Updated for 2025, with new events added almost daily — so check back often.
Whether you’re looking for a place to take the kids for trick-or-treating or something a little more startling, the Insider’s Guide to Halloween in and around Waxahachie has all the details on what’s happening for Halloween.
Scarborough’s Hollow
October 11 – November 15, 2025
Saturdays and Halloween Day
2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (open till midnight Halloween Day only)
Scarborough Renaissance Festival
2511 FM 66, Waxahachie, TX 75167
Admission: $32 for adults, $20 for children, Children 4 years old and younger are free. Discounted tickets may be purchased in advance from the Scarborough’s Hollow website.
Screams Halloween Park is no more, so now the people behind Scarborough Renaissance Festival invite you to wear your best family-friendly costume and experience a day of magic, mischief and Autumn wonder at Scarborough’s Hollow.
The festival is described as interactive journey through the enchanted Scarborough’s Hollow transformed by three fairy sisters, with live entertainment, a pumpkin patch, artisan shoppes, a petting zoo, a fun house and a haunted house, interactive activities for all ages, seasonal fun, and a spooky vibe throughout.
Entertainment
Attendees will be entertained by a variety of acts and performances from fairground familiars such as Cirque du Sewer and the Village cast from the Scarborough Academy of Performing Arts, along with a lineup of new performances by local musicians, a sword fighting comedy troupe, players in an interactive D. and D.-style show, and a ventriloquist.
Contest and Event Days
Before you go to Scarborough’s Hollow, take a look at the schedule of contests and events which includes a decorated beard contest for men, a witch’s hat contest, and a children’s costume contest.
Artisan Marketplace
The artisan marketplace at Scarborough’s Hollow will offer more than 30 shops filled with handmade items: crocheted creatures and apparel, hand-forged metal works and figurines, period and fantasy costuming, custom hats, fall- and Halloween-themed products, gourmet chocolates, pottery, fiber art, and other crafts.
Additional Costs
Here’s a word of advice for anyone who decides to head out to Scarborough’s Hollow: be prepared to open your wallet wide. Many events cost an additional fee, such as Morwyn’s Manor Haunted House for $12, the Masquerade of Mischief Funhouse for $12, the Hollow’s Hayride for $6, and the Brews of Hollow beer tasting event for $39. Overall with admission, parking, food, additional activity fees and shop purchases, this is about a $300 day for each family sort of activity.
Murder Mystery Dinner at the Library
October 10, 27, 24 and 31, 2025
Fridays
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sims Library
515 W Main St, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: T.B.D. Registration is required.
Sims Library will be active after hours on Fridays throughout October to host an evening of murder mystery with a pasta dinner on the side in the lavish library lyceum.
The theme for the murder mystery dinner is mob mafia. When someone takes a permanent fall, participants will gather clues and sniff out the rat before the night is over.
Participants are encouraged to dress for the part with pinstripes, fedoras, and glamorous attire, but no weapons.
This is a rare adults-only event for the library for participants 19 years old and older. Registration begins September 26, 2025 on the library’s website.
Ennis Autumn Daze
October 2025
Pumpkin Patch and Hay Maze
October 1-30, 2025
Morning – Evening
Admission: free
Movie Night at the Hay Maze
October 11, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Admission: free
The Movie Haunted mansion will be shown, free but you’ll want to take a lawnchair.
Haunted Hay Maze hosted by Ennis Arts Commission
October 30 – November 1, 2025
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Admission: The Haunted Hay Maze Experience (three nights only) is $5 each; children 5 years old and younger are admitted for free.
Autumn Daze Festival and Carnival
October 25-26, 2025
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Admission: The Autumn Daze carnival entrance is free, but rides, games and concessions cost a fee.
Downtown Ennis
201 NW Main, Ennis, TX 75119
Celebrate the season at Ennis Autumn Daze in historic Downtown Ennis. Enjoy a weekend filled with fall fun, including the Hay Maze, Pumpkin Patch, carnival rides, live music, pumpkin painting, delicious food, and unique shopping vendors. The pumpkin patch and hay maze are open daily, and the final weekend of the month will be when everything amps up with a carnival.
Fall for ‘Hachie
Saturday, October 4, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 18, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 19, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 25
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 26
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 31
3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Downtown Waxahachie
107 S College St, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: $8
The Benny and Boneless Storybook Adventure is a nostalgic open-air Halloween walk in Downtown Waxahachie. Inspired by a custom-illustrated story, the maze invites families to follow a young ghost boy and his loyal dog as they navigate a playful Halloween mystery.
