Parades, costumes, penny arcades, harvest celebrations – even a pumpkin regatta! Portland lets its weirdness show with these great community fall happenings.
What: Trick or Treat Craft Bazaar. Commercial and handmade items, trick or treating for all ages.
Where: Carver School, 16077 SE HWY 224, Damascus
When: October 6-7, 9-5
Cost: Free admission.
What: Apple Tasting at Portland Nursery. Weekend activities include music, face painting, crafts, hula hoops, and a scavenger hunt for kids.
Where: 5050 SE Stark
When: October 12-14, 19-21, 10-5
Cost: Free!
What: Spirit of Halloweentown in St. Helens. A children’s fair, parades, costumes, and loads more!
Where: St Helens Old Towne
When: Various events from October 12-31- see schedule for details.
Cost: Free!
What: KidFest Fall Spooktacular. This family-friendly festival includes a costume swap, Trick O’ Treat Parade of Prizes, pumpkin decorating, a scary Spook House, and more. Also: Inflatable FunZones, Petting Zoo, and Radio Disney Entertainment Stage.
Where: Portland Expo Center
When: Oct. 13, 10-6; Oct. 14, 10-5
Cost: $5, ages 3 and under free, family pass for up to 5 people $20. Check our deals page for $10 discount.
What: Monster Mash at the Southwest Community Center. The wind is howling and the moon is full: it’s time! Wear your costume to impress friends and scare goblins. Get into the spirit and dance with other sociable ghouls, make creepy crafts, and play bewitching games that only come out once a year!
Where: Southwest Community Center, 6820 SW 4th Ave
When: Saturday, October 20, 6-8 PM
Cost: $8/child, $4 additional children in advance; $10/child, $5 additional children day-of. Parents and kids 23 months and younger are free.
What: The 9th Annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta. The Regatta is a series of wacky races around the lake in 1000 lb. pumpkin boats by costumed paddlers. The event also features live music, pumpkin pie eating contests, kids pumpkin carving, pumpkin golf, a kids costume contest, strolling entertainment, clown shows, food and drinks, and much more!
Where: Tualatin Lake of the Commons, 8325 SW Nyberg, Tualatin
When: Saturday, October 20, 10 AM – 4 PM
Cost: Free!
What: 15th Annual Costume Carnival at the East Portland Community Center. A great evening of carnival games, face painting, and crafts. Appropriate for preschool and grade school ages with an adult.
Where: East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th
When: Saturday, October 20, 5-7 PM
Cost: Free!
What: Hillside Halloween Carnival. Join for an evening of carnival games. Wear a costume!
Where: Hillside Community Center, 653 NW Culpepper Terr
When: Wednesday, October 24, 6-8 PM
Cost: $3/person or $5/family to enter. Bring 2 cans of food for the Sunshine Division and receive 4 canival tickets. Additional tickets are 4 for $1.
What: St. Johns Halloween Spooktacular. Carnivals, concessions, prizes, and more.
Where: St Johns Community Center, 8427 N Central St
When: Friday, October 26, 6-8:30 PM
Cost: Free to enter. Tickets are 5 for $1
What: Mt. Scott Community Center Halloween Carnival. Dress in your Halloween best for a night filled with ghostly games, frighteningly good food, creept crafts, and many more festive events. Family swim, bounce house, a movie, and food for sale.
Where: Mt. Scott Community Center, 5530 SE 72nd Ave
When: Friday, October 26, 6-8 PM
Cost: $3/person or 4 cans of food.
What: The Garden Home Great Pumpkin Hunt. Come enjoy the howling fun activities, witches’s brew and tasty cobwebs in our decorated gym. then head outside for the flashlight pumpkin hunt! Come in costume and bring a flashlight! Ages 1-11.
Where: Garden Home Community Center, 7475 SW Oleson Rd
When: Friday, October 26, 6-8 PM
Cost: $8/person
What: Halloween Monster Mash at Peninsula Park. The wind is howling and the moon is full: it’s time! Wear your costume to impress friends and scare goblins. Get into the spirit and dance with other sociable ghouls, make creepy crafts, and play bewitching games that only come out once a year.
Where: Peninsula Park Community Center, 700 N Rosa Parks Way
When: Friday, October 26, 6-8:30 PM
Cost: Free!
What: Pumpkin Fest at the Conestoga Recreation and Aquatics Center. Wear your Halloween costumes, view the pumpkin museum, win prizes on the pumpkin walk, make an edible craft and watch Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the 1971 original) in the pool.
