Looking for the best things to do with kids in Pittsburgh this Halloween and for your local Trunk-or-Treat events? Macaroni KID Pittsburgh West has been working hard to find all your family-friendly Halloween activities in the 'Burgh for Pittsburgh kids like Trunk-or-Treats near you, costume parties, pumpkin festivals, and more! Find basic info below and click on the pink links for more details. To find more daily events in the Pittsburgh area this October, check the event calendar to find things to do with kids in Pittsburgh near you!
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Ongoing Halloween Fun throughout Pittsburgh, PA all season long:
Haunted Houses - Find everything you need to know about Haunted Houses and Attractions for your older kids in Pittsburgh HERE
Fall Festivals - Find all the info on Fall Festivals happening all season long HERE
HallowBoo at Idlewild
It's the Idlewild you know and love with a fun, family-oriented, happy Halloween twist! Trick-or-treat through Story Book Forest, hop on your favorites rides, and enjoy special entertainment perfect for the season. Plus, soak in the amazing views as the leaves change colors! Saturdays & Sundays September 14th through October 20th, 2024. idlewild.com
Halloween Bootacular at Chuck E. Cheese
Head to Chuck E. Cheese in Bridgeville for spooky fun from October 2 through October 31! Sink your teeth into slime desserts, pumpkin shaped pizza & more. Plus, get 30 minutes of All You Can Play FREE* when you buy 60 minutes every day. Haunted House Dance Party with Free Candy at all 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30pm shows. Goblins and Ghouls can join for a Hallo-weekend costume contest, from October 27-29 at 7pm. Prizes for all participants and 1st place winners. chuckecheese.com/bootacular
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2024 Family-Friendly Halloween Events and Trunk or Treats in Pittsburgh West
September 29th
October 4th
October 5th
October 6th
October 7th
- Mini Skeleton Decorating Contest: Skeleton Pick Ups
- 🎃 Art Club: Mosaic Pumpkins for Gr K-2 @ Western Allegheny Community Library
October 10th
October 11th
October 12th
- 🍂 Coraopolis Fall Festival
- 👻 HallowBoo @ Idlewild & SoakZone
- 🎃 Trunk or Treat with The Robinson Township Library
October 13th
- 👻 Kids Day @ Hundred Acres Manor
- 🎃 Bubba’s Second Annual Trunk or Treat
- 👻 HallowBoo @ Idlewild & SoakZone
- 🎃 Jack O’Lantern Extravaganza @ Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
October 14th
October 15th
October 16th
October 17th
October 18th
- 👻 Dark in the Park - Light Scare at Washington Park
- 🎥 Halloween Movies in the Parks at Settlers Cabin Park
- 🎃Pumpkin Patch Trolley @ Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
October 19th
- 🔥 Campfire Ghost Stories @ Boyce Park
- 🎃 Cecil Township Trail of Treats
- 🎥 Halloween Movies in the Parks at North Park
- 🎃Halloween Spooky Spectacular
- 🎃 Howl-o-ween's Bark or Treat
- 🎃 North Fayette Township's Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat
- 🎃 North Strabane Trunk or Treat
- 🦉 Owl-O-Ween at the National Aviary
- 🎃 Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Festival
- 🎃Pumpkin Patch Trolley @ Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
- 🎃 Pumpkin Painting! at Fair Haven Farms
- 🎃 Punkin Chunkin @ Hartwood Acres Amphitheater
- 🎃 Trunk Or Treat @ Rolling Hills Park
- The Curse of Frankenschnoz
October 20th
- 🔥 Campfire Ghost Stories @ Deer Lakes Wagman Observatory
- 👻 HallowBoo @ Idlewild & SoakZone
- 🦉 Owl-O-Ween at the National Aviary
- 🎃 Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Festival
- 🎃 Pumpkin Painting! at Fair Haven Farms
- 🎃Pumpkin Patch Trolley @ Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
- 🎃 South Park Shops' Trick-or-Treat Event
- 🎃 Trunk or Treat at the Track
October 21st
October 22nd
October 23rd
October 24
October 25th
- 🎃 Halloween Happenings: A Boo-Tanical Bash
- Harvest Festival & Trunk-or-Treat @ Union Church of Robinson Township
October 26th
- 🎃 Annual Halloween Walk @ Donaldson's Crossroads Shopping Center
- 🎃 Halloween Fun Cruise on The Gateway Clipper
- 🦉 Owl-O-Ween at the National Aviary
- 🎃 Pumpkin Patch Parade in Uptown Mt. Lebanon
- 🎃 Rennerdale VFD Halloween Parade
- 🎃 Trunk or Treat @ Bombash Botanical Skincare Co
- 👻 Trunk or Treat at South Park Wave Pool
October 27th
- 🎃 Halloween Hunt @ Carnegie Science Center
- 🦉 Owl-O-Ween at the National Aviary
- 👻 Trunk or Treat at Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater
- 🎃 Halloween Hunt @ Carnegie Science Center
October 28th
October 29th
October 30th
October 31st
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Trick or Treat! Thursday, October 31st, 2024 is Halloween, and families in Pittsburgh West are finding their best costumes to wear Trick or Treating on Halloween and even during Trunk or Treat events on the days leading up to it. Macaroni KID is working to provide you with the most up-to-date information on local Pittsburgh Halloween Trick or Treat times and Halloween Parades, so you know when all the Trick or Treating is!
Local Trick or Treat Times and Halloween Parades in Pittsburgh West, PA
Ambridge - October 31st, 6-8pm
Avalon - October 31st, 6-8pm
Collier Township - October 31st, 6-8pm
Crafton - October 31st, 6-8pm
Findlay Township- October 26th, 6-8pm
Green Tree - October 31st, 6-8pm
Heidelberg - October 31st, 6pm - 8pm
Independence Township - Recommended Time October 31st 5-7pm
Leetsdale - October 31st, 6-8pm
McDonald - October 31st, 6-8pm
McKees Rocks - October 31st, 6-8pm
Midway Borough - October 31st, 6-8pm
Moon Township - October 31st, 6-8pm
Pittsburgh (City) - October 31st, 5-7pm
Robinson - October 31st, 6-8pm
Sewickley - October 31st, 6-8pm
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We will continue to update our Macaroni Kid Pittsburgh Halloween Guide with events as they are posted, so check back often!
Do you know of a kid-friendly Halloween event taking place in Pittsburgh West that isn't listed here? Please submit your event here robinson.macaronikid.com/events/submit and we will add it to our list!
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More Halloween fun!
Trick-or-Treat! Smell my feet! Give me something good to eat!!!
That Halloween jingle will always bring a grin to my face thinking about my childhood years trick-or-treating in the suburbs of the South Hills. These days, Halloween seems to need more than a pillow case filled with candy to satisfy kids. Let me be part of the problem and fill you with plenty of ideas for tricks and treats for your littles during the days leading up to Halloween :)
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