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Halloween 2026 around Portland, OR: press sheet
A few local picks to check out
| Pumpkin patch · for a pumpkin patch Bella Organic Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze Portland · Daily Aug 22 – Oct 31, 2026 · All Ages, 2 of 5 ghosts |
| Fall festival · for little ones Oaks Park Oktoberfest Portland · Sept 25–27, 2026 · All Ages, 1 of 5 ghosts |
| Trunk-or-treat · for trick-or-treaters First Covenant Trunk or Treat Portland · Saturday, Oct 31, 2026 · All Ages, 1 of 5 ghosts |
| Ghost tour · for a spooky night out Haunted Shanghai Tunnels Underground Tour Portland · Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October 2026, including Halloween night · Teens+, 3 of 5 ghosts |
| Haunted house · for the brave ScareGrounds PDX Portland · Select nights Oct 1 – Nov 1, 2026 · Teens+, 4 of 5 ghosts |
26 Halloween events around Portland, OR are on BooMap, each with its 2026 dates checked on the event's own website.
## What families can find
- 12 pumpkin patches & corn mazes
- 1 family Halloween events
- 2 trunk-or-treats
- 3 fall festivals
- 6 ghost tours
- 2 haunted houses
Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 10, including Bella Organic Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (Portland); The MAiZE at The Pumpkin Patch (Portland); Yesteryear Farms Spooky Season (Wilsonville); and 7 more.
Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): Bauman's Harvest Festival (Gervais); Fir Point Farms Harvest Festival (Aurora); First Covenant Trunk or Treat (Portland); Frog Pond Farm Pumpkin Patch (Wilsonville); Heiser Farms Pumpkin Patch (Dayton); and 10 more.
Free events: First Covenant Trunk or Treat (Portland); Woodstock Spooktacular Trunk or Treat & Art Market (Portland).
Trick-or-treat hours: no town around Portland, OR 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 Portland, OR'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/portland/vote
## Links
- City guide: https://boomap.app/portland
- About BooMap and the press kit: https://boomap.app/press
## Story ideas
- "We mapped every Halloween event around Portland, OR": 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