• Halloween Happenings
  • Halloween - Business Events & Promotions

  • There's more to Halloween than just tricks and treats!  The local businesses of Lincoln Square and Ravenswood have plenty in store for you this Halloween season.  

  • 2025 events being added, check back soon for more!

  • Wool Felted Ghost Workshop

    Thursday, Sepptember 25 | 7:00 am - 8:30 pm
    The Eco Cafe, 4754 N Rockwell Street

    Learn the basics of needle felting and get ready for October by making yor own wool felted ghost.   LEARN MORE

  • Spooky Season Block Print Workshop 

    Thursday, October 2  | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Bon Femmes Shop, 4917 N Damen Avenue

    Get in the Halloween spirit at Bon Femmes with a hands-on block printing workshop, led by the talented Sable Mirelez of Soft Home, that's equal parts spooky and fun! LEARN MORE

  • Pumpkins & Powertools

    Saturday, October 11  | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    BitSpace Chicago, 2541 W Lawrence Avenue

    Let's get messy!  Pumpkins and powertools collide at this phenomenal all ages event.  We'll be using powertools to carve, scrape, and decorate.  Not a fan of pumpkin guts?  There will also be a painting station where you can let your creativity shine.  General admission, $10 per person.  Pre-order pumpkins based on size or BYO pumpkin! LEARN MORE
  • Book Swap: Spooky Edition

    Thursday, October 16 | 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Bon Femmes Shop, 4917 N Damen Avenue

    Over Calling all spooky book lovers1  Join  the folks at Bon Femmes for a night of eerie tales, cozy vibes, and bookish fun.   LEARN MORE

  • The Park After Dark Haunted House

    Friday, October 17 - Friday, October 31
    Chase Park, 4701 N Ashland Avenue

    The Park After Dark is a charity event to raise money for the Chase Park after-school teen program.  every year, the old theater is transformed in a haunted house.  This year Chase Park is pleased to present: Blook Sacrifice, a heart-pounding race for survival.  LEARN MORE

  • Halloween Stammtisch

    Friay, October 17 | 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
    DANK Haus, 4740 N Western Avenue

    The Nights are growing longer, the air is getting chillier...and something a little spooky is brewing at the DANK Haus. LEARN MORE

  • There's a Ghost in this House Storytime

    Sunday, October 19 | 10:00 apm
    Time and a half Books, 4839 N Damen Avenue

    Bring your young readers by Time and a half Books on October 19 at 10am for a reading of our seasonal favorite: There’s a Ghost in this House by Oliver Jeffers. LEARN MORE

  • Halloween Party 

    Friday, October 24 |  4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Fit City Kids, 2540 W Lawrence Avenue

    Come join us at our 2025 Halloween Party! This event is all ages and sure to be a spooktacular time! Let the kids run around our indoor playgrounds, inflatable obstacle course, and check our themed games and costume contest!!  LEARN MORE

  • Trunk or Treat

    Saturday, October 25 | 3:00 - 5:00 pm
    Luther Memorial Church, 2500 W Wilson Avenue 

    BTrunk or Treat is a trick-or-treating event open to everyone!  Bring the kids and the costumes for a fun and spooky time.ooo-k a sport for your child and get ready to personalize your very own haunted house decorated with CANDY! Friday night is a drop off event for kids 5 and up while the Saturday workshop is geared towards families.   LEARN MORE

  • Queer Literary Horror Series Fun Run with Author David Jay Collins

    Wednesday, October 29 | 6-8:30pm
    The Lost Hours, 5256 N Broadway

    Join us for a spooky, season-appropriate run into the chilling world of the Summerdale trilogy with author David Jay Collins.   LEARN MORE

  • Petting Zoo

    Saturday, October 25  | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Wintrust Ravenswood, 2300 W Lawrence Avenue

    Expect games, food, ice cream, and different giveaways for all attendings!  

  • Neon Tombstone Class

    Saturday, October 25 | 10:00 am & 4:00 pm
    Lightwriters Neon, 4222 N Ravenswood Avenue Suite 202

    Neon Tombstone Class! Get spooky with us and create your own glowing tombstone shape and hand painted background! 12 years + when registerd with an adult. LEARN MORE

  • Halloween Sing-Along

    Sunday, October 26  | 10:30 am
    Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N Lincoln Avenue

    Sing and shake your bones with Wiggleworms teaching artists Max Ber, Amanday Payne, carey Farrell, and Will Fancher as they rock the pumpkin patch, laugh at the moon, creep like cats, and fly like bats!  It won't be too scary, just a sweet celebration of Halloween.  Everyone is welcome! LEARN MORE

  • An Eerie Evening with Eddie P.

    Thursday, October 30 | 7:00 pm
    Time and a half Books, 4839 N Damen Avenue

    Join us as we welcome storyteller Veronica Tabet and from beyond the grave — Edgar Allen Poe himself (in puppet form) for a spine-tingling rendition of The Tell-Tale Heart.  Inteded for middle grade, high school, and brae early readers, but visitors of all ages will be sure to enjoy.

  • Hands-On Family Night: Haunted House Party

    Thursday, October 30  | 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    The Chopping Block, 4747 N Lincoln Avenue

    Drop Bring the whole gang (costumes encouraged) for a hands-on Halloween family class.  Have fun working togetther to prepare a spooooooky assortment of ghoulish bites everyone can sink their teeth into.  LEARN MORE

  • The NOW Lincoln Square Trick or Treat Specials

    The NOW Lincoln Square, 4715 N Lincoln Avenue

    Book NOW and get Fresh Eyes or Herbal Heat complimentary on your service. First time guests, book NOW and get an 80min massage for the price of 50min! *Offer and redemption valid only at The NOW Lincoln Square through Sunday, October 26. Just for parents, stop by & enter to win a 50-min massage during trick or treating on Sunday, October 26. *Offer valid only at The NOW Lincoln Square.

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