Chicago Trick-or-Treat and Halloween Events. The city has issued guidelines for Halloween including Trick-or-treating groups should be 6 people or less. Everyone—including candy givers—should wear a face covering (multi-layered, covering the mouth and nose, without gaps around the face).
The City is hosting a bunch of virtual events:
Oct 16-31 2020 Clark Street Spooktacular Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce (map)
Celebrate Halloween on Clark Street from Friday, October 16 – Saturday, October 31 with spooky specials, an online costume contest and voting on your favorite festive window displays. Visit our website to register for the events.
Oct 26 -31 Ghostly Gus Scavenger Hunt (map)
The Ghostly Gus Scavenger Hunt is the perfect opportunity for you and your kiddos to dress up and celebrate Halloween in Roscoe Village! Ghouls of all ages are invited to join us in this Halloween scavenger hunt!
Oct 27 Good Shepherd Halloween Celebration (map)
Good Shepherd will be hosting a fun Halloween Celebration that will include color pages for children, gift bags with pens, stress balls, candy and more! Stop by and get some gifts and take some pictures and tag the spooky school to enter a giveaway! Meet the fun ghouls and ghosts that live at the school.
Oct 27 At Home Halloween Activity Bag at Brands Park Brands Park (map)
Brands Park has put together a spook-tacular take-home Halloween activity bag fill with family fun!
Oct 28 Spooktacular Cookie Decorating Kit at Momotaro Momotaro (map)
Have some spooky fun this Halloween season with our Spooktacular Cookie Decorating Kit from Momotaro! Available for pick up 10/29-10/31.
Oct 28 Museum of Science and Industry’s Boo Fest Museum of Science and Industry (map)
Celebrate Halloween with costumes, trick or treating, smashingly fun science and more with Boo Fest! Our limited capacity, timed-entry tickets and other protocols allow for plenty of space and comfort for a scary good time indoors.
Oct 28 Welles Park’s Online Halloween Party (Special Rec) Welles Park (map)
For individuals with a primary intellectual or developmental disability. Join us for a virtual Halloween Party. Activities include costumes, games, crafts, dancing and more!
Oct 28-31 Haymarket Kids Halloween Party – To Go! Haymarket Pub & Brewery (map)
Haymarket Pub are taking one of their most popular events and switching it up for you to enjoy at home!
Oct 28 The Laboratory Collective Presents: Halloween Monster Science
Join our friends from The Laboratory Collective for a hands-on, at-home science experience centered around a fun theme! To participate in the hands-on activity, prepare the materials listed below, and then join us on Zoom.
Oct 28 Spooky Science with Mad Science Chicago
Watch Diatom Dan’s alter-ego, Demented Dan, try to build a creature using the deconstructing of polymer chains, exothermic reactions, and electricity. Will he succeed? Lots of scientific mood setters will be seen. (Safety notice: A strobe light will be used during this performance. Those affected adversely by flashing lights are asked to take precautions while viewing this program.) For kids 5 and up and their caregivers.
Oct 28 Kosciuszko Park’s Online Fright Night (Special Rec) Kosciuszko Park (map)
Hosted by Kosciuszko Park. For individuals with a primary intellectual or developmental disability. Join us for a virtual Halloween Party. Activities include costumes, games, crafts, dancing and more!
Oct 28 Norwood Park’s Online Halloween Party (Special Rec) Norwood Park (map)
Hosted by Norwood Park. For individuals with a primary intellectual or developmental disability. Join us for a virtual Halloween Party. Activities include costumes, games, crafts, dancing and more!
Oct 28 Rogers Park’s Halloween Story Time, Craft & Costume Share
Celebrate “Halloweek” with this pair of virtual programs from the Rogers Park Branch!
Oct 28 Urban Pooch Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest
We are Sooooo Excited to host our Annual Urban Pooch Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest Virtually on ZOOM! We will miss having you in person, but we intend to have FUN at this virtual event!
Like spooky stories? So does the American Writers Museum! Join them for a special Halloween edition of Little Squirrels Storytime on October 29! The AWM will air a reading of The Halloween Tree live on Facebook and YouTube at 10:30 am Central, read by Matt, one of their engaging and fun storytellers. So get your costumes on and join the AWM for some spooky fun!
Oct 29 Douglas Park Cultural and Community Center’s Never Fear Zoom Spooktacular is Here Douglas Park (map)
Douglas Park Cultural and Community Center. For individuals with a primary intellectual or developmental disability. Join us for a virtual Halloween Party. Activities include costumes, games, crafts, dancing and more!
Oct 29 Halloween Party at Hermitage Hermitage Park (map)
Come and let’s celebrate Halloween through songs and costumes. Join us for a day of fun while receiving contactless delicious treats.
Oct 30 Halloween Scavenger Hunt at Portage Park Portage Park (map)
Portage Park has created ghostly Scavenger Hunt that will lead you to various northwest side parks in the City. Once you have registered for this spooky hunt we will send you a map and clues.
Get ready for the spooky season! This year Madison Row is hosting a Pumpkin Decorating/Carving Contest on Instagram! Post a pumpkin that you either decorated or carved on your personal Instagram (no businesses are allowed to enter) until end of the day on Oct. 30, tag @madisonrowchi and we will announce the winner on Saturday, Oct. 31!
Oct 30 Loyola Park’s Online Halloween Party (Special Rec) Loyola Park (map)
Hosted by Loyola Park. For individuals with a primary intellectual or developmental disability. Join us for a virtual Halloween Party. Activities include costumes, games, crafts, dancing and more!
Oct 30 Halloween at Fit City Kids Fit City Kids (map)
Fit City Kids will offer Games & Prizes and Costume Contest in a safe and controlled environment!
Oct 31 The Grand Finale… REVERSED!
On October 31, come celebrate the grand finale of Halloweek at the Arts in the Dark Upside Down Halloween Parade presented by Blommer Chocolate Company! Located at Washington Park from 12-3pm, the parade has been reversed — spectators will drive their cars through a path of spooky spectacles, performances, and floats! Click here to reserve your spot. Admission is free, but registration is required.
Through Oct 31 Music Box of Horrors at the Drive-in
All screenings take place at Chi-Town Movies Drive-In located at 2343 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608. Drive-In Admittance begins 30 minutes prior to the film’s listed start time. No car? No problem! Simply select Row A when making your ticket purchase and come with a chair for you and your friends to watch the movie!
Free pumpkin carving instructions and templates.
97 Cheap and easy Halloween costume ideas
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Thursday, October 31, 2019
Indoor Kids events through the Chicago Park District
Thu, Oct 31, 2019 from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM Halloween Party at Dvorak Dvorak (Anton) Park
Thu, Oct 31, 2019 from 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM Harvest Party at Galewood Galewood Park
Thu, Oct 31, 2019 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Halloween Party at Green Briar Green Briar Park
Thu, Oct 31, 2019 from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Halloween Party at Sauganash Sauganash Park
Thu, Oct 31, 2019 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Halloweenie Roast at Lincoln Lincoln Park Cultural Center
Thu, Oct 31, 2019 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Halloween Party at Loyola Loyola Park
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