🎃Parade
Village Halloween Parade
New York, NY
One of the world's largest public Halloween celebrations — a mile-long puppet parade winding through Greenwich Village.
📅 October 31
Frights close to home
Halloween events near you
Enter your zip code or city name and we'll surface the closest costume parades, haunted houses, theme-park fright nights, and ghost tours — sorted by distance.
Halloween events across the country
A hand-picked lineup of well-known Halloween happenings from coast to coast — search above to find the ones nearest you.
🔥Festival
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow, NY
Tours, horseman reenactments, and jack-o'-lanterns along the Hudson in the real Headless Horseman's hometown.
📅 October weekends
🧙Festival
Salem Haunted Happenings
Salem, MA
A month-long witch-city festival of parades, psychic fairs, and haunted happenings in America's most storied Halloween town.
📅 All October
🧟Theme Park
Six Flags Fright Fest
Jackson, NJ
Six Flags Great Adventure turns after-dark with haunted mazes, scare zones, and roller coasters in the dark.
📅 Select nights, Sep–Nov
🪩Parade
West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval
West Hollywood, CA
A legendary open-street costume party on Santa Monica Boulevard — one of the biggest Halloween bashes on the West Coast.
📅 October 31
🧛Theme Park
Knott's Scary Farm
Buena Park, CA
The original theme-park haunt — haunted houses, scare zones, and live shows take over Knott's Berry Farm.
📅 Select nights, Sep–Oct
🧟Theme Park
Halloween Horror Nights
Orlando, FL
Universal Orlando's cinematic haunted houses and scare zones from the creators of the genre's biggest scares.
📅 Select nights, Sep–Oct
🐺Theme Park
Howl-O-Scream
Tampa, FL
Busch Gardens Tampa turns terrifying after dark with haunted houses, roaming creatures, and coasters.
📅 Select nights, Sep–Oct
🎭Parade
Krewe of Boo! Parade
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans' official Halloween parade rolls through the French Quarter with throws and spooky floats.
📅 Mid-October
🎃Parade
Anoka Halloween Parade
Anoka, MN
Anoka calls itself the Halloween Capital of the World — its parades have run since 1920.
📅 October
🕯️Ghost Tour
Savannah Ghost Tours
Savannah, GA
Walk America's most haunted city past cemeteries and historic squares, lantern-lit through the moss and mystery.
📅 Year-round, busiest in Oct
🕯️Ghost Tour
St. Augustine Ghost Tours
St. Augustine, FL
The oldest city in the U.S. opens its cemeteries and colonial streets for haunted lantern tours.
📅 Year-round, busiest in Oct
🪩Festival
Castro Halloween
San Francisco, CA
A sprawling, costumed street party in the Castro that's been a San Francisco Halloween tradition for decades.
📅 October 31
🎃Festival
Chicago Halloween Events
Chicago, IL
Costume balls, haunted houses, and Midnight Circus round out a busy Halloween season across the city.
📅 October
🎸Festival
Austin Halloween
Austin, TX
From haunted houses to costumed runs and live music, Austin keeps the Halloween weird and wonderful.
📅 October
🌼Festival
Día de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever
Los Angeles, CA
A vibrant Day of the Dead celebration with altars, art, and music at Hollywood Forever Cemetery — Halloween weekend adjacent.
📅 Late October
🏚️Haunted House
Terror Behind the Walls
Philadelphia, PA
A massive haunted house inside the historic Eastern State Penitentiary — one of the country's most acclaimed.
📅 Sep–Nov
🏚️Haunted House
The Darkness
St. Louis, MO
An award-winning multi-level haunted attraction in downtown St. Louis.
📅 Sep–Nov
🧟Festival
Denver Zombie Crawl
Denver, CO
Thousands of 'zombies' crawl through downtown Denver each October in a costumed mob.
📅 Mid-October
🏚️Haunted House
Georgetown Morgue
Seattle, WA
A long-running immersive haunted house in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood.
📅 October
🏚️Haunted House
Fear Farm
Phoenix, AZ
A sprawling outdoor haunt with multiple mazes on the west edge of Phoenix.
📅 Sep–Nov
🚂Haunted House
Terror on the Fox
Green Bay, WI
A haunted attraction inside a historic train depot alongside the Fox River.
📅 October
Count the days, then go
Know when to be there with the live countdown, and dress the part with costume ideas.