Halloween events for kids in Chicago, 2026

Trunk-or-treats, pumpkin patches, not-so-scary storytimes and costume parades in Chicago for Halloween 2026, read every night from the libraries' and venues' own calendars. Library programmes are free.

21 Halloween events on 9 days

Sun, Oct 4

Fall Fest10:00 AM · Lincoln Park Zoo · Admission may apply

Mon, Oct 5

Pumpkin Patch Crafts4:00 PM · Mount Greenwood · Free

Tue, Oct 6

Film Screening: Hocus Pocus (1993)3:30 PM · Toman · Free
Teen Sewing Hour: Costume Edition!4:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center · Free
Mad Science: Static Dancing Ghosts4:00 PM · Avalon · Free
Teen Craft Tuesday: Beaded Spiders4:00 PM · West Lawn · Free
Terror Tuesdays Week 1: Black and White on a Budget6:30 PM · Sulzer Regional · Free

Wed, Oct 7

Tot Spot Learning11:00 AM · Garfield Ridge · Free
Spooky DIY Day: Plushie Taxidermy Craft4:00 PM · Gage Park · Free
Halloween Makeup5:00 PM · Rogers Park · Free
Day of the Dead Traditions and Craft6:00 PM · Vodak-East Side · Free

Thu, Oct 8

Halloween Scavenger Hunt5:00 PM · Jeffery Manor · Free

Fri, Oct 9

Fall Fest10:00 AM · Lincoln Park Zoo · Admission may apply

Sat, Oct 10

Fall Fest10:00 AM · Lincoln Park Zoo · Admission may apply
Halloween Crafts With Artful Kreaccions11:00 AM · Back of the Yards · Free
Film Screening: Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween (2019)1:00 PM · Chinatown · Free
Horrorgami with Robert Smith1:00 PM · Rogers Park · Free
Cardboard Party: Cool Costumes and Clever Creations2:00 PM · North Pulaski · Free
Haunted Library: Read, Write, Draw2:00 PM · Legler Regional · Free

Sun, Oct 11

Fall Fest10:00 AM · Lincoln Park Zoo · Admission may apply

Mon, Oct 12

Teen Art Club: Pumpkin Painting4:00 PM · Humboldt Park · Free

Halloween nearby: Peoria (21), Rockford (12), Aurora (7), Bloomington (5), Champaign (3), Naperville (3), Quincy (1).

Read from each library’s and venue’s own calendar; a cancelled event disappears within a day. Check the organiser’s page for costume rules and registration.