Halloween trick-or-treat times in the suburbs

Posted October 22, 2025 8:06 am

Daily Herald report

Halloween is Friday, Oct. 31.

After Halloween is over, many towns offer pumpkin recycling events called "Pumpkin Smash" where residents can drop off their pumpkins for composting. To find a “Pumpkin Smash” near you, go to scarce.org/pumpkins/ or your town’s website.

• Addison: 3-7 p.m.

• Algonquin: 3-7 p.m.

• Antioch: 4-7 p.m.

• Arlington Heights: 3-7 p.m.

• Aurora: 4-7 p.m.; Trick-or-Treat at Wilder Park and Promenade from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 31

• Barrington: 3-7 p.m.

• Barrington Hills: 3-7 p.m.

• Bartlett: 3-7 p.m.

• Batavia: 3-7 p.m.

• Bensenville: 3-8 p.m.; Trunk-or-Treat on Center Street from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 31

• Bloomingdale: 3-7 p.m.

• Bolingbrook: 4-7 p.m.

• Buffalo Grove: 3-8 p.m.

• Campton Hills: 3-7 p.m.

• Carol Stream: 3-7 p.m.; indoor trick-or-treating Oct. 31 at the village hall, 500 N. Gary Ave., from 3-4:30 p.m. then visit the police department between 3 and 7 p.m.

• Cary: 3-7 p.m.

• Carpentersville: 3-7 p.m.

• Crystal Lake: 3-7 p.m.

• Deer Park: 4-7 p.m.

• Des Plaines: No set hours; police suggest that children be in by dusk.

• Downers Grove: No official hours; daylight hours recommended. On Sunday, Oct. 26, join the Lions Club costume contest at noon at Fishel Park, then stop by participating downtown businesses for trick-or-treating from 1-3 p.m.

• East Dundee: 3-7 p.m.

• Elburn: 4-8 p.m.

• Elgin: 3-7 p.m.

• Elk Grove Village: 3-8 p.m.

• Elmhurst: 3-7 p.m.

• Fox Lake: 4-7 p.m.

• Fox River Grove: 3:30-7:30 p.m.

• Geneva: 3-7 p.m.; Downtown Trick-or-Treating from 2-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30

• Gilberts: 3-7 p.m.

• Glen Ellyn: 3-7 p.m.

• Glendale Heights: 3-7 p.m.; Safety Town Halloween from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 31

• Glenview: 3-7 p.m.

• Grayslake: 4-7 p.m.

• Green Oaks: 4-8 p.m.

• Gurnee: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26

• Hainesville: 4:30-7:30 p.m.

• Hampshire: 4-7 p.m.

• Hanover Park: 3-7 p.m.

• Hawthorn Woods: 4-8 p.m.

• Highland Park: 3:30-7 p.m.

• Hoffman Estates: 3-7 p.m.

• Huntley: 4-8 p.m.; Trick-or-Treat Around the Square from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 31

• Inverness: 3-7 p.m.

• Island Lake: 4-8 p.m.

• Itasca: 3-7 p.m.

• Lake in the Hills: 2-8 p.m.

• Lake Barrington: 3-7 p.m.

• Lake Villa: 4-7 p.m.

• Lake Zurich: 3-8 p.m.

• Lakemoor: 3-7 p.m.

• Lakewood: 4-7 p.m.

• Libertyville: 4-8 p.m.

• Lily Lake: 4-8 p.m.

• Lincolnshire: 4-8 p.m.

• Lindenhurst: 4-7 p.m.

• Lisle: 3-8 p.m.

• Lombard: 3-7 p.m.

• Long Grove: 3-7 p.m.

• Maple Park: 4:30-9 p.m.

• Marengo: 3-8 p.m.

• McHenry: 4-8 p.m.

• Mount Prospect: 3-8 p.m.

• Mundelein: 4-8 p.m.

• Naperville: No official hours; trick-or-treating at Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St., from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 for $6, free for children under 4.

• North Aurora: 4-8 p.m.

• North Barrington: 3-7 p.m.

• Northbrook: 4-8 p.m.

• Oak Brook: 3:30-7 p.m.

• Oakbrook Terrace: 3-6 p.m.

• Palatine: 3-7 p.m.

• Park Ridge: 3-7 p.m.

• Pingree Grove: 4-8 p.m.

• Prospect Heights: 2-7 p.m.

• Rolling Meadows: 3-8 p.m.

• Roselle: 4-8 p.m.

• St. Charles: 3-7 p.m.

• Schaumburg: 3-7 p.m.

• Sleepy Hollow: 3-8 p.m.

• South Barrington: 3-7 p.m.

• South Elgin: 3-7 p.m.

• Streamwood: 3-7 p.m.

• Sugar Grove: 4-7 p.m.

• Third Lake: 4-7 p.m.

• Towers Lake: 4-8 p.m.

• Villa Park: 3-8 p.m.

• Vernon Hills: 4-8 p.m.

• Volo: 4-7 p.m.

• Warrenville: 3-7 p.m.

• Wauconda: 4-8 p.m.

• Wayne: 3-7 p.m.

• West Chicago: 3-7 p.m.; on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 1-3 p.m., Downtown Trick-or-Treating along Main Street from participating businesses, and Trunk-or-Treat at the library near Turner Court

• West Dundee: 3-7 p.m.

• Westmont: 2-7 p.m.

• Wheaton: 3:30-7:30 p.m.; Downtown Wheaton Trick-or-Treating from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25

• Wheeling: 3-7 p.m.

• Winfield: 3-7 p.m.

• Winnetka: 3-7 p.m.

• Wood Dale: 3-8 p.m.; Wood Dale’s Trunk-or-Treat from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, on Wood Dale Road and Commercial Street

• Woodridge: 3-7 p.m.; Woodridge Trunk-or-Treat with the village and the library from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at 3 Plaza Drive

• Woodstock: 4-7 p.m.; Halloween on the Square with trick-or-treating from 4-5 p.m. and costume contest at the bandstand at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31