Enjoying Spooky and Fun Fall Events for all Ages

Fall is in full swing in Flint & Genesee, and the season is packed with fun. Whether you’re looking for something spooky or family-friendly, there is plenty to see and do.

Flushing Farms| Sept. 26 to Oct. 31

Enjoy an adventure with friends and family at Flushing Farms. You’ll find three mazes of varying difficulty, inflatables for kids, a petting zoo, barrel rides, and even a trip on a hay wagon.

Porter's Orchard Fall Fun| Sept. 26 to Oct. 31

Goodrich’s Porter’s Orchard offers hayrides, corn mazes, a pumpkin patch, an orchard market, and a cider mill.

Spicers Orchard Corn Maze| Sept. 26 to Oct. 31

Featuring a corn maze, playground, farm animals, wagon ride, and a tractor museum.

2025 Flushing Harvest Fest| Sept. 27

Flushing will hold its annual fall celebration with a full day of fun, featuring pumpkin painting, a beard contest, an apple pie baking contest, a pie-eating contest, live entertainment, food trucks, inflatables, and much more.

2nd Annual Fall Family Festival| Sept. 27

This free event, presented by the Clio Center for the Arts, offers pumpkin decorating, pie-eating contests, vendors, food trucks, an artisan market, and a bounce house.

Flint Handmade Annual Halloween Craft Market| Sept. 27

The Flint Farmers’ Market will host this spooky market featuring handmade goods made by local and regional artists.

Laser Halloween| Sept. 30 to Nov. 2

Longway Planetarium will invite the ghosts and ghouls for this Halloween-themed laser presentation.

Chili Nights & Village Lights| Oct. 2

Crossroads Village will hold an evening event, featuring a chili and soup bar under the lights in the village.

Ooky Spooky Light Show| Oct. 2 to Nov. 2

This show features recognizable holiday hits that are sure to get everyone dancing in their seats.

Trunk-or-Treat| Oct. 3

Grand Blanc United Methodist Church welcomes the community to a free family event featuring face painting, a fire truck, a police car, a bounce house, a DJ, and more.

2nd Annual Gothic Garden Party at Glenwood Cemetery| Oct. 4

Glenwood Cemetery will host this event, featuring vendors set up within the cemetery, along with a tour of the grounds for an additional fee.

Fall Harvest Festival| Oct. 4

Applewood’s Fall Festival returns with free family fun, including cider, apples, tours, music, and harvest activities.

Halloween Ghosts & Goodies| Oct. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, and 26

Families are invited out to Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad for trick-or-treating in the village among fellow friendly spirits. There will be a straw maze, cider, donuts, and you can even book a ride on the Ghost Train Express.

Haunted Flint Bike Tour| Oct. 4 and Oct. 18

This bike tour takes inspiration from the book “Haunted Flint,” and features stops by some of the places featured in the book.

Evil Dead The Musical| Oct. 10 to Oct. 19

The Fenton Village Players present this musical adaptation of the classic horror films “The Evil Dead” and “Evil Dead 2,” featuring equal parts laughs and scares.

The Howling Haunted Trail & Halloween Party| Oct. 10 to Oct. 25

Adopt-A-Pet, Inc. presents this haunted trail, sure to put shivers down your spine. The best part is that all funds raised support the animals at Adopt-A-Pet.

Trunk-or-Treat on Main Street| Oct. 10

Davison invites families out for a trunk-or-treat downtown.

Witches & Wizards Ball| Oct. 10

Join this night for the witches, with a craft market and a witches' ball with prizes for the best costumes.

Fall Fun in Bicentennial - Three Spooky Events| Oct. 11

Featuring three events during the day. Harvest Festival, with a trick-or-treat trail, inflatables, face painting, and crafts. Howl-o-Ween, which invites dogs out in their costumes. Finally, Haunted Hallowday, which will feature local crafters and vendors, food trucks, and music. All the fun will be at Creasey Bicentennial Park.

Pumpkin Festival| Oct. 11

This Downtown Davison event will feature vendors, food trucks, roller skating, pony rides, and bounce houses.

Frights & Lights| Oct. 17

Creasey Bicentennial Park will be lit up with displays from iconic horror shows and movies.

Hocus Pocus Parking Lot Party| Oct. 17

Turn the Pages Books hosts this event with an outdoor screening of the original “Hocus Pocus.”

Zombies, Scarecrows & Monsters| Oct. 18

This event in Linden features a zombie walk, trick-or-treat trail, a Thriller flash mob performance, and a scare trail for those seeking something creepier.

8th Annual Downtown Swartz Creek Trunk-or-Treat| Oct. 18

Swartz Creek invites kids out for candy, food, and fun for everyone.

Flint Association of the Deaf Halloween Bash| Oct. 18

This event is a fundraiser for the association’s children’s fund. There will be a costume contest, food, door prizes, and fun.

Ghostbusters (1984) with Live Shadowcast| Oct. 18

Watch the classic comedy about ghost hunters like never before, with a shadow cast on the FIM Capitol Theatre stage re-enacting scenes from the film as they play out.

Haunted Trail & Kids Halloween Party| Oct. 18

Celebrate the season with an indoor kids party and then an outdoor haunted trail at Kirkridge Presbyterian Church.

Trick or Treat Trail| Oct. 18

Burton Parks & Recreation will hold this trick-or-treat trail, inviting children out for cider, donuts, pumpkins, and wagon rides.

Trunk or Treat at Turn the Page| Oct. 19

Turn the Page will offer a trunk-or-treat in Davison, with a free children’s book for kids, a costume contest, and an award for best decorated trunk.

Inclusive Halloween| Oct. 24

The University of Michigan-Flint presents this event for children and adults with disabilities. There will be indoor trick-or-treating, a calm sensory room, a free costume closet, adaptive games, crafts, snacks, therapy dogs, silent events like a silent disco, and more.

7th Annual Harvest Festival| Oct. 25

Valley Church in Burton will host a harvest festival featuring trunk-or-treating, yard games, and face painting.

Frightfully Fun Pops with the Flint Symphony Orchestra| Oct. 26

The Flint Symphony Orchestra will play spooky seasonal music, with costumes encouraged.

Flint & Genesee is full of wonderful events leading up to Halloween and beyond, so check out the Explore Flint & Genesee calendar of events for the most up-to-date offerings.