Halloween 2026 around Denver / Boulder: press sheet

A few local picks to check out

Full Denver / Boulder guide · Vote in The Boo Awards

26 Halloween events around Denver / Boulder are on BooMap, each with its 2026 dates checked on the event's own website.

## What families can find

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

Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 6, including Colorado Pumpkin Patch (Monument); Fritzler Farm Park Fall Festival (LaSalle); Maize in the City (Thornton); and 3 more.

Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): Boo at the Zoo (Denver); Colorado Pumpkin Patch (Monument); Longmont Halloween Parade (Longmont); Mile High Farms Fall Festival (Bennett); Munchkin Masquerade (Boulder); and 14 more.

Free events: Boulder County Trunk or Treat (Boulder); Longmont Halloween Parade (Longmont); Munchkin Masquerade (Boulder); Munson Farms Pumpkin Patch (Boulder); Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch Fall Festival (Longmont); and 3 more.

Trick-or-treat hours: no town around Denver / Boulder has announced official 2026 hours yet. BooMap adds them as towns announce. (Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31.)

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

Fans vote for Denver / Boulder'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/denver/vote

## Links

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

## Story ideas

• "We mapped every Halloween event around Denver / Boulder": 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