Halloween in Dallas/Ft. Worth means much more than just one night of neighborhood trick-or-treating. It’s an entire month of fun and scary events throughout the metroplex – for kids, adults and families. Concerts, movies, pub crawls and safe trick-or-treating sites are just a few of the many options around town. Halloween also happens to be a favorite of the RestoPros’ staff, so we compiled a list of essential events to help you plan the perfect spooky celebration.
Trick or Treating in the Children’s Adventure Garden (Dallas Arboretum)
October 27 – October 29, 6-9pm
$10 General Admission; $8 Member
Dress in your Halloween costume and join the Dallas Arboretum for a spooky, night-time exploration of the Children’s Adventure Garden. Take a journey through the Halloween maze. Trick-or-Treat stops along the pathways guide your candy search by the ghouls and goblins that haunt the garden. Create your own glow-in-the-dark flower. Then stop by the Exploration Center for the glowing excitement of hands-on Halloween fog and goo. This special opportunity to see the garden in dark shadows and twinkling lights is sure to thrill your family this Halloween.
Boo at the Zoo
Oct. 27-29, 10 am – 5pm Daily
The Fort Worth Zoo’s annual daytime Halloween celebration features treat stations, carnival games and animal shows. Free with zoo admission ($10-$14; children 2 and younger are free).
1989 Colonial Parkway, Fort Worth
Highland Park School Orchestras’ Halloween “Hauntcert”
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 7pm
This annual concert is free!
NorthPark Center in the NorthCourt
8687 N. Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75225
Treat Street
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 6pm
Fort Worth Stockyards
130 East Exchange Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76164
http://www.fortworthstockyards.org/events
Dark Hour Haunted House
Sept. 22-Oct. 31
7 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday and 7-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday. General admission: $10 (Carl’s Playhouse); $23-$30 (Dark Hour). Combo general admission: $31-$38. Fast pass admission: $20-$70. 701 Taylor Drive, Plano
Hangman’s House of Horrors
Sept. 22-Nov.4: Hours Vary by Day
Tickets: $12.50-$29.
4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth.
Scare on the Square
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 4pm
McKinney Historic Downtown Square
111 N. Tennessee St.
McKinney, TX 75069
http://www3.mckinneytexas.org/660/Scare-on-the-Square
Granbury Ghosts & Legends Tour
Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm and 9:15 pm
Spend a spooky evening with ghost stories and legends of historic Granbury, located southwest of Fort Worth. There are two tours on each night, weather permitting. Tickets are $10 per person and $7 for children 12 years of age and under. For reservations, contact 817-559-0849.
https://www.granburytours.com/
Howl-O-Ween at Great Wolf Lodge
Hours: Morning to Night
100 Great Wolf Drive
Grapevine, TX 76051
Resort direct: (817) 488-6510
https://www.greatwolf.com/grapevine/deals/howl-o-ween
Halloween on Lowest Greenville Avenue
Oct. 31, 11am
Area businesses will be handing out candy for trick or treaters and the Greenville Avenue Pizza Company will be giving out a free Halloween pizza topped with Nutella, Candy Corn, Marshmallows, M&Ms and Heath Bars! Beginning at 11:00 a.m., kids can trick-or-treat at many of the strip’s fine establishments, including Greenville Avenue Pizza Company.