Where do you go for free Halloween fun around the Twin Cities when you want just a bit of a tingle up your spine? There is really no shortage of events. In fact, the Twin Cities’ own city of Anoka has held the title of Halloween Capital of the World since 1937 (although they claim 1920).
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Notes: Free Halloween events are often run by volunteers and, while they are free to attend, someone is paying for them. In order to keep these events free and pleasant for everyone involved, we encourage you to thank the workers at these events and to call or check the website to confirm before heading out.
We are happy to add activities throughout October 2025. Please contact us with events you would like listed.
MULTIPLE TWIN CITIES LOCATIONS
Cub Kids Spooktacular
Date: 10/18/2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Find a Twin Cities Cub Foods Location, Cub Foods, Twin Cities Metro
Kowalski's Boo Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/28/2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Find a Twin Cities Kowalski's Location, Kowalsk's Market, Twin Cities MetroTrick-or-treat in costume around any Kowalski’s Market on the Tuesday before Halloween. See our list of participating market locations.
MINNEAPOLIS FREE HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Family Fun Idea: Hike to Witch's Hat Tower
Date: 10/01/2025 - 10/31/2025 6:00 am - 11:59 pm
Location: Tower Hill Park, 55 Malcolm Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414This is, again, something you can do anytime with your teens or kids of any age, but October offers beautiful views, and the tower would make a great backdrop to some Halloween photos.
Note: The Tower is not open, but it makes a nice backdrop to a fall family hike.
MEA Pumpkin Carving & Seed Baking (FREE)
Date: 10/17/2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Van Cleve Park, 901 15th Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN , 55414
Boo 'n' Brew Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/19/2025 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Arbeiter Brewing Company, 3038 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406Arbeiter Brewing’s Boo ‘n’ Brew Bash is packed with mini pumpkin decorating, kid-friendly karaoke, face painting, a bouncy castle, and more. Kids (and adults) are encouraged to come in costume, fill up on treats (while supplies last), and enjoy casual fall fun. It’s a Halloween party for the whole family.
Van Cleve Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Van Cleve Park, 901 15th Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN , 55414Family-friendly Halloween party at Van Cleve Recreation Center for all ages with a low scare “haunted hallway”, age appropriate games and activities and treats.
Thrill Uptown (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Seven Points, 3001 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55403Thrill Kenwood has been re-invented in its 16th year as Thrill Uptown complete with a new location at Seven Points. It remains a family-friendly Halloween event with a synchronized global Thriller dance as the centerpiece (5pm – you’re invited to participate or spectate). Also in keeping with tradition, the event will have art activities, live music and dance performances, and zombie makeovers (you know your kids best so take mild caution).
Waite Park Halloween Costume Swap (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Waite Park, 1810 34th Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55418Drop by Waite Park Rec Center to drop off old costumes and perhaps pick out this year’s costume. Please donate only clean and safe costumes. Drop in Saturdays, October 11-25, 2-4m.
Webber Park Trunk Or Treat Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Webber Park, 4400 Dupont Ave North, Minneapolis, MN, 55419Decorate up your car and your kids and bring Halloween treats to Webber Park. Costumed kids can go from decorated trunk to trunk to collect treats. Games are offered between stations and in the gym.
Halloween at the Hills (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Linden Hills Park, 3100 W 43rd Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55410The annual neighborhood Halloween party invites you to take part in games, hayrides, dance party, and treats. Wear your outdoor costume to this event. Unlimited openings. No registration required.
Lunds & Byerly's Boo Blast & Fall Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Find a Minneapolis Lunds & Byerlys location, Lunds & Byerlys, Minneapolis, MN, 55408Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores invite kids to dress in their Halloween costumes and drop by for free treats and other fun activities. Events run October 4-30, 2025 – please see our complete schedule for individual locations.
Broken Clock Brewing Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Broken Clock Brewing, 1712 Marshall St NE Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN, 55413Trick or treat out back of the taproom at Broken Clock Brewing. This is a free, drop-in event for all ages.
Pumpkins & Power Tools (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Fulton Beer Taproom, 414 N 6th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55401What to do when a kitchen knife won’t cut it and you need some drill power? The Minneapolis Tool Library has got you covered with its annual Pumpkins & Power Tools event at Fulton Brewing in Minneapolis. It’s family friendly, free, and includes the use of the library’s tool catalog: drills, drill bits, linoleum cutters, awl, etc. Any proceeds from your food and beverage purchases support the mission of the tool library. Event is FREE to attend (donations appreciated); pumpkins will be for sale. RSVP appreciated.
Minneapolis Cider Trunk or Treat
Date: 10/26/2025 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Minneapolic Cider Co., 701 SE 9th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55414Families are invited to bring the kids to Trunk-or-Treat through the Minneapolis cider co parking lot. Costumes encouraged for all ages.
Our Lady of Peace Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Our Lady of Peace Catholic School & Church, 5435 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55417Trick or treat through decorated vehicles in the Our Lady of Peace church parking lot – 4-5pm only. This is event is in conjunction with the annual pumpkin patch at the church. Note that there is a fee for pumpkins and any additional activities.
Lyndale Neighborhood Halloween Harvest Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/27/2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: South Nicollet Action Center, 3537 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408Enjoy Halloween activities like family-friendly games, pumpkin decorating, a costume contest, hot apple cider, and seasonal treats from Butter Bakery Cafe. American Swedish Institute will be onsite to help create paper stars from upcycled book pages.
Pershing Tiny Tot Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/29/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Pershing Field Park, 3523 48th St W, Minneapolis, MN, 55410Indoor playground Halloween Party for preschoolers includes the usual indoor playground with a Halloween themed bounce house, snacks, refreshments, treat bags, and coffee. Costumes encouraged. Ages 3-5 with parent.
Wicked Sing-A-Long
Date: 10/29/2025 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Nicollet Island Park & Pavilion, 40 Power Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55401Pearl Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/29/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Pearl Park, 414 E Diamond Lake Rd, Minneapolis, MNMake Halloween crafts, play seasonal games, dance the monster mash freeze dance, and enjoy treats! This activity is geared toward families with kids ages 10 and under.
East Phillips Costume Party (FREE)
Date: 10/29/2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: East Phillips Park & Rec Center, 2399 S 17th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55404Kids ages 8+ can celebrate Halloween at East Phillips Park. Family fun includes games, treats, and a costume contest! Free, but limited openings so please register (see link).
Halloween Boo Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Harrison Park, 503 Irving Ave North, Minneapolis, MN, 55405An evening of Halloween family fun at Harrison Park:
- Pumpkin dodgeball
- Escape room
- Carnival games
- Cookie decoration
- Trunk-or-treat in the parking
Matthews Park Halloween Party & Parade (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Matthews Park, 2318 29th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406Matthews Park invites kids of all ages to drop in for tricks and treats, games and goodies and a parade. Dress for an outdoor parade and indoor games. Seward neighborhood parade starts at 5pm sharp, party goes until 6:30pm.
North Commons Halloween Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: North Commons Park, 1801 N James Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55411Stop in to North Commons Park the day before Halloween for candy and hot chocolate and to show off your costume.
Pershing Halloween Trick-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Pershing Field Park, 3523 48th St W, Minneapolis, MN, 55410Dress up and drop in to Pershing Park for hot chocolate, Halloween treats and a bonfire. All ages welcome.
Walker Haunted Museum Scavenger Hunt (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55403Haunt while you hunt through the Walker Art Center on a building-wide challenge. You’ll receive a list of location around the museum to find clues; visit them all to decode a mystery word and win a prize. All who choose to participate get a treat, but if you complete the full hunt you can be eligible to win a special prize pack: spooky tote bag, free gallery passes and more. Pick up your list in the Cityview Room, near the Pumpkinfest display, starting at 6 pm. Return it by 8pm to redeem your prize.
SAVINGS! A visit to Walker Art Center is FREE every Thursday night from 5-9pm. Might make a great art date with one of your tweens or teens!
Painter Trick or Treat Event (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:00 am - 8:00 pm
Location: Painter Park, 620 W 34th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55408Painter Park staff will be handing out candy to trick or treaters! All ages are welcome to stop by on Halloween night.
Webber Toddler Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Webber Park, 4400 Dupont Ave North, Minneapolis, MN, 55419Webber Park hosts a parent-and-child Halloween party with games and music geared toward kids ages 0-5. Limited openings available; pre-registration required (see link).
Insight Brewing Casks & Candy (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Insight Brewing, 2821 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413Insight Brewing’s family-friendly Casks & Candy event promises free Halloween-themed activities for all ages including pumpkin carving, free treats, a costume contest, spooky movie trivia (6-8pm) and a screening of the family comedy Halloweentown (8-10pm). Adults can enjoy a limited-edition beer release and a burger food truck.
Midtown Global Market Not-So-Scary Trick-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Midtown Global Market, 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN , 55407Kids of all ages are invited to trick-or-treat around Midtown Global Market in costume (and join the parade to show it off at 4pm) and make crafts. Ditch your kitchen tonight and have dinner at one of the delicious vendors. Event is free, but there is a fee to park in the lot.
Bottineau Halloween Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Bottineau Field Park, 2000 2nd Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55418Stop by Bottineau Field Park in costume during Halloween trick or treating to warm up with hot chocolate and candy. All ages are welcome to drop in.
