Cincinnati Halloween and Fall activities with something for the whole family!
From pick-your-own pumpkin patches to haunted houses, these attractions bring together culture, creativity, and a sense of community spirit. Local events provide the perfect opportunity to enjoy the fall season while supporting family-owned organizations and businesses. Get ready to explore Cincinnati’s fall festivals and create lasting memories with family and friends.
Cincinnati’s fall and Halloween activities offer something special for everyone in the community. Whether seeking family-friendly fun, spooky haunted attractions, or festive fall events, there’s no shortage of options. This season, connect with neighbors and celebrate what makes autumn in Cincinnati unique.
Although children look forward to tricks and treats, Halloween can be scary for parents. Halloween should be both fun and safe. Ensure that you travel in groups and adhere to the designated times. Cincinnati Trick-or-Treat hours are from 6 to 8 p.m.
*Dates and times are subject to change. Please confirm the event times before attending. Buy tickets or make reservations soon, as they may sell out!
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Family-Friendly Fall Festivals and Halloween Events in Cincinnati
OctKNOWber Nights
October 21 through 30
2 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.
Know Theatre (OTR)
Starting at $22
Get into the Halloween spirit with local artists highlighted in comedy shows, staged readings, secret lineups, and more.Some shows are suitable for mature audiences.
Sayler Park Spooktacular
October 23
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Recreation Center (Sayler Park)
Free Admission
Kids can enjoy a festive afternoon of trunk-or-treating followed by Halloween carnival games and family-friendly fun inside the Recreation Center, with costumes encouraged and treats galore.
Pleasant Ridge Ghoul Fest Trunk or Treat
October 23
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Recreation Center (Pleasant Ridge)
Free Admission
A fun, safe environment for children and adults. Participants can decorate their car trunks, hand out candy, and dress up in costumes. Vendors will also be on-site. Enjoy music by DJ E-BO, along with beverages, games, and more!
Howl at the Hall
October 23
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Westwood Town Hall (Westwood)
Free Admission
Bring your little ghouls and goblins to Westwood Town Hall for a free family-friendly Halloween celebration featuring games, crafts, trick-or-treating, complimentary popcorn, local sweet treats, a movie under the stars, and festive fun for all ages.
Fright Fest: Ghostbusters (1984)
October 23
8:30 p.m.
Washington Park (OTR)
Free Admission
Enjoy Halloween movie screenings that are sure to send shivers down your spine! Meet on the Lawn before the show for Ghostbusters-themed games and activities.
Evanston BYOP Party
October 24
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Recreation Center (Evanston)
Free Admission
Bring a pumpkin and enjoy decorating, carving, a best pumpkin contest, costume contest, face painting, henna, games, music, food, drinks, and sweet goodies
College Hill Trunk or Treat
October 24
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Town Hall (College Hill)
Free Admission
Dress up in your favorite costume, grab some candy, and enjoy an afternoon of fun activities and Halloween excitement!
Haunted Village
Fridays and Saturdays through October 24
6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Heritage Village Museum (Sharonville)
Starting at $12
Celebrate the spooky season with this family-friendly, slight-fright event. Trick or treat through the Village meeting ghosts, witches, monsters, and a fortune teller. Enjoy games, a haunted house, balloon animals, and more!
Fright Fest: Beetlejuice (1988)
October 24
7 p.m.
Ziegler Park (OTR)
Free Admission
Enjoy Halloween movie screenings that are sure to send shivers down your spine! Dress your best and enter to win the costume contest.
Fall Fest
October 24 & 25
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Free Admission
Washington Park (OTR)
Enjoy shopping from local vendors, live music, a free pumpkin patch, and more!
Fright Fest: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Hotel Transylvania
October 25
7:30 p.m.
Imagination Alley (OTR)
Free Admission
Enjoy Halloween movie screenings that are sure to send shivers down your spine! Meet up for a spooky double-header paired with pumpkin painting.
Boo Fest
October 29
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
YMCA (Blue Ash)
Free Admission
Enjoy a spook-tacular evening with Trunk or Treat in partnership with the Blue Ash Chamber. Costumes encouraged. Open to the community!
Boo Fest
October 29
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Gamble-Nippert YMCA (Westwood)
Free Admission
Families can enjoy a festive evening of costume contests, trunk-or-treating, pumpkin decorating, crafts, an outdoor movie night, and fun-filled field games including mummy races, spoon relays, ring toss, Jenga, and more!
Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run
October 31
9 a.m.
