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Trick or Treat Schedule

Trick or treat is STILL GOING! While trick or treat is over for most North Shore communities, you can still find places to score more candy. Thiensville hosts its annual Nightmare on Elm Street on Thursday, and Mequon invites out trick or treaters on Halloween night from 5- 8 PM. Looking beyond the North Shore? The city of Milwaukee will also have Halloween trick or treating this year. We have you covered with trick-or-treat schedules all across the greater Milwaukee area.

Kletzsch Park Halloween Hike

The annual Halloween Hike returns to Kletzsch Park on Friday, Oct. 31 from 6:30–8:30 pm, hosted by the Friends of Kletzsch Park. Families can enjoy a fun and festive evening filled with refreshments, a kids’ costume contest, and a scenic walk through the park under the autumn moonlight. Location: 6560 N. Milwaukee River Pkwy, Glendale.

Goosebumps: Phantom of the Auditorium

Catch the final days of the Goosebumps performance! This thrilling musical, inspired by R.L. Stine's classic series, promises to deliver a chilling experience that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats, blending suspense, mystery, and a touch of the supernatural. Here’s how to get tickets.

ROAD TRIP: Door County Ghost Tours

Are you ready to dive into the eerie past of Door County? Join the Trolley of the Doomed for a night of spine-tingling tales and ghostly fun. Explore the darker side of this spirited peninsula with hair-raising stories of sunken ships, haunted lighthouses, and mysterious happenings that still haunt the area to this day.

This tour has been featured in USA Today, Chicago Tribune, and Midwest Living Magazine, and for good reason. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience that blends history, intrigue and fun into an unforgettable evening. Looking for ghost tours across Wisconsin? We have you covered.

More Local News + Adventures

Fun job alert! Pabst Theater Group is hiring a digital content coordinator 

North Shore trick or treat hours

Shorewood’s new Trick or Treat street 

Whitefish Bay considers changes to pickleball hours 

Fox Point pool considers naming rights

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North Shore History: ‘Mad Bombers’ Hit Shorewood

Halloween week 90 years ago brought real terror to Shorewood and Milwaukee. On October 26, 1935, two local teenagers—19-year-old Isador “Idzi” Rutkowski and 16-year-old Paul “Shrimp” Chovonec—detonated a homemade dynamite bomb outside the Shorewood Village Hall, blowing a hole in the building. In the tense days that followed, the duo (dubbed the “Mad Bombers”) escalated their spree: on Halloween night they even bombed two Milwaukee police stations, sowing panic across the city. The violent saga ended a few days later when the bombers accidentally blew themselves up amid their cache of explosives – a grim finale to one of the North Shore’s most frightening true crime stories. Source: Milwaukee Polonia Project.

See you out there,
North Shore Family Adventures

P.S. Forward this guide to anyone still asking, “What should we do this Halloween???”