Things to Do in Michigan for Halloween 2026

Halloween falls on a Saturday in 2026, which stretches Michigan’s October calendar across two more full weekends of zoo trick-or-treats and pumpkin walks before Oct. 31. This guide groups the biggest dated events by region: gentle stops for toddlers, free city celebrations, corn mazes and haunts for teens and adults.

Every date, hour and price below was checked on the organizer’s own page on Oct. 14, 2026, unless we say otherwise. Popular nights sell out and weather can close outdoor events — check each listing again before you drive.

Quick picks

Youngest kids: Zoo Boo at the Saginaw Children’s Zoo, Troy Historic Village’s ocean-themed trick-or-treat or Ann Arbor’s candy-free Animal Haunts.
Big family nights: Zoo Boo at the Detroit Zoo, Hallowe’en in Greenfield Village (dining packages only now) and Crossroads Village near Flint.
Free: ScareFest at Detroit’s Palmer Park, Kalamazoo’s Halloween Forest, Muskegon’s hay bale trail and Lansing’s Trick or Treat on the Square.
Real scares: Erebus in Pontiac, The Haunt in Wyoming and the Edson Incident aboard a destroyer in Bay City.

Metro Detroit and Ann Arbor

Zoo Boo, Detroit Zoo (Royal Oak). Two weekends are left, Oct. 16–18 and Oct. 23–25, from 3 to 8:30 p.m. The whole zoo stays open until 6 p.m. Online tickets run $21 to $25, or $27 at the gate; everyone 2 and older needs one, and parking is $8. Some treat stations carry allergen-friendly candy. Our Zoo Boo story.

Hallowe’en in Greenfield Village (Dearborn). After-dark nights run Oct. 15–18 and 22–25 from 6 to 9:30 p.m., with lantern-lit streets, jack-o’-lantern paths and more than 50 costumed characters. The Henry Ford says general admission and Hallowe’en Express tickets are sold out for 2026, but dining packages that include dinner, admission and a train ride were still open on some nights.

Halloween in the D (Detroit). Free ScareFest: Camp Palmer fills Palmer Park, 910 Merrill Plaisance, on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 5 to 10 p.m. with rides, a haunted trail, paint-your-face booths, laser tag, food trucks and candy. Free shuttles leave from four lots, including the 12th Precinct at 1441 W. Seven Mile Road. On Oct. 31, more than 21 police, fire and recreation sites hold trunk-or-treats, mostly between 4 and 8 p.m. Detroit’s free Halloween Saturday · Detroit

Troy Historic Village. Trick-or-Treat: Under the Sea runs Oct. 23 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 60 W. Wattles Road. Advance tickets are $9 for non-members, or $10 at the door; children under 2 are free, and advance registration closes at noon Oct. 22. The Village describes it as friendly, not scary, with teal-pumpkin options. Details · Troy

Macomb County HarvestFest (Sterling Heights). The festival at Freedom Hill County Park in Sterling Heights hosts trick-or-treat stations, hayrides, a pumpkin patch and animal and science shows from noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 17 and 18. The corn maze and petting zoo appear only at this stop on the HarvestFest circuit, organizers say. The park is at 14900 Metro Parkway. More · Warren

Ann Arbor. Leslie Science & Nature Center’s candy-free Animal Haunts is Saturday, Oct. 24, in daylight (4 to 6:30 p.m.) and twilight (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) sessions with a Mystery Hike, live animals and a harvest carnival; advance registration is required. On Sunday, Oct. 25, Main Street Ann Arbor’s costume parade gathers at the Ann Arbor District Library at 11:30 a.m., steps off at noon and turns into downtown trick-or-treating from 12:15 to 2 p.m. Our Ann Arbor Halloween story · Ann Arbor

Lansing, Flint and the Saginaw Bay area

Boo at the Zoo, Potter Park Zoo (Lansing). Noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 17–18 and 24–25. Treat stations (including gluten-free, nut-free and non-candy options), a maze and conservation stations come with admission: $10 for Ingham County resident adults, $17 for non-resident adults and $7 for children 3 to 12. A blacklight room, hayride and inflatables cost extra. Lansing

Jack O’ Lanterns Unleashed (Mason). The Ingham County Fairgrounds, 700 E. Ash St., lines a path with thousands of hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns arranged in dozens of themed scenes through Nov. 1. Kids 12 and under get in free, and the fairgrounds promises no jump scares. Last entry is 9 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays and 9:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; dogs are welcome Thursdays only. Our story

