City of Hillsboro, OR
10/14/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/14/2026 10:45
Celebrate Spooky Season in Hillsboro
Hillsboro Parks & Recreation invites you to celebrate the Halloween season together!
Discover creepy critters at the HalloWetlands adventure, splash with floating pumpkins in the pool at SHARC, enjoy a themed tea party at the Senior Center, or catch a performance in the Downtown Cultural Arts District. There's no shortage of thrills, chills, and festive fun.
HalloWetlands at Jackson Bottom
Get creative with Halloween crafts, meet a variety of creepy and crawly critters, explore the Wicked Wetlands Trick-or-Treat Trail, and so much more!
With mad scientist shows, games, and prizes for all, this is one Halloween event you don't want to miss! Costumes are optional.
Saturday, October 24, 11 am to 4 pm
All ages | Jackson Bottom
$5 per person, ages 3 and under are free
No registration required
Jack-O-Float at SHARC
Choose your pumpkin to take home from the "floating pumpkin patch" at SHARC. Stay for a registered recreation swim, coloring contest, cookies, and cider.
Children under 7 years must be accompanied in the water by an adult. Adults are free with child registration.
Saturday, October 24, 5 to 6:30 pm
All Ages | Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center
$20 Resident, $30 Non-Resident
Register to attend
Halloween Dance at Hidden Creek Community Center
Join Griffin's Place for a spooktacular Halloween Costume Dance! Wear your best costume and dance the night away. Enjoy festive music, fun games, pumpkin painting, dinner, delicious treats and many more fall activities.
Please only register teens and adults participating in the activity. Caregivers attend for free and do not need to register.
This is an adaptive recreation opportunity held in partnership with Griffin's Place, designed for teens and adults experiencing disability.
Wednesday, October 28, 5 to 7 pm
Ages 14+ |Hidden Creek Community Center
$10
Register to attend
Ghoulish Good Time Tea Party at the Senior Center
Do not fear-all ghosts, goblins, and creatures are welcome for a ghastly good time featuring treats, hauntingly fun games, terrifying music, and much more than one can humanly handle. Beware, this event might be too much fun!
Thursday, October 29, 3 to 5 pm
Ages 10+ | Hillsboro Community Senior Center
$15 Resident, $23 Non-Resident
Register to attend
Events in the Downtown Cultural Arts District
The Cultural Arts District has spooky-season fun and performances throughout the month of October! See upcoming opportunities below.
The Woman in Black at Bag&Baggage Productions
Stephen Mallatratt's The Woman in Black has been terrifying audiences since its London debut in 1987 and is one of the most successful and terrifying shows in West End history. Based on Susan Hill's beloved novel, it's one of the most celebrated ghost stories ever staged.
Times vary - check website for details
October 22 - November 1
Ages 8+ |Bag&Baggage Productions
$30
Purchase tickets online
Beetlejuice Jr. the Musical at STAGES
The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Beetlejuice JR. is a wacky theatrical party for all!
2 pm & 7 pm
Saturday, October 24
All ages| STAGES Performing Arts Youth Academy
$15
Purchase tickets online
Killin Time Haunted Corn Maze at Tuality Masonic Lodge
Killin Time Haunts is a family-run haunted maze. This year's theme, Killin Time Video, features 8 terrifying horror movie rooms with live scare actors. Prefer to skip the scares? We offer a no-scare walkthrough option for Halloween fun for all ages.
Times vary - Check the website
October 24 - 31
All ages | Tuality Mason Lodge
Free
No reservations required
Free Costume Closet at Hillsboro Downtown Partnership
The Closet provides free, festive attire to families experiencing hardship, ensuring everyone can participate in the fun of Halloween in Downtown Hillsboro. Donations welcome.
10 am to 5 pm
October 29 - 31
All ages |Hillsboro Downtown Partnership
Free
No reservations required
Tales Told in the Dark at HART Theatre
Enjoy an evening of original staged readings featuring spooky, suspenseful, mysterious, supernatural, psychological, darkly comic, and Halloween-inspired stories.
7 pm
Friday, October 30
Ages 14+ | HART Theatre
$12
Purchase tickets online (Sold out: Join Waitlist)
Trick-or-Treat on Main Street
Families are invited to walk downtown in costume and visit participating businesses for candy and treats. The streets will remain open to traffic. Look for the Trick-or-Treat flyer for participating businesses!
5 to 7 pm
Saturday, October 31
All ages | Downtown Hillsboro
Free
No Registration required
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