Halloween Guide for Tampa Bay

Can you smell the candy corn? Halloween is HERE and we’re ready for it! Time to talk costumes, parties, pumpkins and spooky fun. Don’t miss a minute of the action with our 2025 Halloween Guide presented by the Wesley Chapel Fall Festival & Carnival. We will update this guide throughout October. Be sure to check back OFTEN or subscribe to get our newsletter.

Featured Tampa Bay Halloween Events:

Wesley Chapel Fall Festival and Carnival

Celebrate 21 years of community spirit at the Wesley Chapel Fall Festival & Carnival! Enjoy a weekend of live entertainment, delicious food, exciting rides, fall pageant, costume contests, and fun for all ages. Don’t miss this cherished autumn tradition that brings families together for festive memories. Click here for your free entry ticket, and click here for a discounted unlimited ride wristband!

The City of Treasure Island

Treasure Island’s Halloween Spooktacular creeps into the Community Center on October 24 from 6–8 p.m.! Little ghouls and goblins can enjoy trick-or-treat stations, inflatables, interactive entertainers, and a maze of spooky surprises. The costume contest kicks off at 7 p.m. with fang-tastic prizes. Don’t miss this frightfully fun night of community Halloween fun!

Tampa Theatre

Tampa Theatre’s A Nightmare on Franklin Street returns for select dates throughout October! Tampa’s most historic (and most haunted) movie palace celebrates its “lucky 13th” annual Halloween series with classic horror movies, live shows, ghost tours and “Mummy & Me” family films that are FREE for kids 12 & younger. Click for more info.

Hallowrink by AdventHealth Center Ice

Hallowrink kids skating event at Adventhealth center ice in Tampa floridaGet ready for a spook-tacular night on the ice!  Join us for Hallowrink at AdventHealth Center Ice on Friday, October 24th from 6:30–8:30pm! Enjoy Costume Contests, Meet & Greet with IC the Mascot, Themed Music & Games, Tons of Halloween Fun! Bring your best costume (and your skates!) for a chillingly good time. All ages welcome! Save the date and tag your skating crew, this is one Halloween event you won’t want to miss!$22 Online Pre-Registration including skates, $25 in-house. Click to register! 

Crayola ExperienceCrayola experiences screamin green hauntoween event in orlando

Screamin’ Green Hauntoween is back at the Crayola Experience. Creep your way through spooky, family fun! Screamin’ Green Hauntoween is back! From Sept. 20 – Oct. 31, come experience SPOOKtacular family fun and WITCHtacular crafts. Creep through our MONSTERific attractions while collecting ghoulish clues for our Scavenger Hunt!

Dinosaur World

Jurassic Haunt: Mammoth Mayhem lights up Dinosaur World! Glowing trails, scare zones, haunted train, free face painting, kids tattoos and more. Select nights Sept 27 through Nov 1. Costumes encouraged. Keel Farms serves wine and cider nightly. Admission included with daytime tickets and annual passes. Use code MUNCHKINJH for 30% off! Click for more information

Harvest Holler Corn Maze

Harvest Holler Corn Maze fall festival is fun with hayrides and farm animals. Come see Katie’s mini moos, Peanut & Minnie Pearl. We also have a cow train, corn bins, putt putt, slides and hay fort, tire swings and concessions at Paw Paws Vittles followed by pumpkin pie or cobbler at Maw Maws. Y’all come!

Gatorland

Gatorland® brings back its family-friendly Gators, Ghosts and  Goblins™ daytime Halloween event for the seventh year! Enjoy  spooky fun, live shows, meet-and-greets, a kids costume parade, and  one-of-a-kind adventures across three weekends in October.  Halloween fun is for everyone—visit www.Gatorland.com for dates,  details, and all the frightful festivities!

Harvest Days at Keel Farms in Central FloridaKeel Farms

Munchkin-approved fun is here! Join us at Keel Farms for Harvest Days, where families can enjoy hayrides, pumpkin painting, kid-friendly games, and more in a beautiful farm setting. From photo ops to sweet treats, it’s the perfect way to celebrate fall with your little ones!📍Click here for details.

The Tampa Riverwalk returns Cotanchobee Park

The Tampa Riverwalk

Tampa’s Halloween magic returns on October 25 as the Riverwalk Trick or Treat is brought to Cotanchobee Park. Families can enjoy over 50 candy stations, a costume contest, and a Monsters, Inc. screening. Free and friendly, this beautiful waterfront tradition promises safe, spooky fun you won’t want to miss! Click for more info.

Wolfe's produce pumpkin patch in Tampa Bay FloridaWolfe’s Produce Market

Wolfe’s Produce Market presents to you the largest pumpkin patch in the area! Take pictures and make lasting memories at our many fall photo ops. We specialize in everything you need to decorate for fall including hay bales, corn stalks, scarecrows, decorative gourds, Indian corn, all sizes, colors and varieties of pumpkins, carving kits and more. Enjoy shopping for fresh local produce and grab a few tasty treats like caramel apples fresh baked breads, local honey, apple cider and more! Planning an event? Wholesale/bulk pricing is available on large pumpkin purchases. Call Jeff @ 813-927-2203 or John @ 813-927-2204. Happy Fall from Wolfe’s Produce!

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