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Saturday Oct. 25, 2025

Kids Clinics AT

10 am – noon

FREE Kids Pickleball Clinics presented by Raising Cane’s

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Sports

CityPickle Atlantic TerminalDowntown Brooklyn

Spooktacular BKCO 10:25

11 – 11:45 am

Spooktacular!

Ages: 8 and under
Dance
Family
Halloween

St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church

Noon – 4 pm

FREE Brooklyn RISE Fall Harvest Festival

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Festivals
Free

Brooklyn RISE Charter School

Noon – 3 pm

Kids Fall Spooktacular

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Wyckoff House MuseumEast Flatbush

12:30 pm

Rumpelstiltskin

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncPark Slope

bebe-new

2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 12
Comedy
Family
Theater

The RATDUMBO

2:30 pm

Rumpelstiltskin

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncPark Slope

The Ghosts of Greenwich Village

3 – 5 pm

The Ghosts of Greenwich Village Scavenger Hunt for Kids

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Halloween
Holiday

Washington Square Park

Sunday Oct. 26

Halloween 2024, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-001

10 am – 6:30 pm

Celebrate Halloween

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Art
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

Boograsss! OSH 10:26

10:30 – 11:15 am

Boograss!

Ages: 8 and under
Dance
Family
Halloween

Old Stone House

11 am – 3 pm

Halloween Kiddie Disco!

Ages: 8 and under
Caribbean
Dance
Family

Friends of FirefightersRed Hook

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11 am – 2 pm

Celebrate Halloween at IKEA Brooklyn

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Craft & DIY
Family

IKEA BrooklynRed Hook

Noon

The Rock and Roll Playhouse Presents Halloween Spectacular 2025

Ages: 12 and under
Family
Halloween
Holiday

Brooklyn BowlWilliamsburg

12:30 pm

Rumpelstiltskin

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Theater

Puppetworks IncPark Slope

1 – 4 pm

A Very Grimm Story Spooktacular with Adam Gidwitz

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Halloween
Holiday

LittlefieldGowanus

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4 – 6 pm

Halloween Party at Laugh N Play

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Halloween
Holiday

Laugh N PlayMarine Park

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