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Skeleton Yard on St. Charles Avenue
Free to see all of October. 6000 St. Charles Ave. - Corner of St. Charles Avenue and State Street New Orleans, LA 70118
Get a spooky dose of some free skeleton fun! They've got Taylor Swift (dead)Eras tour, political figures, storybook characters, and more! All dead, all a spoof-of-a-good-time!
New Orleans Nightmare
September 20 - November 8, 2025
Open Wednesdays - Sunday from 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
319 Butterworth St. New Orleans, LA 70121
The 2025 attractions at The New Orleans Nightmare haunted house, open on select nights through November 2, include Dead Again, Dead Hour, and Craft of the Midnight. There is also Mini Escape Games and Phobia Sensory Overload. A warning on the website says: Event may be too intense for children 12 and under. Hours vary - typically 7pm - 11pm. $19.99 and up. Buy tickets. Learn more here.
Road Trip - Corn Maze Saturdays at LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens
Session Times: Morning | 9 - 11 a.m. Midday | Noon - 2 p.m. Afternoon | 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
4560 Essen Lane (I-10 at Essen Lane) Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Enjoy some crazy, mazy family fun as you find your way through the maze. Test your skill at the giant sling shots, climb Hay Mountain, visit the farm animals and take a hayride. Other activities include pumpkin decorating, children's zipline, corn crib and more. Concessions available. The fun continues every Saturday in October. Admission is $15 per person. Free for children 2 and younger. Tickets are pre-sale only, and will not be offered at the gate. All ages must have a ticket to enter. Tickets are limited. Night Maze will be on October 26th from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Admission to Night Maze is $20 per person and free for children two and younger. Learn more here.
Kenner’s Annual Trunk or Treat 2025
Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Muss Bertolino Stadium 600 Block of Vintage Dr., Kenner, LA
Welcome ghouls and goblins! This family-friendly Halloween event invites the community to enjoy safe trick-or-treating, creative trunk decorations, and plenty of candy fun! This beloved Kenner Halloween event draws families from across Kenner, Metairie, and New Orleans, making it one of the most anticipated community celebrations of the year. Event Details: Set-up: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (check-in required with auto insurance); Trunk or Treating: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM; Movie on the Field: right after trunk or treating Note: Registered participants must provide candy for at least 500 children to ensure all families can enjoy the event. No tents or outside setups permitted, decorations should be car and trunk only.
Ghosts in the Oaks
Thursday, October 16 – Sunday, October, 19, 2025
City Park
Early admission 5:00 - 6:00 PM General admission 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Join us for four nights of frightful fun at the family-friendly Ghost in the Oaks featuring a new trick-or-treat path, unlimited amusement park rides, festive activities and live entertainment. Get ready to mash it up, monsters! Costumes highly encouraged! Ghost in the Oaks is a rain or shine event. Advance tickets are required. Children 2 and under admitted free of charge. In the event of cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances, purchases will be considered a donation to the Park. Your support of Ghost in the Oaks helps sustain and enhance City Park’s mission to preserve, enrich, and beautify its cherished green spaces—ensuring they remain vibrant hubs for recreation, education, culture, and community for generations to come. Click here for the FAQ page for lots of info.
Boo at the Zoo
Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19, 2025 10am - 5pm
Audubon Zoo 6500 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70118
Safe and spooktacular fun for the whole family! Bring your little ghosts and goblins to Boo at the Zoo! This safe family-fun Halloween tradition is a daytime celebration with your favorite Zoo animals. Come dressed in your Halloween best and enjoy spooktacular activities like Trick or Treating through the Zoo, seasonal craft activities, a Spooky Haunted House, and more! Trick or treating will be available for little ghosts and goblins Friday – Sunday. Please note, trick or treating is reserved for children ages 12 and under.
