I love a good trick-or-treat night, but sometimes it’s fun to mix it up with something new. So, if the typical trick-or-treat night is not you’re thing or you don’t live in a neighborhood that participates in the night or you’re just looking for something different – you’re not the only one. Here are nineteen alternatives to the night, happening all throughout the month of October.
Boo-at-the-Zoo
Bring the whole family out to this “merry-not-scary” Halloween event at the Columbus Zoo. Meet Spider-Man, Iron Man, Capital Marvel and Hulk, plus visit Frogwortz, Pumpkinpalooza, candy stops and more!
Date: October 18-20, 25-27
Time: Friday 5PM – 9PM, Saturday 10AM – 9PM, Sunday 10AM – 8PM
Location: Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, 4850 W Powell Rd, Powell, OH
Cost: Included with Admission to Zoo
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Trick-or-Treat at The Shops at Worthington Place
Calling all witches, wizards, ghosts and goblins. Join us for some free fangtastic fun at our Trunks, Tricks and Treats event!
•Entertainment
• Tricks & Treats
• Crafts
• Activities
• Music
• Story Time with a Surprise Character
and more!
Date: Thursday, October 17th
Time: 4 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: The Shops at Worthington Place
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Halloween Treat Trail Party
Join us for this fun-filled night as you travel along the treat trail which includes Halloween-themed games and vendor alley. Don’t forget to take a ride through the park in our horse-drawn carriage. Remember to wear your costume. Event is rain or shine.
Date: Friday, October 18th
Time: 6 PM – 8 PM
Location: Everal Barn at Heritage Park
60 N. Cleveland Ave.
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Old Hilliard Halloween Haunt
The Old Hilliard Halloween Haunt is a celebration of local businesses, community fun and of course, Halloween!Join Hilliard’s businesses for spooky fun including:
• Trick-or-Treat
• Scavenger Hunt
• Family-Fun Activities
• Costume Contest at 11:30 at the splash pad!
Date: Saturday, October 19th
Time: 10 AM – 12 PM
Location: The event will take place along Main Street in Old Hilliard, from new life chiropractic (Dino skeleton) to Heartland Bank
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Halloween Hop
Halloween Hop is a FREE, not-too-spooky trick-or-treat event for families and kids of all abilities. Columbus Speech & Hearing Center created Halloween Hop four years ago to provide a fun fall experience for kids who may otherwise be sensitive to the lights, sounds and masks of other Halloween-themed events.
We create a Halloween experience that eliminates scary decorations, minimizes challenges that children with special needs often face, and encourages participation at each child’s own level and pace. Every kid can trick-or-treat for edible and non-edible treats, enjoy a magic show, pet therapy dogs, partake in themed crafts, and watch live kid-friendly music.
Date: Saturday, October 19th
Time: 10 AM – 12 PM
Location: Columbus Speech & Hearing Center, 510 E North Broadway, Columbus, OH 43214
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Creepside Festival
Put on your costumes, dress up the kids and join us for Creepside! This event is free and appropriate for all ages. Event highlights include: live music, games, activities, haunted trail, trick or treat with local organizations and plenty of candy.
Date: Saturday, October 19th
Time: 11AM – 3PM
Location: 117 Mill Street, Gahanna, OH
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Spooktacular
Join us for the fright of your life and some merry, not scary family-fun! Guests of all ages can come in costume and enjoy Halloween hijinks inside and outside the DCRC.
There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow in the moonlight. Sharing his tips and tricks, a professional pumpkin carver will be on hand to create amazing works of art. Goblins and ghouls will want to check out Carroll Baker’s magic shows and the Dublin Dance Centre & Gymnastics dance performances in the Abbey Theater. Don’t miss returning favorites like the Haunted Trail and Trunk or Treat Trail, or eerie exhibits featuring the Turtle Lady and the Bug Man, and more. New in 2019, is a petting zoo from Honey Hill Farms.
Date: Thursday, October 24th
Time: 3PM – 8PM
Location: Dublin Community Recreation Center (DCRC), 5600 Post Road, Dublin, OH
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Howl-O-Ween at the Ohio Wildlife Center
Spooky is our specialty at this family-friendly Halloween event. Come enjoy walks through our White Tail Trail, visits from “spooky” Animal Ambassadors like owls Bella, Alex and Woodsy, snakes Checkers, and Percy and Lenore, our American Crows.
Date: Thursday, October 24th
Time: 4PM – 7PM
Location:Ohio Wildlife Center, 9000 Dublin Rd., Powell, OH 43065
Cost: $5/person, children 5 and under free
Bring a donation from their Wishlist to join the event for free
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Boo and Brew at Bridge Park
Calling all monsters, ghosts and witches! Grab the family and join us for Boo & Brew at Bridge Park on Thursday, October 24 for our take on trick or treat.
