DISPATCH #18 · TUE, OCTOBER 13, 2026 · NoCo · TUE HIGH 60°
Postcard from NoCo
Hi NoCo families. Saturday is the first big trick-or-treat day of the season. NOCO's Biggest Trunk or Treat brings decorated trunks to the Holiday Twin Drive-In in Fort Collins; it's free, but you register for a one-hour slot. In Greeley, kids trick-or-treat through the historic buildings at Centennial Village for Howl-O-Ween, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Milliken's Harvest Festival has hayrides, a petting zoo, and costume contests for families and dogs. Sunday, Laurel Street in Fort Collins closes to cars for Open Streets. Oh, the places you'll actually go.
JP & Alexis
Scrappy Halloween Party — FREE
Thu 10/15 + Fri 10/16 · 10am to 2pm · Garbage Garage Education Center, 5887 S Taft Hill Rd, Building D, Fort Collins
Larimer County Solid Waste's drop-in Halloween party on both school days off: crafts and games made from salvaged materials, reusable costume ideas, and prizes. All ages. Thursday → · Friday →
Loveland Museum free admission day — FREE
Wed 10/14 · 11am to 5pm · Loveland Museum, 503 N Lincoln Ave, Loveland
Free admission for everyone (normally $7 for Loveland residents, $10 for others). The current exhibits include Connected by the Canyon: 50 Years Since the Big Thompson Flood. Details →
NOCO's Biggest Trunk or Treat — FREE with registration
Sat 10/17 · noon to 4pm · Holiday Twin Drive-In, 2206 S Overland Trail, Fort Collins
Decorated trunks, food trucks, and a costume contest every hour. Register free for a one-hour slot (noon, 1, 2, or 3) and sign a waiver for each child. A $15 VIP pass per child lets you come any time. Proceeds go to NOCO Wildlife. Register →
FCMoD School Day Out: Tech Day — $85
Fri 10/16 · 9am to 4pm · Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, 408 Mason Ct, Fort Collins
A day camp for kids who have finished kindergarten through 5th grade: building junk bots and taking apart old electronics. Lunch and snacks are included ($76.50 for members). Registration required. Details →
Craft-O-Ween at the Milliken and Johnstown libraries — FREE
Fri 10/16 · Milliken 10am to noon, 266B S Irene Ave · Johnstown 1pm to 3pm, 400 S Parish Ave
A Halloween day at both libraries, drop-in, all ages. Milliken has a trick-or-treat bag craft and a spooky stay-and-play. Johnstown has a scavenger hunt, crafts, and a Halloween book walk. Details →
NERF Wars Spook-tacular — $8
Fri 10/16 · ages 5 to 8, 4:30pm to 5:15pm · ages 9 to 13, 5:30pm to 6:15pm · Greeley Recreation Center, 651 10th Ave, Greeley
A Halloween NERF battle for kids; parents watch from the seating. Bring a blaster or borrow one, and costumes are encouraged. Register online for a session. Details →
Neighbor Nights: Halloween Bingo — FREE, registration required
Fri 10/16 · 6pm to 7:30pm · Johnstown Activity Center, 10 S Parish Ave, Johnstown
Family Halloween bingo with prizes. Costumes are encouraged. Register online; there's no cap. Details →
Toughest Monster Truck Tour — tickets vary by seat
Fri 10/16 7:30pm · Sat 10/17 3pm · Blue Arena at The Ranch, 5280 Arena Cir, Loveland
An indoor monster truck competition with a freestyle motocross team. A $15 pit pass lets you see the trucks up close and meet the drivers before the show; it needs a same-day show ticket. Friday has family 4-packs. Details →
Applewood Arts Festival — $7; kids 12 and under free
Sat 10/17 9:30am to 4pm · Sun 10/18 9:30am to 3pm · The Ranch Events Complex, 5280 Arena Cir, Loveland
Applewood's fall show of fine art, handmade goods, home decor, and packaged foods from more than 90 artisans. One ticket covers both days, and veterans and military get in free. Details →
Timnath Connect Harvest Market — FREE
Sat 10/17 · 9am to 2pm · Pedro's Coffee Shop, 2100 S Colorado Blvd, Timnath
The Timnath Chamber's market of local business booths, with live music, food vendors, and family activities. Details →
Motorcycle Trunk or Treat at NOCO Fall Fest — FREE
Sat 10/17 · 11am to 3pm · Wild West Motorsports, 3010 W 29th St, Greeley
Kids trick-or-treat at decorated motorcycles. There's also a best-bike contest, vendors, music, food, and giveaways. Costumes encouraged. Details →
Sensory-Friendly Trunk-or-Treat at CSU — FREE
Sat 10/17 · noon to 3pm · Alder Hall parking lot, CSU campus, Fort Collins
A trunk-or-treat set up for sensory accessibility, run by CSU occupational therapy students with local pediatric OT clinics. All ages and abilities; costumes are welcome but not required. Details →
Howl-O-Ween at Centennial Village Museum — $6 to $8; 6 and under free
Sat 10/17 + Sun 10/18 · 2pm to 6pm · Centennial Village Museum, 1475 A St, Greeley
