Halloween fun @ Delray Beach Market

Pumpkin patches. Trick-or-treating. Halloween events in greater Palm Beach offer lots of fun for youngsters, grown-ups & furry friends.

Some events are free. Happy Halloween!

Halloween Events in Palm Beach County

Fountain Fun

Dancing water. Dancing lights. Music.

When:  7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Thursdays – Sundays in October, free 

Where: Centennial Fountain FrankenFountain Halloween display, 100 N. Clematis Street, West Palm Beach 33401, 561- 822-1515

Fright Nights Attraction @ South Florida Fairgrounds, West Palm 

Weekends in October, haunted house fun, rides & entertainment at South Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Blvd, West Palm Beach 33411, website

Fees for attractions, rides & parking apply. 

Bryant Park, Lake Worth

Halloween fun 6 p.m. – 10  p.m. October 29 @ Bryant Park

• Trunk or Treat
• “Scoob!”movie
• Pet costume contests
• children's costume contests
• rock wall
• bounce house

Information online

Boynton Beach Haunted Pirate Fest

Entry is free for Boynton Beach Haunted Pirate Fest & Mermaid Splash 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. October 30 & October 31 features live entertainment, vendors & fun activities. Dressing up as pirates, superheros, ninjas or whomever or whatever you like is encouraged.

Festivities are at 100 East Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach 33435, website

Boca Pumpkin Patch Festival

October 30-31 Boca Pumpkin Patch Festival, includes pumpkins, rides, food vendors at  Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton 33432, Entry is $25. Taxes & fees are additional, free for infants & toddlers, website  

West Palm Beach GreenMarket with Pet Costume Contest

Registration for costume contest is 9 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. October 30, event @ 11 a.m., 100 N. Clematis, West Palm Beach, donations recommended, information online or 561-822-1515

Halloween @ Delray Beach Market

Events October 30 & 31 include Trick or Treating, face painting for kids & balloon art

Costume contests

5 p.m. October 30 & October 31 for kids

 9 p.m. October 30 for adults

Delray Market, 33 SE 3rd Avenue, Delray Beach, 561-562-7000

Please return to this feature as other events are added.

Read Halloween restaurant deals

Previous events

Parade, Trick or Treating On The Avenue & Kidsfest, Delray

Festivities on October 23

• 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Trick-or-Treating with participating shops  on Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, from East Fifth Avenue
• 1 p.m. Halloween parade. Wear your costume & join in. Line up on Atlantic Avenue at NE 5th Avenue. Free ice cream from Rotary Club of Delray Beach upon entering
• KidsFest 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Delray Beach Tennis Center, 201 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Event includes food, vendors, arts and crafts, entertainment

Information, website or 561-243-1077

Boo Bash

1 p.m. – 5 p.m. October 24, Hilton Palm Beach Airport West, 150 Australian Ave., West Palm Beach, includes trick-or-treating with vendors & other fun for youngsters, $10 per person, or $33.46 for family of up to 6, information  online

Halloween, Gumbo Limbo nature center

Event includes outdoor games & crafts for youngsters ages 2-6, with adult.  Costumes encouraged. No swords or pointy props please.

Prior registration is required via Webtrac. Fee is $10 per youngster for residents & members or $13 for non-residents.

Events are 4:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. October 24, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
1801 North Ocean Boulevard
Boca Raton 33432, 561-544-8605, website

Clematis by Fright

West Palm Beach Waterfront, 100 N. Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. October 28, free entry, website

Fun includes

• Trunk or Treat
• live entertainment featuring The Spazmatics performing favorites from the 80s
• hayrides
• live music
• ‘ghoulish game' zone for youngsters
• costume contests with registration @ 6 p.m., events include 7 p.m. for youngsters & families; adults & pets @ 8 p.m.