The arrival of fall means that Halloween is approaching, and spooky season is here. Whether you want something to get your blood moving and give you a fright, or are just looking for some seasonal fun, Flint & Genesee has exactly what you’re looking for.
CORN MAZES
Oct. 1 to Nov. 8|Get Lost in Our Corn Maze
Head to Flushing Farms to test your skill in their corn mazes and enjoy the other seasonal activities they offer.
Oct. 1 to Oct. 30|Spicer Orchards Corn Maze
Spicer Orchards offers a corn maze and other fall fun.
Oct. 1 to 31|Porter's Orchard Fall Fun
Goodrich’s Porter’s Orchard offers a corn maze, hayrides, and more.
FAMILY FUN
Oct. 1 to 31|Ooky Spooky Light Show
Take the family to Longway Planetarium for this Halloween dome show celebrating the silly side of Halloween.
Oct. 2 to 31|Laser Halloween
More fun at Longway featuring creepy lights and strange images to get you ready for Halloween.
Oct. 3|2026 Flushing Harvest Fest
Flushing celebrates the season with live entertainment, pumpkin painting, vendors, contests, and other fun.
Oct.3|3rd Annual Gothic Garden Party
Tour Glenwood Cemetery, shop local vendors, buy food from food trucks, and listen to music.
Oct. 3 to 18|Boo-levard Theater
The Sloan Museum of Discovery hosts this family-friendly, haunted experience filled with ghostly performers and spooky fun. This event is on Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 18.
Oct 3 to 25|Halloween Ghosts & Goodies
At Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, families are invited to trick-or-treat through the village and ride the Huckleberry Railroad through a haunted landscape. This event runs weekends only through Oct. 25.
Oct. 3|Halloween Hoop-A-Rama
Test your hoop skills at Lake Callis and dress in your best costume to compete for prizes at this free event.
Oct. 3|Harvest Day at Applewood
Applewood welcomes the community to this free event celebrating fall with music, home tours, cider, apples, and harvest activities.
Oct. 1 to 25|Pumpkin Patch & Hayrides at Montrose Orchards
Come out to Montrose Orchards and enjoy a hayride as you search for the perfect pumpkin.
Oct. 8|Haunted History
Learn about Michigan’s monsters at this event at the Sloan Museum of Discovery.
Oct. 9|Pumpkinfest – Trunk 'r Treat
Downtown Davison offers this fun Trunk-or-Treat.
Oct. 10|Michigan Moments 2nd Annual Halloween Stroll
At Mundy Sportsplex, kids can hit the trick-or-treat trail; families can check out the vendors and crafters; and music, kids' activities, and food trucks will be on hand.
Oct. 10|Zombie Walk & Trunk-or-Treat
Enjoy a zombie walk and trunk-or-treat at Clio City Park.
Oct. 15|Witches Night Out
Head to Grand Blanc for an evening of fun with vendors and food trucks.
Oct. 16|Pumpkins in the Park
Southern Lakes Park and Recreation invites you to get a pumpkin and paint or carve it at this fun event, where everything you’ll need is provided for $5.
Oct. 17|9th Annual Downtown Swartz Creek Trunk or Treat
Downtown Swartz Creek is holding a Trunk-or-Treat with fun for the whole family.
Oct. 17|The Great Pumpkin Contest & Trunk or Treat
The Genesee County Fair presents this event where the area’s largest pumpkin will be decided. The event also offers a trunk-or-treat and photo opportunities.
Oct. 17|Trick or Treat Trail
Check out this trick-or-treat trail put on by Burton Parks and Recreation.
Oct. 23| Pumpkin Fest
Head out to Physician’s Park for trick-or-treating, a pumpkin walk, music, and family fun.
Oct. 23 to 24| Zombies, Scarecrows and Monsters
In Linden, families are invited to check out the zombie walk, haunted trail, and more.
Oct. 24| 8th Annual Harvest Festival
Valley Church Burton will host this free event featuring a Trunk-or-Treat, yard games, and face painting.
