Highland Park Halloween 2025

What to Expect This Halloween in Highland Park!

Highland Park halloween events center near Central Avenue and downtown Highland Park with haunted trails, haunted mansions tours, and autumn markets. Stroll the Ravinia corridor and city parks for live music, pumpkin patches, and neighborhood trick-or-treat routes.

Find the best Halloween events in Highland Park this year!

Highland Park Halloween Events

Highland Park Family-Friendly Fall Activities (2)

A young woman with dark hair in a bun, wearing an orange plaid shirt and grey overalls, sits in a pumpkin patch on a sunny autumn day, smiling and pointing at a pumpkin. In the background, a wooden shed with jack-o-lanterns, a horse-drawn cart filled with pumpkins, and other people are visible.

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📍 Highwood, IL, US

(1.7 mi from Highland Park)

The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival

15th annual festival with a full carnival and live music.

When

Thursday, October 2, 2025

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👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻

💰 Budget: $

🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

⚡ Energy: Medium

Event Description

The 15th annual Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival returns October 3-5, 2025, transforming Downtown Highwood into a fall wonderland. This family-friendly event features a massive carnival, live music across three stages, pumpkin carving stations, and a variety of food and artisan vendors. Don't miss the children's and pet costume contests, pumpkin pie eating contests, and trick-or-treating. The festival also showcases unique seasonal interactive installations perfect for photos.

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⭐ Best For: Families, community members, fall enthusiasts

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Three stylized figures are carving pumpkins for Halloween. The figure on the left is a young girl with dark hair in a bun, wearing overalls. The middle figure has long black hair and is dressed in a striped shirt, with face paint resembling a skull. The figure on the right wears a wide-brimmed hat adorned with flowers and a red plaid shirt, also with skull face paint. They are all gathered around several carved and uncarved pumpkins, with a festive, autumnal background filled with more pumpkins and fall decorations.

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📍 Glencoe, IL, US

(2.3 mi from Highland Park)

Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns

Over 1,000 artist-carved jack-o'-lanterns

When

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Event Details

👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻

💰 Budget: $$

🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

⚡ Energy: Moderate

Event Description

Experience the magic of Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns at the Chicago Botanic Garden. This enchanting event features thousands of artist-carved pumpkins, including giant gourds and themed displays. Enjoy live carving demonstrations, meet costumed characters, and savor festive food and drinks along an illuminated path. It's a spirited evening of family-friendly fun with just the right amount of spooky.

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⭐ Best For: Families and individuals looking for a festive, visually stunning halloween experience.

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Highland Park Haunted Experiences (1)

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📍 Lake Forest, IL, US

(3.1 mi from Highland Park)

Haunted Trail Walk at Lake Forest

Spooky trail walk with creatures and sounds

When

Sunday, October 19, 2025

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👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻

💰 Budget: $

🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

⚡ Energy: Moderate

Event Description

Dare to venture through the woods on a self-guided haunted trail walk. Starting from Stirling Hall and leading to Northcroft Park, this event promises a night filled with creepy creatures, unsettling sounds, and frightening sights around every corner. Remember to dress appropriately for the weather and bring a flashlight for the journey.

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⭐ Best For: Thrill-seekers and halloween enthusiasts

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Near Highland Park

Northbrook Halloween Events

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Northbrook

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Halloween 3K Fun Run

Halloween 3K Fun Run with costume contest

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 4.6 miles from Highland Park

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Buffalo Grove Halloween Events

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Lincolnshire

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Happy Times Pumpkin Fest at Didier Farms

Chicagoland's fall tradition at Didier Farms

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 8.2 miles from Highland Park

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Buffalo Grove

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Trick or Treat Trail

Friendly characters handing out candy on a no-scare trail.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 8.2 miles from Highland Park

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Wilmette Halloween Events

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Evanston

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Central Street Trick Or Treat

Community trick-or-treat event on Central Street

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 9.0 miles from Highland Park

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Mount Prospect Halloween Events

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110 W Camp McDonald Rd

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Spookfest

Haunted Hayride with scarecrow competition and Trunk or Treat.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 9.3 miles from Highland Park

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Two children, a girl and a boy, are dressed up for Halloween on a suburban street decorated with pumpkins and string lights. The girl is kneeling on the sidewalk with her hands on her cheeks, smiling excitedly, while the boy stands beside her in a cape and glasses. A full moon hangs in the night sky above the houses.

Mount Prospect

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Spooktacular Halloween Decorating Contest

Community-wide Halloween decorating contest with interactive map

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 10.7 miles from Highland Park

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Skokie Halloween Events

Three cartoon characters, two clowns and a boy, stand in shallow water holding chainsaws, with a wooden structure and a large balloon in the background.

Skokie

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Scream Scene Haunted House

Terrifying haunted house with chainsaw maniacs and clown maze

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 11.2 miles from Highland Park

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Evanston Halloween Events

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Evanston

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Evanston Zombie Scramble

10th annual Zombie Scramble with limited-edition anniversary shirts.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 10.0 miles from Highland Park

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Westmont

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Wicked West Fest

Month-long Halloween and Fall festival with diverse community events

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 11.0 miles from Highland Park

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Des Plaines Halloween Events

A terrifying green-skinned creature with sharp teeth and long claws lunges towards two people on a subway car, illuminated by eerie green and pink lights.

Des Plaines

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Invasion on Grant

Full color black light home haunt with custom animatronics.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 11.7 miles from Highland Park

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Niles Halloween Events

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Chicago

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Pumpkinpalooza

Free fall festival with carnival games and pumpkin painting

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 12.8 miles from Highland Park

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Two children dressed as elderly people play instruments at a bustling autumn festival. Stalls decorated with fall foliage and lights line the street, while other festival-goers enjoy the music and atmosphere.

Chicago

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Norwood Park Fall Fest

Weekend fall festival with live music and family activities

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 13.1 miles from Highland Park

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Arlington Heights Halloween Events

All Hallows Eve in Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights

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All Hallows Eve

Family-friendly Halloween fun at a historical museum

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 11.5 miles from Highland Park

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Arlington Heights

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Teen Night: Spooky Movie at Arlington Ridge Center

Exclusive teen night with movie, swim, and gym

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 11.7 miles from Highland Park

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Park Ridge Halloween Events

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Park Ridge

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Fright Night Glow Teen Halloween Extravaganza

Teen-focused Halloween 'glow' event with costume contest.

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📏 11.2 miles from Highland Park

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Schiller Park

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13th Floor Haunted House Chicago

Two distinct haunted attractions: Shattered Skyline and World's Fair.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 14.9 miles from Highland Park

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Last updated: 10/9/2025