Creekview Halloween Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Creekview Park, 5001 Humboldt Ave North, Minneapolis, MN, 55430Stop by Creekview Park in costume for Halloween candy, hot chocolate, games and pumpkin decorating. All ages are welcome.
Fuller Halloween Fun Night (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Fuller Park, 4800 Grand Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55419Stop by Fuller Park in costume for a fun extended stop on your Halloween trick or treat rounds. Warm up with games and candy inside.
Halloween Zumba, Trick or Treat & Photo Booth
Date: 10/31/2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Brackett Field Park, 2728 S 39th Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55406Pre-register to attend this FREE Halloween Zumba party! Wear your costume for dancing, treats and family fun. All ages welcome. FREE. Pre-Register.
- 5:30-6:30pm: Zumba
- 6:30-7:30pm: Halloween photo booth and treats and hot cider.
Windom South Trick or Treat Bonfire (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Windom South Park, 5821 Wentworth Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55419All ages are invited to stop by Windom South Park for free Halloween treats and warm up by the bonfire.
Halloween Block Party (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Location: Elliot Park, 1000 E 14th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55404Stop by Elliot Park on Halloween night for fun carnival games, a trunk or treat, photo booth and yummy chili and apple cider.
Trick or Treat the Wedge Neighborhood (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: LITT Pinball Bar, 2021 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55405Trick or treat through the Wedge neighborhood. Registered neighborhood hosts will be out on their porches handing out candy from 6-7:30pm. After trick-or-treating, if you like, meet your neighbors at LITT Pinball Bar for a Halloween party open to all from 9pm-12am.
Windom NE Halloween Trick or Treat
Date: 10/31/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Windom Northeast Park, 2251 Hayes Street Northeast, Minneapolis, MN, 55418The stop for upper northeast trick or treaters. Warm up inside for a break from your trick-or-treat rounds. All Ages. FREE. Drop In.
Halloween at the Green (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Location: North Loop Green, 350 N 5th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55401To get into the spirit, North Loop Green is again hosting a family-friendly Halloween party with all the trimmings: free treats, music and dancing, a balloon artist, pumpkin decorating, photo ops, giveaways and a free movie night on the lawn for all ages. Catch Scooby Doo on the big screen. Your own pups are welcome as is wearing your Halloween costume for the big costume contest on the orange carpet!
Dia de Muertos Celebration (FREE)
Date: 11/01/2025 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Location: Midtown Global Market, 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN , 55407Midtown Global Market celebrates Dia de Muertos with free live music and dance, maker activities and food specials at market vendors.
Halloween BeltramiScare (FREE)
Date: 11/01/2025 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Beltrami Park, 1111 Summer St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413ST PAUL FREE HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Movie in the Park: Hocus Pocus (FREE)
Date: 10/03/2025 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Como Midway Pavilion, 1199 Midway Pkwy, St Paul, MN, 55103The 1993 Halloween classic is back in Como Midway Pavilion. This is the most family-friendly (rated PG) of St. Paul’s Halloween themed movies this season*. The movie starts at dusk. Arrive early for pre-show fun, including a costume contest, beginning at 6pm.
Romanian Monsters, Vampires and Undead Myths (FREE)
Date: 10/05/2025 - 10/26/2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Landmark Center, 75 West Fifth Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55102Visit Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans (HORA) at the Landmark Center on Sundays in October. Explore the complex mythology of the monsters of Romania — strigoi, varcolaci, moroi, and vampires, oh my! Exhibit is suitable for all ages. Open Sundays 1-3pm.
Dayton's Bluff Tot Time Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/17/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Dayton's Bluff Recreation Center, 800 Conway Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106Celebrate Halloween during Tot Time at Dayton’s Bluff Recreation Center with games, a pumpkin raffle and candy. This is a free, drop-in event for kids ages 1-5 with their caregiver.
Battle Creek Haunted Trail (FREE)
Date: 10/17/2025 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: ,Join a Halloween-themed walk along Battle Creek Park’s trails. As parts of it may be truly spooky, the haunted trail is recommended for those ages 10 & up.
Duluth & Case Halloween Party and Haunted Trail (FREE)
Date: 10/23/2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Duluth and Case Recreation Center, 1020 Duluth Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106Younger kids can enjoy games, arts and crafts and a bounce house, while kids ages 11 & up meet at the football field at Duluth & Case Recreation Center to join a Halloween Trail Walk – if you dare. Costumes encouraged.
Halloween Party & Animal Photos (FREE)
Date: 10/23/2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: El Rio Vista Rec Center / Wellstone Community Center, 179 Robie Street East, Saint Paul, MN, 55107The Halloween party at El Rio Vista includes games, crafts and fun aimed at kids in grade school and younger. Bring your family pet for photos. Costumes encouraged for all. No registration required, drop in at your leisure.
Hazel Park Halloween Walk Thru (FREE)
Date: 10/23/2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Hazel Park, 945 Hazel St N, Saint Paul, MN, 55119Community members will hand out treat bags to kids who stop at each table in the Halloween Display room at Hazel Park Recreation Center.
Edgcumbe Monster Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Edgcumbe Recreation Center, 320 Griggs Street S, MN, 55105Edgcumbe Recreation Center’s Monster Bash has mild chills: a haunted house, costume contest and kids activities. Food trucks will be onsite.
Northwest Como Halloween Bonfire (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Northwest Como Recreation Center, 1550 North Hamline, Saint Paul, MN, 55108Northwest Como Rec Center traditionally hosts a bonfire with outdoor activities and crafts close to Halloween. Costumes are encouraged. All ages welcome, no registration required.
Lunds & Byerly's Boo Blast & Fall Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Lunds & Byerlys Highland Bridge, 2170 Ford Pkwy, St Paul, MN, 55116Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores invite kids to dress in their Halloween costumes and drop by for free treats and other fun activities. Events run October 4-30, 2025 – please see our complete schedule for individual locations.
Grand Avenue Boo Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Grand Avenue, Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN , 55105Dress up in your Halloween best and trick or treat at Grand Avenue businesses and opt to participate in the following: costume contest (including best dressed pet), ghost scavenger hunt and a raffle, games and craft projects.
Ghost scavenger hunt information: pick up your passport at the check-in table @ 857 Grand Ave. (the old Gather Patio) and collect ‘ghost stamps’ from businesses along the Avenue for your chance to win a prize.
BOOnion Depot (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Union Depot, 214 4th Street East, St Paul, MN, 55101Kids can trick-or-treat, get their faces painted, make pumpkin crafts, and groove to a DJ and other Halloween-themed entertainment around historic Union Depot. Costumes encouraged and all ages are welcome to attend.
St Paul West Side Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Humboldt High School, 30 Baker Street East, Saint Paul, MN, 55107Safely trick or treat in the Humboldt school parking lot with lots of candy, plus a free bounce house, games and prizes.
Great Pumpkin Halloween Celebration (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Landmark Center, 75 West Fifth Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55102Part of Landmark Center’s Sundays at the Landmark, families will enjoy live entertainment, crafts, candy treats, a costume parade, face painting, a DJ dance party and carnival-style fun with games like Plinko, fishing for prizes, ring toss, bag toss and a cake walk.
West 7th Neighborhood Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Awaken Community, 285 Dale Street North, Saint Paul, MN, 55103Trunkloads of candy! Held in the Awaken Community Church parking lot. All ages are welcome to attend this trunk-or-treat in St Paul’s West 7th neighborhood.
Gloria Dei Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 700 Snelling Ave S, Saint Paul, MN, 55116Trick or treat among local businesses, groups and individuals with decorated vehicle trunks. Participating will hand out candy, books, or stickers, etc. Visit with a local police dog in costume and see a fire truck. Families can drop in any time between 2:30-4pm. In case of uncooperative weather, activities will be held in the gym.
MLK Halloween Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Martin Luther King Recreation Center, 271 Mackubin Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55102Wear your costume for food, games and fun at Martin Luther King Recreation Center. All ages are welcome to drop in for some pre-Halloween festivities.
McDonough Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: McDonough Recreation Center, 1554 Timberlake Road, Saint Paul, MN, 55112The McDonough Recreation Center Halloween Party features free games, crafts and lots of fun for kids ages 5 & up. Costumes encouraged. No registration required.
West Minnehaha Halloween Party
Date: 10/31/2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: West Minnehaha Recreation Center, 685 W Minnehaha Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55104SOUTHWEST METRO TWIN CITIES FREE HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Includes events in Bloomington, Burnsville, Chanhassen, Chaska, Eden Prairie, Edina, Excelsior, Minnetonka, Richfield, Savage, Shakopee, St Louis Park, Victoria, Waconia & Wayzata.
Shakopee Shak-O-Lantern Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/04/2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Pearson Early Learning Center, 917 Dakota St S, Shakopee, MN, 55379Shak-O-Lantern Festival is Shakopee’s free Halloween event for the whole family. Downtown will be a spirited spot with live music, vendor market, food trucks and trunk-or-treating for kids. The event will be held in the parking lot of the Pearson Early Learning Center.
Waconia Scarecrow Tour (FREE)
Date: 10/09/2025 - 10/19/2025 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Location: Waconia Chamber of Commerce, 201 S Vine Street, Waconia, MN, 55387Go on a self-guided tour of Waconia homes and businesses decorated with scarecrows. Ballots available at area businesses so you can vote for your favorite scarecrow. This tour is probably best done during daylight hours.
