215 spooky events fill North Texas calendars for the final week of October

October 23, 2026 marks the final stretch of the month, and North Texas operators have filled the remaining calendar with 215 distinct Halloween activities. The events span six cities and include free community gatherings, paid festival admissions, and themed dining experiences.

In The Colony, Stewart Creek Park hosts Family Fright Fest on Saturday, October 24. This free afternoon event features hayrides, games, crafts, and trick-or-treating booths. On the same day, Truck Yard holds its annual Halloween party across all six Dallas-Fort Worth locations, including the new Richardson outpost. The party includes a limited-time spooky drink menu, costume contests, and fortune tellers. Later in the week, Grandscape hosts Emo Night Brooklyn on Thursday, October 29, a DJ-led dance party focused on emo and pop-punk music. The venue will also host a family-friendly Trick or Treat Extravaganza on Halloween evening.

Frisco offers a dense slate of activities for Saturday. The PGA District hosts Halloween Par-Tee, which includes pumpkin putting on The Dance Floor, trick-or-treating from decorated golf carts, and carnival games. The Frisco Heritage Center hosts Heritage Halloween, featuring historic buildings decorated for the season, hands-on crafts, popcorn, cotton candy, and balloon animals. Frisco Square holds Trick or Treat the Square from 1 to 4 p.m., offering carnival games, inflatables, and horse-drawn wagon rides. Costumed children can collect treats at participating businesses along Coleman Boulevard. The Spookeasy pop-up at Lounge by Topgolf inside Omni PGA Frisco Resort & Spa serves themed cocktails like the Blue Diablo Margarita through November 1. On Wednesday, October 28, The Star’s Little Stars Halloween returns to Tostitos Championship Plaza with a free morning of games and treats for children ages five and under. Decorated strollers will be entered for a chance to win Nuna treats.

Plano hosts Rest in Plano Fest in the Downtown Plano Arts District and Haggard Park on Saturday. The event includes carnival rides, live performances, and creepy characters. Fillmore Pub sells themed cocktails and mocktails. Legacy Hall follows on Tuesday, October 27, with a free Trick-or-Treatery Halloween Parade. The event opens with a screening of Hotel Transylvania and continues with trick-or-treating and a costume parade for kids and pets.

In McKinney, The Yard runs Halloween Haunt through October 31. The restaurant is decorated with spiderwebs, pumpkins, and skeletons, and serves a seasonal menu that includes the Bobbing for Apples Old Fashioned and the S'mortuary, a vodka-spiked cold brew that benefits Cody's Friends Dog Rescue. The Stix Icehouse holds a free Trunk or Treat with Macaroni Kid on Thursday, October 29 across its 14-acre property. Adults can try the Fridged Witch frozen green apple cocktail while children sip the nonalcoholic Slimy Slushy. On Halloween, the Spooktacular Brews and Boos Walk sends costumed guests with a signature taster cup and map to more than 20 participating beverage stops in Historic Downtown McKinney.

The Fort Worth Zoo hosts Boo at the Zoo from Friday through Sunday. Admission covers six treat coupons per ticket or membership, plus access to a pumpkin patch, strolling characters, keeper chats, live animal presentations, a train ride, and a carousel. In Dallas, Klyde Warren Park holds its sixth-annual Trick-or-Treating in the Park on Saturday. The free event includes children's book giveaways from Book Drive for Kids and an outdoor screening of Toy Story 5. Downtown Celina hosts Beware! of the Square festival on the same day, offering trick-or-treating, a haunted manor, a kids' zone, Cirque sideshows, a pumpkin decorating contest, and more than 60 market vendors.

For adults, the Grapevine Vintage Railroad operates the Witches' Brew Train on October 30 and 31. This two-hour round-trip excursion uses vintage 1920s coaches and features Texas craft beer and spooky entertainment. Costumes are encouraged for riders.