North Texas Venues Line Up Halloween Parties From The Colony to Fort Worth

Venues from The Colony to Fort Worth have stacked the week before Oct. 31 with Halloween parties, costume contests and themed drinks, spreading events across six North Texas cities.

In The Colony, Stewart Creek Park opens its free Family Fright Fest on Saturday, Oct. 24, with hayrides, games, crafts and booths for trick-or-treating. Truck Yard runs its Halloween party the same day at all six of its Dallas-Fort Worth locations, including the Richardson site, with a limited-time drink menu, costume contests and fortune tellers. Grandscape schedules Emo Night Brooklyn, a DJ set of emo and pop-punk tracks, on Thursday, Oct. 29, followed by a family Trick or Treat Extravaganza on Halloween evening.

Frisco's Saturday docket includes Halloween Par-Tee at the PGA District, with pumpkin putting on The Dance Floor, tricks from decorated golf carts, carnival games and face painting. Heritage Halloween at the Frisco Heritage Center adds crafts, games, popcorn, cotton candy and balloon animals. From 1 to 4 p.m., Trick or Treat the Square sets up carnival games, inflatables and horse-drawn wagon rides along Coleman Boulevard. Lounge by Topgolf at Omni PGA Frisco Resort & Spa keeps its Spookeasy pop-up running through Nov. 1, pouring drinks that include a Blue Diablo Margarita and Dead Head Punch. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, The Star's Little Stars Halloween gives children five and under free games and treats at Tostitos Championship Plaza, and decorated strollers are entered to win Nuna treats.

Plano's Rest in Plano Fest takes over the Downtown Plano Arts District and Haggard Park on Saturday with carnival rides, live shows, creepy characters and photo spots; Fillmore Pub sells themed cocktails and mocktails. Legacy Hall follows on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with a free Trick-or-Treatery Halloween Parade that starts with a Hotel Transylvania screening, then trick-or-treating and a costume parade for kids and pets.

McKinney's The Yard runs Halloween Haunt through Oct. 31, with spiderwebs, pumpkins and skeletons on display and a seasonal menu that includes a Bobbing for Apples Old Fashioned and the S'mortuary, a vodka cold brew that benefits Cody's Friends Dog Rescue. The Stix Icehouse holds a free Trunk or Treat with Macaroni Kid on Thursday, Oct. 29 across its 14-acre property, where adults can order a Fridged Witch frozen green apple cocktail and kids get a Slimy Slushy with gummy worms. On Halloween, the Spooktacular Brews and Boos Walk sends costumed guests with a taster cup and map to more than 20 participating beverage stops in Historic Downtown McKinney.

The Fort Worth Zoo's Boo at the Zoo runs Friday through Sunday, with admission covering six treat coupons per ticket or membership, a pumpkin patch, keeper chats, live animal presentations, a train ride and a carousel. Klyde Warren Park in Dallas holds its free sixth-annual Trick-or-Treating in the Park on Saturday, adding children's book giveaways from Book Drive for Kids and an outdoor screening of Toy Story 5. Downtown Celina's Beware! of the Square festival the same day features a haunted manor, a kids' zone, Cirque sideshows, a pumpkin decorating contest and more than 60 market vendors. The Grapevine Vintage Railroad's Witches' Brew Train runs Oct. 30 and 31 as a two-hour round trip in 1920s coaches with Texas craft beer, spooky entertainment and costumes encouraged.

For an adults-only outing, the Grapevine Vintage Railroad's Witches' Brew Train runs Oct. 30 and 31.