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💀 2024 Halloween Events in NYC

2023 Halloween Events and Activities for Kids in New York City

By Anu Kapur, Publisher, Lower Manhattan Macaroni KID & Upper West Side Macaroni KID October 23, 2024

New Yorkers, are you ready for Halloween? Like ghosts in a graveyard, family-friendly holiday events are popping up everywhere in New York, all month long! From longtime annual traditions like the Village Halloween Parade to first-time events, we are seeing Halloween creeping up everywhere! 

So we stirred and stirred our Macaroni KID potions in a cauldron until -- boom! -- this list of spooky and not-so-spooky kid-friendly events happening in NYC appeared. Use it to plan some wicked family fun in NYC, and make sure to share with all your fiendish friends! You won't want to miss a thing!


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Halloween Events in NYC:

 DATE

 EVENT

 October 14
 October 16
 October 16
🎃 Halloween Movie Night: "Sleepy Hollow" at HERO NYC
 October 17
 October 17
🎃 Pumpkin Nights at the Bronx Zoo
 October 18
🎃 Sleepy Hollow at HERO NYC
 October 18
🎃 Cityside Pumpkin Patch at The Summer Club
 October 18
🎃 Candlelight Ghost Tours of “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House”
 October 19
🎃 Boo at the Zoo at the Bronx Zoo
 October 19
🎃 Spooktacular Sounds: A Halloween Musical Adventure at the Backyard at Hudson Yards
 October 19
🎃 Seedling Saturdays Harvest Party at HERO NYC
 October 19
🎃 Cityside Pumpkin Patch at The Summer Club
 October 19
🎃 34th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade
 October 19
🎃 Sleepy Hollow at HERO NYC
 October 19
🎃 Poodle Doods Boodle Halloween at NY Dog Spa & Hotel
 October 19
🎃 Maze by Moonlight
 October 20
🎃 A Laurie Berkner Halloween Special on YouTube
 October 20
🎃 Color Factory's Haunted Hues ~ Sept. 12-Nov 3, 2024
 October 20
🎃 Get Ready for Halloween at CMOM
 October 20
🎃 Boo at the Zoo at the Bronx Zoo
 October 20
🎃 Pom-O-Ween in the Park
 October 20
🎃 Halloween Howl & Healthy Hound Fair at Carl Schurz Park
 October 20
🎃 Jimmy Fallon’s Tonightmares at Rockefeller Center (ages 13+)
 October 20
🎃 BloodManor ~ NYC's Premier Haunted House Attraction (ages 14+)
 October 20
🎃 Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail
 October 22
🎃 Get Ready for Halloween at CMOM
 October 23
🎃 Z100's Danielle Monaro's HallowScream Charity Event (ages 14+)
 October 23
🎃 Halloween Movie Night: "Ghostbusters" at HERO NYC
 October 24
🎃 Halloween Fitcheck Photoshoot at SNFL Teen Center
 October 24
🎃 Pumpkin Nights at the Bronx Zoo
 October 24
🎃 Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics (ages 8+)
 October 25
🎃 Sleepy Hollow at HERO NYC
 October 25
🎃 Halloween Cookie Decorating at American Girl Place (ages 3+)
 October 25
🎃 Furry Friday: Howl-O-Ween
 October 25
🎃 Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics (ages 8+)
 October 25
🎃 SUPER SPOOKY Candlelight Ghost Tour with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges
 October 26
🎃 Dolloween Dance Party at American Girl Place (ages 6+)
 October 26
🎃 10th Annual Léman Manhattan Halloween Bash
 October 26
🎃 American Girl Trick-or-Treat at American Girl Place (ages 3+)
 October 26
🎃 Silly Spooky Halloween at CMOM
 October 26
🎃 Pumpkin Point 2024 on Governors Island
 October 26
🎃 Boo at the Zoo at the Bronx Zoo
 October 26
🎃 Seedling Saturdays Harvest Party at HERO NYC
 October 26
🎃 The 39th Annual Bronx Halloween Parade 2024
 October 26
🎃 Halloween Kids Party Cruise at Skyport Marina (all ages)
 October 26
🎃 Halloween: Spooky City at Museum of the City of New York
 October 26
🎃 10th Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest at Washington Market Park
 October 27
🎃 Lincoln Center Open House (All Ages)
 October 27
🎃 Spooky Doll Hairstye & Manicure Day at American Girl Place (ages 6+)
 October 27
🎃 FaBOOlous Access Morning at Central Park Zoo (ages 6+)
 October 27
🎃 Silly Spooky Halloween at CMOM
 October 27
 October 27
🎃 American Girl Trick-or-Treat at American Girl Place (ages 3+)
 October 27
🎃 Color Factory's Haunted Hues ~ Sept. 12-Nov 3, 2024
 October 27
🎃 Halloween on the Farm at Queens County Farm Museum (all ages)
 October 27
🎃 Halloween Kids Party Cruise at Skyport Marina (all ages)
 October 27
 October 27
🎃 BloodManor ~ NYC's Premier Haunted House Attraction (ages 14+)
 October 30
🎃 Halloween on the Harlem Meer (all ages)
 October 30
🎃 Halloween Movie Night: "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at HERO NYC
 October 31
🎃 A Laurie Berkner Halloween Special on YouTube
 October 31
🎃 American Girl Trick-or-Treat at American Girl Place (ages 3+)
 October 31
🎃 Silly Spooky Halloween at CMOM
 October 31
🎃 Create Your Undead Monster Voice at SNFL Teen Center
 October 31
🎃 Jimmy Fallon’s Tonightmares at Rockefeller Center (ages 13+)
 October 31
🎃 BloodManor ~ NYC's Premier Haunted House Attraction (ages 14+)
 October 31
🎃 NYC's 51st Annual Village Halloween Parade: Meow!



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