Sunday, October 25 – Sunday, November 1, 2026 — 18 events, every one checked against its organizer's own page.
✓ Every event below was checked against its organizer's own page or announcement on October 25, 2026. Times and prices can change — always confirm on the official site before you go. Past events hide themselves automatically.
🕐 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Cleveland Museum of Natural History — University Circle, Cleveland
Wear a costume and celebrate Ohio's native animals with the museum's animal ambassadors — special animal shows, trick-or-treating, and Halloween crafts. No full face coverings or toy weapons.
🕐 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
📍 Akron Zoo — Akron
Trick-or-treating through themed areas, fall games, character meet-and-greets, and a spooky dance performance. Note: Akron's Boo at the Zoo does NOT run on October 31 — today is its last day.
🕐 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
📍 Severance Music Center, Mandel Concert Hall — University Circle, Cleveland
The Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra plays spooky favorites — come in costume. This 1 p.m. performance is sensory-friendly with ASL interpretation; pre-concert activities begin an hour before.
🕐 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
📍 Severance Music Center, Mandel Concert Hall — University Circle, Cleveland
The Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra plays spooky favorites — come in costume. Pre-concert activities begin an hour before the concert.
🕐 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo — Old Brooklyn, Cleveland
The region's big after-dark Halloween event: trick-or-treating, costumed characters, the Monster Mash Dance Party, and a costume contest. Candy is made with sustainable palm oil. Also runs October 30 & 31.
🕐 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Lake Metroparks Farmpark — Kirtland
Drive Farmpark's roadways after dark past glowing lights, oversized decorations, and costumed characters — all from your car. Tonight is the final night of the 2026 run.
🕐 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Rocket Arena — Downtown Cleveland
Stars from Disney's Descendants, ZOMBIES, and Camp Rock in one live concert tour — a good one for the older-kid crowd.
🕐 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Cleveland recreation centers (citywide) — Cleveland
Cleveland's annual Halloween event at every city recreation center — candy, refreshments, and games in a safe environment. Participating centers include Cudell, Estabrook, Halloran, and Michael Zone.
🕐 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo — Old Brooklyn, Cleveland
After-dark trick-or-treating, costumed characters, the Monster Mash Dance Party, and a costume contest. Also runs October 25 & 31.
🕐 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Edgewater Park, Upper Pavilion — Cleveland
The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation's 25th annual charity run: 5 mile, 5K, 5K walk, and 1 mile, all in costume, with prizes for best looks and a family after-party with games, a DJ, food trucks, and face painting. Registration and packet pickup from 8:30 a.m.
🕐 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 CanalWay Center, Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation — Cleveland
Stop by to learn why spiders aren't spooky — the Ohio species, what they do, and why they matter. A calm, daytime Halloween option for younger kids.
🕐 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square — Downtown Cleveland
Clifford bounds onto the stage in a 60-minute musical about friendship and a very big dog. The 11 a.m. performance has a sign language interpreter (request right-side seats). The show also runs November 1 — check the official page for Sunday showtimes.
🕐 11:00 AM – 11:59 PM
📍 Cedar Point — Sandusky
Family-friendly Halloween fun by day — trick-or-treat trail, costume contests, hay mazes — then haunted mazes and scare zones after dark. The park is open 11 a.m. to midnight today.
🕐 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo — Old Brooklyn, Cleveland
Halloween night at the Zoo: after-dark trick-or-treating, costumed characters, the Monster Mash Dance Party, and a costume contest.
🕐 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Neighborhoods citywide — Akron
The City of Akron's official Trick or Treat Night. Participating households turn on their porch lights.
🕐 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Neighborhoods citywide — Cleveland
Traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Households passing out candy turn their front porch light on.
🕐 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Neighborhoods citywide — Lakewood
Lakewood's official trick-or-treat hours on Halloween night.
🕐 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
📍 Cedar Point — Sandusky
The final day of Cedar Point's 2026 season, and the last HalloWeekends: family Halloween fun by day, then the park closes for winter until spring 2027. Note: clocks fall back overnight — times here are Eastern Standard Time.
All of this edition's events have passed. The next edition lands Thursday — check back Friday for a fresh weekend.