Kids trick-or-treat through the village's historic buildings, with fall crafts and a wagon ride if the weather allows. Adults $8, youth $6, or $20 for a family of 3 to 5. Free with SNAP/EBT. Saturday → · Sunday →
Halloween Jamboree at LINC — FREE
Sat 10/17 · 2pm to 4pm · LINC Library Innovation Center, 501 8th Ave, Greeley
An afternoon of family Halloween games, crafts, and activities for preschoolers through middle schoolers. No registration, and costumes are encouraged. Details →
Milliken Harvest Festival — FREE
Sat 10/17 · 3pm to 6pm · Milliken Athletic Complex, 320 Centennial Dr, Milliken
Thompson Rivers Parks & Rec and Milliken Market Day's festival: a petting zoo, hayrides, carnival games, pumpkin carving, face painting, axe throwing, a fire truck, a farmers market, and food trucks. Costume contests for families and for dogs. Details →
Zombie Fun Run — $15 youth, $30 adults
Sat 10/17 · 4:30pm · Berthoud Recreation Center, 1000 N Berthoud Pkwy, Berthoud
Berthoud's 3rd annual costume run: the Ghoul Getters 5K or the Zombie Stompers 1-mile, with food trucks and an optional costume contest at the finish. Youth price is for 17 and under. Register online. Details →
Old Town Library's 50th birthday — FREE, registration required
Sat 10/17 · 5:30pm to 8pm · Old Town Library, 201 Peterson St, Fort Collins
A 1970s-themed party for all ages: the time capsule opens at 6, cake at 6:15, then activity stations. 70s costumes encouraged. Registration closes Saturday at 4:30pm; walk-ins get in if there's space. Register →
Kids Night Out: Halloween Bash — $20 per kid
Sat 10/17 · 6pm to 9:30pm · Chilson Recreation Center, 700 E 4th St, Loveland
A Halloween drop-off night for ages 7 to 12, with staff in charge: a costume contest for a year of free passes, a zombie NERF arena, a ghost craft, witch-hat ring toss, and a skeleton dance party. No masks, gore, or toy weapons. Book ahead. Details →
Open Streets — FREE
Sun 10/18 · 10am to 3pm · Laurel St between Mason St and Shields St, Fort Collins
The city closes Laurel Street to cars for walking, biking, and rolling, with food trucks, hands-on art, a School of Rock youth stage, and Ollie's Bike Parade to start things off at 10. Details →
Trick-or-Treat Guide
Our Trick-or-Treat Dispatch went out Friday, and the guide on our site has every trunk-or-treat and trick-or-treat street from now to Halloween, by date, with times, addresses, and which ones are free. Halloween is a Saturday this year, so the two big days are Saturday, October 24, when downtown Windsor, Loveland, and Berthoud hand out candy, and Halloween itself.
NoCo Regulars
The Larimer County and Greeley Saturday farmers' markets have three Saturdays left (through October 31). Larimer County Farmers' Market (Sat 9 to 1, Old Town Fort Collins) · Greeley Farmers' Market (Sat 8 to noon) · Fort Collins Farmers' Market (Sundays through November 8)
The NoCo Fall Stop #5: Something from the Farm
Fall Stop #5 is Something From The Farm in south Fort Collins, a certified organic pumpkin patch run by four generations of the Dory family. There's no entrance fee. A hayride is $5, and kids 3 and under ride free. The hay bale maze is free this year, because the drought caused a bale shortage. The corn cannon is three shots for $5, and on weekends you can launch a pumpkin from the trebuchet for $12 a throw. Pumpkins are sold by the pound. The Country Store sells cider, snacks, popcorn grown on the farm, jams, and winter squash. Three farm cats, Jethro, Pippi, and Foxy, live there with a flock of hens, and leashed dogs are welcome. The farm closes for bad weather, so on a rainy day check its Google listing or text 970-214-2871 first. Our plan when we go: a Saturday, so the kids can see the trebuchet.
Something From The Farm · 8020 S Timberline Rd, Fort Collins · open daily through Oct 31: Mon to Sat 9 to 6, Sun 10 to 6 · free entry; hayride $5, corn cannon 3 shots $5, trebuchet $12 a throw on weekends · cash, card, or Venmo · somethingfromthefarm.com
Looking for a big corn maze or a petting zoo? Bartels, Hankins, and Anderson have corn mazes, Osborn has a petting zoo on weekends, and our guide has the hours and prices for every patch.
Community Corner
This week's question: have you made it to a pumpkin patch yet this fall? Hit reply and tell us which one.
Got a family event on your radar? Add it at theplacesno.co/submit-event and it might land in an upcoming dispatch.
That's the week, NoCo. Saturday has NOCO's Biggest Trunk or Treat, Howl-O-Ween, and the Milliken Harvest Festival, and Sunday is Open Streets on Laurel Street. Know a family with Thursday and Friday off school? Send this their way; that's how most people find us.
Be the parent who somehow always knows about this stuff.
JP & Alexis
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