Trick or Treat on the Square (Lansing). Downtown shops on the 100 to 300 blocks of South Washington Square hand out candy Friday, Oct. 30, from 5 to 7 p.m., with a costume contest, magician, face painting and DJ. Lansing’s late-October calendar

Uncle John’s Cider Mill (St. Johns). North of Lansing, Uncle John’s lists its corn maze at $5 a person, a fall festival weekend starting Oct. 17 and its Ghostly Gallup 5K on Sunday, Oct. 25.

Halloween Ghosts & Goodies, Crossroads Village (Genesee Township). Genesee County Parks opens the 1800s village north of Flint on Oct. 16–18, 22–25 and 29–30, noon to 9 p.m. on weekends and 5 to 9 p.m. on weeknights. Admission is $17, or $27 with a roughly 40-minute ride on the Huckleberry Ghost Train Express, and covers 20 treat stops, a straw maze, a magic show and cider and doughnuts. Trains sell out quickly, the parks say. More · Flint

Zoo Boo, Saginaw Children’s Zoo. Weekends through Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The $13 ticket covers unlimited train and carousel rides, shows and candy; members get in free. The zoo calls it “merry, not scary.” More · Saginaw

The Edson Incident (Bay City). Peak nights left aboard the destroyer USS Edson, Oct. 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31, cost $25. On Sunday, Oct. 25, a low-scare session runs noon to 4 p.m. for $10 and a full-scare session runs 7 to 10 p.m. for $15. Bay City’s Halloween weekend · Bay City

West Michigan

Zoo Goes Boo, John Ball Zoo (Grand Rapids). Oct. 16–18, Oct. 23–25 and Oct. 30–Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a members-only hour at 9. General admission is $22.95 for adults and $16.95 for youth and seniors; members are free. Thirteen treat stations are set up; look for a teal pumpkin and ask for a token to trade for an allergy-friendly treat. Grand Rapids

The Haunt (Wyoming). One ticket covers five themed attractions at 1256 28th St. SW. Revue West Michigan lists the remaining October nights as Oct. 15–18, 22–25 and 29–31, general admission at $35, a daytime Kids Haunt on Oct. 25 and glow-stick-only Black Out nights on Nov. 6 and 7. The Haunt says Thursdays and Sundays are less crowded, guests under 15 need an adult and tickets can’t be refunded but work on any open night.

Haunted Harvest Maze (Grand Haven area). Rasch Cherry & Apple Market’s 8-acre maze runs haunted from 9 to 11 p.m. on Saturdays, with Oct. 17, 24 and 31 still ahead. The maze is $17, a spooky hayride is $8 and both together are $23, Visit Grand Haven says. More · Tri-Cities

Halloween Forest (Kalamazoo). Free at Milham Park, 607 E. Kilgore Road, Saturday, Oct. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m., with trick-or-treat stations, inflatable games and a 3 p.m. magic show. Overflow parking is at Loy Norrix High School. More · Kalamazoo

Battle Creek and Muskegon. Free trunk-or-treats in Battle Creek land downtown at The Link from 1 p.m. Oct. 24 and at Bailey Park from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 30. In Muskegon, decorated hay bales stand in Hackley Park, along West Webster Avenue and on Third Street through Oct. 31, with online voting for a favorite. Battle Creek · Muskegon hay bales · Battle Creek · Muskegon

Up North

Mackinac Island Halloween Weekend, Oct. 23–25. The island’s tourism bureau says this is usually the last big weekend before most businesses close for the season. Children trick-or-treat downtown from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, and the Great Turtle Trail Run generally starts that morning. Grand Hotel runs a haunted trail and maze from 6 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 23 and 24; the $10 admission benefits Give Kids the World. The Straits in late October · The Straits

For local calendars elsewhere, see our seasonal guides for Traverse City, Up North, the Straits, the Upper Peninsula, Port Huron and the Blue Water Area, the Thumb Coast, Mid-Michigan and Grand Haven. In Port Huron: pumpkin painting, Trucks & Treats and a Halloween woods walk.