Richfield Great Pumpkin Giveaway (FREE)
Date: 10/11/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Fairwood Park, 6700 Logan Ave South, Richfield, MN, 55423Each family can select one free pumpkin and participate in fun activities including face-painting, a photo booth and a coloring contest. There will be autumn refreshments and drawings for door prizes. All ages are welcome to attend.
Next month, you can bring your pumpkin to Veterans Park for the Richfield Pumpkin Smash to be collected for composting.
Big Rig Boo Truck or Treating (FREE)
Date: 10/11/2025 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Scott County Fairgrounds, 7151 190th St W, Jordan, MN, 55352An exciting mashup of trick-or-treating and big rigs! The truck-or-treat event is free – collect candy at each truck stop with the option to purchase a ticket to stay for a the tractor/truck/semi-pull ($10/adults, $5/kids, under 5 free).
Eden Prairie Harvest to Halloween at the Barn (FREE)
Date: 10/11/2025 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Riley Lake Park, 9180 Riley Lake Road, Eden Prairie, MN, 55344A free and family-friendly fall and Halloween event at Riley Barn includes trick-or-treating at the historic barn. More family fun has traditionally included decorating pumpkins, horse-drawn wagon rides, glow dance, story stroll, scavenger hunt and art stations. Costumes are encouraged and please bring a treat bag.
Richfield Community Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/11/2025 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel, 6527 Portland Ave S, Richfield, MN, 55423Hosted again by Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel, kids of all ages are invited to bring a bag/bucket/pillowcase to collect candy from local businesses. Wear a costume and consider bringing food donations to fill a hearse. Bring your costumed dog, too!
St Louis Park Howl-O-Ween (FREE)
Date: 10/12/2025 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Wolfe Park, 3700 Monterey Dr, St Louis Park, MN , 55416Howl-o-Ween is the perfect excuse to dress up your family (and family pet!) and stroll through Wolfe Park. Costume contest takes place at 2:30pm. Vendors, community organizations and prizes will be present for this free community event.
Edina Halloween Costume Swap (FREE)
Date: 10/12/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Edina Senior Center, 5280 Grandview Square # 101, Edina, MN, 55436Donate your gently used costumes to the Edina Senior Center during the week of October 6-10 from 8:30am-4pm. Then drop by on October 12th to pick out a new-to-you costume between 2-4pm – free!
Richfield Flashlight Storybook Trail (FREE)
Date: 10/15/2025 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Augsburg Adventure Park, 7000 Nicollet Avenue, Richfield, MN, 55423A fun Halloween twist on a Story Walk, participants explore Augsburg Park’s paved trail with a flashlight to read the story of the Halloween Tree, a grumpy tree who refuses to become a Christmas Tree. Dress in your outdoor costumes to make this self-guided event even more fun. Find the start of the trail near the playground. Drop in between the posted hours.
Bloomington FAC Trick-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/17/2025 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Bloomington Family Achievement Center, 900 West 94th Street, Bloomington, MN, 55420Bloomington’s Family Achievement Center is hosting a free, indoor trick-or-treat event. Open-house style (and no need to be a client), feel free to drop in and wear a costume if you like. Sensory-friendly hour is from 4:30-5:30pm and the clinic requests you register for this portion of the event as space is limited.
Spooky Bingo
Date: 10/17/2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Neill Park, 13501 Upton Ave S, Burnsville, MN, 55337Don your costumes for a night of family bingo with a Halloween theme at Neill Park. All Ages. FREE. Registration required.
Richfield Spook-tacular Storytime Costume Party (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Augsburg Adventure Park, 7000 Nicollet Avenue, Richfield, MN, 55423Come in costume for this Halloween-themed Fall Park & Play event. Bring the kids for an imaginative story time and costume party on Friday and/or Saturday of MEA weekend. All events are free, open to all ages, and require no registration.
Shops at West End Great Pumpkin Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Shops at West End, 1621 West End Blvd, St Louis Park, MN, 55416Kids can trick-or-treat at participating retailers at the Shops at West End. Plus games, prizes, music, crafts, a bounce house, free balloons and more.
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Pop-Up (FREE)
Date: 10/19/2025 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Mall of America, 60 East Broadway, Bloomington, MN, 55425UNICEF celebrates 75 years of trick-or-treating for a cause with a free pop-up event all MEA weekend at Mall of America! The event features a giant Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box, a prize wheel to spin and family-friendly activities including a photo booth and crafts. Guests can pick up their own Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box to take out on Halloween.
While you’re in the Halloween spirit, stop and explore how the indoor amusement park has transformed into Nickelodeon Booniverse with spooky-fun decor and seasonal overlays.
Waconia HOWLeen Pet Costume Parade
Date: 10/23/2025 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Paws Inn Pet Essentials, 120 South Vine Street , Waconia, MN, 55387Dress up your pet — dog, cat, or other pets — for an evening of family fun at Paws Inn Pet Essentials. Family Fun includes a costume pet parade through Downtown Waconia, photo ops, tricks for treats for kids and dogs, and a Disney-themed pet costume contest. Parade starts at 4pm. FREE. Drop In. All Ages.
Burwell House Spooktacular Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Charles Burwell House, 13209 E. McGinty Road, Minnetonka, MN, 55305The historic Burwell House in Minnetonka sure gets into the “spirit”! Have fun on the fire department’s inflatable slide, participate in crafts and games, enjoy live performances, take a tour of the Burwell House, and warm up by a bonfire. Costumes are encouraged at this free event and all ages are welcome.
St Paul's Prior Lake Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: St Paul's Lutheran Church, 5634 Luther Rd SE, Prior Lake, MN, 55372The church’s annual Trunk Or Treat will also have a food truck selling combo meals (hot dog, bag of chips and a drink). Kids are free to play on the playground at the event.
Trinity Waconia Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Trinity Church, 601 E 2nd St, Waconia, MN, 55387Trinity Church in Waconia is offering kids in preschool through grade 4 the chance to trunk or treat in the parking lot, in a non-scary costume if desired, plus games and more fun. Consider purchasing dinner to help fundraise for students: walking tacos, hot dogs, chips, drinks and dessert for sale.
Community of the Cross Trunk-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Community of the Cross Lutheran Church, 10701 Bloomington Ferry Road, Bloomington, MN, 55438Join the Community of the Cross for family fun, including games, hay rides, hot dogs, and trunk or treating. Everyone is welcome to drop in.
Richfield Farmers Market Trick or Treat Day (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Richfield Veterans Park, 6335 Portland Avenue, Richfield, MN, 55423Stop by the Richfield Farmers Market for some trick or treating this Saturday only – the final market day of the outdoor season. Everyone is welcome to wear their favorite costume to the market and stop for treats at each booth.
Chaska Commons Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Chaska Commons, 164 Pioneer Trail, Chaska, MN, 55318Trick or treat at participating Chaska Commons businesses. Option to register for free character meet-and-greets and treat bags from Little Roos; see more on the event page.
Edina Theatre Screening of Hotel Transylvania 2 (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Edina Mann Theatre, 3911 W 50th Street, Edina, MN, 55424Register through the City of Edina to reserve your space for a free Saturday matinee screening of Hotel Transylvania 2 at Edina Mann Theatre. Registration required.
Excelsior Trick-or-Treat the Street (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Downtown Excelsior, Downtown, Excelsior, MN, 55331It’s a full afternoon of free Halloween fun in downtown Excelsior! Trick or treat at participating businesses from 10am-2pm (these will have special decals in the window or you can pick up a trick-or-treating passport map). There will also be a scavenger hunt in downtown – find 10 hidden Halloween characters to enter for a chance to win prizes.
Halloween In Hopkins Mainstreet Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Mainstreet, Mainstreet & 10th Avenue, Hopkins, MN, 55343Trick or treat at businesses on Hopkins’ Mainstreet and participate in costume contests, kids games and giveaways.
Jerry's Edina - Halloween Creepy Crawl (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Jerry's Foods Edina, 5125 Vernon Avenue South, Edina, MN, 5543650th & France Trick-or-Treating (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: 50th & France, 50th & France, Edina, MN , 55425Enjoy trick-or-treating at local businesses in Edina’s premiere shopping district (look for the sign in the window, kids 12 & under only, please).
Fat Pants Brewing Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Fat Pants Brewing, 8335 Crystal View Rd, Eden Prairie, MN, 55344The whole family is invited to trick or treat at the brewery this weekend plus free pumpkin decorating and other activities. Special Halloween beverages on the menu for adult, too.
Wayzata Boo Blast Celebration (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Colonial Square, 1151 Wayzata Boulevard, Wayzata, MN, 55391Dress up to trick or treat in downtown Wayzata, participate in in-store activities and get special deals. Drop by to watch the Boo Bash Dash and the Pumpkin Derby as well as a pie eating contest and costume contest. Participating stores will have signs in the windows.
Jerry's Eden Prairie - Halloween Creepy Crawl (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Location: Jerry's Foods Eden Prairie, 9625 Anderson Lakes Parkway, Eden Prairie, MN, 55344Halloween in Victoria (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Bayfront Park, 1730 Steiger Lake Lane, Victoria, MN, 55386Trick or treat at participating businesses in downtown Victoria from 1-2pm. Then head to Bayfront Park until 3:30pm for games with the Victoria Lions, a Halloween selfie station, and even climb inside a firetruck. All ages are welcome.
