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🎃 daily 10am–6pm — Chappell Farms Fall Festival — 617 Penetanguishene Rd, Barrie  $   all ages 

Good to know: $12 weekday admission, one pick-your-own pumpkin included, under 24 months free. — Pumpkin picking and a fall festival, open every day.

🎸 open daily — Barrie Hill Farms Fall Festival and pumpkin pick-your-own — 2935 Barrie Hill Rd., Springwater  $   all ages 

Good to know: live music Sat Oct 24 11am–2pm, Sun Oct 25 10am–2pm, Sat Oct 31 10am–2pm. $5/person weekdays, $7 weekends, 3 and under free; pumpkins $4–7. Check Farmer Morris' Daily Updates before you go to see what's open for picking. — Pick your own pumpkin, with live music on the weekends.

🎬 7:30pm — Haunted Halloween Drive-In Movie Night (The Nightmare Before Christmas) — Tanger Outlets Cookstown, east lot near Entrance 3, 3311 Simcoe 89, Cookstown, Innisfil  free   all ages  👻👻

Good to know: Watch from your vehicle, so bring blankets and warm clothing. An optional $10 breast cancer donation gets you a gift card and popcorn. — A Halloween classic on the big screen, watched from your car.

🍂 3–9pm — Family Fright Fest 2026 — 59 Lampman Lane, Barrie  free   all ages 
3–4pm 👻 (sensory-friendly), 4–5pm 👻👻, 5–9pm 👻👻👻

Good to know: 3–4pm is a sensory-friendly hour (lights on, no scary costumes). 4–5pm is for tiny trick-or-treaters, and it gets scarier after 5pm. Face painting, carnival games, balloons, vendors and food trucks cost extra. — Barrie's free Halloween night out, with calmer early hours for little ones.

🍬 11am–1pm — Cookstown BooNANZA — Downtown Cookstown; start at the Cookstown & District Chamber of Commerce booth, Innisfil  all ages 

Good to know: Daytime Halloween fun in downtown Cookstown.

🕯️ 6:30–8pm — Haunted Cookstown Ghost Walk — starts at Cookstown Curling Club, 18 Church Street; ends at South Simcoe Theatre, Innisfil  $$   all ages  👻👻

Good to know: $15 for one, $25 for two, $50 family ticket (2 adults + 2 children). Outdoor theatrical ghost-story walk, "eerie encounters". — A spooky evening walk for families who like a good scare.

🧹 7–9pm — Big Bay Point Witches Walk — Big Bay Point community, 10 host homes (no street address published), Innisfil  free   all ages 

Good to know: An evening stroll past 10 host homes in Big Bay Point.

🎨 1–2pm or 2:30–3:30pm — MacLaren Family Sundays: Spooktacular Snippets — MacLaren Art Centre, 37 Mulcaster Street, Barrie  $   all ages 

Good to know: $5, free for members. Sign up that day at the front desk, first-come. Max 25 per workshop, adults included. — A Halloween art workshop at the gallery for the whole family.

🎃 from 2pm — Barrie Accessible Halloween Village — Oatley Vigmond, 151 Ferris Lane, Barrie. Sold out; waitlist on Eventbrite.  free   all ages 

Good to know: Free parking. — Accessible trick-or-treating.

🎉 4:30–7:30pm — 'Haunted Hangout' Youth Holiday Party — PHTCC Young People's Centre, 171 Mapleton Ave, Barrie  free   ages 11–20 

Good to know: for youth of all abilities, sensory-aware space, 5:1 participant-to-staff ratio, costumes welcome. Registration required; spots are limited. Search #136543 on play.barrie.ca. — A Halloween party for youth of all abilities.

🍿 6:30–8:30pm — Friday Flicks: Hocus Pocus — BPL Painswick Branch, 48 Dean Avenue, Barrie  free   all ages 

Good to know: A Halloween movie night at the library.

🥕 9am–1pm — Halloween and Opening Day (Indoors) at the Barrie Farmers' Market — City Hall, 70 Collier Street, Barrie  all ages 

Good to know: Halloween at the market on its indoor opening day.

👟 11am–1pm — Spooky Strides Fun Run: The Sequel — Arboretum Sunnidale Park, 265 Sunnidale Road, Barrie  free   all ages 

Good to know: A Halloween morning fun run; grab a ticket on Eventbrite first. Doors open at 10:45am.

🍭 11am–2pm — Trick or Treat at Park Place — The Village Courtyard, 100 Mapleview Dr East, Barrie  all ages 

Good to know: Pick up a passport and map at the Park Place tents across from the fountain. Drop completed passports in the Village Courtyard drop box by 2pm for a prize draw. Hot dogs for a $2 donation to YouthReach. — Daytime trick-or-treating at Park Place.

🌽 1:30–3:30pm — Family Hallowe'en Party, Northwest Barrie United Church — back parking lot, 464 Ferndale Drive North, Barrie  free   all ages 

Good to know: Sign up on the list in Westennial Hall or email [email protected]. — A family Halloween party at the church; sign up ahead.

🦇 2–3:30pm — Movie Magic: Hotel Transylvania — Five Points Theatre, 1 Dunlop Street West, Barrie  $   all ages 

Good to know: $7 children, $5 adults; Ticketpro ticket for every patron. — A Halloween matinee at Five Points Theatre.

📚 2:30–3:30pm — Holly-ween — BPL Holly Branch, 555 Essa Road, Barrie  all ages  👻👻

Good to know: Program materials are limited; spots are first-come, first-served. — Halloween fun at the library for little ones and school-aged kids.

🏚️ from dusk — Barrie Halloween Haunt & Maze (Scream Team on Gore) — 126 & 127 Gore Drive, Barrie  free   all ages  👻👻👻

Good to know: Offers "NO BOO" glow sticks for younger visitors. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society and the Barrie Food Bank welcome. Live scarers in a dark maze, with fog, lasers and 60+ animatronics. — A full haunted maze for kids who love a fright.

🎃 5–8pm — Pumpkin Walk — Innisfil Beach Park, 676 Innisfil Beach Road, Innisfil  free   all ages 

Good to know: Drop off carved or painted pumpkins from 11am. — Bring your carved pumpkin and see everyone else's.

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