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Austintown
Pink Out Mahoning Valley!
A free music festival honors cancer survivors and remembers lost loved ones. Bring lawn chairs/blankets, coolers, snacks and refreshments. The event is hosted by Sheila Kroll-Dickenson, Brenda Rider and Meet Virginia, with performances by Solo Sixstring, Rachell Joy, Untamed Band and Diane Drapcho.
Austintown Township Park at the band shell
Tuesday, Oct. 3, from 4-7 p.m.
Township Trunk or Treat
Sun, Oct. 29, from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Boardman
Fall Anniversary Event
Come celebrate the 10th-anniversary event of the Amish Market. Take part in family fun, vendor specials and seasonal foods.
Sept. 28-30 during regular operating hours
The Amish Market, 6121 South Avenue
Boardman Rotary Oktoberfest
The 47th annual Boardman Rotary Oktoberfest is the area’s largest one-day arts and crafts event drawing vendors from five states. There is a $5 admission fee for adults and children 12 and over. There is free parking available on the west side of the park, accessible through the Southern Boulevard Entrance. Limited offsite parking is also available with a shuttle service from the Southwoods parking lot, located just south of the park on Southern Boulevard.
Boardman Township Park
Oct. 1 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Trunk or Treat
Thursday, Oct. 26, 5-7 p.m. (Rain date: Monday, Oct. 30, from 5-7 p.m.)
#1 Cochran Boardman Nissan, 7809 Market St.
Boardman Plaza Trick or Treat Shop to Shop
Saturday, Oct. 28 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the plaza on Boardman-Canfield Rd.
Boardman Plaza stores will be passing out candy throughout the entire Shopping Center. Trick or Treating will be outside each storefront and children must be accompanied by an adult.
Kufleitner Auto Group 4th Annual Trunk or Treat
Sat., Oct. 28 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Kufleitner Auto Group presents its 4th annual Trunk or Treat! Free admission. Please join us for tons of candy and fun! There will be a costume contest for all ages, as well as a contest for the best decorated trunk! If you would like to register your vehicle to be a part of the trunk or treat, or just need more information please contact Britnee at 234-719-4747.
Campbell
Halloween Finale
Come out and join us for the last Halloween party at St. Michael’s Hall. A night of fun featuring Old Skool Band, a costume contest, mummy wrap and enter a raffle to win a stay at Geneva on the Lake. The funds raised selling raffle tickets will go toward Ethan’s Heart Bags4Blessings. Event tickets are $40 per person and can be purchased through Eventbrite here. Loaded appetizers and cake will be served, and soft drinks will be available.
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, 463 Robinson Road
Oct. 20 from 7-11 p.m.
Canfield
Nightmare at the Canfield Scaregrounds
Tour the Barn of Evil, the Gore Reformatory or the Slaughterhouse, or check out the Zombie Paintball Massacre or Haunted Circus. New in 2023 is Caged Insanity and Nightmare Factory. For the littles, Monster Mania offers something not-so-scary.
7353 Fairground Blvd.
Open 7 p.m. – midnight every Friday and Saturday night from Sept. 29-Oct. 29
Open 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. every Sunday in October.
Fall Harvest Weekends at White House Fruit Farm
Fall activities will be available at the farm, including horse-drawn wagon rides, music on the lawn, food vendors, a petting zoo, pony and unicorn rides and pick-your-own Zinnias and sunflowers. For full hours of operations and costs, go to White House Fruit Farm’s website. Activities are subject to change during inclement weather.
Sept. 9-Oct. 22
New Springfield
Maze Craze Corn Maze
Get rolling and get lost in over 23 acres of corn at Maze Craze! This year’s maze design is Pinocchio, featuring four mazes with four different interactive games. Find all 18 checkpoints and become a maze master, play farm scene investigation, play farm tracks, and an all-new game for the 2023 design. There’s also a “Kiddie Zip” zipline and the “Cornzooka” cannon. Hayrides are available Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m. to dusk. The cost is $12 for all four mazes.
Season runs from Sept. 15 through Nov. 5
Fridays: 5-11 p.m., with last ticket sold at 9:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m., with last ticket sold at 9:30 p.m.
Sundays: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m., with last ticket sold at 7:30 p.m.
14070 Woodworth Rd
Poland
Fall Weekends at Molnar Farms
There are numerous activities on the farm, including a corn maze, hay bail sculptures, tractor ride, pumpkin patch an food concessions (including Molnar Concessions).
