Bethesda Lutheran Church in Morrison will participate in trick or treat from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31.

Craft Beer Festival and Halloween Town offered fun for all in downtown Sterling The events took place on Saturday, October 11th, 2025.

Guests will hear accounts of unexplained occurrences experienced not only by the Grams family, who own the museum, but also by employees and visitors over the decades.

Check out these delightfully frightening haunted houses in northern Illinois, guaranteed to bring the scares this season.

The Yorkville Public Library has unveiled a slate of fall programs for October.

The Village of Fox Lake Parks & Recreation is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with Libertyville Recreation for the 2025 Pumpkin Jubilee, themed “Halloween Express.”

Gurnee Park District, in proud partnership with the Village of Gurnee, is excited to welcome the community to its third annual Halloween Fall Fest from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 11 at Hunt Club Park and inside Hunt Club Park Community Center, 900 Hunt Club Road.

All Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra concerts are held in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, in the Northern Illinois University Music Building. The season opens Oct. 11

Fall events in Kendall County include Yorkville's Scarecrow Walk, the Oswego Cemetery Walk, Fall Fest at the Kendall County Fairgrounds and more.

The Village of Minooka is hosting a haunted trail ride and bonfire at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 at Aux Sable Springs Park, 2500 Holt Road.

The annual Halloween costume contest and egg hunt is returning to downtown Yorkville on Friday, Oct. 17.

Gather all your ghosts, goblins, and creepy crawlies to deck out your house and yard for Rock Falls’ decorating contest.

Northwest Illinois, eastern Iowa and southwest Wisconsin are home to frightfully fun haunted houses.

Cameras roll, meters hum, a Savanna family hunts for what the living cannot see. Armed with ghost-hunting gear, 2 a.m. Paranormal in Savanna searches for stories the living can’t explain.

Prophetstown Proud invites all ghouls, goblins, witches, wizards and princesses to join them Oct. 24, 2025, for a night of safe trick-or-treating on Main Street.

The City of Princeton held its Halloween parade on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in downtown Princeton.

The second-annual Monster Mash Balloon Bash returned to the Bureau County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Princeton. The gusty winds prevented the balloon companies from providing tethered rides. The event featured pony rides, hayrack rides, food trucks, an outdoor movie, a performance by the Hocus Pocus Hags and much more.

The Seebach family has been growing and selling pumpkins in Flagg Center just outside Rochelle for the past 44 years. Seebach’s Pumpkins at 5498 S. Center Road opened for the season Sept. 13.

There will be games, prizes and fun for all. The event runs from 6-7 p.m.

Children can collect goodies from decorated car trunks featuring friendly ghosts, good witches and pumpkins at the Plano Methodist Church's Halloween fun.

The 10,000-square-foot, award-winning Insanity Haunted House in Peru features over 40 actors and different themes in each room.

Residents can nominate their property or someone else’s by submitting the property address online at montgomeryil.org.

The Dixon Police Department has announced trick-or-treat times for children this Halloween season will be from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31.

Take a private ghost tour of Waukegan's Genesee Theatre during this Halloween season.

Currently under construction within towering rows of corn adjacent to the Richardson Adventure Farm, a one-of-a-kind haunt is scheduled to open Thursday, Oct. 2, and to remain open Thursdays through Sundays until closing night Saturday, Nov. 1.

The Arboretum of South Barrington is raising the stakes this fall with the spine-chilling debut of Duchess Manor, an all-new haunted house experience that will thrill and terrify guests of all ages.

Glen Ellyn is inviting residents to enter the Halloween home decorating contest.

Enjoy tricks, treats and scares at the Bureau County Fairgrounds this weekend!

The public is welcomed to stroll downtown Geneva from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 for the seventh annual Autumn Fest and Self-Guided Jack-O'-Lantern Walk, with 90 merchants participating.

The Downers Grove Historical Society invites the community to experience the Living Cemetery at the historic Main Street Cemetery, 5158 Main St.

Explore the spooky side of Kendall County at upcoming programs in October.

The hike is designed for all ages and will be divided into three groups, each led by a Nature Center expert and tailored to different “spooky levels”.

CrossRoads Community Church at 205 N. Jefferson Ave. in Polo is inviting the community to take part in its trunk or treat Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.

Now through Nov. 2, the Volo Museum invites guests to step aboard its train for an extraordinary journey where history and mystery intertwine.

The fall fun festival will open in Lake Zurich on Sept. 26 in Paulus Park, 200 S. Rand Road. Jack O’Lantern World in Lemont, to be held at The Forge Lemont Quarries, 227 Heritage Quarries Drive, will open for its first year Oct. 2.

For those looking to dive headfirst into the fall season, there is no shortage of events and activities around Kankakee County to get into the spooky spirit.

Yorkville Public Library Adult Services Department will be planning special events with Halloween and October themes.

All Saints Lutheran Church in Byron is hosting a fun-filled and safe trick-or-treat environment for kids of all ages Oct. 25.

The Village of Minooka’s annual Halloween parade will take place at noon on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Minooka Elementary school at the corner of Wabena Ave. and Coady Drive.

The Caskets on Cass race is the final event of Westmont’s Trick or Treat Trail. This year the event will be held on Oct. 18.

Hayride of Horror and Curse of the Bayou run on Fridays, Saturdays and select Sundays in October at Dellwood Park in Lockport.

The sign-up deadline is approaching for two Halloween events in Westmont.

American Scream Park, located next to Richardson Adventure Farm, will have five themed haunted attractions in the cornfields.

Rock Falls Tourism has announced the return of the Spooktacular Halloween lighted golf cart & UTV parade. The parade starts at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in downtown Rock Falls.

The village of Shorewood recently issued a new seasonal business license to Spirit Halloween.

Six Flags Great America is unleashing all-new nightmares during its premier fall event, Fright Fest.

Registration is open for the 12th annual Halloween-themed Bat Race, hosted by Batavia United Way.

One of four men charged with the gang-fueled Joliet Township shooting on Halloween in 2021 has lost his bid to suppress his statements to sheriff’s detectives.

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp held Halloween in July theme night on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at Schweickert Stadium in Peru. The event featured a Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt presented by Peru Federal Savings Bank, Pregame Performance from the Hocus Pocus Hags and a kids costume parade.

In past years, the store has opened in the former JCPenney in the Peru Mall. The store typically opens in mid-August.