Hammond Halloween - spooky scene with haunted house, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, witches, and trick-or-treaters

Hammond Halloween 2025

See all Hammond Halloween happenings this year!

Hammond's Halloween 2025 plays out around the historic district and Hohman Avenue with supernatural experiences and ghostly gatherings for locals. Plan to see eerie walking tours, Halloween parties, and autumn festivals that mix family-friendly moments with after-dark scares.

Find the best Hammond Halloween happenings this year!

Top Halloween In and Around Hammond

  1. Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade (Chicago)
  2. NPG & MRP Halloween Party (Calumet City)
  3. Drive Thru Trunk or Treat (Chicago Heights)
  4. EC Hallow - Halloween Event (East Chicago)
  5. Wickedly Whiting Halloween Festival (Whiting)
  6. Lafayette Cedar Lake Haunted Forest (Cedar Lake)
  7. Haunted Hills Haunted Attractions (Merrillville)
  8. 2025 Spooktacular (Lombard)
  9. Ghosts of Chicago Tour (Chicago)
  10. Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade (Chicago)

See even MORE Halloween events below!

Hammond Halloween

Hammond Family-Friendly Fall Activities

Three children in Halloween costumes are smiling and holding pumpkins on a street decorated for Halloween. The child on the left wears a yellow dress, the middle child is dressed as a witch, and the child on the right wears an orange jumpsuit.
Details

Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade (Chicago, IL)

Saturday, October 18, 2025
📍 State Street
205 E. Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601
(7.1 mi from Hammond)

Event Details

👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻
💰 Budget: FREE
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: Moderate

Event Description

Arts in the Dark is a magical evening parade celebrating Halloween as the 'artist's holiday.' This 11th annual event transforms historic State Street with unique floats, spectacle puppets, and creative performances, showcasing Chicago's vibrant arts scene and fostering community connection.

halloween_paradecommunity_eventfamily_friendlyarts_crafts
⭐ Best For: Families, art enthusiasts, community members
See Full Details →
A young Black child with a large afro smiles brightly while holding a bag of candy in front of a car trunk decorated for Halloween with pumpkins and festive ribbon.
Details

Drive Thru Trunk or Treat (Chicago Heights, IL)

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
📍 Chicago Heights Park District
1400 Chicago Rd, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
(9.1 mi from Hammond)

Event Details

👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻
💰 Budget: FREE
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: Low

Event Description

Get ready for a spooktacular time at the Annual Drive Thru Trunk-or-Treat! This event offers a safe and festive way for families to celebrate Halloween. Drive past creatively decorated trunks and enjoy receiving goodies from friendly vendors. It's a night filled with Halloween magic and family fun, ensuring a memorable experience for all.

trunk_or_treatfamily_friendlyhalloween_festivalcommunity_eventtrick_or_treat
⭐ Best For: Families with young children
See Full Details →
A woman and three children are gathered around the open trunk of a car decorated for Halloween with pumpkins and orange garland. The children are dressed in festive attire, and the scene is set outdoors in a park-like setting with trees and pumpkins scattered on the ground.
Details

EC Hallow - Halloween Event (East Chicago, IN)

Friday, October 17, 2025
📍 Tod Park
4001 Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago, IN 46312
(4.1 mi from Hammond)

Event Details

👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻
💰 Budget: FREE
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: Low

Event Description

Get ready for EC Hallow, a community Halloween event in East Chicago. Families can enjoy trick-or-treating during the designated hours, making it a fun and festive way to celebrate the spooky season.

trick_or_treatcommunity_eventfamily_friendlyhalloween_festival
⭐ Best For: Families
See Full Details →

Hammond Haunted Experiences

Three people in skeleton costumes stand together outdoors, with one holding a small pumpkin. The person on the left wears a white costume with an orange witch hat, the middle person wears a black costume with a pointed hood, and the person on the right wears a white costume with a yellow vest. Orange balloons are visible in the background, suggesting a festive Halloween atmosphere.
Details

Wickedly Whiting Halloween Festival (Whiting, IN)

Friday, October 3, 2025
📍 Whiting, Indiana
119th Street, Whiting, IN
(6.6 mi from Hammond)

Event Details

👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻
💰 Budget: $
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: Moderate

Event Description

Get ready for Wickedly Whiting, the region's premier all-Halloween festival! This October, Whiting, Indiana transforms into a spooky wonderland. Discover unique vendors at the Market of the Living Dead, enjoy delicious food, and experience captivating entertainment, including live music and spellbinding sideshow performances. It's the ultimate celebration of all things Halloween!

