Halloween 2026 around Tucson: press sheet

A few local picks to check out

Full Tucson guide · Vote in The Boo Awards

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

## What families can find

• 2 pumpkin patches & corn mazes
• 7 family Halloween events
• 3 fall festivals
• 3 ghost tours
• 3 haunted houses

Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 1, including Apple Annie's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (Willcox).

Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): All Souls Procession Weekend (Tucson); Apple Annie's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (Willcox); Boo Bash (Tucson); Boo at the Zoo (Tucson); Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Exhibition (Tucson); and 6 more.

Free events: All Souls Procession Weekend (Tucson); Boo Bash (Tucson); HallOVeen Spooktacular (Oro Valley); Marana Fall Festival (Marana); Quincie Douglas Center Trunk-or-Treat (Tucson); and 1 more.

Trick-or-treat hours: no town around Tucson has announced official 2026 hours yet. BooMap adds them as towns announce. (Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31.)

On BooMap's national list of the 10 Most Unique Halloween Events: #5 All Souls Procession Weekend.

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

Fans vote for Tucson'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/tucson/vote

## Links

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

## Story ideas

• "We mapped every Halloween event around Tucson": 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