We’ve put together a fa-BOO-ulous round up of family-friendly events and fall fests in DFW this fall - explore the list!
Updated October 2023
FAMILY FRIGHT FEST
Have an evening of fall family fun with hay rides, games, trick-or-treating at booths, crafts, and so much more! Make sure to dress up in your best costume for a chance to win the costume contest!
Date & Time: October 14th from 3pm to 7pm
Location: Stewart Creek Park
Price: $15 per vehicle entry fee
The Colony | Directions
HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT KID'S COOKING CLASS
Come and have some spooky fun pumpkin carving, making a homemade pumpkin pie, and a special Halloween-themed surprise entree! The best costume wins a special prize at the end of class!
Date & Time: October 21st from 10am to 1pm
Location: Maggiano's Little Italy
Price: $30 per child
North Park | Directions
PUPKIN PATCH TRICK-O-TREAT
Have an exciting afternoon with some free adoptable dogs, treats, vendors, and ice-cold beer! You'll also get a chance to win raffle prizes like Mavs tickets, gift cards, Nespresso, and more!
Date & Time: October 21st from 1pm to 5pm
Location: Dot's Hop House
Price: Free
Deep Ellum | Directions
HALLOWEEN HARVEST
Come out and enjoy a family-friendly Halloween event with all of the fun activities! These include a costume and pumpkin carving contest, carnival games, and a hayride with Halloween-themed storytelling!
Date & Time: October 21st from 5pm to 7pm
Location: Denia Recreation Center
Price: Free
Denton | Directions
HALLOWEEN FEST AT LEGACY NORTH
Dress up in your favorite costumes and bring the whole family for an evening filled with music, games, delicious food, creative kids’ crafts, and freaky face painting! This event promises something for everyone, from the tiniest trick-or-treaters to the young at heart.
Date & Time: October 21st from 5pm to 8pm
Location: Shops at Legacy North
Price: Free-$10
Plano | Directions
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Bring the whole family for a festive movie night on the BIG 30' Screen under the stars! Indulge in fresh popcorn and yummy snacks and enjoy the spooky season!
Date & Time: October 25th at 6pm
Location: The HUB
Price: Free
Allen | Directions
TRICK-OR-TREATING & MOVIE SCREENING
Enjoy a spooky night of tenant trick-or-treating followed by a Scooby Doo movie screening—prepare for a frightfully good time! Dress up in your most boo-tiful costumes for a chance to win gift cards to spend at The Hill!
Date & Time: October 26th from 5pm to 9pm
Location: The Hill Shopping Center
Price: Free
North Dallas | Directions
BOO ON BALLARD
Escape into Halloween Wonderland in Downtown Wylie with an evening of trick-or-treating, carnival games, live music, and more! Families can walk through downtown and receive candy and treats from local merchants, or enjoy fun games at Olde City Park!
Date & Time: October 26th, 6pm to 8pm
Location: Downtown Wylie
Price: Free
Wylie | Directions
HALLOWEEN DIP DYE
Looking for some non-spooky fun? Grab a spot and join the fun where the kiddos can design and paint their own Trick or Treat Bag!
Date & Time: October 26th from 6:30pm to 8pm
Location: Play Street Museum
Price: $22 per child
McKinney | Directions
LITTLE FARMER FRIDAYS: HALLOWEEN ON THE FARM
Come in costume and bring a bag for trick or treating around the farm! Enjoy games, goodies, and activities like wagon rides and chicken feeding. Storytime will feature a preschool favorite, The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle! After storytime, head to the historic Pole Barn to make your own spider craft to take home.
Date & Time: October 27th from 10am to 12pm
Location: Heritage Farmstead Museum
Price: $5-$15
Plano | Directions
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN IN CONCERT
The magic of Harry Potter is loved all year round but is especially perfect for fall and Halloween! Experience Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with a twist at the Dallas Symphony on a giant screen as the DSO performs John Williams’ unforgettable score!
Date & Time: October 27th-29th, times vary
Location: Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
Price: Starting at $124
Downtown | Directions
ENNIS AUTUMN DAZE
Join the 21st Annual Ennis Autumn Daze in historic downtown Ennis featuring live music, a hay maze, carnival rides, a pumpkin patch, a cornhole tournament, and more!
Date & Time: October 27th-29th, times vary
Location: Downtown Ennis
Price: Free
Ennis | Directions
BABYWEEN: A GYMBOWEEN PARTY
Dress in your Halloween or Fall finest for a mini-Gymboween party! Babies may enjoy themed activities, take home treats, and have photos taken by LaLa Photography DFW! This event is best for not-yet-mobile and crawling babies (0-14 months).
Date & Time: October 28th at 10:30am
Location: Gymboree Play & Music of Southlake
Price: $50
Southlake | Directions
PARENT & CHILD: DECORATE A HAUNTED GINGERBREAD HOUSE
Make a gingerbread house for Halloween! The instructor will provide plenty of purple, black, and orange royal icing and mountains of creepy candy. Costumes are encouraged!
Date & Time: October 28th from 11am to 1pm
Location: Central Market Dallas Lovers Lane
Price: $32 per child
North Park | Directions
HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
Start the spooktacular fun with an epic trunk-or-treating and join the costume contest for a chance to win fun prizes! Then enjoy live music, Halloween games, crafts, candy, and more!
Date & Time: October 28th from 11am to 2pm
Location: The Star in Frisco
Price: Free
Frisco | Directions
HALLOWEEN SKATE
All skaters are welcome! Enjoy themed activities, costume contests, and prizes! Arrive in your Halloween costume to receive a free skate rental!
