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Halloween 2026 around St. Louis: press sheet
A few local picks to check out
| Pumpkin patch · for a pumpkin patch Brookdale Farms Fall Festival & Corn Maze Eureka · Sept 11 - Nov 8, 2026 · All Ages, 1 of 5 ghosts |
| Family event · for little ones BOOterfly House Chesterfield · October 1-31, 2026 · All Ages, 1 of 5 ghosts |
| Trunk-or-treat · for trick-or-treaters Candypalooza Trunk-or-Treat (Sunset Hills) Sunset Hills · Saturday, October 31 (after the 5:00pm service) · All Ages, 2 of 5 ghosts |
| Ghost tour · for a spooky night out Haunted History Bus Tour Alton · Oct 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 30, 2026 · Teens+, 3 of 5 ghosts |
| Haunted house · for the brave Creepyworld Haunted Screampark Fenton · Sept 25-26 (Slasher Weekend); Fri/Sat Oct 2-31; Sundays Oct 4-25; select weeknights; Nov 1, 7 (final weekend), 13 (final ticket-use night) · Adults Only, 4 of 5 ghosts |
32 Halloween events around St. Louis are on BooMap, each with its 2026 dates checked on the event's own website.
## What families can find
- 5 pumpkin patches & corn mazes
- 9 family Halloween events
- 3 trunk-or-treats
- 3 fall festivals
- 9 ghost tours
- 3 haunted houses
Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 5, including Brookdale Farms Fall Festival & Corn Maze (Eureka); Eckert's Millstadt Fun Farm Pumpkin Patch (Millstadt); Eckert's Grafton Farm Pumpkin Patch (Grafton); and 2 more.
Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): BOOterfly House (Chesterfield); Boo at the Zoo (St. Louis); Brookdale Farms Fall Festival & Corn Maze (Eureka); Chesterfield Fall Festival (Chesterfield); Eckert's Grafton Farm Pumpkin Patch (Grafton); and 13 more.
Free events: Chesterfield Fall Festival (Chesterfield); Edwardsville Halloween Parade (Edwardsville); Legends & Lanterns (St. Charles).
Official trick-or-treat hours announced so far: Belleville, October 31, 5pm to 8:30pm; Edwardsville, October 30 and October 31, 4pm to 9pm.
## The Boo Awards (fan vote, Oct. 1–25)
Fans vote for St. Louis'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/st-louis/vote
## Links
- City guide: https://boomap.app/st-louis
- About BooMap and the press kit: https://boomap.app/press
## Story ideas
- "We mapped every Halloween event around St. Louis": 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