Halloween 2026 around Cleveland / Akron: press sheet

A few local picks to check out

Full Cleveland / Akron guide · Vote in The Boo Awards

25 Halloween events around Cleveland / Akron are on BooMap, each with its 2026 dates checked on the event's own website.

## What families can find

• 8 pumpkin patches & corn mazes
• 4 family Halloween events
• 7 trunk-or-treats
• 1 fall festivals
• 1 ghost tours
• 4 haunted houses

Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 8, including Ramseyer Farms Fall Festival (Wooster); Pumpkin Village at Mapleside Farms (Brunswick); Pumpkin Days at Nickajack Farms (North Lawrence); and 5 more.

Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): Boo at the Zoo (Cleveland Metroparks Zoo) (Cleveland); Emanuel UCC Trunk or Treat (Doylestown); Harvest Festival at Hale Farm & Village (Bath); Kingsway Pumpkin Farm (Hartville); Parma Heights Frights (Parma Heights); and 13 more.

Free events: Emanuel UCC Trunk or Treat (Doylestown); Parma Heights Frights (Parma Heights); Police Pictures First Responders & Community Trunk or Treat (Sheffield); Spook-tacular Fall Family Festival & Trunk or Treat (Twinsburg); Storybook Trail Trunk or Treat (Chagrin Falls); and 1 more.

Official trick-or-treat hours announced so far: Cuyahoga Falls, October 31, 6pm to 8pm.

## The Boo Awards (fan vote, Oct. 1–25)

Fans vote for Cleveland / Akron's Best Pumpkin Patch, Best for Little Goblins, Boo's Hidden Gem (small, local events only), Most Fun Overall and Most Likely to Make You Scream. One vote per category per day; winners are announced Oct. 27.

Vote: https://boomap.app/cleveland/vote

## Links

• City guide: https://boomap.app/cleveland
• About BooMap and the press kit: https://boomap.app/press

## Story ideas

• "We mapped every Halloween event around Cleveland / Akron": where to go this weekend, by age and scare level.
• Trick-or-treat on a Saturday: what it means for families (and the towns that set official hours).
• Boo's Hidden Gem: the small, local events fans are rallying behind.

## Spokespeople

• Andrew Ward, creator of BooMap (his company, Toronado Entertainment, makes BooMap and Noelly); also SVP of 10 Lives Studios and a film and TV producer. As a 7th grader he built a six-room haunted house in a borrowed tent in his family's driveway, staffed by neighborhood volunteers. Recent work: the Katy Perry Lifetimes Tour concert film, a Peter Frampton documentary, Hollywood Vampires: Unleashed Spirits. producinghollywood.com
• Kristen Moss, reality TV casting director and BooMap spokesperson; a mom of two whose daughter is going as a red raptor dinosaur this year. kmosscasting.com

Media contact: hello@boomap.app