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Best Halloween Events in Houston for Kids and Families: Haunted Houses, Festivals, and More

Get a pumpkin before Halloween at a farm fall festival. Photo courtesy of P-6 Farms, Facebook
Get a pumpkin before Halloween at a farm fall festival. Photo courtesy of P-6 Farms, Facebook
9/22/24 - By Rachael Cherry

Get your trick-or-treat bags ready, because there are lots of awesome Halloween events in Houston for kids this year, including haunted houses, pumpkin patches, and more. In fact, Houston is jam-packed with spooky fun events for kids of all ages. 

From classic fall events like the Houston Zoo Boo and Hocus Pocus Pops to out-of-this-world fun at NASA Galaxy Frights, you'll find Halloween events in Houston for every ghost and ghoul in your family. For brave big kids and teens, we have a whole section of haunted houses in Houston. Read on for some of the very best Halloween events Houston and nearby.

For more Halloween and fall ideas, don't forget to check out our top area pumpkin patches and our Houston Halloween Fun Guide.

 

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Photo courtesy of Space Center Houston
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Top Halloween Events In Houston and Nearby

Dewberry Farm Fall Festival and BOOrific Nights

Brookshire
September 14 through November 3, 2024 (Weekends)
Bring the whole family to Fall Festival and enjoy a day of Texas-sized fun filled with pumpkins, great food, friendly farm animals, and over 40 rides & attractions!  READ MORE

Blessington Farms Pumpkin Patch

Simonton
September 21 through Sunday, November 24, 2024 (Weekends)
Pick out a Pumpkin at the Fall Pumpkin Patch and enjoy some fun at Farm Funland. READ MORE

Old MacDonald's Pumpkin Patch

Humble
Saturday, September 21 through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Enjoy all the great activities like train rides, pony rides & petting zoo plus admission to the holiday pumpkin patch. READ MORE

Zoo Boo at the Houston Zoo

Museum District
Friday September 27, through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Enjoy fall festivities at the Zoo during Zoo Boo! Costumes are encouraged, and guests will have plenty of favorites to experience like the Pumpkin Lantern Tunnel, the spooktacular Scary-Go-Round, photo ops all over the Zoo, daily fall-themed enrichment with the animals, and much more! READ MORE

Annual Fall Festival and Corn Maze at P-6 Farms

Montgomery
September 28, 2024 through November 3, 2024 (Weekends)
Experience fall fun at P-6 Farms' Fall Festival, which offers exciting activities and attractions for all ages including pumpkin picking, corn maze, flower fields, and rides and attractions.  READ MORE

Pumpkin Lights at Lagoonfest Texas

Texas City
Thursday, October 3 through Sunday, October 27, 2024 (Select Dates)
Enjoy a family-friendly walking trail with thousands of hand-carved illuminated jack-o'lanterns with a crystal blue lagoon backdrop. READ MORE

Pumpkin Patch at Old Time Christmas Tree Farm

Spring
October 4 through Sunday, October 27, 2024 (Weekends)
Weekends in October transform Old Time Christmas Tree Farm into a Pumpkin Patch ripe for the picking, and includes lots of other activities like train and hayrides, a petting zoo, inflatables, and other fall-inspired family fun. READ MORE

Boo on the Boardwalk in Kemah

Kemah – FREE
October 4 through October 31, 2024 (Weekends)
Freaky Fridays, Scary Saturdays, and Spooky Sundays can only mean one thing... Boo on the Boardwalk is back and as hauntingly fun as ever. READ MORE

Spooktacular at the Depot at Tomball Depot Plaza

Tomball – FREE
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Grab the family and your Halloween costumes and head to Spooktacular to kick off Halloween fun at Tomball Depot Plaza. There are games, bounce houses, face painters, food, music, a movie, and a pumpkin photo boo-th. READ MORE

Halloween at the BOO!seum at Children's Museum Houston

Museum District
Saturday, October 12 thtough Thursday, October 31, 2024
This October, come partake in spine-tingling experiments, spirit-lifting interactive and slime-filled fun during Halloween at the BOO!seum. Creep your way through the Museum in search of goblins, goodies and goo! Grab your favorite costume and your best ghoul-friends to set out on a trick-or-treat quest every day.   READ MORE

Hocus Pocus Pops at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

The Woodlands – FREE
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Enjoy a  Houston Symphony show that will haunt your memory for decades to come. Expect trick or treating in the plazas, songs with just the right amount of scary, and fun spread out over every inch of The Pavilion. READ MORE

ArBOOretum at the Houston Arboretum

Memorial Park
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Grab your costumes and get the kids together for the Arboretum’s biggest family event of the year! ArBOOretum features fun fall activities for all ages including live animals, pumpkin decorating, and Houston’s only Trick-or-Treat Nature Trail. Enjoy these fall classics and so much more! READ MORE

KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou

East Downtown – FREE
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Kids Day is a free annual event for the entire community to experience a full day of fun including hands-on nature activities, a birds of prey show, music, performances, face painting, and more! READ MORE

Halloween in the Hangar at Lone Star Flight Museum

Southeast Houston
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Get ready for some spooky fun at Lone Star Flight Museum! Kids can trick or treat in the hangar, enjoy storytime, or create some spooky crafts for a frightfully good time.  READ MORE

