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Skokie Halloween 2025

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Skokie's Halloween 2025 arrives across local landmarks and the downtown corridor with spooky festivities and haunted celebrations. Visitors find spooky attractions, fall harvest celebrations, and Halloween nightlife that suit families and adults.

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Skokie Halloween

Skokie Haunted Experiences

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.
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Scream Scene Haunted House

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
📍 Abandoned Skokie Water Playground
4701 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL
(0.5 mi from Skokie)

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💰 Budget: $$
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⚡ Energy: High

Event Description

Prepare for a terrifying night at Scream Scene, Skokie's premier haunted house. Located in the abandoned Skokie Water Playground, this attraction promises new characters, sets, and frights each year. Since 1997, Scream Scene has delivered spine-chilling experiences, featuring notorious chainsaw maniacs and a disorienting insane clown maze. Parental discretion is advised, as it's not recommended for children under 10.

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⭐ Best For: Thrill-seekers and horror enthusiasts
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Halloween Near Skokie

Evanston Halloween

Children in Halloween costumes are selecting pumpkins from a street vendor display, with carved jack-o'-lanterns hanging from trees overhead.
Evanston
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Downtown Evanston Trick or Treat Stroll (Evanston)

📍 Fountain Square
Oct 25, 2025
(3.1 mi from Skokie)
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Linden Square Pumpkin Walk (Wilmette)

📍 Linden Square
Oct 25, 2025
(3.8 mi from Skokie)
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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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📍 Chicago Botanic Garden
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(8.4 mi from Skokie)
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Halloween Skelebration (Glenview)

📍 Park Center
Oct 24, 2025
(5.5 mi from Skokie)
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Lincoln Park Halloween

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Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade (Chicago)

📍 Northalsted Neighborhood
Oct 31, 2025
(7.9 mi from Skokie)
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Lincoln Square Apple Fest (Chicago)

📍 Lincoln Avenue
Oct 3, 2025
(7.6 mi from Skokie)
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Chicago Halloween

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Ghosts of Chicago Tour (Chicago)

📍 Cloud Gate (The Bean)
(12.0 mi from Skokie)
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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
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Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat Event (Chicago)

📍 Lincoln Park Neighborhood
Oct 25, 2025
(12.4 mi from Skokie)
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Downers Grove Halloween

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The Morton Arboretum Fall Color Festival (Lisle)

📍 The Morton Arboretum
Sep 15, 2025
(22.5 mi from Skokie)
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Glass Pumpkin Patch at The Morton Arboretum (Lisle)

📍 The Morton Arboretum
Oct 10, 2025
(22.5 mi from Skokie)
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Oak Lawn Halloween

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Haunted Trails Burbank (Burbank)

📍 Haunted Trails Family Entertainment Center
Oct 31, 2025
(19.7 mi from Skokie)
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2025 Kids Halloween Party at 115 Bourbon Street (Merrionette Park)

📍 115 Bourbon Street
Oct 30, 2025
(24.2 mi from Skokie)
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Wheaton Halloween

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HOPtober Fest (Wheaton)

📍 Memorial Park
Sep 27, 2025
(22.1 mi from Skokie)
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Cantigny Fall Festival (151 Winfield Rd)

📍 Cantigny Park
Oct 11, 2025
(24.7 mi from Skokie)
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Elgin Halloween

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📍 Camp Big Timber
Oct 11, 2025
(31.5 mi from Skokie)
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Elgin
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Elgin Police Department's Halloween Extravaganza (Elgin)

📍 Elgin Police Department
Oct 28, 2025
(27.8 mi from Skokie)
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Bolingbrook Halloween

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Halloween Hangout (Bolingbrook)

📍 Annerino Community Center
Oct 31, 2025
(28.3 mi from Skokie)
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A collage of Halloween pumpkins, with a smiling young boy in the center holding a glowing jack-o-lantern.
Lemont
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Jack O Lantern World (Lemont)

📍 Jack O Lantern World
(28.2 mi from Skokie)
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Crystal Lake Halloween

Crystal Lake Trick or Treat Halloween Event in Crystal Lake
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Crystal Lake Trick or Treat Halloween Event (Crystal Lake)

📍 Crystal Lake Plaza
Oct 25, 2025
(32.8 mi from Skokie)
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A cheerful cartoon illustration depicts a boy and a girl holding pumpkins in a farm setting during autumn. They are surrounded by apple trees, corn stalks, pumpkins, horses, and calves, evoking a festive harvest mood.
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All Seasons Orchard Fall Festival (Woodstock)

📍 All Seasons Orchard
Aug 30, 2025
(40.9 mi from Skokie)
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