Halloween Spooktacular Events on the North Shore
Jack O’Lantern World in Lake Zurich runs 9/27 – 10/27
Discover the incredible walk through thousands of hand carved jack o’lanterns featuring 1000+ pounders! Learn more….
The Great Highwood 14th annual Great Pumpkin Fest 10/4-10/6/24
This fan-favorite festival features all-you-can-carve pumpkin stations, live music from three stages, costume contests, a full carnival, and much more! Bring your family, friends, and pumpkins to join in the fun and help Highwood carve its way into history. More…..
A Vintage Halloween @ Wagner Farm – 9/15/24 2-5pm; 10/13 3:30-5pm; 10/20 3-5pm
Skip the fringe and create an accurate 1920s look for Halloween during this three part series. In week one, learn to make a genuine 1920s dress using Mary Brooks Picken’s infamous (and highly adaptable) one-hour dress pattern. More…
Halloween Fun: Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns @ Chicago Botanic Garden October 16-20 & 23-27, 2024
Monstrous good times. Crisp fall evenings. It wouldn’t be Halloween without Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns, where elaborate artist-carved pumpkins light your way through the Garden after dark. Seasonal fare, costumed entertainers, and live pumpkin-carving demos round out this bewitching experience. Learn more and purchase tickets here!
Wicked Wilmette 2024 At Hibbard Park – October 19, 2024
Come one, come all, enjoy our Wicked Wilmette event in the Fall! This family friendly occasion is filled with inflatables, face painting, magic shows, games and more!
JACK-O’-LANTERN GEOCACHE @ Heller Nature Center – October 25, 2024
Enjoy a night walking through the woods as you use GPS technology to navigate your way through our forest. Your GPS will help you find Jack-o-Lanterns that we will have placed along our Trails. Follow the clues and your GPS to complete our Geocache Course… more
SCARY SKATE @ Centennial Ice Arena – October 25, 2024
Join us for a spooktacular evening skating in costume with family and friends! Event is free, food will be available for purchase from Michael’s Food Truck… more
Evanston Trunk or Treat @ Robert Crown Community Center – October 25, 2024
Tricks and treats await at this annual trunk or treat extravaganza… more
Boo Bash @ North Park – October 25, 2024
Lincolnshire’s family-friendly, SPOOK-TACULAR Halloween celebration is back! Bring your little ghosts and ghouls for an evening of fun, frights, and free candy from 5 – 8 p.m. on October 25 at North Park! More information about 2024 Boo Bash will be provided on this page as it becomes available. More…
Haunted Heritage Cemetery Walk @ St. Peter’s UCC Cemetery – October 26, 2024
New year, new ghosts! Just in time for Halloween, get spooky with a tour of the St. Peter’s UCC Cemetery (8530 Harms Rd.), featuring some of Skokie’s local legends! More….
BOO-seum Bash @ Nature Museum – October 26, 2024
Trick or Treat! It’s time to party and have some merry mischief at the museum! Join the Nature Museum for an afternoon of animal encounters, crafts, and Halloween fun. Slither up with the museum’s spectacular snakes, get curious with some creepy crawly…more
Spooky Skate 2024 @Centennial Ice Rinks – October 27, 2024
Mingle and mash with your fellow monsters. Come in costume and enjoy games, a costume contest & more! Skate rental available. This event takes place during our regular Saturday public skate session. Get in the spirit and come in costume! More…
Halloween Haunted Trail – October 31, 2024
Bannockburn Trick or Treaters of all ages are invited to wear their Halloween costumes and take a walk through the Village of Bannockburn “Haunted Trail”. Treats will be handed out to the children along the trail…. more