Capital City Parent

10/30/2025

Destiny Church, 1480 N. Fifth St., is offering a family-friendly event to celebrate Halloween from 6-7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31.

Enjoy decorated trunks, games, plenty of candy and a welcoming community atmosphere. Costumes encouraged.

https://community.illinoistimes.com/springfield/trunk-or-treat/Event?oid=20724731

10/29/2025

Looking for trunk-or-treats, fall festivals and other Halloween happenings? Check out this link to all the upcoming holiday activities:

https://community.illinoistimes.com/springfield/EventSearch?eventCategory=11485695&narrowByDate=2025-10-17-to-2025-11-02&sortType=date&v=d

10/26/2025

Do you have Halloween costumes your kids no longer need? Drop them off at Mini O'Bierne Crisis Nursery so they can be repurposed for other children to enjoy (all sizes needed, from infant to adult).

Do your children need Halloween costumes? Stop by Third Presbyterian Church, 1030 N. Seventh St. (across from Mini O'Bierne) from 2-6 p.m. on Oct. 29.

10/25/2025

Join the city of Springfield for a Halloween safety event from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, outside the police department at 800 E. Monroe.

Enjoy trick-or-treating and games at the various stations, plus touch-a-truck opportunities with rescue and city vehicles.

10/25/2025

Floyd's Imports in Prairie Crossing is teaming up with other local businesses for a trunk or treat from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27.

Bring your little ghosts and goblins for a spooktacular evening of costumes, free candy and community fun.

https://community.illinoistimes.com/springfield/its-the-great-pumpkin-trunk-or-treat/Event?oid=20698832

10/24/2025

This week's District 186 School Board meeting celebrated strong statewide music qualifications and launched fifth-grade band with added after-school and on-site options.

Leaders also roll out new visitor ID checks, badge-based emergency alerts, cardiac response teams aiming for Heart Safe status, and announced FAFSA help, HBCU outreach, SCOPE enrollment growth and a watch on federal funding.

Watch the highlight reel here:

https://www.illinoistimes.com/watch-public-meetings/schoolboarddist186/music-wins-new-safety-steps-in-schools/

10/23/2025

Henson Robinson Zoo will host the annual Zoolie Ghoulie Halloween event from 1-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, and again 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Grab those little ghouls and goblins and have a wild time wandering through the zoo’s spectacularly spooky Halloween scenes for some safe trick-or-treating, festive fun and Halloween magic. Costumes are encouraged! Admission is $5 with children 2 and younger free. Every ticket aids the zoo’s mis...

10/23/2025

Join Parkway Christian Church from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, for trunk-or-treat.

Open to the public - in case of rain, the event will be moved indoors.

https://community.illinoistimes.com/springfield/parkway-trunk-or-treat/Event?oid=20720228

10/22/2025

Join Trae Covington State Farm from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, for an afternoon of trunk-or-treating and Halloween fun.

https://community.illinoistimes.com/springfield/4th-annual-trunk-or-treat/Event?oid=20709063

10/21/2025

On Sunday afternoon, a mural honoring Samarah Lawson, a Lanphier High School student who died in December 2024, was unveiled by artist Aaron Wilson at the Springfield BMX Raceway.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/482OrK8w4s8

10/21/2025

Head to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Museum on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 4:30-7 p.m. to see a Halloween wonderland filled with ghosts, goblins, a giant pumpkin, eerie selfies, DJ Dino-mite and even a séance with Mrs. Lincoln.

🪄 First 500 kids get a gift bag with a light-up wand.
🧛‍♂️ Free event – costumes encouraged!
👉 Stick around for the downtown Halloween parade 🎃🥁👻 right outside the doors.