Independence Halloween & Things to Do 2026
Your complete guide to the best halloween in Independence and surrounding areas
Independence celebrates Halloween 2025 around Independence Square, where historic streets host frightful experiences and spooky attractions. Celebrations offer frightful tours, costume events and harvest festivities including haunted walks, seasonal markets and family trick-or-treat nights.
Find the best Independence Halloween happenings this year!
Browse Halloween Near Independence by Category
Family-Friendly Fall Activities
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Tricks and Treats at Worlds of Fun
Kansas City
Family-friendly daytime Halloween event with no fear.
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Food, Drink, and Parties
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American Royal World Series of Barbecue
Kansas City
World's largest barbecue competition and festival.
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Haunted Experiences
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Edge of Hell Haunted Attraction
Kansas City
Oldest continuously operated haunted attraction in the USA
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Unique & Unusual
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77th Annual Halloween Parade
Independence
77th Annual Halloween Parade tradition
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Editor's Picks
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American Royal World Series of Barbecue
(Kansas City)
World's largest barbecue competition and festival.
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Edge of Hell Haunted Attraction
(Kansas City)
Oldest continuously operated haunted attraction in the USA
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The Beast Haunted Attraction
(Kansas City)
Nation's best haunted attraction with multi-story terror
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Worlds of Fun Halloween Haunt
(Kansas City)
Worlds of Fun transformed into a scream park for Halloween Haunt.
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Tricks and Treats at Worlds of Fun
(Kansas City)
Family-friendly daytime Halloween event with no fear.
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77th Annual Halloween Parade
77th Annual Halloween Parade tradition
Independence Halloween Events Map
See every Halloween event, haunted attraction, and pumpkin patch on one map.