Where: Conestoga Recreation and Aquatics Center, 9985 SW 125th Ave, Beaverton
When: Friday, October 26, 6:30-8:30
Cost: $6/child
What: Halloween at the Evergreen Museum. Book reading, arts and crafts, educational activities, pumpkin launching and of course, Trick-or-Treating!
Where: Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, 460 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville
When: October 27, 9-3
Cost: $6
What: Cafe au Play’s Monster Mash. This year’s Monster Mash will take place from 11am-1pm and will feature a Halloween Toy Workshop, cupcake walk, ghoulish games, a costume parade and more! Kids of all ages are welcome to come and join in the fun! Please come in costume!
Where: Cafe au Play, 5633 SE Division
When: Saturday October 27, 11-1
Cost: $3/child
What: The Great Pumpkin Event at PSU. Join us for our annual Halloween harvest celebration featuring a pumpkin carving contest and children’s costume parade around the market at noon. Goodie bags are provided for all parade participants!
Where: PSU Farmers Market
When: October 27, 9-12
Cost: Free!
What: 2012 Portland Zombie Walk and Thrill the World Performance.
Where: OMSI overflow lot on Madison/Main and Water
When: October 27, 10 AM
Cost: $5
What: Howloween at the Oregon Zoo. The zoo provides a fun and safe setting for this Halloween tradition, where costumed trick-or-treaters can fill their bags with goodies and learn about wildlife.
Where: Oregon Zoo
When: October 27-28, 10-4
Cost: Free with zoo admission
What: Pumpkin Planting at Drake’s 7 Dees. Plant and decorate a pumpkin!
Where: Drake’s 7 Dees, 16519 SE Stark
When: October 27, 11 AM
Cost: $5 if preregistered, $7 walk-in
What: Trick or Treat at the Streets of Tanasbourne. Decorate a mini pumpkin, costume parade, bubles and parachutes too. For ages 12 and under.
Where: Streets of Tanasbourne, NW Cornell Rd and Stucki Ave, Hillsboro
When: Oct. 27, 11-1
Cost: Free!
What: Halloween Party at Isobel’s Clubhouse. BYOP (that’s “bring your own pumpkin”) to carve – let the mess of pumpkin guts be hosed down in the Ramona garage, rather than your living room. We’ll have a photo booth for your finest Halloween costume, and plenty of more fun.
Where: Isobel’s Clubhouse, 1542 NW 14th Ave
When: October 27, 12-4 PM
Cost: Not specified
What: 8th Annual West Linn Spooky Stroll. Costumed moms, dads, kids and on-leash pets are all invited to participate! The approximately three-quarter mile stroll starts and ends at Tanner Creek Park in West Linn and will take place rain or shine! There will be music, crafts, candies, cookies and hot drinks for everyone to enjoy.
Where: Tanner Creek Park, 3456 Parker Rd., West Linn
When: October 27, 3-5
Cost: Free!
What: The Alphabeticians Halloween Bash at Mississippi Pizza. It’s a tradition dating back to 2011! The big ABC Guys Halloween party at Mississippi Pizza! Wear costumes, win prizes, lots more fun stuff!
Where: Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Pizza
When:October 27, 4-5
Cost: Donations welcome
What: Halloween activities during all skating sessions at Oaks Park on Saturday. Costumes encouraged.
Where: Oaks Amusement Park Skating Rink, 7805 SE Oaks Park Way
When: October 27, all day
Cost: Standard rink rates apply.
What: Halloween Carnival at the Woodstock Farmers Market. Kids costume kazoo parade (10 AM), trick or treating, and arts & crafts.
Where: Key Bank Parking Lot, 4600 SE Woodstock Blvd
When: October 28, 9-1
Cost: Free!
What: Boo Bash, Monster Mash at the Portland Children’s Museum. Greasy kids stuff, pumpkin hunt, and decorate your own trick or treat bag
Where: Portland Children’s Museum
When: October 28, 9:30-3:30. Check PCM for specific times of events
Cost: $9 admission, trick or treat bag making is an addition $4
What: Streets of Treats at Bridgeport Village. Witches, tractor rides, costume contest, and PDX Kids Calendar!
Where: 745 SW Bridgeport Rd., Tigard
When: October 28, 2-5
Cost: Free!
What: Spooky Storytime at Green Bean Books. Wear a costume for a sort of spooky storytime (appropriate for all ages. Trick or treating too!
Where: Green Bean Books, 1600 NE Alberta
When: Oct. 28, 1 PM
Cost: Free!
What: Westmoreland monster march. Take part in this long-standing tradition in which your little ghouls and goblins dress up and march around Westmoreland.
