Wondering where to take the kids for trick-or-treating or opportunities for them to show off those costumes? Here is a list of activities going on in the Basin! (These are listed by location, then by earliest date to last!) Have a Spook-tacular Time!
Andrews:
Downtown Trick-or-Treating. Wednesday, October 30th, 10:00am. Wear your costume and get ready for some trick-or-treating fun in and around the County Courthouse!
LOCATION: Andrews County Library, 109 NW 1st Street, Andrews, TX.
Midland:
Literary Pumpkin Contest. Now-October 24th. Kids, families, teens and adults are invited to decorate a pumpkin like their favorite book character! (N carved pumpkins!) You can paint, glue, color, dress it up, etc.! Winners will be announced at the Fall Festival on October 26th!
LOCATION: Midland Centennial Library or Midland Downtown Library
The Harvest Picnic Basket Auction and Pumpkin Carving. (Benefiting Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center.) Saturday, October 19th, 2:00-4:00pm. Bid on a unique picnic basket, enjoy live music and watch pumpkin carving at its finest! Local food trucks will be on site!
LOCATION: Museum of the Southwest, 1705 W. Missouri Ave, Midland, TX.
Midland Y Halloween Carnival. Saturday, October 19th, 4:00-9:00pm. Get your face painted, run the obstacle course, and dance the night away! Concessions will be availalbe for purchase.
LOCATION: Midland YMCA, 800 N Big Spring St, Midland, TX.
Family Fall Festival. Saturday, October 19th, 6:00-9:00pm. There will be a costume contest for the kids, children’s games, face painting, trick-or-treating, prize wheel, cake walk and pie throwing! Lots of goodies and a bake sale and silent auction. Food and drinks will be sold by the Knights of Columbus.
LOCATION: St. Stephen’s (In the Parish Hall), 4601 Neely Ave, Midland TX.
Halloween at the Farm. Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th. All day. Dress up in your prettiest, scariest or most creative costume and enter one of two costume contests. Don’t forget your candy bags for Trick-or-Treating through the maze!
LOCATION: Fiddlesticks Farms, 5610 E County Rd 120, Midland, TX.
Fright Fest. Saturday, October 26th, 6:30-8:30pm. Enjoy pumpkin carving, face decorating, trunk or treat, games, jumpers, a haunted asylum and food concessions.
LOCATION: Chap Center @ Midland College, 3600 N Garfield, Midland, TX.
Fall Festival. Saturday, October 26th, 4:30-6:30pm. Dress up in your costumes and come enjoy bouncy houses, festival games, face painting and . trunk or treating!
LOCATION: Midland Centennial Library, 2503 W Loop 250 N, Midland, TX.
MFD Truck or Treat. Saturday, October 26th, 10:00am-2:00pm. Bean bag toss, football throw, cupcake walk, jumpers, haunted house and much more!
LOCATION: Central Fire Station, 1500 W Wall Street, Midland, TX.
Halloween Bash. Saturday, October 26th, 1:00-4:00pm. Swimming, trick or treat, Halloween games, on-water inflatable obstacle course, bounce house, concessions and more!
LOCATION: COM Aquatics SWIM and GYM, 3003 N A. Street, Midland, TX.
Cinema Under the Stars: Hocus Pocus. Wednesday, October 30th, 7:00-9:00pm. Enjoy this Halloween classic along with trivia, games, and kids activities! Concessions available.
LOCATION: Wagner Noel, 1310 FM 1788, Midland, TX.
Trunk or Treat. Wednesday, October 30th, 6:00-8:00pm. Family friendly environment with games, bouncers, food and candy!
LOCATION: Greenwood Baptist Church, 10909 FM 307, Midland, TX.
Halloween Block Party. Thursday, October 31st, 6:00-8:00pm. Trick-or-Treating, games, food trucks and candy!
LOCATION: St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church, 4000 W Loop 250 N, Midland, TX.
Spookology. Thursday, October 31st, 6:30-8:00pm. Experiment with witches brew, create vampire veins, engineer eyeball structures, and build bone bridges! And, of course, trick-or-treat!
LOCATION: Petroleum Museum, 1500 W Interstate 20 W, Midland, TX.
Our Lady of Guadalupe All Saints Fair: Trunk or Treat. Thursday, October 31st, 6:30-9:00pm. LOTS of food (asado plates, enchilada plates and more!), Bingo, game booths, and costume and pumpkin contests.
LOCATION: Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish and Shrine, 1401 Garden Lane, Midland, TX.
Odessa:
Fall Festival. Saturday, October 19th, 1:00-7:00pm. Kids games, face paiting, pumpkin painting, inflatable jumpers, food and drink vendors, pie-eating contests and more!
LOCATION: McKinney Park, 625 W Pool Rd, Odessa, TX.
Halloween Bash and Haunted Maze. Friday, October 25th, 7:00-12:00pm. Costume Ball and Haunted Basement! Themed drinks and prizes, live DJ and food trucks!
LOCATION: The Copper Rose Building, 415 N Grant Ave, Odessa, TX.
Night of Light. Thursday, October 31st, 6:00-9:00pm. Carnival Rides, inflatables, candy, popcorn, game booths, and giveaways!
LOCATION: Odessa Marriott Hotel, 305 E 5th Street, Odessa, TX.
Trick-Or-Treat. Thursday, October 31st, 5:00-7:00pm. Wear your costumes and come for games and trick-or-treating!
LOCATION: Ector County Library, 321 W 5th Street, Odessa, TX.
