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🎃👻🕸 Halloween Events and Festivities Guide

By Jodi Lorence, Macaroni Publisher October 8, 2019


Halloween is such a fun and ghoulish time to have some family fun! There are more decorations adorning the windows and yards in the neighborhood. Getting your little trick-or-treater out dressed in their Halloween finest is such a great memory that will last forever. If you know of other events that you would like added email me at jodil@macaronikid.com and I will add them to the list. Enjoy!


October 11 - October 27

Trail of Terror in Shakopee (Fridays & Saturdays October 11th – 26th + Sunday the 20th & 27th, Friday and Saturdays from 7:00pm to 12:30am and Sundays 7:00pm to 11:00pm)

Now - November 2

Anoka Halloween (See site for more information including pricing)

  • Find the Cow, September 16 - October 30
  • Wine and Canvas Night at Rumriver Art Center, October 10 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (ages 21 and up)
  • Halloween Party at the Rum River Library, October 12 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Toy Story 4 at American Legion Anoka Post 102, October 16 from 6-8 pm
  • Children’s Pumpkin Carving Contest at Akin Park, October 19 @ 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Light Up the Night Parade, October 19 @ 7:00 PM on Main Street in Anoka
  • 2019 Pumpkin Bowl at Goodrich Field, October 11 @ 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Scavenger Hunt at Peninsula Point Two Rivers Park, October 12 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Coloring Contest at Rumriver Arts Center, October 19 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Bonfire at Anoka City Hall,  October 19 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Medallion Hunt at Peninsula Point Two Rivers Park, October 20
  • Bingo Night at American Legion Anoka Post 102,, October 21 @ 6:30 PM - 9:15 PM
  • Preschool Costume Contest at Lyric Arts, October 25 @ 8:30 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Wine | Craft Beer Tasting at Anoka City Hall, October 24 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Big Parade of Little People on Anoka Main Street, October 25 @ 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Anoka Lions Tent Party at Anoka City Hall, October 25 @ 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
  • Grande Day Parade on Main Street in Anoka,  October 26 @ 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • 33rd Annual Gray Ghost 5K at Franklin Elementary School,  October 26 @ 12:50 PM 
  • Spooktacular Carnival -New Location - Anoka Middle School, October 26 @ 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Anoka Lions Tent Party at Anoka City Hall,  October 26 @ 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
  • Halloween Post Parade Pancake Breakfast at American Legion Anoka Post 102,  October 27 @ 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Anoka Halloween Ambassador Coronationn at Anoka High School, October 26 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Bingo Night at American Legion Anoka Post 102, October 28 @ 6:30 PM - 9:15 PM
  • City of Anoka Waste Reduction | Pumpkin Smashing) at Sorenson Park, November 2 @ 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM


October 12

Halloween Party at the Rum River Library (October 12 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am)

Trunk or Treat @ Christ Lutheran Church (October 12, 10:30 am - 12 pm)

The Great Pumpkin Giveaway at the National Sports Center (Blaine), (October 12, 11 am - 2 pm)

Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead @ the Columbia Heights Library, October 12, 1-2 pm)


October 13 -17

Community Pumpkin Carving @ the Springbrook Nature Center (October 13-17, times vary)


October 16

Trick or Trot Halloween Fun Run @ Northwoods Park (New Hope) (October 16, 5:30 - 7 pm)


October 17

Scary Stories @ the Columbia Heights Library,  (October 17, 2 -3:30 pm)


October 18

Flashlight Pumpkin Hunt at Aquatore Park in Blaine (October 18, 7-8:30 pm)


October 19

Pumpkin Night in the Park at Springbrook Nature Center (October 19, 6-10 pm)

Wargo Nature Center Fall Festival (October 19, 2-4 pm)

Bats in the Dark @ the Brookdale Library, (October 19. 1-2 pm)

Halloween Family Fun at Weaver Lake Park, (October 19, 1-4 pm)

Rocky's Pumpkin Patch @ Sand Creek Athletic Complex (Coon Rapids), (October 19, 10 am - 1 pm)


October 20

Bats @ the Eastman Nature Center (October 20. 1- 3 pm)


October 22

Squirrel's Pumpkin Patch and Puppet Show @ the Eastman Nature Center (October 22, 10 am - 12 pm)

Tim Burton's Haunted Houses @ the Centennial Library, (October 22, 4:30 - 6 pm)


October 25 

Fabulous Fall Festival @ the Brooklyn Park Library, (October 25, 10:30 am - 12 pm)

Little Goblins Costume Party at the Wargo Nature Center (October 25,  6:30-8 pm)

Halloween Party at Centennial Park in Brooklyn Center (October 25, 5:30 - 7:30 pm)

Anoka Halloween Big Parade of Little People (October 25, 1:15 - 3 pm)

Halloween Party @ Brooklyn Park Community Center (October 25. 5:30 - 7:30 pm)


October 26

Halloween at the Lino Lakes YMCA (October 26 from 4-8 pm) registration required.

Grande Day Parade in Anoka (October 26, 1-3 pm)

Spooktacular Carnival by Women of Today at the Anoka Middle School (October 26, 10 am - 1 pm)

Big Woods Halloween @ the Eastman Nature Center, (October 26, 10 am - 3 pm)


October 27

Spooky Skate at the Coon Rapids Ice Center (October 27, 5:30 - 7 pm)

Trunk or Treat at Maple Grove Lutheran Church (October 27, 12 - 2 pm)

Skull Challenge @ the Eastman Nature Center, (October 27, 1-3 pm)


October 30

Halloween Haunt @ the Northtown Library,  (October 30, 6 pm)


October 31

Trunk or Treat at Sanburnol Park in Spring Lake Park (October 30. 6-9 pm)

Halloween Storytime @ the Johnsville Library (Blaine), (October 30, 6:30 pm)


November 1

Scary Skate at Maple Grove Community Center (November 1, 7:15 - 8:45 pm)