Whether you're the type to dress to the nines like Barbie, clone your favorite Super Hero or enjoy freaking out your friends by turning out in something beyond the bizarre, Halloween in Chicago has it all to satisfy your ghoulish madness! Check out our TOP FIVE Things to do for Halloween in Chicago.
Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade
Few have witnessed this level of costume preparation and pageantry outside of Hollywood itself! THIS is for the serious Halloween participant and it's a Chicago Halloween event you must do once in your life - but if you're like most of us - you do it once, and you keep coming back for more! Don't believe us? Check out the video in the link! There are lots of post parties in the neighborhood too! October 31
Now through Nov 3, what's coined as Chicago's largest Fall festival will be Poppin'! Get in on some live music, good eats, a plethora of pumpkin activities (for all age groups), a maze, and more pumpkins than you'd find in a patch in the middle of nowhere. It's a pop-up, it's a party, and it's poppin'! On Goose Island
f you're up for an authentic scare, check out one of Chicago's Haunted ghost tours. Whether you dig your hauntings in a hotel, a zoo, a cemetery, or an alley, Chicago pretty much has it all . . . There's even some haunted tours featuring notorious Chicago mobsters! Check out American Ghost Walks for some of the most spirited options!
Catch a spooky vibe at one of Chicago's notable Halloween Pub Crawls or check out a themed Halloween bash like the Frankenstein's Mad Scientist Cocktail Lab happening all month. These parties will have you howling at the moon!
No matter which poison you choose - you're sure to have a frightenly good time! Happy Halloween!