Halloween 2026 around Houston: press sheet

A few local picks to check out

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

## What families can find

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

Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 3, including Dewberry Farm Fall Festival (Brookshire); Froberg's Farm Fall Festival (Alvin); Blessington Farms Fall Festival (Simonton).

Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): Bayou City Fellowship Trunk or Treat (Cypress) (Cypress); Blessington Farms Fall Festival (Simonton); Boo Rivers at Big Rivers Waterpark (New Caney); Boo on the Boardwalk (Kemah); Fall Festival & Trunk-or-Treat at Trinity (Katy); and 11 more.

Free events: Fall Festival & Trunk-or-Treat at Trinity (Katy); Katy Rice Harvest Festival (Katy); LSC-Tomball Community Trunk-or-Treat (Tomball); League City Fire Station Haunted House (League City); Nature Discovery Center Fall Festival & Pumpkin Patch (Bellaire).

Official trick-or-treat hours announced so far: League City, October 31, 6pm to 10pm.

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

Fans vote for Houston'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/houston/vote

## Links

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

## Story ideas

• "We mapped every Halloween event around Houston": 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