With colorful set pieces, immersive scenes, and kid-friendly surprises around every corner, it’s a magical must-see for little ones. Each day that Benny and Boneless is open will host a different community organization, from the Sims Library’s Bookmobile to the Waxahachie Fire Department’s big red truck.
Tickets for Benny & Boneless support local causes, with a portion of ticket proceeds benefiting the Waxahachie Oddfellows Lodge #80/Rebekah’s Lodge 381 and the Waxahachie I.S.D. Theatre Department, encouraging community engagement and creative growth.
The Benny and Boneless Storybook Adventure is brought to you by Reindeer Manor through a partnership with Sims Library.
Reindeer Manor
Weekends in October
7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
500 W Madison St b, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: starts at $30
The half-century tradition of the Reindeer Manor Haunted House experience has moved into the Waxahachie city limits.
Creekside Manor
Fridays and Saturdays in October
7:30 p.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Creekside Manor
2411 Plainview Rd, Midlothian, TX 76065
Admission: starts at $25
A haunted house, zombie adventure, twisted view of an insane asylum and an ecounter with clowns — and food trucks — await you at Creekside Manor in Midlothian.
Dracula – A Comedy of Terrors
Friday and Saturday
October 10, 11, 17, 2025 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
October 18, 2025 2:30 p.m.
Sunday
October 12, 19, 2025 2:30 p.m.
Thursday
October 16, 2025 7:30 p.m.
Ennis Public Theatre
113 N Dallas St, Ennis, TX 75119
Admission: starts at $15
Ennis Public Theatre is performing a play that sucks — their words not mine — in a comedic twist on the Dracula legend, perfect for Halloween with spooky fun and laughs. In the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent takes a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client, who also just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster the world has ever known: Count Dracula! As famed female vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and company chase Drac from Transylvania to the British countryside to London and back, their antics are guaranteed to increase your pulse and cause bloodcurdling screams—of laughter.
Recommended for ages 16+ – This production contains sexual innuendo and adult humor and language.
Fall Festival
Friday
October 24, 2025
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Salvation Army
620 Farley St, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: free
Trick-Or-Treaters are invited to join in the candy giveaway, stroll through a pumpkin patch, and enjoy a cake walk.
Uptown Waxahachie Trick-Or-Treat
Tuesday
October 28, 2025
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Enterprise Parkway
2001 Enterprise Parkway, Waxahachie TX 75165
Admission: free
Trick-Or-Treaters are invited to make their demands on the merchants of Waxahachie’s newer shopping center.
Fall Fest at Navarro College
Tuesday
October 28, 2025
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Navarro College Waxahachie Campus
1900 John Arden Dr, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: free
Free family activities including food, hayrides, bounce houses, hair braiding, colored hair spray, face painting, trunk or treat, and more.
Downtown Waxahachie Trick-Or-Treat on the Square
Thursday
October 30, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Downtown Waxahachie
106 E Main St, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: free
Children are invited to take candy from the merchants of Downtown Waxahachie during the annual trick-or-treat event on the square.
Downtown Midlothian Trick-Or-Treat
Friday
October 31, 2025
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Downtown Midlothian
234 N 8th St, Midlothian, TX 76065
Admission: free
Children are invited to take candy from the merchants of Downtown Midlothian during this annual trick-or-treat event.
Downtown Ennis Trick-Or-Treat Halloween Block Party
Friday
October 31, 2025
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Downtown Ennis
Knox at North Dallas St, Ennis, TX 75119
Admission: free
Every year, Ennis impresses me with its ability to get it — in this case, the city gets, understands, just knows that trick-or-treating should take place at night — not in the afternoon! So, on Halloween night, children accompanied by parents are invited to take candy from the merchants of Downtown Ennis during this annual trick-or-treat event.
Bark in the Park
Saturday
November 1, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Wags-A-Hachie Dog Park
701 Howard Rd, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: $15 donation at the event
Enjoy a pet costume contest with prizes, a bounce house for the kids, a photo booth for lasting, picture-perfect memories, and a charity jail-and-bail for an additional $25 donation. All proceeds benefit the Pet Coalition of Ellis County.
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In recent years, Marshall has become an unofficial Waxahachie ambassador, helping newcomers to Waxahachie find their place in the community, both literally and figuratively.
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