3115 E. Western Reserve Rd.
All weekends in fall, starting Sept. 30-Oct. 29 (Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Struthers
Fall Fun Fest
Bring the family and join Maplecrest’s annual Fall Fun Fest. This year’s fun includes an afternoon of free children’s games, apple cider and donuts, music and trick-or-treating with costumes encouraged. Molnar’s Concessions Truck will also be there for food purchases.
Maplecrest Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 400 Sexton Street
Oct. 14 from 1-3 p.m.
Youngstown
Rocky Horror Picture Show: Trivia & Craft Night
Test your knowledge of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (Oct. 7) and “Nightmare Before Christmas” (Nov. 10) while painting a holiday-themed ceramic. Each trivia night will be hosted at Sarah’s Ceramic Studio, with coffee and tea provided by Café Rosé. Prior registration is required.
Sarah’s Ceramic Studio & Café Rosé, 4489 Mahoning Avenue
Wick-O-Ween: Halloween Cover Show
Featuring all cover sets from local bands, including: Currents Collide as My Chemical Romance; Here Comes Tuesday as The Beatles; The Head Trips as Led Zeppelin; Ramona, Come Closer as Paramore; Sell Out Boy and Fall Out Boy; and Warthog as The Ramones. There’s a $10 cover fee and costumes are encouraged. All ages welcome.
The Wickyards, 711 Wick Avenue
Oct. 14 at 6 p.m.
Food Trucks and Football
Come hang out! Get something to eat from the food trucks, dance to music, and enjoy some other activities before watching the game on an outdoor screen with this free event. Parking is free at the Covelli Centre.
Wean Park
Oct. 14 from 6-10 p.m.
Spooktacular Charity Event
This event benefits the Little Black Cat Collective Pet Food Pantry. Enjoy basket raffles, vendors, a tarot card reader, tours of the Wickyards property and more.
The Wickyards, 711 Wick Avenue
Oct. 15 from 4:30-8:30 p.m.
Halloween Bar Crawl
The biggest bar crawl is back for the sixth year, featuring a $1,000 grand prize for the costume contest. For more information, tickets and a map of participating venues, click here.
Oct. 28
Check-in begins at 4 p.m. at Penguin City Brewing Company
Trails of Treats
A fun for all ages event, featuring face painting, candy, hay rides and more.
Oct. 28 from 4-7 p.m.
Located at Wick Park
Halloween Party – Windsor at Guardian Health Care
1735 Belmont Ave, Youngstown, OH 44504
Oct 31st
6pm – 8pm
All resident’s families, staff members and family are welcome
Candy donations and volunteers are welcomed
Church of the Nazrene Fall Fest
Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb Rd.
Oct. 21 from 5-7 p.m.
Fun and free family event with trunk-or-treating, food, hot chocolate, games, photo booths, costume contest, bouncy slide and more.
Trumbull County
Bazetta
Maniacs in the Woods Haunted Trail
Maniacs in the Woods is a long-standing non-profit Halloween attraction offering a haunted trail, food and activities. For more information or admission prices, visit the event’s Facebook page.
Fridays and Saturdays in October
2619 Hoagland Blackstub Rd.
Cortland
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Reenactment
Presented by Greene Eagle Winery (2576 Davis Peck Rd.)
Show times are Sept. 30 and Oct. 7, arrive at the winery by 6 p.m.
There will also be haunted hayrides, pony rides and “Shop in the Hollow” vendors starting at 3 p.m.
There will be a $20 per vehicle entrance fee per day.
For more information, visit the winery’s website.
Howl-O Ween at Mosquito Lake Dog Park
The annual fundraiser is returning once again! The event will feature vendors, puppy crafts, face painting, a doggy costume contest, photo booth and more.
Oct. 8, the event begins at noon
Mosquito Lake Dog Park
Cortland Food Truck Trick or Treat
This event is a combination of food truck night and trick-or-treat. There will be food trucks, festive music, a costume contest, and various businesses/organizations passing out candy.
Downtown Courtland on W. Main Street
Oct. 28 from 5-8 p.m.
Free Halloween Party
Bazetta Cortland Optimist Club
Monday, Oct. 30, from 6-7:30 p.m.
Girard
St. Rose Parish Fall Fest
Join the Parish for a day of fun at the fall fest, featuring concessions, including a special Octoberfest beer on tap, live entertainment, bingo, children’s games and more.