Sawyer Point Park & Yeatman’s Cove (Downtown)
Starting at $55
Get ready to tackle the 5K (3.1 miles) in downtown Cincy this October. Open to all ages and abilities, runners and walkers will enjoy a picture-perfect course. After crossing the finish line, enjoy a cup of apple cider while you choose the perfect pumpkin!
Halloween at CMC
October 31
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Cincinnati Museum Center (West End)
Free for Members or included with Museum Admission
It’s all treats and no tricks during a family-friendly day of spooky fun. Go mad in the lab with our scientists and dance the Monster Mash. And what’s a little Halloween fun without skeletons? Enjoy some of the biggest skeletons around: dinosaurs! Costumes encouraged!
Jack O’Lantern Glow
Through October 31; Closed October 12, and 19
6 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (Avondale)
Starting at $10, This is a separate ticketed event. Event not included with Zoo membership or regular Zoo admission.
An immersive walkthrough experience with more than 6,000 hand-carved pumpkins and fall displays along a half-mile trail in the Zoo.
Halloween Haunt
Select nights, through October 31
Hours Vary
Kings Island (Mason)
Starting at $64
The fully transformed amusement park features bone-chilling scare mazes and scare zones. Hundreds of horrifying creatures, such as zombies and scarecrows, hide in every corner. With plenty of terror, Halloween Haunt is not recommended for children under 13 years old.
Cincinnati Fear Fest
Select nights through November 1
Hour Vary
Cincinnati Fear Fest (Williamsburg)
Starting at $32.99
Experience three unique haunted houses, a ghost-town Halloween festival, and a lively atmosphere featuring bars, live music, an oddities market, and food vendors. Not recommended for children under 13 years old.
Underwater Pumpkin GLOW
Through November 1
Hours Vary
Newport Aquarium (Newport)
Starting at $28
Some of your animal friends will get pumpkin treats and special seasonal enrichment while Jack-O-Lanterns become artificial reefs for the animals to explore. It’s a fall adventure like you’ve never experienced before, filled with family fun and memories at every turn. Kids of all ages are welcome to create their own pumpkin masterpiece using non-toxic acrylic paint markers.
HallZOOween
Saturdays and Sundays through November 1
Noon – 5 p.m.
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (Avondale)
Included with Zoo admission
Enjoy Trick or Treat stations and special animal enrichment throughout the zoo.
Tricks and Treats Fall Fest
Select days, through November 11
Hours vary
Kings Island (Mason)
Starting at $45
Come dressed in Halloween attire for the Halloween costume contest. Plus, enjoy skeleTONS of delicious seasonal treats, drinks, and, of course, candy!
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Fall Festivals and Halloween Events in Cincinnati for Adult Audiences
After Hours: Halloween Edition
October 22
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Cincinnati Museum Center (West End)
Strange science, mysterious specimens and spooky experiments all take center stage in the Museum of Natural History & Science for an evening of 21+ fun.
Fright Fest: Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
October 23
11 p.m.
Memorial Hall (OTR)
Ticket link coming soon
Enjoy Halloween movie screenings that are sure to send shivers down your spine!
Dark Market: Cryptids of Cincinnati
October 24
Noon – 7 p.m.
Rhinegeist (OTR)
Free Admission
A curated collection of over 35 of the best artists, makers and curators in the Midwest. This highly coveted, whimsical day is full of the mystics, oddities, apothecary, herbology, alchemy, curiosities, tarot and more.
Psycho in Concert
October 27
7:30 p.m.
Music Hall (OTR)
Starting at $15
This Halloween, you’re invited into the shadows for a chilling cinematic experience. Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary thriller Psycho comes alive on the big screen as its spine-tingling score is performed live-to-film by the Cincinnati Pops.
Haunted Fest Cincinnati
October 30 & 31
7 p.m.
MegaCorp Pavilion (Newport)
Starting at $76.39 per day
Featuring Knock2, GRiZ, Starjunk 95, AVELLO, Nikita, the Wicked, Chasing Stones, and Star Seed.
Ghost Tours of Music Hall
November 12
8 p.m.
Music Hall (OTR)
Music Hall is well known to paranormal enthusiasts as one of the nation’s most active sites, with occurrences reported from the early 1800s.
No matter how Cincinnati Fall and Halloween Activities are enjoyed, there’s something for everyone to experience. Each event brings the community closer together, from family-friendly festivals to thrilling haunted houses.
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Additionally, check your local churches and recreation centers for Halloween and fall activities in Cincinnati. If you want to stay in, check your local TV listings for Halloween movies.
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