Get your costumes ready! The Greater Peoria Area is packed with trunk-or-treats, zoo events, parades, and spooky fun for the entire family. Here is your comprehensive guide to all the best Halloween and trick-or-treating events happening in and around Peoria throughout October 2025.
Early October Fun
Saturday, October 4th
- Derby Street Trick-or-Treat (Pekin)
Friday, October 10th
- 3 – 10 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
Saturday, October 11th
- 1 – 11 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 3 – 7 PM Trunk or Treat at the Connect Center (Washington)
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
Sunday, October 12th
- 1 – 8 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 2 – 4 PM Trunk or Treat at Kartville (Peoria Area)
Mid-October Spooktacular
Friday, October 17th
- 3 – 10 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 4 – 6 PM Trunk or Treat at The Center for Youth and Family Solutions (Peoria)
- 6 – 10 PM Cars and Coffee Friday Night Lights Trunk or Treat at Bass Pro (Peoria Area)
- 6 – 8 PM Witches Walk at the Farm Park (Peoria Area)
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
Saturday, October 18th
- 11 AM – 2 PM TAPS Trunk or Treat (Peoria Area)
- 11 AM – 2 PM Pekin Downtown Business District Trick-or-Treat (Pekin)
- 1 – 11 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 1 – 3 PM Trunk or Treat at Good Shepard Lutheran School (Pekin)
- 3:15 – 5:30 PM Sign + Fun Halloween Event with Communication Junction (Peoria)
- 3:30 – 5 PM Costume Parade at Main Street Cafe (Morton)
- 4 – 8:30 PM Haunted Hollow at Big Creek (Canton)
- 5 – 7 PM East Peoria Jr. Trunk or Treat (East Peoria)
- 5:30 – 7 PM Haunted Hike at Forest Park Nature Center (Peoria)
- 6 – 8 PM Witches Walk at the Farm Park (Peoria Area)
- 6 – 7:30 PM Trunk or Treat at RockChurch (Peoria Area)
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
Sunday, October 19th
- 1 – 8 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 2 – 4 PM Bikes and Treats at Spinder Park East Peoria (East Peoria)
Monday, October 20th
- 4 – 8 PM Trick or Treat Food Truck Fest at the Connect Center (Washington)
Tuesday, October 21st
- 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM Halloween Party at Alpha Park Library (Bartonville)
Wednesday, October 22nd
- 4:30 PM Trunk or Treat at Caravel Autism Health (Peoria Area)
Thursday, October 23rd
- 5 – 6:30 PM Trunk or Treat at Greater Peoria Family YMCA (Peoria)
- 5 – 7 PM Halloween Carnival at Alpha Park Library (Bartonville)
- 6:30 PM Trunk or Treat at ICC (East Peoria)
- 5 – 7 PM Trunk or Treat at John M. Evans Supportive Living (Pekin)
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
Final Week of Frights
Friday, October 24th
- 11 AM – 5 PM 5-7 PM Villain’s Night Out (Pekin Library)
- 3 – 5 PM Chillicothe Merchant Trick-or-Treat (Chillicothe)
- 3 – 10 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 4 – 7:30 PM Spooktacular at Pearce Community Center (Chillicothe Area)
- 4 – 7 PM Nerfire's Very Unscary Halloween Circus! (Peoria Area)
- 4 – 8 PM Not so Scary Halloween Trick or Treat Walk at Jim Maloof Realty (Peoria Area)
- 4:30 – 6:30 Trunk or Treat at ICC (East Peoria)
- 5 – 7 PM Trick or Treat with the Peoria Police Dept. (Peoria)
- 5 – 7 PM Trunk or Treat at Care Health Pekin East (Pekin)
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
- 6 – 8 PM Witches Walk at the Farm Park (Peoria Area)
Saturday, October 25th
- 8 AM – 12 PM Trick-or-Tractor at Heritage Tractor (Lacon)
- 10 AM – 1 PM Trick or Treat at Hy-Vee (Both Peoria Locations)
- 12 – 2 PM CRYRWEED Trunk or Treat event (Peoria Area)
- 1 – 3 PM Golden Ghouls Trick-or-Treat at Liberty Village of Peoria (Peoria)
- 1 – 11 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 2 – 4 PM Trunk or Treat at Faith Lutheran Church (Peoria Area)
- 3 – 5 PM Trunk or Treat Morton VFW (Morton)
- 3 – 5 PM Trunk or Treat at Marquette Elementary School (Peoria Area)
- 3 – 5 PM Trick or Treat in the Park (Washington)
- 3 – 5 PM Trunk or Treat at The Loft of Peoria (Peoria)
- 4:30 – 6:30 PM Trunk or Treat at Metamora Square (Metamora)
- 4 – 6 PM Fright Delight at Proctor Recreation Center (Peoria)
- 4 – 8 PM Halloween Costume Party at East Bluff Community Center (Peoria)
- 5 – 7 PM Trunk or Treat at Peoria Speedway (Peoria)
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
- 6 – 9 PM Halloween Party at Potter's Alley (Peoria Area)
- 6 – 8 PM Trunk or Treat with Cincinnati Fire Protection (Pekin)
- 7 – 8:30 PM Haunted Forest at Universalist Unitarian Church (Peoria Area)
Sunday, October 26th
- 1 – 4 PM Trunk or Treat at Alpha Park (Bartonville)
- 1 – 8 PM Wildlife Scary Park (Hanna City/Edwards)
- 1:30 – 3 PM Halloween Skate at Owens Center (Peoria Area)
- 2 – 4 PM Trunk or Treat at Pekin Moose Lodge (Pekin)
- 2 – 5 PM BOO BASH at the Shoppes at Grand Prairie (Peoria)
- 3 – 4 PM Halloween Pizza Party at 460 Pizza (Peoria Area)
- 3 – 4 PM Trunk or Treat at Stevens Square at Princeville (Princeville)
- 3 – 4:30 PM Trunk or Treat at Cadence Academy Morton (Morton)
- 3 – 5 PM Trunk or Treat at Remmert Funeral Home (Peoria Area)
- 4 – 6 PM Lacon Marina's 1st Annual Trunk or Treat (Lacon)
- 4 – 6 PM Trunk or Treat at Riverside Community Church (Peoria Area)
- 5 – 7 PM Indoor Trunk or Treat at First United Methodist Church (Peoria Area)
Wednesday, October 29th
- 5 – 7 PM Trunk or Treat at Peoria Heights Christian Church (Peoria Heights)
Thursday, October 30th
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
Friday, October 31st (Halloween!)
- 6 – 7 PM Costume Parade at the Playhouse (Peoria Area)
- 6 – 7:30 PM AfterGlow: a post-trick-or-treat parking lot party at Cedar Hills (Peoria Area)
- 6 – 9 PM ZOOtober at the Peoria Zoo (Peoria)
With so many incredible events—from the spooky thrills of the Wildlife Scary Park and ZOOtober to dozens of community-run Trunk or Treats—your 2025 Halloween schedule is officially packed! Grab your favorite costumes, double-check your event times, and prepare for a month of safe, spooky fun right here in the Greater Peoria Area. Don't forget to share this guide with your friends so no one misses out on the fun!
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