Downtown Chaska Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Downtown Chaska, Downtown, Chaska, MN, 55318Trick-or-treat at more than 20 of Chaska’s downtown businesses, plus a trunk or treat event at St John’s Lutheran Church and School.
Bloomington Redemption Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Redemption Lutheran Church, 927 E Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington, MN, 55413Grab your costumes and whet your appetite for treats at the church’s annual trunk or treat event. Allergy-friendly and non-candy treats available.
Chaska Halloween Jamboree (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Chaska Community Center, 1661 Park Ridge Dr, Chaska, MN, 55318Most Chaska’s community Halloween event is free: an all-ages kids Halloween-themed craft, games, and a DJ dance. Small fee for the haunted house.
Shakopee Spooky Family Fun Night (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Huber Park, 150 Fillmore St. N, Shakopee, MN, 55379Shakopee’s Spooky Family Fun Night will include all kind of free Halloween activities: spooky games, prizes, live animals, trick-or-treating and activities. Food trucks will be on site.
Shakopee Friendship Church Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Shakopee Friendship Church, 12800 Marystown Rd, Shakopee, MN, 55379Shakopee’s Friendship Church Trunk-or-Treat offers decorated trunks stuffed with candy and fun activities for all ages.
Back Channel Brewing Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Back Channel Brewing, 4787 Shoreline Dr, Spring Park, MN, 55384Bloomington Halloween Trick or Treat Trail (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Normandale Lake Park, 5901 West 84th Street, Bloomington, MN, 55438Community organizations will have trick or treat stations along the trail at Normandale Lake Park. Families can enjoy musical entertainment and purchase food. Best for kids pre-K through 5th grade. Please park in the lots on Chalet Road. Event is free, no need to register.
Hopkins Cross of Glory Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Cross of Glory Church, 4600 Shady Oak Rd S, Hopkins, MN, 55343Cross of Glory invites the public to their annual Trunk or Treat event. Expect trunks full of candy and some carnival games to play on the last Saturday of the month.
Halloween Storytime and Costume Parade
Date: 10/29/2025 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Location: Burnhaven Library, 1101 County Rd 42 W, Burnsville, MN, 55306Burnhaven’s annual preschool Halloween storytime includes a chance to wear costumes and show them off in a parade around the library. Best for ages: 2-6, but siblings welcome. FREE. Drop In. All Ages.
Eden Prairie Community Church Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/29/2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Eden Prairie Community Church, 9145 Eden Prairie Rd, Eden Prairie, MN, 55347Want to get in some extra trick or treating in the Eden Prairie area before Halloween? Stop by Eden Prairie Community Church for a free trunk or treat event along with other fall activities and food trucks. Wear a costume if you like!
Minnetonka UMC Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/29/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Minnetonka United Methodist Church, 17611 Lake St Ext, Minnetonka, MN, 55345Pick out your best Halloween costumes and pull up to Minnetonka UMC’s Trunk or Treat event. Chili and hotdogs served for dinner from 5:30-6:30pm followed by the trick-or-treating from 6-7pm in the parking lot.
Lunds & Byerly's Boo Blast & Fall Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Find a Southwest Metro Lunds & Byerlys location, Lunds & Byerlys, Southwest Metro, MN, 55435Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores invite kids to dress in their Halloween costumes and drop by for free treats and other fun activities. Events run October 4-30, 2025 – please see our complete schedule for individual locations.
Edina Fire Station 2 Grand Open House (FREE)
Date: 10/30/2025 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Edina Fire Station 2, 4401 W 76th St, Edina, MNPull out your Halloween costume a little early to visit the grand opening of Edina’s Fire Station 2! After the 4pm dedication, little visitors can trick-or-treat through the station, meet Sparky the mascot and city firefighters, bounce in the inflatables, grab a free hot dog, spray a real fire hose and color with Edina Art Center. Plus tours of the new station and fire safety demonstrations.
Mall-o-Ween (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Mall of America, 60 East Broadway, Bloomington, MN, 55425Mall-O-Ween is back, a safe way for kids to trick-or-treat at Mall of America on Halloween night. Pick up your treat bag at the Rotunda starting at 3pm, then head out to collect candy from participating stores. Plus photo ops, pop-up performances and special seasonal overlays at Nickelodeon Universe. Family-friendly costumes encouraged!
Savage Glendale UMC Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Glendale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Rd, Savage, MN, 55378-2500Trick or treating in the Savage area this Halloween? Stop by Glendale United Methodist Church’s trunk or treat event. Open to all ages!
City Hill Trunk 'n Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: City Hill Church, 12901 Roberts Drive, Eden Prairie, MN, 55346City Hill Church is hosting a family friendly Trunk ‘n Treat on the front lawn, offering a safe and family-friendly trick or treat experience.
Edina Pumpkin Smash & Bash (FREE)
Date: 11/01/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Countryside Park, 6240 Tracy Avenue South, Edina, MN, 55436Bring your unpainted pumpkins for games and smashing before composting. The Edina fire department will be dropping some pumpkins from a tall ladder for a smashing good time.
Richfield Pumpkin Smash (FREE)
Date: 11/08/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Richfield Veterans Park, 6335 Portland Avenue, Richfield, MN, 55423Remember those free pumpkins you grabbed at the beginning of the month at Richfield’s Great Pumpkin Giveaway? Bring them full circle and return them to Veterans Park for composting*. But this isn’t any old backyard compost, instead, participants can can drop, splat, and smash their pumpkins before the city collects them.
*Because the pumpkins are getting composted, please only bring natural pumpkins. Leave the paint, glitter, candle wax and stickers at home.
SOUTHEAST METRO TWIN CITIES FREE HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Includes events in Afton, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Cottage Grove, Eagan, Farmington, Hastings, Hudson, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Northfield, Rosemount, South St Paul, West St Paul and Woodbury.
Hastings Halloween Costume Swap
Date: 09/30/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Hastings High School, 200 General Sieben Drive, Hastings, MN, 55033Let's Pawty Halloween Dog Event (FREE)
Date: 10/04/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Rich Valley Park, 1841 105th St E, Inver Grove Heights, MN, 55077Dress up your four-legged family member and bring them to Rich Valley Althletic complex. This family-friendly Halloween event for the family dog includes pet vendors, dog activities, costume contests, and more.
Burnsville Center Trunk or Treat Car Show (FREE)
Date: 10/11/2025 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Burnsville Center, 1178 Burnsville Center, Burnsville, MN, 55306Car Queenz hosts their annual trunk-or-treat at the Burnsville Center Parking lot. Come check out creepy decked-out cars, snag treats and show off our costumes. Food trucks and local vendors will be onsite to browse. Event is held in the lot outside of Wells Fargo and Shogun.
Rosemount Annual Halloween Spooktacular (FREE)
Date: 10/11/2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Handley Advantage Team, 12976 S Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN, 55068Locally Grown Theatre: Dracula (FREE)
Date: 10/12/2025 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Shepard Farm, 8946 70th Street S, Cottage Grove, MN , 55016A stage-adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire tale set at Shepard Farm, the Cottage Grove unit of Dodge Nature Center. You’ll need to bring your own seating and prepare to be outdoors. Note to caregivers: this story presents death and violence (just like the book). Best for ages 10+. October 10-12, 2025; 5:30-7:30pm.
Woodbury Halloween Costume Swap (FREE)
Date: 10/15/2025 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: South Environmental Center, 4039 Cottage Grove Drive, Woodbury, MN, 55129Drop in to Woodbury’s South Environmental Center to find new-to-you Halloween costumes for the whole family. Donations close October 11th and are not required to take items during the event.
Mendota Heights Trick-or-Teeing (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Par 3 Golf Course, 1695 Dodd Road, Mendota Heights, MN, 55118Play 6 holes of mini golf in your costumes, participate in craft-making, stop by to visit with Mendota Heights Fire & Police and check out their vehicles, play some yard games, take Halloween family photos at the photo booth and enjoy hot apple cider & snacks. All ages welcome to drop into this free event.
Wescott Halloween Costume & Prop Swap
Date: 10/22/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan, MN, 55121Still need a costume? Dakota Valley Recycling is hosting a Halloween Costume & Prop Swap at Westcott Library. Families can bring gently used costumes and props to trade out for something new to you. Everything is FREE and leftover items will be donated or recycled.
Apple Valley Ford Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Apple Valley Ford, 7200 150 Street W, Apple Valley, MN, 55124Farmington Halloween Walk (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Dodge Middle School, 4200 208th St W, Farmington, MN, 55024Farmington’s Halloween Walk is set up so kids can stroll an outdoor path (indoors if weather demands) and visit Halloween themed exhibits set-up by local community groups. Exhibits are designed with kids in mind so the scares are minimal. And candy will be passed out!
FLC Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Farmington Lutheran Church, 20600 Akin Road, Farmington, MN, 55024Hastings Community Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Hastings High School, 200 General Sieben Drive, Hastings, MN, 55033Hastings’ family Halloween event includes over 30 activity stations, DJ music, games, inflatable obstacle course, costume contest and food trucks onsite. Free will offering of non-perishable food or donation to “Youth Impact Council Scholarship”.
Viking Lakes Halloween Movie Night: Hocus Pocus (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Viking Lakes, 2685 Vikings Circle, Eagan, MN, 55121Bring the family and your favorite lawn chairs for a screening of Hocus Pocus (PG) at Viking Lakes. Activities will take place outdoors on the Middle Plaza, so pack your blankets and dress in layers. Arrive a little early (doors at 6pm) to play games before the movie begins 96:30pm). Treats and warm drinks will be available to purchase. Costumes are encouraged.
