Halloween 2026 around San Antonio: press sheet

A few local picks to check out

Full San Antonio guide · Vote in The Boo Awards

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

## What families can find

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

Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 5, including South Texas Maize at Graff 7A Ranch (Hondo); Fall CountryFest at Devine Acres Farm (Devine); Fall Festival at Sundrop Springs (New Braunfels); and 2 more.

Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): 4th Annual Community Safety Truck or Treat (CPS Energy) (San Antonio); BOOtanica at San Antonio Botanical Garden (San Antonio); Boerne Boo! (Boerne); Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND Discovery Center San Antonio (San Antonio); Cibolofest (Cibolo); and 13 more.

Free events: 4th Annual Community Safety Truck or Treat (CPS Energy) (San Antonio); Boerne Boo! (Boerne); Cibolofest (Cibolo); Downtown Spooktacular (New Braunfels); Fall Festival & Pumpkin Patch at Blue Bonnet Palace (Selma); and 3 more.

Trick-or-treat hours: no town around San Antonio 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 San Antonio'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/san-antonio/vote

## Links

• City guide: https://boomap.app/san-antonio
• About BooMap and the press kit: https://boomap.app/press

## Story ideas

• "We mapped every Halloween event around San Antonio": 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