Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls … oh, golly! Halloween season will soon be upon us, but you already know that — kids go crazy for Halloween! Calgary has Halloween activities and festivities for kids of all ages, from tots to teens, and we’re collecting some top options here. Let us help you find the BEST Halloween events in Calgary so your 2025 Halloween season includes heaps of fangtastic fun!
Blue Grass Nursery Pumpkin Fest
October 11, 2025 | Fall means cozy sweaters, brilliant photo ops, and pumpkin-themed fun! And this fall, you can give your support to young superheroes at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. It’s all waiting for you with the Pumpkin Fest at the Blue Grass Garden Centre. Get ready for a fun family event filled with pumpkins and kid-favourite autumn activities. Who’s ready for a smashing good time?!
Read more about it here.
Butterfield Acres’ Harvest Pumpkin Fest
October Weekends 2025 | The Butterfield Acres Harvest Pumpkin Fest is the perfect fall outing for young families, and you can find it every weekend throughout October! There’s so much for the kids to do at Butterfield Acres: visit the animals, spot the scarecrows, and search for the perfect pumpkin to make a Halloween jack-o’lantern. Plus, you’ll get some wonderful fall photos!
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Calaway Park Halloweekends
Fall Weekends until October 13, 2025 | It’s time for gorgeous foliage, costumes, and Halloweekends at Calaway Park! This is an opportunity to enjoy fall and celebrate Halloween early: it’s family-friendly fun with rides, costumes, and wonderful memories. Be sure to stop by Hallotown, with different scenes and activities. Do you dare stroll through it? Of course! It’s not scary, it’s friendly!
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Heritage Park Ghouls’ Night Out
October 23 – 26, 2025 | Where can you walk through a ghostly history and meet the haunted spirits of the past? We know! Whether you want to enjoy safe Halloween fun with your little monsters or jump scare your teenagers, head to Ghouls’ Night Out at Heritage Park! This year, you’ll find new experiences – including those for older kids — that will bring Halloween excitement for the whole family!
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Pumpkins After Dark
September 19 – October 31, 2025 | As the sun sets, the jack-o’-lanterns start to glow. Step into Halloween magic this fall with Pumpkins After Dark, Canada’s largest Halloween festival! This fun and family-friendly walk-through experience boasts pumpkin sculptures and displays that are lit and curated to music, sounds, and special effects. Expect terrific enhancements and new features!
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TELUS Spark HallowSTEAM
All October | It’s time to get a little creepy (and crawly)! Halloween at TELUS Spark is HallowSTEAM, bringing families the cool, creepy, and squirm-worthy side of science. It’s all about webs, wings, and wiggly things! The entire month of October is filled with discovery and hands-on experiences. Science is cool any month of the year, but with special shows, limited-time treats, and unique activities, you won’t want to miss HallowSTEAM!
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Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo ZooBOO
October 25 – 26, 2025 | Trick-or-treating throughout your neighbourhood is great, but when you head to ZooBOO at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, trick-or-treating is a WILD adventure! This Halloween, your little ones can dress up in their best costumes and enjoy Halloween fun with their favourite zoo animals! ZooBOO is back from October 26 – 27, 2024, and it’s the perfect opportunity for fall fun!
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BOO Your Neighbour {FREE Printable}
This October, take this idea from Family Fun Edmonton and push aside all the problems you can’t solve. Instead, do something to add a glimmer to someone’s life! It’s time to BOO your neighbour! BOOing your friends and neighbours is the perfect (sneaky!) way to add some sweet excitement to life this Halloween. Literally! And we’ve made it even easier with a FREE We’ve Been BOOed/You’ve Been BOOed printable at the end of the article.
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Favourite Local Candy Stores
There’s something iconic about a candy store. It’s a child’s wonderland, with sugary sweet delights that are often colourful and always delicious. Even adults can’t always resist the lure of the candy store, especially when they find nostalgic sweets that bring back those happy, carefree days of childhood. Sure, you can buy candy at any corner store or supermarket, but check out one of these candy stores for something special this Halloween.
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COMING SOON Indoor Trick-or-Treating
Halloween means trick-or-treating and CANDY for all those excited kids! Local malls in the Calgary area sometimes offer indoor trick-or-treating, and it’s a great alternative for younger children. And, of course, Calgary weather being what it is, it’s lovely to be inside if the weather ends up being exceptionally cold!
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Pumpkin Patches Guide
Fall is so short in Calgary, you have to make the most of the season! Two of the season’s most iconic symbols are a nice big pumpkin and a juicy cob of corn, so here are the best places in Calgary to find your favourite pumpkin and/or challenge yourself with a journey through a corn maze. Plus, these are great places for amazing photos!
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Trunk or Treat Event Guide
Have you visited a Halloween Trunk or Treat event? With a tricky twist on Halloween fun, some communities are beginning to offer FREE events where you visit Halloween-decorated vehicles for treats — sometimes sweet treats and occasionally non-food treats. There are often extra activities as well, and it’s a great way to get out in your community.
Read more about it here.
Looking for more? Find all our Halloween events here.
Cirque du Soleil ECHO is now playing in Calgary, offering SPOOKtacular, EERIE-sistible family excitement! October means Halloween fun all month long. Maybe that means adding a special treat to your month and checking out the breathtaking Cirque du Soleil show! With terrific costumes and a gorgeous set, plus all the acrobatics, circus arts, and clowning around, your whole family will be amazed. But this unforgettable show only plays until October 19, 2025, so don’t miss out!
If you’re talking about fantastic, sought-after shows for the whole family (any time of year!) Cirque du Soleil is the name on everyone’s lips. The show was born from a troupe of street performers in Baie-Saint-Paul, a town near Quebec City. Years later, Cirque du Soleil is one of the most successful theatrical productions of our age. They have redefined circus, creating fantastic stories with incredible tricks, multimedia, acrobatics, dance, and humour.
No matter what show Cirque du Soleil presents, you’ll be transported to a magical world by profoundly talented and dedicated performers. Every show offers the ultimate entertainment by letting you escape reality for an evening.
What are you waiting for?! Get your tickets soon for Cirque du Soleil and their dramatic mix of circus arts and entertainment. Take advantage of the 4-pack offer and save a little money when you buy a minimum of four tickets, including at least one adult and one child. There are no tricks, only a treat for the whole family this October at this SPOOKtacular spectacle!
