Take your little critters out and enjoy some spooktacular family fun! Neighborhood carnivals, festivals, trunk or treats and more. Join in the fun this Halloween and have a ball trick or treating in the east valley!
Apache Junction
Halloween Festival: October 28th 4-8 pm. Join AJ Parks & Rec. for their annual Halloween Festival.
Chandler
Halloween Spooktacular. October 27th: 5:30-8:30pm
Gather your lil’ ghosts and goblins and trick-or-treat your way through Downtown Chandler where you’ll enjoy a family night filled with spirited fun. We’ve got a boo-nanza of spooky shenanigans that are sure to delight ghouls and boos of all ages. Admission into the park is free.
Harvest Festival, October 21, 2-8 pm
Head to Chandler’s Cornerstone campus for a night of free fun for families. Kids will gather TONS of candy, plus experience so much more fall fun, like rides, giveaways, crafts, bounce houses, photo booths and more!
Scottsdale
Salt River Fields Spooktacular Hot Air Balloon Festival: October 27-29, 5-9:30 p.m.
Fun and safe trick-or-treating for the family where more than 4,000 pounds candy will be handed out. There will be over 20+ hot air balloons from around the country join in the Halloween festivities this year! Each balloon will be a trick-or-treat station with candy & treats handed out all night long!
Plus, kids and adults can showcase your best costumes in our nightly costume contests.
Mesa
Kooky Halloween Costume Party: October 14, 5-7 p.m.
Head to Superstition Springs for a special Halloween trick or treating candy buffet, plus meet “Wednesday and Thing” photo opp, take-art in multiple costume contests with trophies and enjoy music, crafts, games, prizes + MORE! Free.
Halloween Boo!: October 31st: 10-11 a.m.
It’s time to dress up, grab a treat bag, and get a jumpstart on trick-or-treating with a story to guide the way!
Join Mesa Public Library for our Halloween Boo Storywalk in the Dobson Ranch Park. This year we’ll be joined by City of Mesa departments, Kids Need to Read, and Mesa Arts Center’s Mobile Art-Based Engagement Lab (MABEL).
Downtown Mesa trick or treating: October 28, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Head to Main Street for free, safe trick or treating from downtown businesses handing out treats! Plus there will be activities and games on Macdonald. More details be announced closer to the 2023 date.
Tempe
Halloween Stroll: October 29th: 2-5 p.m.
Ghosts, goblins, and princesses of all ages come to 6th Street Park in Downtown Tempe for some not-so-spooky Halloween fun! Play Halloween-themed games, make spooky crafts, or enter our Kids-Only Costume Contest! Did we also mention that there is trick-or-treating with over 25 downtown merchants?! See you at the Downtown Tempe Halloween Stroll in October!
Creepy Candy Craw: October 18, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Tempe Marketplace
Calling all goblins, ghosts and ghouls! Get ready for a haunted Halloween bash at Creepy Candy Crawl! Dress up in your spookiest and kookiest costumes to partake in contests, parade through The District, trick-or-treat from store to store, snap free photos in the booth and enjoy games, prizes and entertainment.
Queen Creek
Truck or Treat: October 21st: 5-9pm
Trunk or Treat will take place on Ellsworth Road (between Ocotillo and Rittenhouse.)
Save the date for this unique annual event! Trunk or Treat provides a safe environment for families to enjoy an inexpensive evening of Halloween fun in a festival atmosphere!
Children trick-or-treat by going from car trunk to car trunk on “Trunk or Treat Street” to get their bag filled with goodies. Individuals or groups sign up to host and decorate a trunk, and the Town provides all the candy to be given out at the event. Admission is free.
Ghouls, goblins and ghosts of all ages will enjoy a festival of activities. So come out and join us for some ghoulish games, frightening food and freaky fun.
That event in Gilbert is from 2016. Do you have any information from 2017?
Hey Jessica!
I missed deleting that trick or treat event! Oops! I’ve searched and searched I was able to find if they are doing the event this year. If I find it I’ll keep you update! 🙂