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Holidays & seasons Halloween Halloween weekend in Detroit 2026
Halloween is comingOctober 30 – November 1, 2026
to Halloween
Photo: VasenkaPhotography · CC BY 2.0 · Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
Halloween 2026 falls on a Saturday, so the whole weekend is Halloween, from Friday, October 30 to Sunday, November 1. Here are 70 Halloween events in Detroit and Metro Detroit: haunted houses and hayrides, trunk-or-treats and trick-or-treating, costume parties, horror classics on the big screen and, exactly 100 years on, the Houdini centenary: Harry Houdini died in Detroit on Halloween 1926. We pull them from the organizers’ own calendars and refresh the list every 15 minutes.
Our picks for the Halloween weekend
Detroit Symphony Orchestra throws a family-friendly Halloween concert on Saturday, October 31, at 11 a.m. at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Expect spooky classical favorites and a kids’ costume contest; free activities run 9:30–11 a.m., and tickets are $21–$42.
Orchestra Hall
Michigan Central Station
Aretha's Jazz Café at Music Hall
Detroit Shipping Company
Redford Theatre
Erebus Haunted Attraction
13 events
Orchestra Hall
Titan Field
Blake's Big Apple
Blake's Big Apple
Ford House
Hush Haunted Attraction
Cinema at the Strand
Planet Ant Theatre
Diamondback Music Hall
Bonadeo Farms
19 events
The City of Detroit’s free trunk-or-treat in all seven council districts: decorated trunks at every police precinct, nine fire stations and fifteen recreation centers, the rec centers with haunted houses, carnival games, face painting and DJs.
Police precincts, fire stations and recreation centers
Wheelhouse Detroit
Michigan Theater
Redford Theatre
Michigan Theater
Blake's Big Apple
Hush Haunted Attraction
Five15
Cliff Bell’s
MotorCity Wine
Diamondback Music Hall
Erebus Haunted Attraction
Bonadeo Farms
6 events
Wiard's Orchards, Cider Mill & Country Fair
Wheelhouse Detroit
Michigan Central Station
Blake's Big Apple
Hush Haunted Attraction
Erebus Haunted Attraction
Houdini 100 · 1926–2026
Harry Houdini died in Detroit’s Grace Hospital at 1:26 p.m. on October 31, 1926, a week after his last show at the Garrick Theatre. This Halloween is the 100th anniversary, and Detroit remembers him.
Houdini’s last week in Detroit, on a map →Troy Public Library · Troy
Detroit Historical Museum · Detroit · Free
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill · Canton
A Houdini centenary family show: the finale recreates Houdini’s upside-down straitjacket escape. Tickets $20–30.
American Museum of Magic · Marshall · Tickets on the museum’s own shop
A Halloween séance for the centenary at the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, west of Detroit along I-94. Check the ticket page before you drive out.
Detroit Historical Museum · Detroit · 21+ only · $125, members $100
The museum’s centenary night on the Streets of Old Detroit: food and drinks, carnival games, close-up magic and contortion all evening. From 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. in the Gallery of Culture: Detroit Was Wild About Harry with historian Brendan Roney, The Art of the Astonishing with Nathan “McScary” Wakefield (sword swallowing included), and The Impossible Returns, escapes and mentalism with Anthony Grupido. Everyone takes home a deck of Houdini playing cards.
Haunted houses and trick-or-treats run every weekend until Halloween
Erebus Haunted Attraction
Bonadeo Farms
Detroit Zoo
Greenfield Village
Greenfield Village
Michigan Central Station
Family trick-or-treating around Main and Center Streets with live entertainment, games, mini donuts and cider.
Main Street and Center Street
Trick-or-treating in the Kirksey Recreation Center’s south parking lot for ages 2 to 12. Free, but you must register first.
Kirksey Recreation Center, south parking lot
A family Halloween day on the Ford family’s lakeside estate; every child gets a treat bag. Tickets $20 per child and $10 per adult (members pay less). It may be sold out, so check the page first.
Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Rd
Free trick-or-treating at the downtown businesses for kids 12 and under, with Mickey and Minnie Mouse to meet. No registration needed.
Downtown Auburn Hills, Auburn Road
Kids trick-or-treat at the shops of both downtown districts. The city strongly encourages registering ahead.
East and West Downtown Dearborn
Downtown Ferndale, Woodward Ave. & Nine Mile, Ferndale, MI
Detroit Zoo
A walk past glowing jack-o’-lanterns in the woods of the Stage Nature Center. Register ahead: $8 for ages 4 to 12, $18 for teens and adults, under 4 free.
Stage Nature Center, 6685 Coolidge Hwy
Greenfield Village
The city’s free Halloween party in Palmer Park: a haunted trail, thrill rides, laser tag, face painting, food trucks and candy. Park at the 12th Precinct (1441 W. Seven Mile) or the Detroit Exploration and Nature Center (1313 W. Seven Mile) and ride the free shuttle.
Palmer Park, 910 Merrill Plaisance
Greenfield Village
Grosse Pointe War Memorial
Free trick-or-treating through the museum’s Streets of Old Detroit for ages 2 to 12, with a night-circus theme, a scavenger hunt, crafts, a dance party with Fangs and Twang and a treat bag to take home. Free, but register first (up to 10 tickets per family). Costumes welcome; no weapons, not even pretend ones.
Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward Ave
Michigan Central Station
Only if you dare · 11 events
Blake's Big Apple
Ford Field Park
Wheelhouse Detroit
Hush Haunted Attraction
Hush Haunted Attraction
Macomb Center for the Performing Arts
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill
Wiard's Orchards, Cider Mill & Country Fair
Candy, costumes, nothing too scary · 15 events
Meadow Brook Hall
Shain Park
Giant Screen Experience, Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Grosse Pointe War Memorial
50755 Cherry Hill Rd Suite 10Canton, MI 48188
Necto
Meadow Brook Hall
Grown-up Halloween · 8 events
Saint Andrew's Hall
Saint John's Resort
Go Comedy! Improv Theater
Crisler Center
Horror classics on the big screen, spooky shows on stage · 24 events
Senate Theater
Redford Theatre
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill
Planet Ant Theatre
River Raisin Centre for the Arts
Planet Ant Theatre
Michigan Theater
Times are Detroit time. Official trick-or-treat events link to the organizer’s own page: check it before you go, plans change. Updated 9:37 PM.