Cottage Grove Monster Bash Parade (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Monster Bash Parade Route, 7362 E Point Douglas Road, Cottage Grove, MN, 55016Cottage Grove’s community Halloween parade features floats with spooky themes and, of course, treats. The parade route starts at the District 833 Service Center (7362 E Point Douglas Road) and ends at the District 833 Program Center (8400 E Point Douglas Road).
Gertens Halloween Costume Contest & Parade (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Gertens, 5500 Blaine Ave, Inver Grove Heights, MN, 55076Got a great costume you want one more place to show off? Enter Gertens’ Halloween costume contest plus get the chance to walk in the costume parade. Prizes for places 1-3 in each category: 5 & under, 6 & up, friends & family theme. Plus, from 11am-2pm, with a reservation, you can paint your own pumpkin.
Inver Grove Ford Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Inver Grove Ford, 4725 South Robert Trail, Inver Grove Heights, MN, 55077Jerry's Halloween Creepy Crawl (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Jerry's Foods Woodbury, 7760 Hargis Parkway, Woodbury, MN, 55129Mount Calvary Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road, Eagan, MN, 55122Mount Calvary Lutheran Church invites families to bring kids in costumes to visit decorated trunks around the church parking lot for candy and community fun.
Prince of Peace Boo Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 13801 Fairview Drive, Burnsville, MN, 55337Celebrate fall and the not-so-spooky fun of Halloween with outdoor games, activities and trick-or-treating. Bring a donation of winter apparel if possible. No registration needed.
River Valley Church Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: River Valley Church, 7805 Hudson Rd, Suite 140, Woodbury, MN , 55125Come join us at our KiDS Fest Trunk or Treat! It’s fall fun for the whole family: dress up in your best costume and enjoy some hot apple cider, play corn hole, and trick-or-treat from decorated car trunks. Plus face paintings, raffles, and more.
Valley Creek Fall Festival & Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Valley Creek Mall, 1750 Weir Drive, Woodbury, MN, 55125The Fall Festival at Valley Creek Mall includes free trick-or-treating at participating mall businesses plus take-home crafts and coloring pages.
Apple Valley Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Johnny Cake Ridge Park West, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd, Apple Valley, MN, 55124Kids can trick-or-treat in costume among decorated vehicles in the parking lot of the Splash Valley Water Park.
Lakeville DLBoo (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Downtown Lakeville, Lakeville, Lakeville, MN, 55044Trick or treat from nearly 30 downtown Lakeville businesses.
Walser Burnsville Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Walser Burnsville, 14900 Buck Hill Rd, Burnsville, MN, 55306Join Walser Burnsville locations on Buck Hill Road for the annual Trunk or Treat event. Dress up your little monsters and get to collecting that candy.
Good Shepherd Burnsville Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church & School, 151 East County Road 42, Burnsville, MN, 55306Register your family to attend a free trunk or treat around the Good Shepherd parking lot. Families can wear costumes, visit decorated cars and fun stations for candy, play games, participate in activities and pose for photo ops. Pre-register your family for prizes.
Newport Lutheran Church Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Newport Lutheran Church, 900 15th Street, Newport, MN, 55055Visit Newport Church for some family-friendly trunk-or-treating, cookie and pumpkin decorating, a cozy bonfire, and seasonal games and crafts.
Boltz's Halloween Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: The Gym - Boltz’s Family Martial Arts Academy, 780 South Plaza Drive, Mendota Heights, MN, 55120The annual Halloween Bash at Boltz’s Martial Arts Academy includes a trunk or treat event AND a giant indoor two-part maze (first part very light on the scare, second half for bigger kids and with a tour guide). Admission is free, donations are appreciated.
Rosemount Halloween Haunted Trail (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Rosemount Central Park, 2893 145th St W, Rosemount, MN , 55068Free and open to all ages, come walk Rosemount’s “haunted trail” in the park and trick-or-treat along the way, courtesy local businesses. The event runs 6-8pm; anyone in line by 8pm is welcome to walk the trail.
Burnsville Halloween Skate Party (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Burnsville Ice Center, 251 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, MN, 55337Admission to the Halloween Skate Party is free to the public. Costumes are encouraged, treats provided and there will be spooky tunes to skate to. $6 skate rental available or bring your own skates.
Shepherd of the Valley Trail O Treats (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Shepherd of the Valley, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, MN, 55124Shepherd of the Valley 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐎 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, is an indoor and outdoor fall festival with family fun that includes bingo and other games, photo ops, trick-or-treat trails filled candy and surprises, a kids Halloween movie and a bonfire. Food available for purchase.
Discovery Trunk or Treat
Date: 10/26/2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Discovery Community Church, 828 Portland Avenue, St Paul Park, MN, 55071Trick or treat around themed trunks in the church parking, stop by the photo area for a family photo in your costumes. All ages. Drop in. FREE.
Trunk or Treat at The Well (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: The Well, 14770 Canada Ave W, Rosemount, MN, 55068You’re invited to a family-friendly Halloween trunk or treat. Wear your favorite costumes and connect with the community.
Hastings Halloween Candy Crawl (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Downtown Hastings, Downtown, Hastings, MN, 55033Trick or treat for free at Hastings downtown businesses, visit a bounce house, play mini golf and enjoy treats like hot chocolate and cotton candy. Decorate pumpkins at the 2nd Street Depot for a small fee.
Lunds & Byerly's Boo Blast & Fall Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/28/2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Find a Southeast Metro Lunds & Byerlys location, Lunds & Byerls, Southeast Metro, MN, 55121Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores invite kids to dress in their Halloween costumes and drop by for free treats and other fun activities. Events run October 4-30, 2025 – please see our complete schedule for individual locations.
Memorial Lutheran Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/29/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Memorial Lutheran Church, 15730 Afton Boulevard South, Afton, MN, 55001Halloween Storytime and Costume Parade
Date: 10/30/2025 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Location: Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville, MN, 55044Halloween-themed story time, followed by a costume parade. Best for ages 2-6. FREE. Drop In.
Peace of Mind Trunk or Treat
Date: 10/30/2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Peace of Mind Daycare, 9025 Tamarack Road, Woodbury, MN, 55125Join Peace of Mind Daycare for a Trunk or Treat aimed at tots and preschoolers.
Wescott Halloween Costume Parade
Date: 10/31/2025 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Location: Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan, MN, 55121Halloween-themed story time, followed by a costume parade. Best for ages 2–6. All Ages. FREE. Drop In.
Eagan Preschool Halloween Costume Parade
Date: 10/31/2025 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Location: Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, MN, 55121
Bring your little ones in costume to Eagan Community Center for a Costume Parade. Drop In. FREE.
South St Paul Great Halloween Get Together (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Marie Avenue, Marie Avenue, South St Paul, MN, 55075South St Paul’s annual Halloween event includes a safe space for families to gather and collect treats. All ages welcome. Trick-or-treating takes place on Marie Avenue between 4th and 7th Avenues.
West St Paul Halloween at Harmon (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Harmon Park, 230 Bernard Street W, West St Paul, MN, 55118The park’s Neighborhood Center will participate in trick-or-treating on Halloween and will also have fun photo opps and a bonfire outdoors if you need to warm up.
Crown of Life Church Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 11/01/2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Crown of Life Church & School, 115 Crusader Ave West, West St Paul, MN, 55118Join Crown of Life Church & School for a free trunk or treat event – outdoors, so dress for the weather.
NORTHWEST METRO TWIN CITIES FREE HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Includes events in Albertville, Andover, Anoka, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Buffalo, Champlin, Coon Rapids, Crystal, Dayton, Delano, Elk River, Golden Valley, Hanover, Maple Grove, Maple Plain, New Hope, Osseo, Otsego, Plymouth, Ramsey, Robbinsdale & St Michael.
Albertville Lions Pumpkin Party (FREE)
Date: 10/02/2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Albertville Central Park, 5801 Main Ave NE, Albertville, MN , 55301At Albertville’s community Halloween event, kids of all ages can get pumpkins, participate in games, grab treats and pose for photos.
Robbinsdale Birdtown Boo Bash (FREE)
Date: 10/03/2025 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Sanborn Park, 4237 Shoreline Drive, Robbinsdale, MN, 55422Celebrate Halloween in Robbinsdale with free family festivities. Wear your costumes and enjoy treats, games and crafts, music and a movie at dusk.
Anoka Giant Pumpkin Expo (FREE)
Date: 10/05/2025 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Anoka City Hall, 2015 S 1st Avenue, Anoka, MN, 55303Watch three Anoka Halloween contests all in Giant Pumpkin Expo: the pumpkin weigh-off, the scarecrow contest and the adults pumpkin carving contest.
Halloween Food Truck Fest Trick-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/05/2025 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Compass Child Care, 8035 Riverdale Dr, Ramsey, MN, 55303Mississippi Gateway Howl-O-Ween
Date: 10/10/2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Mississippi Gateway Regional Dog Park, 10126 W River Road, Brooklyn Park, MN, 55444Bring your dog to celebrate Howl-O-Ween at Mississippi Gateway Regional Dog Park, including Pawtography, three-minute Caricatures (bring a photo), pup cups and treat bags for the first 100 dogs, access to the off-leash area, and live music!