halloween_festivalhaunted_attractionfamily_friendlycommunity_eventfood_trucks
⭐ Best For: Halloween enthusiasts and families
See Full Details →
A terrifying werewolf lunges at two people running away in a dimly lit library with red and green lighting.
Details

Lafayette Cedar Lake Haunted Forest (Cedar Lake, IN)

Friday, October 10, 2025
📍 Lafayette Cedar Lake Haunted Forest
13039 Wicker Ave, Cedar Lake, IN
(14.0 mi from Hammond)

Event Details

👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻
💰 Budget: FREE
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: Moderate

Event Description

Venture into the Lafayette Cedar Lake Haunted Forest for a unique Halloween experience that masterfully blends frights with fun. This outdoor attraction promises spine-tingling encounters with phantasmal entities and comical monsters, ensuring a memorable night for all. Special 'Not So Scary Kid's Nights' offer a gentler introduction with candy collection and extra lighting.

haunted_foresthaunted_attractionfamily_friendlynot_so_scary_halloweentrick_or_treat
⭐ Best For: Thrill-seekers and families looking for halloween fun
See Full Details →

Hammond Halloween Food, Drink, and Parties

NPG & MRP Halloween Party in Calumet City
Details

NPG & MRP Halloween Party (Calumet City, IL)

Friday, October 31, 2025
📍 Let's Chill Venue & Grill
735 Torrence Avenue, Calumet City, IL 60409
(3.8 mi from Hammond)

Event Details

👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻
💰 Budget: $$
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: High

Event Description

Get ready for the South Suburbs' most anticipated Halloween bash at Let's Chill Venue & Grill! This spooktacular party promises a night of electrifying music by DJ Nerdboi, incredible costumes, and an unforgettable atmosphere. Ladies get in free before 10:30 PM, and don't miss your chance to win prizes for the best costume. It's the ultimate Halloween celebration with real vibes!

halloween_partycostume_contestcommunity_eventfood_drink_partiesmusic
⭐ Best For: Adults seeking a lively halloween party
See Full Details →

Latest News & Updates

Stay informed about events and activities in Hammond

Hammond's 'Boos & Brews' Beer Fest at Penn Medicine Park

Mon, Oct 20, 2025

Latest news in Hammond

Halloween Near Hammond

Gary Halloween

A young boy with a wide smile and tousled brown hair, wearing a plaid shirt, stands in front of a brightly lit carnival or fairground at dusk. The background features colorful tents, glowing lights, and decorative pumpkins, suggesting a festive Halloween atmosphere.
Merrillville
Details

Haunted Hills Haunted Attractions (Merrillville)

📍 Haunted Hills Haunted Attractions
Oct 1, 2025
(15.3 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
A group of people are running in a pumpkin patch during autumn, with a pumpkin stand in the background and colorful fall foliage overhead.
Westville
Details

Westville Pumpkin Festival (Westville)

📍 Westville
Oct 4, 2025
(31.3 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 14 events in Gary →

Tinley Park Halloween

Three children dressed for Halloween are standing on a sidewalk in front of a house decorated with pumpkins and a "HALLOWEEN" sign. The child on the left wears a witch's hat and orange dress, the middle child wears glasses and a yellow sweater, and the child on the right wears a jacket and smiles. A person in a black hooded costume stands behind a counter, holding a pumpkin.
Tinley Park
Details

Tinley Park Boo Bash (Tinley Park)

📍 Harmony Square
Oct 26, 2025
(14.6 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
A woman dressed as a witch and a person in a skeleton costume stand together at an outdoor event, possibly a carnival or fair, with colorful tents and rides in the background. The woman holds a jack-o'-lantern, and both are smiling, suggesting a festive and cheerful Halloween atmosphere.
Mokena
Details

Halloween Hollow (Mokena)

📍 Yunker Park and The Oaks Recreation & Fitness Center
Oct 2, 2025
(20.1 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 7 events in Tinley Park →

Oak Lawn Halloween

Haunted Trails Burbank in Burbank
Burbank
Details

Haunted Trails Burbank (Burbank)

📍 Haunted Trails Family Entertainment Center
Oct 31, 2025
(19.3 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
Two children in Halloween costumes, a boy dressed as a wizard and a girl as a witch, are dancing and laughing at an outdoor Halloween festival. Orange bunting hangs in the background, and pumpkins are scattered on the grass.
Merrionette Park
Details

2025 Kids Halloween Party at 115 Bourbon Street (Merrionette Park)

📍 115 Bourbon Street
Oct 30, 2025
(12.6 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 8 events in Oak Lawn →

Chicago Halloween

Three friends in Halloween costumes pose for a photo on a dimly lit, spooky street with a ghost in the background.
Chicago
Details

Ghosts of Chicago Tour (Chicago)