Nature Discovery Center's Pumpkin Patch & Fall Festival

Bellaire – FREE
Saturday & Sunday, Oct 19 & 20, 2024
Pick out the perfect pumpkin and enjoy some fall fun at the Bellaire Nature Discovery Center's annual Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch. READ MORE

Galaxy Frights at Space Center Houston

Southeast Houston
October 19 through October 27, 2024 (Weekends)
Space Center Houston transforms into a launchpad for space-themed Halloween fun. Transport the whole family to explore the wonders of space–with a spooky twist! Show off Halloween costumes, enjoy special activities, and more.   READ MORE

The Great Pumpkin Hunt at Bellaire Town Square

Bellaire – FREE
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Don your Halloween best and hunt for toys, candy & prize-filled pumpkins. There will be music, prizes, face-painting, and more. READ MORE

Scream on the Green at Discovery Green

Downtown – FREE
Friday, October 25, 2024
Scream on the Green® returns with a costume contest, living sculptures, palm readers and psychics, games, music, and more. Plus, enjoy a screening of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. READ MORE

Trick or Treat at Woodchase Park

Westchase District – FREE
Friday, October 25, 2024
Enjoy candy stations, character photos, face painting, a game truck, balloon artists, a bounce house, a live DJ, games, food trucks, and more. READ MORE

Creepy Crawlers at Armand Bayou Nature Center

Pasadena
Saturday, October 26, 2024
The annual Creepy Crawlers non-scary Halloween alternative event is back! Experience the mystery of hiking at night in a small group with others or as a private adventure. READ MORE

M-K-T Hike, Bike & Fright Fest

The Heights – FREE
Saturday, October 26, 2024
  Give 'em pumpkin to talk about with M-K-T Hike, Bike & Fright Fest's 5th annual event packed with frightfully fun live entertainment, a sitewide HallowGreen Houston Plant Market, and a FREE kiddo and dog-friendly Trick-or-Treat Trail with stops for sweets and spooky surprises throughout M-K-T! READ MORE

Deer Park Halloween Carnival at Jimmy Burke Activity Center

Deer Park – FREE
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Enjoy the Deer Park Halloween Carnival with rides, Pumpkin Town games, a costume contest, Beetlejuice "scarecrow" decorating contest, and other attractions.    READ MORE

Trick or Treat Trail featuring Monster Mash

The Woodlands – FREE
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Princesses, pirates, ghosts, and goblins are invited to don their costumes and enjoy a spooktacular celebration at the annual Trick or Treat Trail featuring Monster Mash.  READ MORE

SpookTacular at The Woodlands Children's Museum

The Woodlands
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wear your costumes and join the museum for its annual SpookTacular Halloween Monster Mash Party. This non-spooky event will be filled with child-friendly games and activities. READ MORE

7 Acre Wood Thrill at the Mill

Conroe – FREE
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Pick from the pumpkin patch and enjoy hayrides, face painting, and pony rides at this family-friendly festival. READ MORE
Photo courtesy of Visit Galveston
Photo courtesy of Visit Galveston

Haunted Houses in Houston for Scarier Halloween Fun

Haunted Mayfield Manor in Galveston

Galveston
Monday, September 16, through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Haunted Mayfield Manor features ghosts, ghouls, and all sorts of haunts that will have you screaming your way out.  READ MORE

Houston Terror Dome

Channelview
September 20 through November 2, 2024 (Select dates)
Head to Channelview for a fully air-conditioned complex of horrors at The Houston Terror Dome. Don't let the AC fool you—these terrors will have you sweating long after you leave.  READ MORE

Creepy Hollow Haunted House in Rosharon

Rosharon
September 27 through October 31, 2024 (Weekends)
 Located only minutes from Downtown Houston, Creepy Haunted Hollow House features three haunted attractions, multiple shows, amazing food, and games.  READ MORE

REDRUM Fear Park in Richmond

Richmond
September 28 through November 2, 2024 (Select dates)
REDRUM Haunted House features spooky attractions accompanied by live music, which include Cinegore, Twisted Circus 3D, Redrum Lazer Fury, and the Deadwood Asylum. READ MORE

Phobia Haunted House Kemah

Kemah
September 28 though November 2, 2024 - (Select dates)
Head to Phobia Haunted House for an evening of horrors that will have you screaming for more.  READ MORE

Phobia Haunted House BW 8

South Houston
September 28 through November 2, 2024 (Select dates)
Head to Phobia Haunted House for an evening of horrors that will have you screaming for more.  READ MORE

Haunted Drive

Cleveland
October 4, through November 2, 2024 - (Weekends)
Get ready for some spooky fun! This 1.5-mile drive through a haunted house is fun for all ages. There is also a kid's haunted house, a trick-or-treat area, a haunted maze, and an adult haunted house. READ MORE

Houston Scream Fest

Southeast Houston
October 4 through November 2, 2024 (Weekends)
Get ready to run for your lives at Houston Scream Fest. This is more than just your average haunted house, it's a festival in the scary sense.  READ MORE

Haunted Trails in Cypress

Cypress
October 5 through November 2, 2024 (Weekends)
Dare to walk among the Haunted Trails in the dark woods of a Haunted Farm. Experience thrills, chills, and frightening creatures.  READ MORE

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Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
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