Entertainment begins at noon and runs through 9 p.m., featuring the following acts: Jim Frank Trio, DJ Anthony DeVicchio, Cin City and the Saints and RDNA.
Sept. 17 from 12-9 p.m.
St. Rose Church of Girard, 48 E. Main Street
Trunk or Treat
Sweet Memories Vintage Tees & Candy is hosting a truck or treat where businesses are invited to decorate the trunk of their car in “true Halloween fashion” and pass out treats. Businesses interested in participating should RSVP to sammie.smvt@gmail.com by Oct. 1.
1282 Trumbull Avenue
Oct. 22 from 12-6 p.m.
Hartford
Fall Fun at Hartford Orchards
Take part in the corn maze, apple picking and u-pick pumpkins.
Hartford Orchards
Sept. 15 – Oct. 29
Friday/Saturday Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday Hours: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Hartford Optimist Club Haunted Hayride
Located at Storyeland Christmas Tree Farm, 5148 Route 7, Burghill
Haunted hayrides are from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Non-haunted hayrides are from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The cost is $8 for the haunted rides and $4 for the non-haunted ones. Cash only.
The hayrides will be happening every Saturday from Sept. 30 to Oct. 21.
Proceeds benefit Hartford youth groups and organizations.
Hubbard
Fall for Shop Small Hubbard 2023
Tylee Park along with Main and Liberty Streets will be filled with dozens of pop-up vendors. Hubbard Brick & Mortar businesses will be serving up food, deals and giveaways. It’s a great time to visit with friends, stock up on autumn and winter decor, enjoy live music in Tylee Park and enjoy some good food.
Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Liberty
Liberty Township Fall Festival Craft Show
Shop the craft show while enjoying other activities such as kids games and Touch-A-Truck. Featuring entertainment by Jim Moran, owner of Liberty Lesson Center. Free pumpkins are available for kids 12 and under. Hotdogs, chips and water are available for purchase.
Churchill Park, Belmont Avenue – entrance is next to Station Square
Oct. 21 from 12-3 p.m.
Halloween at the Manor
Visit the Woodland Cellars at the Manor for the Killin Family’s annual Halloween party. This year the doors are open to anyone who wants to join in on the fun. This is a kid-friendly and family-friendly event. There will be drinks for purchase from Woodland Cellars winery, charcuterie boxes for purchase by “Too” Hot Mamas and DJ Killin providing music and entertainment to dance the night away.
Woodland Cellars at The Manor, 3128 Logan Way
Oct. 28 from 6-11 p.m.
Newton Falls
Fall Fun at Kuchta Farms
Visit the pumpkin patch or take a scenic wagon ride through the farm.
Pick-Your-Own-Pumpkin will be available during normal business hours beginning Sept. 9. Wagon rides will be available on Saturdays and Sundays.
4480 State Route 82
Find the Wine Scavenger Hunt
Navigate the corn maze and farm attractions to find all of the wine and more. Grab a bite to eat at the on-site food truck or relax around a campfire with a drink in your hand. Have some fun at the barnyard play area and hop on a wagon ride. Tickets can be purchased at Kuchta Farms’ website, and proceeds benefit LaBrae Elementary PTO.
Kuchta Farms
Sept. 29-30 from 5-9 p.m.
Niles
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Fall Fest
Enjoy some homemade festival food favorites, plus night entertainment and afternoon fun for the kids. Free parking and admission.
381 Robbins Ave.
11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 5-10 p.m. Friday
4-10 p.m. Saturday
12-6 p.m. Sunday
Oct. 13-15
Trick or Treat at Eastwood Field
The 25th annual trick-or-treat event returns again this year for children ages 12 and under. For ticket purchases, click here.
Eastwood Field
Oct. 25 from 5:45-8 p.m. with a rain date of Oct. 26
Warren
The Autumn Yellowstone Dinner Experience
The event includes a BBQ dinner, horse-drawn ride around the property, Yellowstone trivia contest, firepits with s’mores and photo opportunities. Tickets are $60 for general admission and $75 for VIP tickets. Tickets can be purchased on Moxie Events’ website.
Red Maple Barn, 600 Center Street W.
Oct. 14 at 6 p.m.
Halloween Parade
The City of Warren will host its annual Halloween Parade on Sunday, October 29 at 3 p.m. in downtown Warren. Registration information is available on the city’s website.