📍 Cloud Gate (The Bean)
(21.7 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
Two children, one Black boy and one white girl, dressed for Halloween, walk down a suburban street carrying pumpkins. The boy carries a large pumpkin, and the girl has a small pumpkin on her head and is dressed as a bat. The scene is set at dusk with a full moon, decorated houses, and jack-o'-lanterns, creating a festive Halloween atmosphere.
Chicago
Details

Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat Event (Chicago)

📍 Lincoln Park Neighborhood
Oct 25, 2025
(21.2 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 18 events in Chicago →

Lincoln Park Halloween

A woman in a vibrant red witch costume with elaborate face paint smiles at the camera, holding a carved pumpkin. She is part of a Halloween parade with other costumed people and flaming torches in the background.
Chicago
Details

Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade (Chicago)

📍 Northalsted Neighborhood
Oct 31, 2025
(25.8 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
Lincoln Square Apple Fest in Chicago
Chicago
Details

Lincoln Square Apple Fest (Chicago)

📍 Lincoln Avenue
Oct 3, 2025
(26.0 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 9 events in Lincoln Park →

Joliet Halloween

An audience watches a performance on a grand stage in a vintage theater, with a man in a white suit gesturing dramatically.
Joliet
Details

Evil Dead In Concert (Joliet)

📍 Rialto Square Theatre
Oct 10, 2025
(30.3 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
A man and a woman in a dimly lit, industrial-looking hallway with barred doors, clinking cocktails and smiling at each other, with other figures blurred in the background.
Joliet
Details

The Old Joliet Haunted Prison (Joliet)

📍 The Old Joliet Haunted Prison
Sep 20, 2025
(29.7 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 13 events in Joliet →

Bolingbrook Halloween

Halloween Hangout in Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook
Details

Halloween Hangout (Bolingbrook)

📍 Annerino Community Center
Oct 31, 2025
(29.9 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
A collage of Halloween pumpkins, with a smiling young boy in the center holding a glowing jack-o-lantern.
Lemont
Details

Jack O Lantern World (Lemont)

📍 Jack O Lantern World
(26.6 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 8 events in Bolingbrook →

Downers Grove Halloween

A young Asian girl smiles while surrounded by pumpkins and colorful autumn leaves, with two people in the background at a pumpkin patch.
Lisle
Details

The Morton Arboretum Fall Color Festival (Lisle)

📍 The Morton Arboretum
Sep 15, 2025
(33.1 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
Three women are gathered around a table outdoors, painting colorful pumpkins. The woman in the foreground on the right wears glasses and a grey sweater over a dark apron, holding a paintbrush. To her left, a woman with auburn hair and a black apron is also painting a pumpkin. In the background, another woman with blonde hair is visible, also engaged in the activity. The scene is set with a backdrop of trees and other pumpkins, suggesting an autumn or Halloween-themed event.
Lisle
Details

Glass Pumpkin Patch at The Morton Arboretum (Lisle)

📍 The Morton Arboretum
Oct 10, 2025
(33.1 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 11 events in Downers Grove →

Lombard Halloween

2025 Spooktacular in Lombard
Lombard
Details

2025 Spooktacular (Lombard)

📍 Downtown Lombard
Oct 19, 2025
(32.7 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
Lombard Fall Fest in Lombard
Lombard
Details

Lombard Fall Fest (Lombard)

📍 Lombard Common
Oct 4, 2025
(33.7 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 7 events in Lombard →

Evanston Halloween

Children in Halloween costumes are selecting pumpkins from a street vendor display, with carved jack-o'-lanterns hanging from trees overhead.
Evanston
Details

Downtown Evanston Trick or Treat Stroll (Evanston)

📍 Fountain Square
Oct 25, 2025
(33.4 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
Linden Square Pumpkin Walk in Wilmette
Wilmette
Details

Linden Square Pumpkin Walk (Wilmette)

📍 Linden Square
Oct 25, 2025
(35.3 mi from Hammond)
See Full Details →
See all 8 events in Evanston →

View Our Interactive Map for More Events Around Hammond

Discover thousands of halloween across the country

View Full Map
Interactive map preview

More Halloween Near Hammond

South Shore (13.1 miles) Auburn Gresham (13.7 miles) Orland Park (18.6 miles) South Lawndale (20.9 miles) Near North Side (23.2 miles) West Town (23.7 miles) Berwyn (23.9 miles) Oak Park (25.5 miles) Uptown (27.6 miles)

Explore Other Cities

Find events in different locations

Our Process

With 20 years of experience, we use AI technology to build the most comprehensive list of halloween events.

Our goal is complete coverage—from major festivals to small community celebrations, ensuring you never miss anything happening in your area.

Learn More About Our Process