North Texas businesses activate 200-plus Halloween activities across six cities

Businesses across North Texas have activated more than 200 specific Halloween activities spanning six cities, creating a dense schedule of festivals, parades, and themed dining experiences for the final week of October. The calendar extends from suburban parks to historic downtowns, offering free family events alongside paid adult-oriented excursions.

In The Colony, Stewart Creek Park hosts the Family Fright Fest on Saturday, October 24. The free afternoon event includes hayrides, games, crafts, and trick-or-treating at booths. On the same day, Truck Yard launches its annual Halloween party across six Dallas-Fort Worth locations, including a new outpost in Richardson. The venue offers a limited-time spooky drink menu, costume contests, and fortune tellers. Grandscape adds two more events later in the week: Emo Night Brooklyn on Thursday, October 29, and a family-friendly Trick or Treat Extravaganza on Halloween evening.

Frisco’s Saturday schedule features three distinct venues. The PGA District hosts Halloween Par-Tee, which offers pumpkin putting, trick-or-treating from decorated golf carts, and face painting. The Frisco Heritage Center presents Heritage Halloween, featuring historic buildings decorated for the season, hands-on crafts, and balloon animals. Frisco Square hosts Trick or Treat the Square from 1 to 4 p.m., offering carnival games, inflatables, and horse-drawn wagon rides. Costumed children collect treats at participating businesses along Coleman Boulevard.

Additional Frisco options include the Spookeasy pop-up inside Lounge by Topgolf at Omni PGA Frisco Resort & Spa. This venue pours themed cocktails, such as the Blue Diablo Margarita and Pumpkin Spice White Russian, through November 1. On Wednesday, October 28, The Star’s Little Stars Halloween returns to Tostitos Championship Plaza. This free morning event serves children ages five and under with themed games and treats. Decorated strollers are entered for a chance to win Nuna treats.

Plano’s downtown area hosts the Rest in Plano Fest on Saturday. The event takes over the Downtown Plano Arts District and Haggard Park with carnival rides, live performances, and creepy characters. Fillmore Pub sells themed cocktails and mocktails at the venue. Legacy Hall follows on Tuesday, October 27, with a free Trick-or-Treatery Halloween Parade. The event begins with a screening of Hotel Transylvania and continues with trick-or-treating and a costume parade for kids and pets.

McKinney offers several venue-specific experiences. The Yard’s Halloween Haunt runs through October 31, featuring spiderwebs, pumpkins, and a seasonal menu. The menu includes a Bobbing for Apples Old Fashioned and the S’mortuary, a vodka-spiked cold brew that benefits Cody’s Friends Dog Rescue. The Stix Icehouse holds a free Trunk or Treat with Macaroni Kid on Thursday, October 29. This event spans its 14-acre property and features the Fridged Witch frozen green apple cocktail for adults and the Slimy Slushy for kids. On Halloween, the Spooktacular Brews and Boos Walk sends costumed guests to more than 20 beverage stops in Historic Downtown McKinney.

Dallas and Fort Worth provide large-scale public gatherings. The Fort Worth Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo runs Friday through Sunday. Admission includes six treat coupons, access to a pumpkin patch, strolling characters, keeper chats, and a train ride. In Dallas, Klyde Warren Park holds its sixth-annual Trick-or-Treating in the Park on Saturday. This free event includes children’s book giveaways from Book Drive for Kids and an outdoor screening of Toy Story 5. Downtown Celina hosts Beware! of the Square on the same day, offering a haunted manor, Cirque sideshows, and more than 60 market vendors.

The Grapevine Vintage Railroad operates the Witches’ Brew Train on October 30 and 31. This two-hour round-trip excursion uses vintage 1920s coaches and features Texas craft beer and spooky entertainment. The railroad encourages guests to wear costumes.