Where: Llewelyn Elementary School
When: October 28, 3-5ish
Cost: Free!
What: Halloween Spooktacular at the Sellwood Community Center. Start your Halloween season off at a fun filled evening for all ages. Proceeds benefit local youth and families. For the kids, there is a carnival with lots of games, activities, and prizes. Burgers, hotdogs, and beverages will be available at the cafe. Games most appropriate for kids under 10.
Where: Sellwood Community Center, 1436 SE Spokane
When: October 29, 6:30-8 PM
Cost: Free to enter. Tickets for games are $1 for 4. Bring 2 cans of food to receive 4 game tickets.
What: Tiger Birthdays and Trick or Treat Party at the Oregon Zoo. It’s a birthday party for our two Amur tigers, and trick-or-treat party for little tikes! Join PDX Kids Calendar, Tears of Joy Puppets, and Oregon ZooGuides for fun, games, prizes and crafts and photo opportunities, all centralized around the birthday tigers.
Where: Oregon Zoo
When: October 31, 9-2
Cost: Free with admission
What: Not so Spooky Halloween at the Portland Children’s Museum. Hunt for pumpkins, rocket hampster space odyssey show, not so spooky storytime
Where: Portland Children’s Museum
When: October 31, 9:30-2:30
Cost: Free with admission ($9)
What; Halloween Hijinks. Willamette Radio Workshop, trick or treating, and live music.
Where: McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd
When: October 31, “afternoon and evening”
Cost: Free!
What: Trick or Treat on Alberta Street. The first 100 kids to visit Umpqua Bank Alberta will receive a reusable trick or treat bag. Look for the “Trick or Treat Here” pumpkin sign in the window at participating Alberta businesses.
Where: Alberta District
When: October 31, 3-6
Cost: Free!
What: Multnomah Village’s Halloween Trick or Treat Event. Enjoy safe trick or treating in the daylight hours.
Where: Downtown Multnomah Village
When: October 31, 3:30-5:30
Cost: Free!
What: Halloween at Grand Lodge. Trick or treating for the younger set.
Where:McMenamins Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Ave, Forest Grove
When: October 31, 4:30-6:30
Cost: Free!
What: Seventh Annual Harvest Festival in LO. Bring your youngsters to an old-fashioned Harvest Festival full of magnificent games and marvelous crafts. Dress up in your favorite costume and participate in a day filed with fun! Stroll down Trick or Treat Street and enjoy sweet treats, toys, and trinkets. Plus, enjoy a live performance from Dragon Puppet Theater. Don’t miss out on this fantastic fall festival!
Where: Millennium Plaza Park, LO
When: October 31, 3:30-5:30 PM
Cost: Free!
What: Flash Fright Treat Night at Black Wagon. Enjoy snacks and take in the ghouls and goblins while photographer, Amy McMullen, captures your trick-or-treater in her or his costumed glory!
Where: Black Wagon, 3964 N. Mississippi
When: October 31, 4-6
Cost: Free!
What: Trick or Treat on Main Street in Oregon City. Downtown businesses will stay open late to help celebrate Halloween, kids, and their costumes.
Where: Main Street, Oregon City
When: October 31, 4:30-6:30
Cost: Free!
What: 12th Annual Fall Festival. Activities include a great evening of bounce houses, carnival games, plenty of candy & prizes, cupcake walk, art & crafts, puppet show, and much more. Sign up for one of our fabulous door prizes! Food, juice, and hot apple cider is provided for free.
Where: Portland Metro Church, 5004 NE 6th Ave
When: October 31, 5:30-7:30
Cost: Free!
What: Harvest Hoopla at the University Park community center. Celebrate the autumn season with the community campus. Activities include face painting, games, art & crafts, haunted house, costume contest, and much more.
Where: Charles Jordan Community Center, 9009 N Foss
When: Tuesday, October 31, 6-8 PM
Cost: Free!
What: Halloween Trunk or Treat. Trick or Treat from decorated car trunks in the parking lot. Free popcorn and hot cider. Safe and fun for the whole family!
Where: Holladay Park Church, 2120 NE Tillamook St
When: October 31, 6-8:30
Cost: Free!
What: Halloween over and need to find a place (besides their tummies) to put your kids candy? Aspire Dental will give $1 per pound of candy. plus prize bags filled with meal certificates and other items. All candy will be donated to U.S. military deployed in combat. For a comprehensive list of other participating practices, see here.
Where: Aspire Dental, 833 SW 11th Ave, Suite 414
When: November 1-November 8.
Compiled by Ali Wilkinson