Krewe of Boo
October 25, 2025 6:30 pm
This is a really fun Halloween outing with the family. Everyone loves a parade, right? Krewe of BOO! became New Orleans' Official Halloween Parade in 2007 and since then has grown to be a spooktacular weekend of Halloween-themed events, combining the magnitude of Mardi Gras with the macabre theatrics of All Hallow's Eve. Featuring floats of world-renowned Kern Studios, the parade's beautifully horrific props and sculptures start with talented Kern artists, sketching creative images for the unique Krewe of BOO! The images “come to life” as 3-dimensional fiberglass or papier-mâché props that excite and frighten parade-goers with their imaginative artistic style. PARADE ROUTE • Assemble at Elysian Fields Avenue • Parade Down Elysian Fields Avenue to North Peters Street • North Peters Street to Decatur Street • Decatur Street past Jackson Square to North Peters Street • North Peters Street to Canal Street • Up Canal to Burgundy then U-turn • Down Canal Street to Tchoupitoulas Street • Tchoupitoulas Street to Andrew Higgins Drive
Halloween Fest at Riverwalk Outlets
October 25, 2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Riverwalk Outlets
Get ready for a spook-tabular afternoon at our Annual Halloween Fest! Bring the kids for a hauntingly good time at this FREE, family-friendly event packed with activities, complimentary trick-or-treating, and a festive Halloween second line that marches straight into the incredible Krewe of BOO! parade! Don’t miss out on the ghoulish fun and all the Halloween magic waiting for you! New this year: Kids’ Costume Selfie Contest! Stop by our designated photo area, snap a selfie, post it on social media, and tag Riverwalk Outlets for a chance to win a $250 shopping voucher to use at Riverwalk. The winner will be announced on October 31, 2025. A limited number of Riverwalk Outlets souvenir Halloween bags will be available, so we encourage guests to bring their own bags for trick-or-treating.
Halloween 'Spooktacular' - Family Concert by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday, October 26, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Roussel Hall, Loyola University New Orleans 6301 St. Charles Ave. #6399 New Orleans LA 70115
Admission to LPO Family Concerts is FREE for children age 15 and under. All others - $15
Grab your costumes and the family and join us for a spine-tingling, family-friendly Kids’ Halloween Concert featuring music from Star Trek, Frozen, and more! Beginning at 10:15 AM, your young music lovers can learn and ask questions about different instruments and the LPO musicians that play them in the Musician Learning Stations. Family Concert: Halloween Spooktacular; David Torns, conductor GIACCHINO - Star Trek Into Darkness; SAINT-SAËNS - Danse Macabre; ELFMAN - Nightmare Before Christmas Orchestral Suite; WILLIAMS - "The Flight to Neverland" from Hook; WILLIAMS - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Suite; ANDERSON-LOPEZ KROGSTAD - Music from Frozen; WILLIAMS - "Raiders March" from Raiders of the Lost Ark. The program lasts 1 hour with no intermission.
Take a Kid-Friendly Haunted Tour with French QuarTOUR Kids
Time for a ghost hunt! Using cutting-edge technology and a variety of techniques, kids engage with the past and hopefully communicate with it. Winding through the city streets, we seek out well-known 19th century residents of the French Quarter. Maybe, just maybe, we can even get some treats from them! Mischievous ghosts, long lost pirates, ectoplasm and more! It is for kids 4 – 8 years old. This kid-friendly NOLA tour is not designed to keep kids up at night but just to make them wonder, “What if…” New Orleans history and culture are the backdrop of the hunt. While we’re talking about people from the past, kids learn about the past with fun facts and anecdotes. Families are encouraged to ask our certified guides and experienced teachers questions on this family-friendly activity in New Orleans!
Pumpkin Patch at St. Paul's Episcopal School in Lakeview
Monday - Friday 3:30pm - 6pm; Saturday 10am - 6pm; Sunday 10am - 5pm thru October 30
St. Paul's Episcopal School 6249 Canal Street New Orleans LA 70124 (504) 488-1319
Pumpkins galore! St. Paul's Pumpkin Patch is well known in the Lakeview community and beyond. There are thousands of pumpkins to choose from, all sizes and shapes. Come pick your perfect pumpkin and enjoy the fall festivities! 🎃🍁 Credit card only. Please note the Pumpkin Patch hours are: Monday - Friday 3:30 pm - 6pm; Saturday 10am - 6pm; Sunday 10am - 5:30 pm. http://www.stpauls-lakeview.org/support/pumpkin-patch.cfm cDebit and redit cards only.
Pumpkin Patch at St Augustine's Episcopal Church
Monday - Friday 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm and Saturday - Sunday 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
3412 Haring Road Metairie, LA 70065 504-887-4801
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church continues a tradition for the 26th year with their pumpkin patch. Choose from a wide variety of pumpkins of many colors, shapes and sizes. Baked good, jewelry and Halloween masks will be for sale too for this annual fundraiser.