Oct. 25| FIM Flint Symphony Orchestra: Frightfully Fun Pops
The Flint Symphony Orchestra invites you out for an afternoon of classic music to give you the chills.
Oct. 26| Halloween Hustle 5K and Kids' Trick-or-Trot & Half Marathon
Presented by the Crim Fitness Foundation/Festival of Races, this Halloween-themed race event lets you celebrate Halloween.
Oct. 30| An Event So Good... It's Scary!
The Fenton & Linden Regional Chamber of Commerce is putting on this event, with several businesses taking part and offering trick-or-treating spots and boo booths for families to visit.
Oct. 30| Pumpkin Glow Run 5K
Great Lakes Race Management is putting on this race at Spicer Orchards, celebrating fall and Halloween.
Oct. 31| Trick or Treat Trot
Porter’s Orchard offers a 5K run or walk on Halloween with costumes encouraged.
Oct. 31| Volleyball Spooktacular
Get a team together and compete for glory at Grand Blanc High School.
FREAKY FRIGHTS
Oct. 2 to 31|Spooky Hayride & Corn Maze
Friday and Saturday nights at Porter’s Orchards, things get a little scary with their spooky hayride and haunted corn maze.
Oct. 2 to 31|Spooky Trails Haunts
Spooky Trails returns for another year of frightful fun, offering their Haunted Hayride, Zombie Hunter Hayride, and UnDead Field of Fear for those brave enough to take them on.
Oct. 9 to 24|The Howling Haunted Trail
Get the shivers in Fenton at this haunted trail, running Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 24.
FUN FOR ADULTS
Oct. 5| Haunted Flint Ghost Stories Bike Tour
Learn about Flint’s haunted history on this evening bike tour.
Oct. 9|Witches & Wizards Ball
The Southern Lakes Park and Recreation invites you to Fenton for a Halloween Arts & Crafts Market with a Witches & Wizards Ball to follow.
Oct. 15|Twilight Tour
Take a twilight tour through Glenwood Cemetery and learn about how 19th-century Americans viewed death and dying.
Oct. 16|The Witching Hour: A Murder Mystery
Enjoy a murder mystery dinner put on by the Genesee County Agricultural Society and try to catch a killer!
Oct. 17|Celtic Halloween
Glenwood Cemetery invites you to learn about Halloween’s Celtic roots at this immersive event featuring music, stories, a pig roast, and more. This is a ticketed event.
Oct. 17|Spooktastic Haunted Book Fair
Enjoy a haunted book fair just for adults, with macabre artists and authors on hand to shop from.
Oct. 18|Haunted Tea
Enjoy haunted tea at the historic Stockton House Museum at this ticketed event with gothic or Victorian attire encouraged.
Oct. 19| Haunted Artifacts
At Linden’s Loose Center, guests can check out this traveling museum featuring objects with haunted histories.
Oct. 19| Mysterious Michigan
Come to the Burton Memorial Library to learn about Michigan’s strange creatures and legends from author and paranormal researcher Amberrose Hammond.
Oct. 20| UFO Disclosure
Learn about classified files, Congressional hearings, and more at this interesting discussion of unidentified flying objects from the Michigan State Director of the Mutual UFO Network, Bill Konkolesky. This event will be held at Grand Blanc’s William F. Delaney Headquarters Library.
Oct. 21| Flint Under the Stars: Drag Show The Glam Reaper's Ball
The FIM Capitol Theatre hosts a great evening of glam and drag with a night of laughter, lip-syncing, thrills, and chills.
Oct. 23 to 25| War of the Worlds
Enjoy this theatrical adaptation of the classic science fiction story accompanied by a live orchestra. This is a fundraising event going to support the Fenton Community Orchestra and Wishing Well Theatre.
Oct. 24| Bram Stoker's Dracula and Vampire Masquerade Ball
Get your vampire glam on for the masquerade ball that happens before a screening of the modern classic creeper “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”
For even more seasonal options, check out the calendar of events at Explore Flint & Genesee!