Date & Time: October 28th from 11:45 am to 1:45 pm
Location: Allen Community Ice Rink
Price: $7
Allen | Directions
HOWL-O-WEEN
Dress up your furry friends in their Halloween best for a fun evening! Enter for a chance to win awesome prizes too!
Date & Time: October 28th from 1pm to 4pm
Location: Ivy Tavern
Price: Free
Lemmon Ave | Directions
GHOST TOWN
Ghost hunt on the Square and celebrate Halloween with some candy, crafts, and carnival games! Most importantly, wear your best costume for a chance to win the costume contest. Stick around for a free showing of a Halloween-themed movie at sunset!
Date & Time: October 28th from 4pm to 7pm
Location: Historic Downtown Carrollton
Price: Free
Carrolton | Directions
KIDS HAUNTED HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL
Come on out to this fall celebration charity fundraiser with Discover Camp Garland! Enjoy free Raising Cane’s chicken for all registered kids, candy, games, Halloween-themed photo stations, and more! With your purchase of a ticket, you can also enjoy a haunted house, a customized witch hat painting, a mini pumpkin painting, and a family photo with a monster in front of a studio backdrop!
Date & Time: October 28th from 4pm to 8pm
Location: Ambi Place
Price: Free-$10
Garland | Directions
TRUNK OR TREAT
Bring the whole family out for this safe and fun evening of trick-or-treating! Enjoy the live entertainment, local restaurants, and more!
Date & Time: October 28th from 5pm to 7pm
Location: Glade Parks
Price: Free
Euless | Directions
TRICK-OR-TREATING IN THE PARK
Join Klyde Warren Park for its 3rd annual trick-or-treating party with an evening of collecting candy, a costume contest, and a nighttime showing of the Halloween movie, Coco! Bring your blankets and visit their amazing food trucks for dinner!
Date & Time: October 28th from 5pm to 9pm
Location: Klyde Warren Park
Price: Free
Downtown | Directions
REST IN PLANO
Explore spooky photo ops, creepy characters, thrilling performances, and live music on the McCall Plaza stage! Enjoy fave fall-festival foods and a giant blackout maze in the Haggard Park parking lot!
Date & Time: October 28th from 5pm to 10:30pm
Location: Historic Downtown Plano
Price: Free
Plano | Directions
HALLOWEEN PAR-TEE
Enjoy a 9-hole pumpkin putting patch, treat-or-treating from decorated golf carts, prizes at carnival game booths, face painting to match your costume, a family-friendly movie night under the stars, fun and festive photo opportunities, and fall-favorite concessions available for purchase! Be sure to wear your costume and bring a treat bag!
Date & Time: October 28th from 6pm to 9pm
Location: PGA Frisco
Price: $10
Frisco | Directions
TRICKS AND TREATS
Join Serafina the Sea Witch and solve the ‘spook-splash-tic’ challenges and fill in your activity sheet as you go! Learn all about the tricks of the amazing sea creatures, and earn yourself some cool SEA LIFE Halloween treats too!
Date & Time: September 28th-October 31st, times vary
Location: SEA LIFE
Price: $20
Grapevine | Directions
TRICK 'R TREAT TRAINS
Come celebrate Halloween on board the Grapevine Vintage Railroad’s Trick ‘R Treat Trains! Enjoy a bag of treats and Halloween songs and stories! Make sure your little ones wear their favorite costume!
Date & Time: October 29th, times vary
Location: Grapevine Vintage Railroad
Price: $20
Grapevine | Directions
SPOOKY SCIENCE NIGHT
Join the 2nd annual Spooky Science Night where you and your family can enjoy a costume parade, Halloween STEM experiments, activities, and crafts! You can also enjoy fun prizes, treats, face painting, temporary tattoos, and spooky science storytelling!
Date & Time: October 30th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Sci-Tech Discovery Center
Price: Starting at $5
Frisco | Directions
TRICK-OR-TREAT ON DOWNTOWN STREETS
Head to Downtown Dallas for the 5th Annual Trick-or-Treat on Downtown Streets, an event perfect for adults, kids, and pets! Walk through local retailers handing out trick-or-treat items and be sure to get there early for a free Halloween bag while supplies last!
Date & Time: October 31st from 4pm to 7pm
Location: Main Street Garden Park
Price: Free
Downtown | Directions
HALLOWEEN AT THE BOO-ARDWALK
Join Boardwalk Granite Park for a night of Halloween fun for all ages, featuring candy, games, DJ Dracula, a balloon artist, crafts, a face painter, and more! The Haunted Mansion is a perfect family photo op, so don’t forget your costumes!
Date & Time: October 31st from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: The Boardwalk at Granite Park
Price: Free
Plano | Directions
STREET N' TREAT
Bring the family for free games, face painting, kid’s crafts, and trick-or-treating! Wear your fave costume, ask “Trick-or-Treat” and bring a bucket for all of the candy!
Date & Time: October 31st from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Grand Prairie City Hall
Price: Free
Grand Prairie | Directions
TRUNK OR TREAT AT THE GRUBBS
Bring your entire family out for a fun and free trunk-or-treat event! There will be lots of candy, decorated vehicles, and a chance to learn about Texas wildlife!
Date & Time: October 31st from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Grubbs Volvo Cars
Price: Free
Grapevine | Directions
SPOOKTACULAR TRICK-OR-TREAT
Grab the family and kick off Halloween with train rides, pumpkin decorating, face painters, candy, and more! The event is free but the blackout maze, pumpkin decorating, and train rides are ticketed and can be purchased on-site the day of the event!
Date & Time: October 31st from 6pm to 9pm
Location: The Lawn at Grandscape
Price: Free
The Colony | Directions
