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Top 2025 Halloween Events in Atlanta
Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival
Stone Mountain
Fridays-Sundays through November 2, 2025
The Pumpkin Festival takes place Friday-Sunday until November 2. Ticket holders enjoy family-friendly park attractions and not-so-spooky Halloween-themed entertainment throughout the day. At night the whole park glows and visitors enjoy a pumpkin-themed laser show (additional cost). Visit the website here.
Kids Boo Fest at Six Flags Over Georgia
Austell
Fridays-Sundays through November 2, 2025
Kids Boo Fest includes all the fun of Fright Fest but without the scary stuff. During daytime hours on weekends in September 13 - November 2, families head to Six Flags Over Georgia for family-friendly rides, cute Halloween surprises, and Trick or Treat Town. Visit the website here.
Brick-or-Treat Monster Party at LEGO Discovery Center Atlanta
Buckhead
September 25 - October 31, 2025
Included with LEGO Discovery Center admission, families can experience all the regular fun plus participate in Halloween-themed activities like the LEGO Halloween 4D movie, costume parades, cool Halloween builds, and back this year: A POTION KITCHEN EXPERIENCE! Visit the website here.
Haunted Seas at Georgia Aquarium
Downtown
October 3 - November 2, 2025
This October, Haunted Seas returns with brand-new characters, chilling legends, and spine-tingling sights. On weekends, from 2-6pm, the adventure intensifies with an enhanced trick-or-treat experience, shows and arts and crafts. Visit the website here.
Pumpkin Patch Festival at Oakland Cemetery
Grant Park - FREE!
October 4 & 5, 2025
This is not just any pumpkin patch-- it's in a cemetery! Families visit historic Oakland Cemetery's north public grounds for a two-day pumpkin patch and festival. Visit the website here.
Halloween Fun House
Roswell - FREE!
Friday, October 17, 2025
Kids 8 and under are invited to attend this Halloween festival with their parents. Children can wear costumes and play carnival games, get their faces painted, jump in bouncy houses and trick or treat. Visit the website here.
HarvestFest at Marietta Square
Marietta- FREE!
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Marietta's HarvestFest celebrates the best of fall with a ton of fun, free activities, including an arts & crafts show, touch-a-truck, pie-eating contest, Halloween kids festival, costume contest, and more! Visit the website here.
Little Five Points Halloween Festival and Parade
Little Five Points - FREE!
October 18 & 19, 2025
Little Five Points is always THE place for cool, eclectic fun and Halloween is the culmination of that awesomeness. On Saturday, kids search Little Five for monsters designed by local artists from 11am-6pm. On Sunday, families check out the BIZarre Bazaar Haunted Market and catch the parade (at noon). Visit the website here.
Boo at the Zoo
Grant Park
October 18, 19, 25 & 26, 2025
Zoo Atlanta hosts Boo at the Zoo for two weekends in October. Kids come dressed in costumes for a not-so-scary Halloween festival during the day. Families enjoy games, dancing and get to trick-or-treat all while seeing animals. Visit the website here.
Lawrenceville BOO Fest
Lawrenceville - FREE
Friday, October 24, 2025
On Halloween night, bring the kids to the City of Lawrenceville's BOO Fest for candy, fun, and spooky scares. Kids will walk BOO Fest Treat Trail, where local businesses and organizations decorate booths to safely pass out candy. Visit the website here.
Howl on the Green
Duluth - FREE!
Friday, October 24, 2025
Families kick off Halloween fun with this Duluth tradition on the city's Town Green. Visitors can expect food, treats and live entertainment. The event is fun for the whole family, even the furry ones. Visit the website here.
Trick-or-Treat at Children's Museum of Atlanta
Downtown
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Costumed kids hit the Children's Museum at night for this annual event which happens two weeks in a row! Guests play, dance to music from a live DJ, and of course, score lots of candy. Visit the website here.
Downtown Kennesaw Candy Crawl
Kennesaw - FREE!
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Kids start their adventure with Trick-or-Treating from 4:30 – 6:00 PM and collect sweet treats from local merchants. Then they head over to Depot Park from 4:30 – 7:30 PM for even more fang-tastic festivities, games and surprises! Visit the website here.
Halloween at Halcyon
Alpharetta
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Trick-or-treaters get an early start on Halloween while helping a good cause. All of the ticket sales from this event go to Bald Ridge Lodge, a safe haven for at-risk boys. Families MUST register and purchase tickets in advance for either the 11:00am or 1:00 pm time slots. Visit the website here.
