Free Halloween Fun in Fort Worth: Trunk-or-Treats, Treat Street and Family Events Oct. 24–31
Halloween lands on Saturday, October 31 this year — and in Fort Worth, some of the best family fun costs nothing at all. Here are the free events worth your costume time, from trunk-or-treats to a full treat street, plus two free events happening today only.
Today only — Saturday, October 24
ArtsGoggle — noon to 10 p.m., Magnolia Avenue, Near Southside. Fort Worth’s big free fall arts festival: 800 artists and more than 50 bands along Magnolia Ave. Free admission.
Truck Yard Halloween Party — 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., 3101 Prairie Vista Dr. Free admission, with a kids’ costume contest at 7 p.m. and a dog costume contest at 7:30 p.m. Note: the venue becomes 21+ at 9 p.m.
Tuesday, October 27
Pluckers Kids Eat Free. Kids eat free, and every kids meal comes with a free Pluckers trick-or-treat bag with candy. Kids in costume are welcome.
Friday, October 30
Hurst Boo Fest — 5 to 8 p.m., Chisholm Park, 2200 Norwood Dr, Hurst. Free. A short drive across Tarrant County: spooky story walk-through at the library, a campfire with s’mores, a trick-or-treat trail, an inflatable corn maze, and a mini pumpkin patch.
Saturday, October 31 — Halloween
Stockyards Treat Street — 5 to 7 p.m., Fort Worth Stockyards, 131 E. Exchange Ave. Free. Trick-or-treating for kids 12 and under, plus hayrides, face painting, and live shows.
Sundance Square Trunk or Treat — 5 to 11 p.m., Sundance Square Plaza, 420 Main St. Free to attend. A DJ from 5 p.m., dance lessons with DanceMakers of Texas at 6 p.m., trunk-or-treating with Duke’s Car Club from 6 to 8 p.m., and live band The Highrollers from 7 to 11 p.m. Food trucks will be on site (paid).
Generations Church Trunk-or-Treat — 5:30 to 8 p.m., 8400 Park Vista Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76137. Free community event with candy and non-candy prizes. Trunks are ready at 5:30 p.m.
Halloween at La Gran Plaza — 5 p.m., La Gran Plaza, 4200 S. Freeway. Halloween festivities at the mall, listed in the City of Fort Worth’s October events bulletin.
Arlington Highlands Tricks & Treats — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4000 Arlington Highlands Blvd, Arlington. Free trick-or-treating plus a DJ — an easy nearby stop earlier in the day.
Shakespeare Live! RenFest — noon to 6 p.m., Levitt Pavilion, 100 W Abram St, Arlington. A free family festival mixing Renaissance faire, Halloween, and Día de los Muertos themes — costumes encouraged — with a live performance of Macbeth at 7 p.m.
One honest note
Not everything Halloween is free — Boo at the Zoo, for example, needs paid zoo admission, so it is not on this list. Everything above is free to attend as listed.
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