North Texas venues schedule 130 events for Halloween week

Businesses and community groups across North Texas have scheduled more than 130 distinct Halloween events for the final week of October. The calendar spans six cities, including The Colony, Frisco, Plano, McKinney, Celina, and Fort Worth. Activities range from free neighborhood trick-or-treating to paid entertainment experiences such as cocktail pop-ups and train rides.

The schedule builds toward the holiday with a mix of family-oriented and adult-focused programming. Venues have announced specific dates and times for these gatherings, ensuring a continuous lineup of options from Oct. 24 through Nov. 1.

In The Colony, Stewart Creek Park hosts Family Fright Fest on Oct. 24. The free event includes hayrides, games, crafts, and booth-based trick-or-treating. Truck Yard operates a Halloween party on the same date at its six Dallas-Fort Worth locations, including its new Richardson site. That gathering features a limited-time spooky drink menu, costume contests, and fortune tellers. Grandscape concludes The Colony's weekend offerings with Emo Night Brooklyn, a DJ-led dance party, on Oct. 29. The venue also hosts a family-friendly Trick or Treat Extravaganza on Oct. 31.

Frisco venues offer several concurrent options on Oct. 24. Halloween Par-Tee at the PGA District provides pumpkin putting, trick-or-treating from decorated golf carts, and face painting. Heritage Halloween at the Frisco Heritage Center features decorated historic buildings, crafts, and food vendors. Frisco Square hosts Trick or Treat the Square from 1 to 4 p.m., offering carnival games, inflatables, and wagon rides for children collecting treats along Coleman Boulevard. The Spookeasy pop-up inside Lounge by Topgolf at Omni PGA Frisco Resort & Spa serves themed cocktails through Nov. 1. The Star's Little Stars Halloween returns to Tostitos Championship Plaza on Oct. 28, providing free morning games for children under five.

Plano hosts R.I.P. Fest in the Downtown Plano Arts District and Haggard Park on Oct. 24. The event includes carnival rides, live performances, and photo opportunities. Fillmore Pub sells themed cocktails and mocktails for the occasion. Legacy Hall holds a free Trick-or-Treatery Halloween Parade on Oct. 27. The event begins with a screening of Hotel Transylvania, followed by trick-or-treating and a costume parade for children and pets.

McKinney's calendar includes The Yard's Halloween Haunt, which runs through Oct. 31. The restaurant features seasonal decor and a menu that includes a Bobbing for Apples Old Fashioned and a vodka-spiked cold brew benefiting Cody's Friends Dog Rescue. The Stix Icehouse hosts a free Trunk or Treat with Macaroni Kid on Oct. 29 across its 14-acre property. The Spooktacular Brews and Boos Walk takes place on Oct. 31, sending costumed guests to more than 20 beverage stops in Historic Downtown McKinney using a provided map and taster cup.

The Fort Worth Zoo runs Boo at the Zoo from Oct. 30 through Oct. 31. Admission includes six treat coupons, access to a pumpkin patch, strolling characters, keeper chats, live animal presentations, a train ride, and a carousel. In Dallas, Klyde Warren Park hosts its sixth-annual Trick-or-Treating in the Park on Oct. 24. The free event includes children's book giveaways from Book Drive for Kids and an outdoor screening of Toy Story 5.

Downtown Celina holds the Beware! of the Square festival on Oct. 24. The program features trick-or-treating, a haunted manor, a kids' zone, Cirque sideshows, a pumpkin decorating contest, and more than 60 market vendors. The Grapevine Vintage Railroad operates the Witches' Brew Train on Oct. 30 and 31. This two-hour round-trip excursion uses vintage 1920s coaches and includes Texas craft beer and spooky entertainment, with costumes encouraged for passengers.