Haunted houses: before you buy

Erebus (Pontiac). The four-story attraction at 18 S. Perry St. describes itself as an indoor walk of more than half a mile. Its 2026 season announcement lists openings Thursday through Sunday this week (Oct. 15–18), then every night from Oct. 20 through Nov. 1, plus Nov. 6 and 7, with timed tickets sold by date. Erebus warns of strobe lights, fog, moving floors and wet conditions, and it tells guests who are pregnant or have heart conditions, asthma, claustrophobia or other medical issues not to enter.

Weekend nights closest to Halloween are the busiest. The Haunt says it gets hot indoors and bans bags, food and drinks; check each haunt’s age guidance before bringing children.

Halloween night: Saturday, Oct. 31

Trick-or-treat hours are set by each city, village and township, and many post them only in the final week of October. In Detroit, the city has already posted its trunk-or-treat list, with most sites running between 4 and 8 p.m. Also open on Halloween: John Ball Zoo’s Zoo Goes Boo by day, and the Edson Incident, The Haunt, Erebus and Rasch’s haunted maze after dark.

Tips

Buy ahead. Greenfield Village’s general admission is already gone, Crossroads Village’s trains sell out and Animal Haunts requires advance registration.
Match the scare level to the youngest in your group. Troy Historic Village, the Saginaw Children’s Zoo, Animal Haunts and Jack O’ Lanterns Unleashed all advertise friendly, no-fright events.
Food allergies. Look for teal pumpkins or allergen-friendly stations at the Detroit Zoo, John Ball Zoo, Potter Park Zoo and Troy Historic Village.
Costume rules. The Detroit Zoo bars full-face animal masks and costume weapons; Greenfield Village bans swords and other weapons, real or pretend.
Weather. Greenfield Village and Troy run rain or shine. Rasch’s haunted maze depends on the weather, and the Mason pumpkin walk can close for high winds or lightning, with tickets good another night.

More Halloween coverage

This is an evergreen guide. We update it each season; last updated Oct. 14, 2026.

Sources:
Detroit Zoo, “Zoo Boo,” detroitzoo.org
The Henry Ford, “Hallowe’en in Greenfield Village,” thehenryford.org
City of Detroit, “Halloween in the D,” detroitmi.gov
Troy Historic Village, “Trick-or-Treat: Under the Sea!,” troyhistoricvillage.org
HarvestFest Events, Macomb County HarvestFest, macombcountyharvestfest.com
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and Leslie Science & Nature Center, “Animal Haunts 2026,” discoverscienceandnature.org; Main Street Ann Arbor, “Halloween Downtown,” mainstreetannarbor.org
Potter Park Zoo, “Boo at the Zoo,” potterparkzoo.org
Ingham County Fairgrounds, “Jack O’ Lanterns Unleashed,” fair.ingham.org
Downtown Lansing Inc., “Trick or Treat on the Square,” downtownlansing.org
Uncle John’s Cider Mill, calendar of events, ujcidermill.com
Genesee County Parks, “Halloween Ghosts & Goodies,” geneseecountyparks.org
Saginaw Children’s Zoo, “Zoo Boo 2026,” saginawzoo.com
The Edson Incident, edsonincident.com
John Ball Zoo, “Zoo Goes Boo,” jbzoo.org
The Haunt, the-haunt.com; Revue West Michigan, “Spooky Stuff: West Michigan’s Halloween Haunts in 2026,” Sept. 30, 2026, revuewm.com
Visit Grand Haven, “Haunted Harvest Maze,” visitgrandhaven.com
Kzoo Parks, “Halloween Forest,” kzooparks.org
City of Battle Creek Small Business Development Office, “Trunk or Treat hosted by The Link & Taste of the Creek,” smallbusinessbattlecreek.com; City of Battle Creek calendar, battlecreekmi.gov
City of Muskegon, “Harvest Hay Bale Trail,” mkgcity.com
Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau, “Mackinac Island Halloween Weekend,” mackinacisland.org; Grand Hotel, “Haunted Trail & Haunted Maze at Grand Hotel,” grandhotel.com
Erebus Haunted Attraction, hauntedpontiac.com; 2026 season announcement, EIN Presswire, “Erebus Unveils Primordium,” einpresswire.com
Photo: VasenkaPhotography, “Greenfield Village Halloween - 52409210467.jpg,” Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), cropped and color-corrected, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenfield_Village_Halloween_-_52409210467.jpg

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