Otsego Pumpkin Patch (FREE)
Date: 10/11/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Prairie Park, 13355 90th Street Northeast, Otsego, MN, 55330Free pumpkin patch event in Otsego’s Prairie Park! Grab your costumes and get ready to trick-or-treat along the Pumpkin Patch Trail. Only kids who have registered ahead will be able to take a pumpkin home – available while supplies last. There will also be a DJ spinning Halloween music and a fall-themed photo op area. Register for one of two time slots: 10 or 11am.
Anoka Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/12/2025 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Anoka American Legion, 400 W Main St, Anoka, MN, 55303Trick or Treat at Maple Grove Farmers Market (FREE)
Date: 10/16/2025 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Church of the Open Door, 9060 Zanzibar Ln N, Maple Grove, MNDrop by Maple Grove Farmers Market for the last market day of 2025 to treat or treat. Kids of all ages can wear their costumes and trick-or-treat at the booths. Expect candy or farmers-market style treats.
Anoka Preschool Costume Contest (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Anoka City Hall, 2015 S 1st Avenue, Anoka, MN, 55303Anoka’s Halloween Preschool Costume Contest is open to children ages 0-5. Each participant receives a special treat bag. Both online and day-of registration available.
Rocky's Pumpkin Patch (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Sand Creek Athletic Complex, 1008 Northdale Blvd, Coon Rapids, MN, 55433Still need to get your Halloween jack-o-lanterns? Come out to Rocky’s Pumpkin Patch in Coon Rapids to pick out your free pumpkin (while supplies last) plus go trick-or-treating, run through the obstacle course and bounce house, get your face painted, play bingo and musical chairs and learn about organizations that serve the youth of the Coon Rapids area. Concessions will be sold by the North Star Lions Club.
Rumriver Halloween Special Free Family Art Day
Date: 10/18/2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Rumriver Art Center, 2665 4th Avenue, Anoka, MN, 55303A special Halloween-themed free family art class courtesy of Rumriver Art Center in conjunction with Anoka’s Halloween celebration. Activity is appropriate for kids ages 4 & up. Register ahead as space is limited.
Anoka Children's Pumpkin Carving Contest (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Riverfront Memorial Park, 2201 2nd Ave, Anoka, MN, 55303Children ages 3 to 12 can help carve pumpkins for Anoka’s Light Up the Night Parade.
Riverdale Village Spooktacular (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Riverdale Village, 12761 Riverdale Boulevard, Coon Rapids, MN, 55448Plenty of classic fall fun for the whole family: trick-or-treating from candy stations, pumpkin decorating (no carving necessary, materials provided), a bounce house and animals to meet in the petting zoo. Costumes are encouraged!
Cornerstone Church Crystal Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Cornerstone Church Crystal, 5000 W. Broadway, Crystal, MN, 55429Anoka Light up the Night Parade and Bonfire (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Anoka City Hall, 2015 S 1st Avenue, Anoka, MN, 55303Lighted floats parade down the darkened streets of Anoka during the famous Light Up the Night Parade followed by a bonfire with food and music. Just one of many events that earn Anoka the title of Halloween Capital of the World.
New Hope City Day & Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/23/2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: New Hope City Hall, 4401 Xylon Ave N, New Hope, MN, 55428New Hope’s City Day is a free, family-friendly event that connects the public with city services and elected officials. Engage with these inside City Hall, then head outside where the real fun begins: police, fire and public works vehicles on display and food trucks to peruse. Plus, from 7-8pm the police department hosts a free trunk-or-treat event for kids in the parking lot. Come in costume!
Anoka Big Parade of Little People (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
Location: Anoka Main Street, 1922 1st Avenue South, Anoka, MN, 55303Local school kids don their Halloween costumes and march through historic downtown Anoka for the annual Big Parade of Little People, part of Anoka’s epic Halloween celebration.
Elk River Downtown Trick-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Downtown Elk River, Downtown, Elk River, MN, 55330Kids 12 & under can collect treats at participating downtown businesses in Elk River plus photo opportunities at Rivers Edge Commons Park, a petting zoo and vehicle fair.
Anoka Halloween House Decorating Contest (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 - 10/25/2025 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: Anoka City Hall, 2015 S 1st Avenue, Anoka, MN, 55303Explore the 5-mile radius of Anoka City Hall to enjoy the community decorations participating in the annual Halloween house decorating contest.
St Michael Cinema Halloween Trail (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Location: St Michael Cinema 15, 4300 O'Day Ave NE, St Michael, MN, 55376Local businesses will have a trick-or-treat trail set up for the first 500 kids to gather goodies followed by a free Halloween kids movie at the St Michael Cinema. Showtimes to choose from are: 9:25, 9:35, 9:50, 10:05, 10:20 & 10:30am.
School Bus Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Northstar Bus Lines, 11800 95th Ave N, Maple Grove, MN, 55369A unique twist on the trunk-or-treat event: grab treats from the back ends of decorated school buses! Plus, grab free pumpkins and popcorn, get your face painted and enter the Halloween costume contest for the chance to win prizes.
FYCC Trick or Trunk Halloween Event (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Location: Town Center Park, 11800 Town Center Dr NE, St Michael, MN, 55376A free Halloween event for families in St Michael that includes a trunk-or-treat, a not-so-spooky haunted house, a straw bale maze, games, lives music and both indoor and outdoor activities.
Holy Nativity Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Holy Nativity Lutheran Church, 3900 Winnetka Avenue North, New Hope, MN, 55427Trunk or Treat around the Holy Nativity church parking lot, jump in a bouncy house, grab a free hot dog lunch plus free iced coffee for mom and dad. All ages are welcome.
Golden Valley Police Dept Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Rd, Golden Valley, MN, 55427Kids of all ages are invited to trunk or treat from the Golden Valley police & fire officers. If you are able, please bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Toys For Tots drive.
Osseo Children's Halloween Event (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Downtown Osseo, Downtown, Osseo, MN, 55369The Halloween Parade “Boo Tour” begins 11am at the fire station and parades down Central Avenue to the Boerboom Park. Kids can trick-or-treat at local businesses and play some carnival games. Full event runs until 3pm.
Luce Line Brewing Halloween Party (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Luce Line Brewing, 12901 16th Ave N, Plymouth, MN, 55441The family-oriented daytime segment of LuceLine’s Halloween Party runs from 12-5pm and includes pumpkin decorating, a coloring station with crayons and spooky sheets, Halloween music and trick-or-treat stations around the taproom. The fun continues into the evening with more adult-oriented activities from 6-10pm.
Anoka Grande Day Parade (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Anoka Main Street, 1922 1st Avenue South, Anoka, MN, 55303Anoka’s Halloween Grande Day Parade begins at State Street and Main Street and proceeds a mile and half to South Street/Military Road.
Coon Rapids Square Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Nest to Threads Boutique Marketplace, 3033 Coon Rapids Boulevard, Coon Rapids, MN, 55433The businesses of Coon Rapids Square invite kids to trick or treat from decorated trunks (vote for your favorite with prizes awarded!) and join the costume parade if they like. Plus, play games, decorate cookies and paint 3D pumpkins. Coffee and hot cocoa will be available for purchase. Event is open to kids of all ages.
Maple Grove Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Event Lot, 12500 82nd Avenue North, Maple Grove, MN, 55369Maple Grove’s community trunk-or-treat also features costume contests, a guess the weight of the pumpkin game and other fun activities. Plus free treats for all ages.
Brooklyn Park Spooktacular (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center, 5600 85th Avenue N, Brooklyn Park, MN, 55443At Brooklyn Park’s community Halloween bash, all ages can trick-or-treat down the Spooktacular trail, participate in a costume contest and enjoy a DJ, candy and a movie. This is an outdoor event so please dress for the weather. A food truck will be onsite.
Buffalo Trick-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Downtown Buffalo, Downtown, Buffalo, MNTrick or treat at participating businesses in downtown Buffalo on the last Saturday in October. Wear your costume to receive a free treat!
American Legion Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Osseo-Maple Grove American Legion, 260 4th Ave SE, Osseo, MN, 55369Messiah Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Messiah Church, 17805 County Road 6, Plymouth, MN, 55447Trick-or-treat around the church parking lot, play Halloween games and enjoy donuts, and cider. Costumes encouraged.
St Paul’s Trunk-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 710 E. Broadway Street, Osseo, MN, 55369Join St. Paul’s Lutheran Church for FREE trunk-or-treating, games, candy, and prizes for all ages!
Lunds & Byerly's Boo Blast & Fall Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/28/2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Find a Northwest Metro Lunds & Byerlys location, Lunds & Byerlys, Northwest Metro, MN, 55369Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores invite kids to dress in their Halloween costumes and drop by for free treats and other fun activities. Events run October 4-30, 2025 – please see our complete schedule for individual locations.
Andover Christian Church Great Pumpkin Party (FREE)
Date: 10/29/2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Andover Christian Church, 16045 Nightingale St NW, Andover, MN, 55304The party includes a family-friendly costume contest, hayride, food, games, and prizes! All ages welcome to drop in.
Dayton Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Trail (FREE)
Date: 10/29/2025 - 10/30/2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Cloquet Overlook Park, 13900 Dayton River Rd, Dayton, MN, 55327
Two nights only, right before Halloween! The trail connecting Cloquet Overlook Park and Elsie Stephens Park will become a magical space illuminated with pumpkins – and the public is invited to carve, decorate and add their own to the display. Or you can just walk the trail and spectate! October 29 & 30, 2025, 6-9pm.
