For the little ones
For some great family Halloween fun, including safe options for trick-or-treating, costume parties and craft projects, these events are sure to please kids and parents alike.
For some great family Halloween fun, including safe options for trick-or-treating, costume parties and craft projects, these events are sure to please kids and parents alike.
Night at the [Art] Museum
What to expect: Eerie art activities, spooky stories, ghostly games, AND kids will get a chance to take part in a workshop inspired by Noah Scalin’s “Skull-A-Day” project. Completed projects will be submitted as a slideshow to be posted on Scalin’s widely popular blog. Come in costume!
Date: Friday, October 23
Time: 5pm to 7pm
Location: Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Pauley Center, 200 N. Boulevard
Cost: $5 per child, ages 3 to 12. Free for accompanying adults and VMFA members. Tickets can be purchased here or by calling the museum.
Contact: 804-340-1405
Spooky Party at Children’s Museum
What to expect: Seymour the Dinosaur will lead a costume parade with music, art projects, games, and more.
Date: Saturday, October 24
Time: 10am to 4pm
Location: Children’s Museum of Richmond, 2626 W. Broad Street
Cost: Free
Contact: 804-474-7000
Goblins and Gourds at Lewis Ginter
What to to expect: A live concert from Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra, pumpkin painting, and other fun family activities.
Date: Sunday, October 25
Time: 1pm to 4pm
Location: Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, 1800 Lakeside Avenue
Cost: Free with garden admission ($10 Adults, $6 Children ages 3-12, Ages 3 and under Free)
Contact: 804-262-9887
Poe’s Pumpkin Patch
What to expect: A unique Halloween event to get your kids interested in literature, including Poe-themed activities like, “pin-the-tale-on-the-black-cat” and the “tell-tale heart scavenger hunt.”
Date: Sunday, October 25
Time: 2pm to 5pm
Location: Poe Museum, 1914-16 East Main Street
Cost: Free with regular museum admission (Adults $6, Children 7 and up $5, Children under 7 Free)
Contact: 804-648-5523
CHAT Halloween Party
What to expect: Dress-up Halloween fun, games, cookies, face-painting and other activities.
Date: Thursday, October 29
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: Church Hill Lighthouse (601 N. 31st Street)
Cost: Free
Contact: 804-236-4964 or info@chatrichmond.org
Halloween Fun at Humphrey Calder Community Center
What to expect: A visit to the Haunted House and lots of Halloween treats.
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 5pm to 8pm
Location: 414 N. Thompson Street
Cost: Free!
Contact: 804-646-1780
Harvest Festival
What to expect: Pizza and soda, moon bounce, face painting, clowns, Halloween crafts, and more. The event is organized by Delegate Jennifer McClellan with help from Virginia BioTechnology Research Park.
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.
Cost: Free
Contact: info@jennifermcclellan.com
Extreme Halloween
What to expect: Radio Disney dance Party, crafts, costume contest, creepy crawly exhibits, and an appearance by Disney Channel Star, Jennifer Stone from Wizards of Waverly Place!
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 6pm to 9pm (Ms. Stone will be visiting from 7pm to 9pm)
Location: Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 East Broad Street
Cost: Free for members, $5 for non-member adults and children. Bring this flyer (PDF) and $1 of your admission will go to benefit The Faison School for Autism.
Contact: 804-353-7200
Pine Camp Harvest Festival
What to expect: Face painting, scary games and videos, and free pizza and candy
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: 4901 Old Brook Road
Cost: Free!
Contact: 804-646-3672
Boo House!
What to expect: Lots of spooky, Halloween fun!
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: Randolph Community Center, 1415 Grayland Avenue
Cost: Free!
Contact: 804-646-1080
Halloween Carnival
What to expect: A costume contest, scary movies, and Halloween games and crafts.
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 6pm to 9pm
Location: Ann Hardy Plaza, 3300 First Avenue
Cost: Free!
Contact: 804-646-4824
Halloween Happenings
What to expect: Pumpkin carving, a costume contest, face painting, games, trick-or-treat bag decorating (bring your own!), and light refreshments.
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 6pm to 9pm
Location: Hickory Hill Community Center, 3000 E. Belt Boulevard
Cost: Free!
Contact: 804-646-7934
Pumpkin and Candy Hunt
What to expect: Flashlight pumpkin and candy hunt, moun bounce, and music.
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 7pm
Location: Westover Community Center, 1301 Jahnke Road
Cost: Free!
Contact: 804-646-8995
Scarytown
What to expect: All of Carytown showing some Halloween spirit with pets’ and kids’ costume contests, sales and specials all day, and trick-or-treating in the evening.
Date: Saturday, October 31
Time: Festivities last all day, trick-or-treating goes from 4pm to 6pm
Location: Carytown
Cost: Free
Contact: 804-422-CARY (2279) to reach the Event Hotline
Boo Lake at Blood Lake Haunted House
What to expect: A “lights on” tour through the attractions, arts and crafts, and free candy.
Date: Saturday, October 31
Time: 11am to 2pm
Location: Cobblestones Park, 13131 OverHill Lake Lane, 3/4 mile north of I-295 Staples Mill Road Exit
Cost: $5 for ages 3 and up, children under age 2 are free. Anyone 10 and up will receive a $5 off Terror Trio Pass voucher to come back and visit Blood Lake later that night.
Contact: 804-343-3700
Trick or Treat Street at UR
What to expect: All sorts of fun activities are planned, including food, magicians, pumpkin decorating, costume contests, face painting and more. The proceeds will benefit the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, specifically Cole Hafer, a 4-year-old boy in need of a liver transplant.
Date: Saturday, October 31
Time: 11am to 3pm
Location: University of Richmond’s Old Fraternity Row, off Boatwright Drive
Cost: $5 per child or $12 for 3 children, Free for adults
Contact: 203-216-1023
Halloween Hoopla at Children’s Museum
What to expect: Kids can trick-or-treat in the museum’s kid-sized neighborhood at 6 different houses. Other activities will include art projects, pumpkin painting, and games.
Date: Saturday, October 31
Time: 4pm to 8pm (museum will close at 3 pm)
Location: Children’s Museum of Richmond, 2626 W. Broad Street
Cost: Free for children, $4 for adults
Contact: 804-474-7000
LolliPops: The Composer is Dead
What to expect: A fun, whodunit murder mystery with an entertaining introduction to the instruments of the symphony. Pre-concert festival begins at 10am.
Date: Saturday, October 31
Time: 11am
Location: Richmond Center Stage Carpenter Theatre, 600 E. Grace Street
Cost: Aduts $17, Children $12
Contact: 804-788-1212
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BOO LAKE at Blood Lake Haunted House
Saturday, October 31st, 11AM – 2PM
Includes “lights on” walk through the attractions, Arts and Crafts for the kids, and Free Candy.
$5 per person (ages 3 and up). Children 2 and under are free.
Anyone 10 and up will receive a $5 off Terror Trio Pass voucher to come back and visit Blood Lake later that night.
Thanks for the tip! We’ll make sure that gets added to our list when we make updates this week.