Pumpkin Patch at First Presbyterian Church
Monday - Friday 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm; SAT 10:00 am - 7pm; SUN 1pm - 7pm
5401 S. Claiborne Avenue New Orleans, LA 70125 (504) 866-7409
First Presbyterian has been hosting a pumpkin patch since 2001! The pumpkin patch is the biggest fundraiser for the church's homeless outreach ministry, the Program of Hope. Pumpkins of all sizes and shapes will be for sale, including gourds, wing gourds, spookies, minis, weebee littles, and snowflakes. Donations of clothing, toiletries, and non-perishable food items will also be accepted at the pumpkin patch. Pumpkin Patch Schedule: st show up. For more information, you can contact pumpkinpatch@fpcno.org.
Pumpkin Patch at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Monday - Friday 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. - ends on October 30
1031 South Carrollton New Orleans LA 70118
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church pumpkin patch has thousands of pumpkins and is a fundraiser to help support their many great programs. You'll find every shape and size!! Have your cameras ready for the photo op at this fun patch. Pumpkin prices are based on weight. Call 504-866-0123 to confirm hours and to ask about special times for school groups during the day.
Pumpkin Patch at St. Martin's Episcopal Church
Monday - Friday 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; Sat & Sun 11am - 5:00 pm thru October 31 or until the pumpkins run out!
2216 Metairie Rd Metairie, LA 70001 (504) 835-7357
Now, more than ever, children and adults alike will enjoy picking out the perfect pumpkin or two! The patch offers lots of specialty pumpkins and gourds. A cute fall-themed area offers you the perfect picture opportunity! Please note weekday and weekend hours differ.
Mrs. Heather's Pumpkin Patch in Hammond, La
Open now through November 8 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 7 days a week
$10 per child CASH ONLY. Infants - 18; (each child gets two adults in free, each additional adult is $10)
Mrs. Heather's Pumpkin patch offers endless fun for your kids and family! Activities offered: Pick a Pumpkin from the field, Jumping Pillow; Tunnel Slide; Face Painting; Duck Racing; Hay Maze; Pony Hop. Play in our fun Corn Maze, and much more. Click here for all the activities offered. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch! If you plan on attending during the week, be sure to call the patch. Show up anytime on the weekends! Each PAID admission gets a pumpkin - 1 Pumpkin per admission. Questions? Call 225.567-3493.
Perriloux Pumpkin Patch in Montz, Louisiana
$9 per person (kids and adults), includes hayride and everyone gets a pumpkin. Hayrides take place once an hour on the hour. Cash or check only. Just show up on the weekends; call for an appointment during the week. For more information, call (985) 652-3672.
Largest pumpkin farm in Louisiana! Enjoy choosing from hundreds of beautiful pumpkins! Linda and Timmy Perriloux, owners of the farm for more than thirty years, offer wagon rides to the pumpkin field, leaving every hour. Pick your pumpkin and have fun washing/scrubbing it to bring home! You are welcome to pack a picnic lunch and spread out under the trees on your blanket.
Liuzza Land's Pumpkin Patch in Amite, La
Saturdays in October; $10 per person (2 and under free) $25 build your own veggie box; $10 pick a cup of Zinnias.
Take a 50 minute road trip to Amite, LA and visit Liuzza Land's pumpkin patch. Liuzza Land is part of Liuzza Produce Farm - Liuzza Produce Farm has been providing fresh fruits and vegetables all over Louisiana for five generations. The farm currently owns and operates approximately 500 acres of produce. Here are just some of the exciting activities offered this season: *Corn Maze *Pumpkin picking *Flower picking *Veggie picking *Zip-lines and slides *Hamster wheels *Jump pad *Farm animals *bee exhibit.
Pumpkin Fest at Sugar Roots Farm
Join the fun on October 12, 19 & 26, 9:30 am - 2:00 pm, for three Sundays of fall magic, pumpkin patch adventures, pony rides, games, live music, tasty treats, and a festive costume contest. Every child ticket comes with a free tiger-striped pumpkin to take home. Tickets sell fast, so reserve yours today!