Pumpkin special: Dayton’s Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Trail is partnering with Dehn’s Pumpkins for the event. October 24th to 26th, you can use the coupon found in the official city flyer to receive a special offer: BOGO 50% Off on pumpkins to carve for the trail. **A printed copy of the coupon is required to redeem the BOGO offer**
To participate in the trail: Drop off your completed pumpkin at the Public Works facility (13700 Zanzibar Ln. N, Dayton, MN 55327) between October 24th and 28th.
Bright Beginnings Trunk or Treat
Date: 10/29/2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Bright Beginnings Academy, 12325 Hwy 55, Plymouth, MN, 55441Join Bright Beginnings Academy Daycare and Preschool for a Trunk or Treat aimed at tots and preschoolers.
Rogers Halloween Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Rogers Event Center, 12716 Main Street, Rogers, MN, 55374It’s Rogers’ biggest free family Halloween event – a trunk or treat at the Rogers Event Center! Plus a costume contest, giveaways, yard games, a bounce house and a free indoor movie. Free parking either in the lot next to Dimaggio’s or in the lot east of the fire station.
Ramsey Pumpkin Chuck (FREE)
Date: 11/01/2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Elmcrest Park, 16303 Quicksilver Street NW, Ramsey, MN, 55303Second annual so you know it was good the first time! Lug your Halloween pumpkins to launch from slingshots or smash in the field at Elmcrest Park. Hot cider will be served, yard games will be out and the Ramsey Fire Department will be there to help smash pumpkins.
Crow River BMX Track or Treat (FREE)
Date: 11/01/2025 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Crow River BMX, 3150 Lander Ave NE, St Michael, MN, 55376
NORTHEAST METRO TWIN CITIES FREE HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Includes events in Blaine, Centerville, Columbia Heights, Forest Lake, Fridley, Hugo, Lake Elmo, Lino Lakes, Little Canada, Mahtomedi, Maplewood, Mounds View, New Brighton, Roseville, North St. Paul, Oakdale, Scandia, Shoreview, St Anthony, St Croix Falls, Stillwater, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake & Wyoming.
Mahtomedi PunkinMania (FREE)
Date: 10/11/2025 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Mahtomedi Veterans Memorial Park, 93 Mahtomedi Ave, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115Mahtomedi’s annual community pumpkin patch also features games, pumpkin crafts, refreshments and fire trucks! Admission to the event is free; small fee for pumpkins.
Spooky Stories around a Campfire
Date: 10/11/2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Lake Elmo Park Reserve, 1515 Keats Ave North, Lake Elmo, MN, 55042Listen to scary stories around a campfire with marshmallows and cider. If you are brave, you can go for a night hike until 9:30pm after the campfire. Appropriate for all ages. FREE (with $7 vehicle permit).
Forest Lake Halloween Costume Swap
Date: 10/15/2025 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: North Evironmental Center, 6065 Headwaters Parkway, Forest Lake, MN, 55025Drop in to find costumes for the whole family. Donations close October 11th and are not required to take items during the event. FREE. All Ages. Drop In.
Forgotten Star Mini Pumpkin Crafting & Decorating (FREE)
Date: 10/17/2025 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Forgotten Star Brewing, 38 Northern Stacks Dr, Fridley, MN , 55421Looking for something Halloween-y, fun and free to do during MEA bring? Forgotten Star is offering mini pumpkin crafting and decorating on Thursday and Friday – plus a big collection of board games to play and a sweet treat for each kid who comes by.
Village of Blaine Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Village of Blaine Shopping Center, 4335 Pheasant Ridge Dr NE, Blaine, MN, 55449Free trick-or-treating at Village of Blaine Cub Foods and other participating stores in the shopping center. Plus pumpkin decorating, costume prizes, games, a DJ dance party and photo backdrops.
Hudson Hilltop Pumpkin Party & Halloween Parade (FREE)
Date: 10/18/2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Camp St. Croix, 345 Riverview Drive, Hudson, WI, 54016Hudson’s annual all-ages family Halloween event includes a parade, outdoor fun and costume contests with cash prizes.
Fridley American Legion Trunk or Treat Kids Party (FREE)
Date: 10/19/2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Fridley American Legion, 7365 Central Ave NE, Fridley, MN, 55432Kids of all ages are invited to stop by the Fridley American Legion for a Halloween Party and trunk-or-treat. Additional activities include a costume contest, poke-a-pumpkin, a witches walk and lunch for everyone (adult ticket costs $5). RSVP requested in order to plan; follow the link.
Good Shepherd Circle Pines Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/19/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1 Shepherd Ct, Circle Pines, MN , 55014Join in the church trunk-or-treat event with free candy, a photo booth, popcorn, face painting, live music and a petting zoo. Donations accepted for the St Paul Outreach Center – see provided link for needed items.
Lunds & Byerly's Boo Blast & Fall Festival (FREE)
Date: 10/23/2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Find a Northeast Metro Lunds & Byerlys location, Lunds & Byerlys, Northeast Metro, MN, 55113Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores invite kids to dress in their Halloween costumes and drop by for free treats and other fun activities. Events run October 4-30, 2025 – please see our complete schedule for individual locations.
Mounds View Fall Festival Trick-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/23/2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Mounds View Community Center, 5394 Edgewood Dr, Mounds View, MN , 55112Ooooh, it’s time for all the seasonal spooky stuff – a trunk-or-treat, dance party, photo booth, bounce house and more fun. Wear your costumes!
Apple Ford WBL Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Apple Ford, 1493 County Road E East, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110It’s fun, it’s free, and aside from all the sugar it’s pretty wholesome. Enjoy (and vote on) the decorated trunks, gather treats, ogle the “spooked out” show floor, play games and show off your Halloween costume.
Grand Exteriors Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Grand Exteriors, 10361 Jamestown St NE, Blaine, MN, 55449Kids can trunk-or-treat – plus activities just for them and vendors for their adults.
New Brighton Pumpkin Walk (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: New Brighton Veterans Park, 803 Old Highway 8, New Brighton, MN, 55112It’s New Brighton’s magical evening of glowing pumpkins in the park plus lots of free, family-friendly activities to enjoy: a KidsDance DJ for entertainment, live pumpkin carving by a pro, a traveling petting zoo, a Halloween trunk-or-treat event, food trucks and photo ops.
Vadnais Heights Halloween Party & Scarecrow Trail (FREE)
Date: 10/24/2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Community Park, 661 County Rd F E, Vadnais Heights, MN, 55127Vadnais Heights’ Halloween Party involves a costume parade along the Scarecrow Trail, followed by games and treats on the softball field. Vote for your favorite scarecrow on the trail before you leave the party! The scarecrows will be on display through November 3.
Centerville Trunk-or-Treat & Touch-a-Truck (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Centerville Elementary School, 1721 Westview Street, Centerville, MN, 55038Centerville’s community Halloween event is not just a chance to score treats but all ages can see emergency vehicles like a fire truck, squad car, ambulance and snowplow.
Bergen Halloween Fest (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Bergen Plaza, 7169 10th Street North, Oakdale, MN, 55128The shops at Bergen Plaza are hosting trick-or-treating for kids of all ages. Plus a bounce house, balloon artist, face painting, character meet-and-greets and a visit from a firetruck, too.
White Bear Lake Downtown Candy Crawl (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Downtown, White Bear Lake, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110It’s time to trick-or-treat in downtown White Bear Lake! Kids of all ages (and pups, too) are welcome to gather treats from participating downtown businesses.
Abiding Savior Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, 8211 Red Oak Dr, Mounds View, MN, 55112The church hosts their 9th annual Trunk or Treat event in the Abiding Savior parking lot – decorated trunks and plenty of candy. Dress in costume if you like!
First Free Church Truck Or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: First Evangelical Free Church of Maplewood, 2696 Hazelwood Street, Maplewood, MN, 55109All the fun of a touch-a-truck and trunk-or-treat combined into one free event. Visit decorated trunks in fun themes, get candy, go on a hayride, and explore industrial machines and trucks. Hot dogs and hot chocolate available. Best for ages 12 and under.
Living Waters Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Living Waters Lutheran Church, 865 Birch Street, Lino Lakes, MN, 55014Families can dress in costume and go trunk to trunk for treats in a safe and welcoming environment.
Blaine Harley-Ween (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Twin Cities Harley Davidson North, 1355 98th Ave NE, Blaine, MN, 55434Twin Cities Harley Davidson North has a Halloween event that will really rev your engines: Harley-Ween! What will kids like? Trick-or-treating! Free candy and hot apple cider to enjoy (plus some goodies for adults). Kids can wear their Halloween costumes and bring along a hand-carved pumpkin to participate in the jack-o-lantern contest. Plus, there’s a “scare-venger” hunt for all ages.
Columbia Heights Truck or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Huset Park, 3965 Jefferson St NE, Columbia Heights, MN , 55421Combine your child’s love of vehicles with a fun Halloween event and you get Columbia Heights’ annual Truck or Treat. Kids can trick-or-treat for candy at each vehicle station.
Maplewood Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Maplewood City Hall, 1830 County Road B East, Maplewood, MN, 55109Join the Maplewood Police and Fire Departments for a free trunk or treat in the City Hall parking lot.
