30 p.m. 21595 Smith Switch Road, Ashburn.


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