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 little 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!
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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!!!
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2024 Family-Friendly (not-so-scary) Halloween Events & Trunk or Treats in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA
October 22nd
October 23rd
October 24
- 🎃 Trunk-or-Treat @ Kenny Ross Ford South
- 👻 Monster Mash Bash @ Crafton Public Library
- 🎃 Trunk or Treat @ Chartiers Community Center
October 25th
- 🎃 VolunTOTSs Trick or Treat at Friendship Village
- 🎃 Halloween Happenings: A Boo-Tanical Bash @ Phipps
- Boo! A Sensory Friendly Halloween
- 🎃 Halloween at the Haunted Library
- 🎃 Pool Pumpkin Patch @ Mon Valley YMCA
- 🎃 Kids' Halloween Spooktacular @ Whitehall Public Library
- 🎥 Halloween Youth Movie Night
October 26th
- 🎃 Bethel Park Halloween Spooktacular Parade
- 🎃 Annual Halloween Walk @ Donaldson's Crossroads Shopping Center
- 👻 Trick or Trolley at Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
- 🎃 Bridgeville Halloween Parade
- 🎃 Pumpkin Patch Parade in Uptown Mt. Lebanon
- 🎃 Trunk Or Treat @ ChristChurch
- 🎃 Trunk or Treat @ Bombash Botanical Skincare Co.
- 🎃 Trunk or Treat at South Park Wave Pool
- 👻 South Side Kids Halloween Spooktacular
- 🎃 Brookline BOO-levard Halloween Parade
- 🎃 Munhall's 33rd Annual Halloween Parade
- 🎥 Halloween Movies in the Parks at Round Hill Park
- West Mifflin Borough Halloween Event @ Community Park 11am
- Downtown Canonsburg Storefront Trick or Treat 11am -1pm
- Gateway Clipper Halloween Fun - Costume Party
October 27th
- 🎃 Halloween Hunt @ Carnegie Science Center
- 👻 Trick or Trolley at Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
- 🎃 Amo's Truck or Treat, Presented by Raising Cane's
- 👻 Trunk or Treat at Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater
October 28th
- 🎥 Creepy Classic Movie Monday - Burnt Offerings
- 👻 Costume & Candy Crawl @ Brentwood Towne Square
- 🎃 Pumpkin Tattooing For Kids
- 👻 Spooky Monday Night Chill Lounge
- Costume Party Tail Waggin' Tutors @ Pleasant Hills Public Library
October 29th
- 🎃 Halloween Storytime and Parade
- Hocus Pocus Escape Room
- 🎃 K-5th Grade Halloween Party @ Brentwood Public Library
October 30th
October 31st
- 🎃 Halloween Scavenger Hunt @ Green Tree Public Library
- Monster Mash Dance Party @ Community Library of Castle Shannon
- Trick or Treat!
🗓️ Find each of these events listed by date on our Event Calendar
Past Events
🎃 Brentwood Borough's 9th Annual Pumpkin Patch in the Park
🔥 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 Breakfast Bingo 2024
🎃 Halloween Fair ! at Da Vinci Workshop and Cafe
👻 Halloween Ghost Painting @ Baldwin Borough Public Library
🎥 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 Parade @ the Community Library of Castle Shannon
🎃 Halloween Storytime and Parade
🎃 Halloween Storytime at Jefferson Hills Public Library
🎃 Halloween Workshop (Grades 2-4)
🎃 Hallow-TEEN Party @ Brentwood Public Library
🎃 Howl-o-ween @ Southside Works Dog Park
🎃 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-O-Ween at the National Aviary
Owl Prowl @ Oliver Miller Homestead
🎃 Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Festival
📖 PJ Family Storytime: Where's My Mummy?
🎃 Pool Pumpkin Patch @ Mon Valley YMCA
🎃 Pumpkin Patch Trolley @ Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
🎃 Punkin Chunkin @ Hartwood Acres Amphitheater
🎃 South Park Shops' Trick-or-Treat Event
👻 South Side Kids Halloween Spooktacular
👻 Spooky Monday Night Chill Lounge
🎃 The Great (Pink) Pumpkin Patch
🎃 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!
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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
Trick or Treat October 31, 6-8 p.m.
Spooktacular Parade
Brentwood
Trick or Treat October 31st, from 6-8
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
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
Halloween Parade
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
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
North Strabane
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-7:30 pm
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
Trick or Treat October 31st, 5-7 pm
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
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.
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
Upper St. Clair
Trick or Treat October 31st, 6-8 pm
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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More Halloween fun!
Trick-or-Treat! Smell my feet! Give me something good to eat!!!
That Halloween jingle will always bring a grin to my face thinking about my childhood years trick-or-treating in the suburbs of the South Hills. These days, Halloween seems to need more than a pillow case filled with candy to satisfy kids. Let me be part of the problem and fill you with plenty of ideas for tricks and treats for your littles during the days leading up to Halloween :)
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