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Halloween Tricks & Treats: Not-So-Scary Halloween Events for Kids

2024 Local Trick-or-Treat Times & Trunk-or-Treat Dates and Times in the South Hills

By Emily Papa, Macaroni KID Publisher September 30, 2024

Trick or Treat! Thursday, October 31st, 2024 is Halloween and Pittsburgh kids are getting excited about some treats! Families in the South Hills of Pittsburgh are finding their best costumes to wear Trick or Treating on Halloween and even during Trunk or Treat events on the days leading up to it. Macaroni KID is working to provide you with the most up-to-date information on local Pittsburgh Halloween Trick or Treat times as well as Trunk or Treats, Halloween Parades, and all the not-so-scary Halloween events in Pittsburgh for kids! 


Looking for the best things to do with kids in Pittsburgh this Halloween? In addition to our family-friendly Halloween events below, if you're looking for fall attractions happening all season long (Daily hayrides, HallowBoo, Great Pumpkin Fest, etc), you will find that information in our Fall Attractions Guide. For general fall events or festivals, please check out our Fall Festival Guide. To find more things to do with kids today in the South Hills this October, check the event calendar to find things to do with kids in Pittsburgh near you!

While the information provided is current as of the date of publication, as always, please double-check with the venue, city or township if cancellations or changes occur. As different areas in the South Hills are being updated daily, we are working hard to get the info to our readers.  If you don't see your city represented or have different information, please email me at emilyp@macaronikid.com, so we can update our list! Thanks!!! 





2024 Family-Friendly (not-so-scary) Halloween Events & Trunk or Treats in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA

🎃 Bethel Park Halloween Spooktacular Parade

🎃 Boo at the Zoo

🎃 Brentwood Borough's 9th Annual Pumpkin Patch in the Park

🎃 Bridgeville Trunk or Treat

🔥 Campfire Ghost Stories @ Hartwood Acres Park 

🎃 Cecil Township Trail of Treats

🍂 Children’s Harvest Festival @ The Oliver Miller Homestead

Crafternoon: Mesh Tubing Pumpkins

👻 Costume & Candy Crawl @ Brentwood Towne Square

👻 Dark in the Park - Light Scare at Washington Park

🍂 Fall Fest for Kids @ Green Tree Public Library

Faux Insect Taxidermy for Kids and Teens

🎃 Halloween Dance Party

🎃 Halloween Fair ! at Da Vinci Workshop and Cafe

🎥 Halloween Movies in the Parks at Hartwood Acres Mansion

🎥 Halloween Movies in the Parks at North Park

🎥 Halloween Movies in the Parks at Round Hill Park

🎥 Halloween Movies in the Parks at Settlers Cabin Park

🎃 Halloween Storytime and Parade

🎃 Halloween Storytime at Jefferson Hills Public Library

🎃 Halloween Workshop (Grades 2-4)

🎥 Halloween Youth Movie Night

🎃 Hallow-TEEN Party @ Brentwood Public Library

🎃 Jack O’Lantern Extravaganza @ Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium

🎃 K-5th Grade Halloween Party @ Brentwood Public Library

🎃 Kids Create: Pretty Pumpkins @ Pleasant Hills Public Library

👻 Kids Day @ Hundred Acres Manor

🎃 Kids' Halloween Spooktacular @ Whitehall Public Library

🎃 Library Trick-or-Treat Trail @ Pleasant Hills Public Library

Mini Skeleton Decorating Contest: Skeleton Pick Ups

Not Too Scary Apothecary @ Pleasant Hills Public Library

🎃 North Strabane Trunk or Treat

Owl Prowl @ Oliver Miller Homestead

📖 PJ Family Storytime: Where's My Mummy?

🎃 Pool Pumpkin Patch @ Mon Valley YMCA

🎃 Pumpkin Smash @ Arnold Park

🎃 South Park Shops' Trick-or-Treat Event

👻 South Side Kids Halloween Spooktacular

👻 Spooky Monday Night Chill Lounge

🕷 The Very Busy Spider

🎃 Teentober Halloween Bash @ South Park Township Library

🎃 Trunk or Treat @ Bombash Botanical Skincare Co.

🎃 Trunk or Treat @ Chartiers Community Center

👻 Trunk or Treat at Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater

🎃 Trunk Or Treat @ Rolling Hills Park

👻 Trunk or Treat at South Park Wave Pool

Do you know of a kid-friendly, not-so-scary Halloween event taking place in Pittsburgh that isn't listed here? Please submit your event here https://southhills.macaronikid.com/events/submit and we will add it to our list! 




Halloween Trick or Treat times and Halloween Parades in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA

Baldwin

Trick or Treat October 31st from 6 pm until 8 pm

Bethel Park

Trick or Treat October 31, 6-8 p.m.
Spooktacular Parade 

Brentwood
Trick or Treat October 31st, from 6-8

Bridgeville

Trick or Treat October 31st, from 6-8 pm

Carnegie
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Castle Shannon

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Cecil Township
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Dormont

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Township of Findlay


Green Tree

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Heidelberg

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
Halloween Parade

Jefferson Hills

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

McKeesport

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Mt. Lebo

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

McDonald

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

North Fayette


North Strabane
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-7:30 pm

Peters Township

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Pittsburgh (City)

Trick or Treat October 31st, 5-7 pm

Pleasant Hills

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

South Fayette

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

South Park

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Members of the South Park Twp Police Department, the firemen from Broughton Vol. Fire Department - South Park Twp. and Library Volunteer Fire Company, and the paramedics of Tri-Community South EMS, will be out and about for the protection and safety of the trick-or-treaters.

South Strabane

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

Upper St. Clair

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

West Mifflin

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-7:30 pm

Whitehall

Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm

If your neighborhood is located in the South Hills area and missing from the list, or if the time has been changed/canceled, please email emilyp@macaronikid.com with changes. 


We will continue to update our Macaroni KID South Hills Halloween Guide with events as they are posted, so check back often!




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