Best Halloween Events for Families: A Date-by-Date Guide

Metro-Detroit has some of the best family-friendly Halloween events. Whether you’re looking for trick-or-treating, a Halloween party, spooky swim, or a Halloween themed 5k run, there is something for everyone throughout the month of October. We’ve compiled a list of must-do activities and sorted them by date for your convenience.

Daily in October

• BRICK OR TREAT: MONSTER PARTY – Legoland Discovery Center, Auburn Hills
• TRICKS & TREATS AT SEALIFE MICHIGAN – SEA LIFE Michigan, Auburn Hills
• LASER HALLOWEEN – Longway Planetarium, Flint (No show on October 8th)
• TERROR ON TILLSON STREET – Tillson Street, Romeo

Thursday, October 2nd

• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township

Friday, October 3rd

• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• TRICK OR TREAT ON THE FARM – Carousel Acres, South Lyon
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason
• HALLOWEEN MOVIE NIGHT – THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 – Riverside Park, Auburn Hills

Saturday, October 4th

• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• TRICK OR TREAT STORY TRAIL – Heritage Park, Canton
• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• FALL FUN FEST – Deneweth’s Garden Center, Macomb
• THE GREAT SKELETON SCAVENGER HUNT – Indian Springs Metropark, White Lake
• TREK OR TREAT – Rolling Hills County Park, Ypsilanti
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason
• FERNDALE FALL FESTIVAL – Martin Road Park, Ferndale
• NIGHTMARE ON AUBURN – Downtown Utica, Utica
• HARVESTFEST – Marysville City Park

Sunday, October 5th

• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• FALL FUN FEST – Deneweth’s Garden Center, Macomb
• THE GREAT SKELETON SCAVENGER HUNT – Indian Springs Metropark, White Lake
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason
• HARVESTFEST – Marysville City Park

Thursday, October 9th

• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• THE GREAT SKELETON SCAVENGER HUNT – Indian Springs Metropark, White Lake
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason

Friday, October 10th

• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• PUMPKIN PLUNGE – Saline Recreation, Saline
• HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR – Heritage Garden, Shelby Twp.
• THE GREAT SKELETON SCAVENGER HUNT – Indian Springs Metropark, White Lake
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason

Saturday, October 11th

• FRIENDLY FOREST – Clintonwood Park, Clarkston
• HARVEST FESTIVAL – Bicentennial Park, Grand Blanc
• SENSORY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN PARTY – Brownstown Community Center, Brownstown
• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• PUMPKIN SPOOKTACULAR – The Radcliff Center, Garden City
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• PUMPKIN FEST HAUNTED BARN – Wilson Barn, Livonia
• TRUNK OR TREAT – Bluestone Children’s Center, Livonia
• FALL FUN FEST – Deneweth’s Garden Center, Macomb
• HALLOWEEN WALK – The Art Attic, Plymouth
• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• FALL FEST & PANTHER HUNT – Gilbert Willis Park, Wixom
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason

Sunday, October 12th

• TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL – Brownstown Community Center, Brownstown
• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• PUMPKIN FEST HAUNTED BARN – Wilson Barn, Livonia
• HALLOWEEN WALK – The Art Attic, Plymouth
• FALL FUN FEST – Deneweth’s Garden Center, Macomb
• SPOOKTACULAR – Hack House, Milan
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason

Thursday, October 16th

• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason

Friday, October 17th

• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• SHADOWS FROM THE PAST HALLOWEEN WALK – Greenmead Historic Village, Livonia
• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• HALLOWEEN WALK – The Art Attic, Plymouth
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• HALLOWEEN AT THE Y – Birmingham Family YMCA, Birmingham
• HALLOWEEN AT THE Y – Downriver YMCA, Southgate