Our Bridge Park businesses will be lining the streets handing out all kinds of goodies to families and community-goers. Although all anyone ever really needs is a bag full of candy, there will also be plenty of other fun activities for all ages such as a costume competition, face painting and so much more! Followed by a brew hop at our bars and restaurants, this is an event you won’t want to miss.
Date: Thursday, October 24th
Time: 6PM – 9PM
Location: Bridge Park, 6634 Riverside Dr.Dublin, OH 43017
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Costume & Candy Crawl
Dress in your Halloween best and Trick-or-Treat at Kingsdale Shopping Center! We’ll have a costume contest, face painters, and balloon artists. Please meet at the green for registration and a trick-or-treat bag to take along the route.
Date: Thursday, October 24th
Time: 4 PM – 7 PM
Location: Kingsdale Shopping Center – Upper Arlington
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Worthington Community Center Under the Sea Halloween Party
Join in on a fun halloween part at the Worthington Community Center. There will be a trick or treat trail, hayrides, games and music by Endless Recess.
Date: Friday, October. 25th
Time: 6:30PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Worthington Community Center, 345 East Wilson Bridge Road
Worthington, Ohio 43085
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Scarysville
The streets of Uptown “Scarysville” come alive with Halloween fun! Kids can wear their costumes and visit Uptown merchants for candy and other goodies. Sponsored by the Historic Marysville Business District Association.
Date: Saturday, October 26th
Time: 10AM – 12PM
Location: Uptown Marysville, Marysville, OH 43040
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Candy by the Carload
The parking lot will be transformed into a trick-or-treater’s treasure chest as local businesses and organizations set up booths and car trunks filled with candy, toys and other Halloween goodies.
Wear your best Halloween costume and bring canned food items to benefit People In Need, Inc. of Delaware County Food Pantry.
Date: Saturday, October 26th
Time: 4PM – 6PM
Location: Municipal Building Parking Lot, 47 Hall Street, Powell, OH 43065
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Halloween Family Funday at North Market
Bring your little ghosts and goblins to North Market for FREE Halloween fun!!!
Activities include:
- Trick-or-Treat with North Market merchants indoors and Vendors outdoors – while supplies last! (Guests may bring a treat bag or pick up a complimentary bag on the plaza, provided by North Market)
- Columbus Zoo animals on site from 11:00am-12:00pm
- Spooky Halloween Records with Raymond T. Vinyl!!!
- Cornhole, yard yahtzee, giant jenga, and tic-tac-toe courtesy of Matchbox Ltd.
- Free facepainting by Loren Collins
- Kids’ craft activity: pumpkin painting
- Coloring station
- Shop the Sunday Farmers’ Market
Date: Sunday, October 27th
Time: 11AM – 2PM
Location: North Market, 59 Spruce Street, Columbus, OH
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Trunk or Treat at Radiant Life Church
It’s time for our 7th annual Trunk or Treat event! It’s a morning of all kinds of fun for the whole family. Come in costume, be encouraged, and collect candy, memories, and fair foods!
Date: Sunday, October 27th
Time: 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Radiant Life Church, 7100 Post Road, Dublin, OH
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Hilliard Trunk-or-Treat: Ray Patch YMCA
It is a safe, easy environment for young kids to dress up, have fun, and get a lot of candy. Cars back into parking spots and pass out candy from their trunks. Young children can walk just a few hundred feet and fill their bags in a quick, safe trip.
This year we will have a food truck, music from 104.9 The River, the Hilliard Police, a DIY photobooth, and more!
Date: Sunday, October 27th
Time: 4:30 PM – 7 PM
Location: Hiliard/Ray Patch Family YMCA, 4515 Cosgray Road, Hilliard, OH
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Haunted Village
Halloween fun for all ages. Ghost tours, story-telling, hayrides, trick or treating through the Olde Pickerington Village businesses, haunted museum, haunted house, entertainment, food, and more.
Date: Wednesday, October 30th
Time: 6PM – 8PM
Location: Old Pickerington Village, Pickerington, OH 43147
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Groveport Trick or Treat Block Party
Trick or Treat: 5:30 pm-7:00 pm. FREE Block Party: 7:00 pm.
Town Hall will be serving hot dogs, popcorn and drink courtesy of the Groveport Police Department, Madison Township Fire Department and Groveport Town Hall.
Block Party will have a costume contest, Groveport Madison High School Band & Cruiserettes. Doughnuts and cider sponsored by the Groveport Lions Club.
Date: Thursday, October 31st
Time: 5:30 PM – 8 PM
Location: Groveport Town Hall, 648 Main St, Groveport, OH
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Boo on Broadway
Grove City’s Town Center Promenade is transformed into destination for spooky fun. This annual, family-friendly alternative to the traditional door-to-door Beggars’ Night allows children to dress in costume and safely collect candy and other goodies from area businesses and civic organizations.
Date: Thursday, October 31st
Time: 6PM – 8PM
Location: Grove City Town Center, Broadway and Park Street Intersection
Grove City, OH 43123
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Happy Halloween!
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