Real Life Church Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Real Life Church, 2353 Chatsworth St N, Roseville, MN, 55113Bring your own bag to collect candy at this trunk or treat for all ages! Plus games, popcorn, cider, face painting and more. Attendees are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes.
Church of St Paul Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Church of Saint Paul, 1740 Bunker Lake Boulevard NE, Ham Lake, MN, 55304Wear your costumes to trick or treat around the church parking lot. There will be free hot dogs, candy and games to play. (Collecting non-perishables to donate to food shelf).
Lutheran Church of Peace Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/25/2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Lutheran Church of Peace, 47 Century Avenue S, Maplewood, MN, 55119Much more than a simple trunk-or-treat event – the first 50 kids get a free pumpkin! Play around in the photo booth and guess the candy corn contest. Pick out a treat at the bake sale. And help fill a trunk with food donations to benefit Open Cupboard Food Shelf.
Forgotten Star Trunk or Treat Classic Car Show (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Forgotten Star Brewing, 38 Northern Stacks Dr, Fridley, MN , 55421A classic Halloween trunk-or-treat complete with a car decorating contest at one of the most family-friendly breweries in town! Signing up in advance to participate with your car is recommended (see our link); drive-ups the day of will be accepted if space permits. Car decorating categories are: 1) Best decorated car, 2) Staff favorite, 3) Spookiest – with gift cards as prizes. No registration needed if your kids would like to trunk or treat.
Stillwater Trick-or-Treating Main Street (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Main Street, Main Street, Stillwater, MN, 55082Participating Stillwater Main Street businesses (over 50 of them!) offer trick or treating downtown before Halloween. There will be a sign in the window to denote a participant.
Franconia Autumn Fest
Date: 10/26/2025 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Franconia Sculpture Park, 29836 St Croix Trail N, Shafer, MN, 55074Take a Halloween hayride through Franconia Sculpture Park and go on a fun scavenger hunt through the art installations weekends in October. Admission is free, hayrides are $5 per person.
2025 Franconia Hayrides & Scavenger Hunt weekends
- October 11-12 – Country Days, includes art activities and family fun
- October 18-19 – Bubble fun throughout the park & a family selfie station, beer/soda tasting
- October 25-26 – Autumn Fest with trick-or-treating and costume contests
Roseville VFW Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Roseville VFW, 1145 Woodhill Dr, Roseville, MN, 55113A free trunk or treat event open to kids of all ages – while supplies last! Head for the parking lot of the Roseville VFW.
North Haven Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: North Haven Church, 2240 15th Avenue East , North St Paul, MN, 55109PCOTW Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Presbyterian Church of The Way, 3382 Lexington Ave N, Shoreview, MN , 55126An annual trunk or treat event for kids safely celebrate Halloween. Be sure to vote for your favorite decorated trunk and sign in at the event for a chance to win a $50 gift card. Pre-event access (3:30-4pm) is reserved for kids with sensory needs.
St Mark's Lutheran Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/26/2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: St Mark's Lutheran Church, 2499 N. Helen St, North St Paul, MN, 55109More than just a free family even with decorated trunks: scoop up candy, play games, and – very exciting – North St Paul police vehicles will be on display.
Trick or Treat & Bounce Around First Lutheran (FREE)
Date: 10/28/2025 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: First Lutheran Church, 1555 40th Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN, 55421All ages are invited to trick or treat the 7 doors First Lutheran Church in Columbia Heights. Pull on your best Halloween costume, come grab some candy and take a bounce in the jump castle.
Maplewood Mall Spooktacular Candy Crawl (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Maplewood Mall, 3001 White Bear Ave, Maplewood, MN, 55109Get your sweet tooth ready, Maplewood Mall has spent big bucks on Halloween treats for its Spooktacular Candy Crawl! Taking place on Halloween night in Center Court, trick-or-treat at select stores, make Halloween crafts and snap pictures in the photo booth.
Rosedale Halloween Haul (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Rosedale Center, 1595 MN-36, Roseville, MN , 55113Rosedale Center is bringing back its spooky season event with its Halloween Haul. Kids get to trick-or-treat at participating stores, dance with the Twin Cities Road Crew and special guest characters Glinda & Elphaba of WICKED. Costumes encouraged, just please no masks for those over 12.
Fridley Fire Station Trick or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Fridley Fire Station 1, 7071 University Avenue NE, Fridley, MN, 55432Planning to trick-or-treat in Fridley? Stop by Fridley Fire Station #1 to grab a treat from the firefighters this Halloween. All ages are welcome.
Northtown Mall Trick-or-Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Northtown Mall, 398 Northtown Dr NE, Blaine, MN, 55434Kids up to age 14 are invited to trick-or-treat at participating Northtown Mall retailers. Look for the pumpkin logo in the shop windows. Come in your Halloween costume!
MORE HALLOWEEN FUN AT NORTHOWN MALL! On Halloween, stop by the Planet Imagination indoor playground to trick-or-treat and receive a BOGO coupon valid today only.
Spring Lake Park Lions Trunk or Treat (FREE)
Date: 10/31/2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Sanburnol Park, 520 Sanburnol Dr NE, Spring Lake Park, MN, 55432Trick or treating in Spring Lake Park on Halloween? Make Sanburnol Park a stop on your list – the SLP Lions are hosting a trunk or treat in the parking lot, all ages are welcome.
The Great Sculpture Costume Crawl (FREE)
Date: 11/01/2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Silverwood Park, 2500 County Road E, St. Anthony, MN, 55421Costumes encouraged as you take to Silverwood’s trails to scout the outdoor sculptures dressed in playful disguises. Collect a treats or treasure at each stop and fill a passport with stamps to earn a prize.
Where do you want to trick or treat in the Twin Cities?
Most Minneapolis-St Paul area communities offer free trick-or-treating opportunities both before and on Halloween sponsored by local businesses and churches. If you want to get some extra mileage out of your kiddo’s awesome costume and collect a few extra treats to sneak after they’ve gone to bed, you’ll want to check out our MONSTER HUGE guide to TRICK OR TREATING IN THE TWIN CITIES.
Looking for fee or ticket based Halloween events in the Twin Cities?
For our monster list of fee-based Halloween activities, jump over to our Plan Ahead Halloween Events. Many of these fun Halloween activities require pre-registration or tickets purchased in advance, so we get it out there so you can plan ahead.
Free Halloween fun at home
Free Kid-Friendly Halloween Podcast
For some free Halloween fun at home, Get FREE iTunes episodes of the Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest podcast. These kid-friendly retellings of classic Grimm fairy tales each feature a surprising twist and commentary from a classroom of kids. New in 2025 – Season 5 is out and ready for your listening pleasure!
Scary (or not so Scary) Games To Play Outside: If you are looking for some ways to encourage the spooky spirit of Halloween at home, our Outdoor Games article has a couple seasonally appropriate ideas: We explain how to play Ghost in the Graveyard, Hide-And-Go-Seek in the Dark (this could be an indoor game as well) and Weeping Angels in this article. All of these games are appropriate for groups of grade school kids and can be as spooky (or not) as the kids want to make it.
Halloween Themed Crafts: Lakeshore Learning offers a great archive of crafts you can do at home.
Want to make Halloween fun at home? You can find simple DIY, festive activities here.
Calling all ghosts and ghouls!
Union Depot will transform into a spooky day of fun for families. At this free event, you can create crafts, jam to a DJ and dance zone with prizes, enjoy Halloween-themed entertainment, get an exciting face painting, visit with a balloon artist, meet hero and Disney characters and many more exciting elements to be announced!
Dressing up in your Halloween best is encouraged!
BOOnion Depot will be indoors in the Waiting Room. Please park at Union Depot and enter the building.
Make your way to level 1 and head to the Waiting Room – follow the sound of music!
Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:00AM – 2:00PM
214 4th Street East, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55101
Thank you, Maurina. We’ve added this information.
Halloween events at Minneapolis Parks are up! https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/mplsparkandrec/activity/search?onlineSiteId=0&activity_select_param=2&activity_keyword=halloween&viewMode=list
Thank you, Kayleigh. I’ll get these listed for or readers.
There was a sign on the door at Banfil-Locke Center yesterday that said it was rescheduled for next Sunday Oct 20.
I’m sorry Alice. That can be really disappointing. I hope your kids weren’t too upset. We’ll make a note.
Do you have a correct link for the Firefighters museum event for 2019, the one posted is for Sunday Oct 28, 2018. 10/27/19: 2nd Annual HERO-ween | The Firefighters Hall & Museum, Minneapolis
The Firefighters Hall & Museum invites the public to come out for indoor trick-or-treating in the museum and meet some local HEROs from Fire, Police and Paramedics! Dress in costume or just come to visit. Meet HEROs, ask questions and take some photos with local First Responders. Everyone welcome to this FREE event. 1-4pm. note: I own the group Minnesota Resource Connection & do like to post from your site, however, I’m finding this seems to be an ongoing issue that events dates/years are not being verified before posting so I have to check each & everyone one of them, resulting in my posting directly from the source vs directing my members to your site 🙁
Hi Diane. That link should take you to the home page of the Firefighters Museum, which lists the 2019 date. I see that their event page hasn’t been updated from 2018, but they are a volunteer organization. I would trust that the home page is correct date-wise and that this year’s event will be essentially the same as last year’s event. — Joy.