Hyde Park Halloween 2025

What to Expect This Halloween in Hyde Park!

In Hyde Park, halloween thrives near the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry with spooky campus tours and lantern walks. Expect haunted house events, family fall festivals and eerie lakefront strolls along the Midway Plaisance and Promontory Point.

Find the best Halloween events in Hyde Park this year!

Hyde Park Halloween Events

Hyde Park Family-Friendly Fall Activities (1)

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📍 Chicago, IL 60637

(0.5 mi from Hyde Park)

Boo Fest Member Night

Exclusive member-only Halloween event with museum-wide treats.

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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Event Details

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💰 Budget: $

🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

⚡ Energy: Moderate

Event Description

Members are invited to a ghoulishly good time at Boo Fest Member Night. Don your best costume and prepare for an unforgettable evening of tricks and treats. Experience the thrill of the Tesla Coil and explore the museum's exhibits while collecting candy. This popular, exclusive event promises a few frights and plenty of Halloween spirit.

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⭐ Best For: Families and museum members

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Near Hyde Park

Near South Side Halloween Events

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Shedd Aquarium Haunted House Party

Aquarium transformed for a Halloween party with house music

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 5.2 miles from Hyde Park

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Lower West Side Halloween Events

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Día de los Muertos Xicágo

Illuminated ofrenda projected onto museum exterior

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 6.0 miles from Hyde Park

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Chicago Loop Halloween Events

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Chicago Halloween Ball

Haunted hotel transformed into a zombie-run establishment.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 5.8 miles from Hyde Park

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Windy City Ghosts: Chicago Ghost Tour

Explore Chicago's haunted history with tales of gangsters and ghosts.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 5.8 miles from Hyde Park

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Chicago Halloween Events

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West Chicago Halloween Festivities

Combined downtown trick-or-treating and library trunk-or-treat

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 6.4 miles from Hyde Park

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Chicago Haunted History & Ghost Tour

PG-13 rated ghost tour with historical humor

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 6.5 miles from Hyde Park

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Near North Side Halloween Events

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AirOtic Soirée Presents: BITE!

Thrilling burlesque-style cirque cabaret with a Halloween theme.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 7.5 miles from Hyde Park

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Memento Mori Halloween Gala

Hauntingly elegant gala in a historic mansion

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 8.2 miles from Hyde Park

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West Town Halloween Events

A vibrant street fair scene with people enjoying themselves amidst stalls, pumpkins, and festive decorations under a city skyline.

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Jack's Pumpkin Pop-Up

Chicago's largest fall festival with 10,000+ pumpkins.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 8.7 miles from Hyde Park

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Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics

Halloween classics performed by candlelight

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 9.1 miles from Hyde Park

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Lincoln Park Halloween Events

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Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest

Chicago's free, family-friendly fall celebration at Lincoln Park Zoo.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 9.0 miles from Hyde Park

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Spooky Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo

Free trick-or-treating and family fun at the zoo

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 9.0 miles from Hyde Park

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Oak Lawn Halloween Events

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Oak Lawn Park District Halloween Open Skate

Halloween costume open skate with DJ and prizes

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 9.0 miles from Hyde Park

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East Chicago Halloween Events

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Wickedly Whiting Halloween Festival

Region's only all-Halloween festival with spooky vendors

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 9.4 miles from Hyde Park

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Last updated: 10/9/2025