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Get Spooky With These 27 Halloween And El Día De Los Muertos Events Around Chicago This Weekend

Friday, Saturday and Sunday are packed with trick-or-treating, festivals and more. Here is our roundup of the festivities.

In Portage Park on Henderson Street just east of Central Avenue is a house committed to a pirate Halloween.
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CHICAGO — Halloween is Sunday and El Día De Los Muertos is next week.

Don’t know where to get spooky this weekend? Look no further!

We rounded up some Halloween and El Día De Los Muertos events happening across the city, so you can check them all out in one place.

All weekend

Navy Pier Is Hosting A 3-Day Halloween Celebration Starting Friday

Here’s How To Celebrate Halloween All Month In Lincoln Square And Ravenswood

Check Out Pilsen Woman’s 15-Foot Ofrenda, Which Honors Neighborhood’s Lost Loved Ones For El Día De Los Muertos

Strike A Pose With Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger And Leatherface At Replay’s Halloween Pop-Up

El Día De Los Muertos Shows In Logan Square Will Honor Essential Workers, People Lost During Pandemic Friday And Saturday

Halloween Celebrations Are Back This Fall — And The City Will Host 2 Parades And Neighborhood Events

The City Is Hosting An Online Costume Contest To Win A 10-Pound Blommer Chocolate Bar. Here’s How To Enter

Friday

Lakeview Treats Festival And Halloween Trick-Or-Treating Returns To East Lakeview This Weekend

Family-Friendly Halloween Celebration, Resource Fair Coming To Hermosa

Trick Or Treat At Rogers Park’s Howard Street, Jarvis Square Business Districts Friday

Saturday

Practice Your Blood-Curdling Scream At Illuminated Brew Works’ Halloween Bash Saturday

Halloween Event With Costume Contests For Kids Set For Saturday In Humboldt Park

Bronzeville’s Not So Scary Halloween Will Have Candy, Costume Contest For Kids

Monster Mini Golf Brings Spooky Fun To Douglass Park Saturday

COVID-Safe Trick-Or-Treating Returns To Andersonville’s Clark Street Saturday

Harvest Fest Brings Hayrack Rides, Roller Skating And A Costume Contest To Garfield Park Saturday

Urban Brew Labs Taproom Now Open In Former Koval Space, Featuring Exclusive Beers, Mario Kart Contests And More

Harvest Festival In Oakland Features Farmers Market, Trunk-Or-Treat And Games For Kids

Logan Square Neighbors, Artists Unite For Día De los Muertos Installation And Celebration At Comfort Station

Animal-Themed Storytelling And Trick-Or-Treating In North Lawndale’s Unity Park Saturday Afternoon

Honor Lost Loves Ones For El Día de los Muertos At St. Procopius Church In Pilsen Saturday

Sunday

‘Haunted Halsted’ Parade, Costume Contest Returning To Lakeview On Halloween

Rogers Park’s ‘Dead On Damen’ Display, A Premier Halloween Destination, Is Back With Candy, Chili And Demented Dolls

Celebrate Halloween With Trick-Or-Treating And A Halloween Parade In Grand Boulevard’s Armstrong Park

Lakeview Treats Festival And Halloween Trick-Or-Treating Returns To East Lakeview This Weekend

‘Haunted Paseo Boricua’ Scavenger Hunt Returns To Humboldt Park Sunday

Socially Distanced Trick-Or-Treating Event Coming To Bucktown And Wicker Park

RELATED: Trick Or Treating Is Back This Halloween In Chicago, City Says. Here’s How To Do It Safely

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