Halloween

Time of the season

Haunted houses, a corn maze, hayrides a farm actually posts, and the parade. Community places, not music rooms. For Halloween the search goes about 30 miles out. The houses, the hayrides, and the corn mazes are usually on a farm road, not downtown.

Family night · ChicagoHalloween at the zooLincoln Park Zoo · Lincoln ParkThe zoo’s fall nights · see their calendarThe zoo posts whether the night is free or ticketedHaunted hayride · ChicagoSonny Acres Wicked Hollows Haunted HayrideSonny Acres Wicked Hollows Haunted Hayride · West Chicago · 28 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · ChicagoNightmare on Clark StreetNightmare on Clark Street · Chicago · 7 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · ChicagoChase Park After DarkChase Park After Dark · Chicago · 8 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · ChicagoThe CatacombsThe Catacombs · Chicago · 10 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageCorn maze · ChicagoKonow's Corn MazeHomer Glen, IL · 25 miles outDaily through Oct 2026: Mon & Wed-Sat 10am-8pm, Tue 3-8pm, Sun 10am-7pm$18 Mon-Fri; $20 Sat-Sun; 2 and under freeCorn maze · ChicagoKroll's Fall Harvest FarmWaukegan, IL · 37 miles outThrough Oct 31, 2026; closed Tuesdays; weekend timed ticketsWeekends $14 adults / $12 kids; weekdays maze $8/$6Pumpkin patch · ChicagoTobie Family Farm Pumpkin PatchGrayslake, IL · 40 miles outFri-Sun 10am-7pm through Oct 31, 2026See websiteFall festival · ChicagoBoo! at the Zoo at Brookfield Zoo ChicagoBrookfield, IL · 9 miles outThrough Oct 25, 2026; weekdays 10am-5pm, weekends 10am-6pm (full trick-or-treating Oct 24-25, 11am-5pm)Included with zoo admission; free for membersHalloween parade · ChicagoArts in the Dark Halloween ParadeChicago, IL · 3 miles outSat Oct 24, 2026, eveningFreeHalloween parade · ChicagoHaunted Halsted Halloween ParadeChicago, IL · 6 miles outSat Oct 31, 2026; Haunted Halsted Fest from 11am, parade 7pmFreeHalloween parade · ChicagoLincoln Park SpooktacularChicago, IL · 5 miles outSat-Sun Oct 24-25, 2026, 1-4pmFreeHalloween parade · ChicagoArlington Heights Trunk or TreatArlington Heights, IL · 23 miles outSat Oct 24, 2026, 10am-12:30pm$10 pre-register / $15 walk-in per child; adults freePumpkin patch · ChicagoBengtson's Pumpkin FarmHomer Glen, IL · 22 miles outSep 4 - Nov 8, 2026; open dailyFrom $23.99