Halloween 2026 around Phoenix / Scottsdale / Mesa: press sheet

A few local picks to check out

Full Phoenix / Scottsdale / Mesa guide · Vote in The Boo Awards

31 Halloween events around Phoenix / Scottsdale / Mesa are on BooMap, each with its 2026 dates checked on the event's own website.

## What families can find

• 4 pumpkin patches & corn mazes
• 8 family Halloween events
• 3 trunk-or-treats
• 11 ghost tours
• 5 haunted houses

Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 1, including Tolmachoff Farms Pumpkin Days & Corn Maze (Glendale).

Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): Apache Junction Halloween Festival (Apache Junction); Boo Bash (Gilbert); Chandler Halloween Spooktacular (Chandler); Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat (The Church at Sun Valley) (Buckeye); Haunted Hangar at Falcon Field (Mesa); and 11 more.

Free events: Apache Junction Halloween Festival (Apache Junction); Chandler Halloween Spooktacular (Chandler); Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat (The Church at Sun Valley) (Buckeye); Halloween Monster Bash (Peoria); Haunted Hangar at Falcon Field (Mesa); and 2 more.

Trick-or-treat hours: no town around Phoenix / Scottsdale / Mesa 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 Phoenix / Scottsdale / Mesa'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/phoenix/vote

## Links

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

## Story ideas

• "We mapped every Halloween event around Phoenix / Scottsdale / Mesa": 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