Saturday, October 18th

• TRICKS OR TREAT AND MALLOWEEN EVENT – Great Lakes Crossing Mall, Auburn Hills
• TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL – Clinton Township Civic Center, Civic Center
• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• TRICK OR TREAT ALONG THE TRAIL – Kensington Metropark, Milford
• LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOWELL – Downtown Howell, Howell
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• NIGHTMARE ON FORT ST. – Memorial Park, Lincoln Park
• PUMPKIN FEST HAUNTED BARN – Wilson Barn, Livonia
• FALL FUN FEST – Deneweth’s Garden Center, Macomb
• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• BOO BASH – Southfield Pavilion, Southfield
• STERLING FRIGHTS HALLOWEEN – Dodge Park, Sterling Heights
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason
• BOO BARN AT HERITAGE PARK PETTING FARM – Heritage Park Petting Farm, Taylor
• HARVESTFEST – Freedom Hill County Park, Macomb
• CANDY LOOP – Van Buren Park, Van Buren
• HALLOWEEN HOOT – Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve, Rochester

Sunday, October 19th

• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• PUMPKIN FEST HAUNTED BARN – Wilson Barn, Livonia
• FALL FUN FEST – Deneweth’s Garden Center, Macomb
• PUMPKIN PALOOZA – Downtown Plymouth, Plymouth
• SPOOKTACULAR – Downtown Royal Oak, Royal Oak
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason
• BOO BARN AT HERITAGE PARK PETTING FARM – Heritage Park Petting Farm, Taylor
• HARVESTFEST – Freedom Hill County Park, Macomb

Thursday, October 23rd

• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason

Friday, October 24th

• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• TRICK OR TREAT AT THE FARM – Wolcott Mill Metropark, Romeo
• A RARE NIGHTMARE – Recreation Authority Center, Roseville
• JACK O’LANTERN JOURNEY – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• TRICK OR TREAT – Troy Historic Village, Troy
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason
• HALLOW-PALOOZA – Heritage Park, Taylor

Saturday, October 25th

• DETROIT HARVEST FESTIVAL – Centennial Park, Detroit
• BOO!KLEY’S TRICK OR TREAT STROLL – Downtown Berkley
• HALLOWEEN HOOT – Beverly Park, Beverly Hills
• KIDS’ HALLOWEEN STROLL – The Village Arts Factory, Canton
• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• THRILLS AT THE MILLS – Hudson Mills Metropark, Dexter
• BOO BASH – Saline Recreation, Saline
• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• PUMPKIN FEST HAUNTED BARN – Wilson Barn, Livonia
• FALL FUN FEST – Deneweth’s Garden Center, Macomb
• TRICK OR TREAT AT THE FARM – Wolcott Mill Metropark, Romeo
• TRICK OR TREAT – Troy Historic Village, Troy
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason
• SPOOKTACULAR – Downtown Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills
• NEW HAVEN TRUNK OR TREAT – New Haven Community Park, New Haven
• HALLOWEEN SCIENCE – Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills
• FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY – The Art Shack, St. Clair Shores
• SCAREFEST – Palmer Park, Detroit
• PINCKNEY SPOOKTACULAR – Downtown Pinckney

Sunday, October 26th

• DETROIT HARVEST FESTIVAL – Centennial Park, Detroit
• STREETS OF TREATS – Downtown Northville, Northville
• HALLOWEEN AT THE Y – Carls Family YMCA
• ZOO BOO – Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
• HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR – The War Memorial, Grosse Pointe Farms
• MEADOW BROOK HALL-OWEEN – Meadow Brook, Rochester
• BIRMINGHAM FARMERS’ MARKET END OF SEASON CELEBRATION – 660 N Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• HALLOWE’EN IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE – Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• HALLOWEEN GHOSTS & GOODIES – Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• HALLOWEEN STROLL AT CANTERBURY VILLAGE – Canterbury Village, Lake Orion
• PUMPKIN FEST HAUNTED BARN – Wilson Barn, Livonia
• FALL FUN FEST – Deneweth’s Garden Center, Macomb
• TRICK OR TREAT AT THE FARM – Wolcott Mill Metropark, Romeo
• TRICK OR TREAT AMONG THE TREES – Stage Nature Center, Troy
• TRICK-OR-TREAT TRAIL – Drake Sports Park, West Bloomfield
• WITCHING HOUR – Glenlore Trails, Commerce Township
• JACK O’ LANTERNS UNLEASHED – Ingham County Fair, Mason
• FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY – The Grecian Center, Southfield
• FARMINGTON HILLS BOO BASH – Heritage Park, Farmington Hills

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