Vienna
Free Indoor Trick or Treat
Saturday, Oct. 28 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4453 Warren-Sharon Rd. The church invites you to join them for the 12th annual Trick or Treat event. The is a safe way to have fun by Trick or Treating in the Parish Center in a family-friendly atmosphere. Volunteers are needed. Volunteers can register by Oct. 14 by calling 330-394-2461.
Columbiana County
Columbiana
Detwiler Farm
Take a hayride to the pumpkin patch or corn and straw mazes, or choose from farm-grown fall decorations like pumpkins, gourds, mums, straw and corn stalks. Apples, cider, jams and jellies are also for sale.
4520 Renkenberger Road
11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 24–Oct. 30
Crosstoberfest
Canfield Cross Country would like to invite you to Crosstoberfest! The event will benefit the Cross Country teams as well as help Big Boosters raise money for the Girls Locker Room Fundraiser. This event will feature live music from 1-3 p.m. from Alexandra and Emelina Sol (Pappalardo sisters) and the Youngstown BBQ food truck. Birdfish is brewing a small batch beer for the event with a portion of the proceeds of that beer and other pours going to the XC team.
Birdfish Brewing Co., 140 E. Park Avenue
Oct. 1 from 12-6 p.m.
Witch’s Walk on Main
There will be street vendors, food trucks, a DJ, a costume contest, a witch hunt and more.
Oct. 7 from 12-8 p.m.
Downtown Columbiana
Old-fashioned Christmas in the Woods
This October is Old-Fashioned Christmas in the Woods’ 29th year of hosting attendees from across the country at Shaker Woods. In a manicured, wooded setting, juried costumed crafters will have their booths decorated in an old-fashioned holiday theme. The exhibitors will demonstrate their crafts and sell a wide selection of handmade holiday items, as well as traditional crafts. Admission is $10 for adults, children 12 and under are free.
Shaker Woods, 44337 County Line Road
Oct. 14-15, 21-22 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Adult Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Gather up a group of four and race against time to be the first team to find all items on the spooky scavenger list, and enjoy wine tastings. For ticket purchases and more information, click here.
The Vineyards at Pine Lake, 14101 Market Street
Oct. 22, from 12-2 p.m. or 3-5 p.m.
Monster Mash Murder
Musical Mysteries and More from Pittsburgh is a murder mystery production company presenting audience-interactive mystery shows. Celebrate Halloween with a fun who-dun-it and help solve the mystery of the Monster Mash Murder over dinner. For more information and tickets, click here.
Oct. 27 at noon and 7 p.m.
Das Dutch Village Event Center, inside the Best Western Plus Dutch Haus Inn & Suites
Trunk or Treat
Bring the whole family for some safe and spooky fun, including games, music, and, of course, candy.
Columbiana Ford, 14851 South Avenue
Oct. 30 from 5-6:30 p.m.
East Palestine
Falliday in the Park
The annual craft show features crafts, food vendors, a 50/50 and a basket raffle sponsored by the East Palestine Park Board.
East Palestine Park Community Center
Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Halloween Fall Festival
Fun for all ages will be available in the form of trick or treat, hayrides, bonfires with smores, costume contests, the thriller dance and more.
East Palestine Park Community Center
Oct. 28 from 4-10 p.m.
Leetonia
Rolling Acres Corn Maze
There are many activities, including a corn maze, spooky hayride, miniature golf, corn slingshot and zipline. The cost is $15 for an unlimited wristband.
1184 Lisbon Canfield Rd
September 16-October 29; from 5-11 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays
Trunk or Treat
Get ready for CAA’s annual truck or treat like you have never seen before. Play games, enjoy snacks, enjoy music and take part in the trunk contest.
Oct. 19 from 5-7 p.m.
7878 Lincole Pl.
Halloween 5K Dash
Come join the fun at the 6th annual Halloween Dash 5K Run. Come in costume to run or walk on the Greenway Trail. Prizes for best times and best costumes in a variety of categories.
Oct. 29 at 9 a.m.
Greenway Trail, 232 S Market Street
Salem
Pick of the Patch Craft and Vendor Show
Shop 30+ crafters and vendors, or take part in a Chinese auction benefitting Nina’s Closet.
Quaker Hall, 1688 S. Lincoln Ave.
Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Salem Eagles Trunk or Treat Fall Festival
The event is free to the public and includes trunk or treating, food, games, a bounce house and cookie decorating.
Oct. 21 from 3-7 p.m.