Fall Festival of Fun in Marietta
Marietta - FREE!
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Join Cobb Parks for their annual Fall Festival of Fun at Jim R. Miller Park. Hop on a hayride for an interactive journey filled with characters & stories. They have a haunted house, arts and crafts, photo booths, bouncy houses, and more. Visit the website here.
Spooky Springs
Sandy Springs - FREE!
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Little trick-or-treaters head to Abernathy Greenway Park for a fun, safe Halloween festival. Kids enjoy face painting, not-scary costumed characters and their favorite--trick or treating candy stations. Visit the website here.
Dinosaur Trick-or-Treat at Fernbank
Druid Hills
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Live it up at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History Dinosaur Trick-or-Treat party for children of all ages. Visit the website here.
Emily's Trick or Treat to Cure Crohn's and Colitis
Sandy Springs
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Families look forward to this fundraiser/Halloween event every year, benefitting the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. Visitors will find 50+ trick-or-treat stations, a magician & balloon animals, music, live performances, and more! Visit the website here.
Fall Glow Festival in Norcross
Norcross
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Kids wear costumes and bring bags and buckets to fill up on loot from trunks at this fun event in Norcross. The festivities also include glow games and hayrides.
Eav-O-Ween at East Atlanta Village
East Atlanta - FREE!
Saturday, October 25, 2025
East Atlanta Village goes all out for this Halloween event which includes a costume contest, trick-or-treating all around EAV and a fun after-party. Visit the website here.
Haints and Saints/Day of the Dead Parade
Decatur - FREE!
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Decatur’s popular Halloween-themed parade, Haints and Saints, is back with a Dias de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) twist. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to put on their best, weirdest, cutest or most beautiful costumes. Visit the website here.
Virginia Highland Candy Crawl
Virginia Highland - FREE!
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Everyone is invited to trick or treat before Halloween in Virginia Highland's shopping district. Costumed kids travel from shop to shop, collecting candy during this fun, free event. Visit the website here.
Trick-or-Treat on The Roof at Ponce City Market
Midtown
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Halloween is happening in full force at Ponce City Market's famed rooftop, Skyline Park. Families are encouraged to bring costumed kids to enjoy trick-or-treating, play boardwalk games show off their costumes in costume parades at 1pm and 4pm. Visit the website here.
2025 Atlanta Halloween Events in Nature
Pumpkin Fest at Pettit Creek Farms
Cartersville
Select days through October 31, 2025
A ticket to Pumpkin Fest at Pettit Creek Farms includes scarecrow building and unlimited visits to the 2-acre corn maze, hayrides, ring toss, and petting zoo. Add-ons include giraffe feedings and camel rides, as well as bungee jumping, Aerial Adventure Course, and Canopy Zipline Tour for older children and teens. Visit the website here.
Pumpkins at Callaway
Pine Mountain
Through November 1, 2025
Pumpkins at Callaway is a fun fall event at Callaway Gardens with glowing decor, a pumpkin patch, a corn maze, and a gigantic "pumpkin tree." After sundown, visitors experience a glowing enchanted pumpkin forest. Visit the website here.
Fall on the Farm - Scottsdale Farms
Milton
Through November 2, 2025
A corn maze, hayride, zipline, and farm animals await kids at Scottsdale Farms. During your visit, you'll find plenty of autumn-themed photo ops and the perfect pumpkin from the patch (which opens a week earlier, on September 13). Visit the website here.
Buford Corn Maze
Buford
Select days through November 9, 2025
Buford Corn Maze features a 5-acre corn maze, farm animals, a popcorn jumping pillow, hayride, pony ride, and even a haunted forest walk. In late September, the pumpkins arrive! Visit the website here.
Spooky Mill at Autrey Mill
Johns Creek
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Families enjoy a costume contest, animal crafts, carnival games, haunted hike, concessions, and ghost tours at this fall Halloween festival. Visit the website here.
Goblins in the Garden at Atlanta Botanical Garden
Midtown
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Enjoy a Halloween costume party at the Atlanta Botanical Garden with fall activities while exploring Scarecrows in the Garden. Activities include Goblins Runway, dance performances, mini-pumpkin decorating, and a pumpkin hunt. Visit the website here.
Chattahoochee Nature Center Halloween Hikes
Roswell
October 24 - 26, 2025
Enjoy three special nights of not-so-scary guided Halloween hikes. Ticket holders are guided through the forest to meet woodland creatures and hear how they live. Expect an evening filled with world music, crafts, campfires, and more. Visit the website here.
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