North Texas operators program 215 Halloween events across six cities

North Texas venues have finalized 215 Halloween events across six cities for the week ending October 31.

The calendar spans The Colony, Frisco, Plano, McKinney, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Operators have booked specific dates for trick-or-treating, festivals, and themed dining experiences. Most events take place between October 24 and October 31.

In The Colony, Stewart Creek Park hosts Family Fright Fest on Saturday, October 24. The free afternoon event includes hayrides, games, crafts, and trick-or-treating booths. Truck Yard holds its annual Halloween party the same day at all six Dallas-Fort Worth locations, including the new Richardson site. The party features a limited-time spooky drink menu, costume contests, and fortune tellers. Grandscape adds Emo Night Brooklyn, a DJ-led dance party of emo and pop-punk music, on Thursday, October 29. A family-friendly Trick or Treat Extravaganza follows on Halloween evening.

Frisco offers a dense Saturday schedule. Halloween Par-Tee at the PGA District provides pumpkin putting, trick-or-treating from decorated golf carts, carnival games, and face painting. Heritage Halloween at the Frisco Heritage Center decorates historic buildings for the season and offers hands-on crafts, popcorn, cotton candy, and balloon animals. Trick or Treat the Square at Frisco Square runs from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and includes carnival games, inflatables, and horse-drawn wagon rides. Costumed children collect treats at participating businesses along Coleman Boulevard. The Spookeasy pop-up inside Lounge by Topgolf at Omni PGA Frisco Resort & Spa serves themed cocktails through November 1. The Star's Little Stars Halloween returns to Tostitos Championship Plaza on Wednesday, October 28, offering free games and treats for children ages five and under. Decorated strollers enter a drawing for Nuna treats.

Plano hosts the Rest in Plano (R.I.P.) Fest in the Downtown Plano Arts District and Haggard Park on Saturday. The event features carnival rides, live performances, creepy characters, and photo opportunities. Fillmore Pub sells themed cocktails and mocktails. Legacy Hall hosts a free Trick-or-Treatery Halloween Parade on Tuesday, October 27. The parade opens with a screening of Hotel Transylvania and continues with trick-or-treating and a costume parade for kids and pets.

McKinney venues include The Yard's Halloween Haunt, which runs through October 31. The restaurant decorates with spiderwebs, pumpkins, and skeletons and serves a seasonal menu. Drinks include a Bobbing for Apples Old Fashioned and the S'mortuary, a vodka-spiked cold brew that benefits Cody's Friends Dog Rescue. The Stix Icehouse holds a free Trunk or Treat with Macaroni Kid on Thursday, October 29. The 14-acre property serves the Fridged Witch frozen green apple cocktail for adults and the nonalcoholic Slimy Slushy for kids. On Halloween, the Spooktacular Brews and Boos Walk sends costumed guests with a signature taster cup and map to more than 20 participating beverage stops in Historic Downtown McKinney.

Fort Worth and Dallas offer additional options. The Fort Worth Zoo's Boo at the Zoo runs Friday through Sunday. Admission covers six treat coupons per ticket or membership and includes a pumpkin patch, strolling characters, keeper chats, live animal presentations, a train ride, and a carousel. Klyde Warren Park in Dallas hosts its sixth-annual Trick-or-Treating in the Park on Saturday. The free event includes children's book giveaways from Book Drive for Kids and an outdoor screening of Toy Story 5. Downtown Celina's Beware! of the Square festival takes place the same day and offers trick-or-treating, a haunted manor, a kids' zone, Cirque sideshows, a pumpkin decorating contest, and more than 60 market vendors. The Grapevine Vintage Railroad's Witches' Brew Train runs October 30 and 31. The two-hour round-trip excursion in vintage 1920s coaches features Texas craft beer and spooky entertainment, with costumes encouraged.