Things to Do with Kids in St. Louis – October

Things to do with Kids in St. Louis

St. Louis

October Events in St. Louis

No matter what the season is, there are always fun things to do in St. Louis. We have an up-to-date and thorough event listing to make sure you can find fun activities every day of the week!

PLEASE NOTE: We do check current links on a regular basis for most current information, but all events are subject to change at the discretion of the event organizer. Please check each organizer’s link before making final plans.

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A Look Ahead

A Look Ahead

October 1-5

October 4

7:30AM – 1PM St. Charles Market

8AM – 12:30PM Tower Grove Farmer’s Market

9AM – 12PM STL City/County Residents Get in Free to Mo Botanical Gardens & Children’s Garden

9AM – 5PM Big Joel’s Spooky Safari

9AM – 5PM Best of Missouri Market at MoBot

9AM – 5PM Historic Shaw Art Fair

9AM – 5PM Farm Fun Days at Stuckmeyers

9:30AM – 5PM Not-So-Haunted House at The Magic House

10AM – 1PM Trucks and Treats in Chesterfield

10AM – 3PM FestAbility

10AM – 4PM Zootoberfest

10AM – 6PM Fall Fest at Brookdale Farms

10AM – 6PM St. Louis Renaissance Festival

10AM – 9PM Fright at the Museum

11AM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

11AM Bilingual Story Time (Mandarin) at the Daniel Boone Branch of the SLCL

11AM Storytime at 222 Artisan Bakery

11AM – 9PM Eureka Days

12 – 4PM Rock Hill’s Fall Festival

12 – 5PM Boo Fest at Six Flags

1PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

1:15PM Underwater Pumpkin Carving at St. Louis Aquarium

1:30PM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s (Cottleville)

1:30PM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s (Creve Coeur)

3PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

3 – 10PM Valley Park’s Fall Festival

4 – 8PM Shrewsbury’s Fall Festival

5 – 8PM Fall Fire & Ice Festival in Town and Country

5 – 10PM Halloween Nights at Grant’s Farm

5PM Parents Night Out at Vetta (Cottleville)

5:30PM Kids Night Out at Olympia (Rock Hill)

5:30PM Howlin Hayride & Moonlit Movie

6 – 11PM Fright Fest

7PM Autumn Glow Festival at Brookdale Farms

7PM Hollows Haunted Experience at Brookdale Farms

7PM Fall Campfire Nights at Brookdale Farms

7PM Live in Concert: Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone

October 6-12

October 11

7:30AM – 1PM St. Charles Market

 

8AM – 12:30PM Tower Grove Farmer’s Market

 

9AM – 12PM STL City/County Residents Get in Free to Mo Botanical Gardens & Children’s Garden

 

9AM – 5PM Big Joel’s Spooky Safari

 

9AM – 5PM Farm Fun Days at Stuckmeyers

 

9AM – 5PM Indigenous Peoples Day

 

9:30AM – 5PM Not-So-Haunted House at The Magic House

 

10AM – 1PM History Exploration Days at the Missouri History Museum

 

10AM – 4PM Zootoberfest

 

10AM – 6PM Fall Fest at Brookdale Farm

 

10AM – 6PM Fright at the Museum

 

10AM – 6PM St. Louis Renaissance Festival

 

10AM Potty Training 101 at the Rock Road Branch of the SLCL

 

10AM Play Date at CAM

 

11AM Storytime at 222 Artisan Bakery

 

11AM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

 

11AM – 3PM Wagon Days at Longmeadow Rescue Ranch

 

11:30AM On-Stage Performance Series at The Magic House

12-2pm Trunk or Treat at Honda of Frontenac

12 – 5PM Boo Fest at Six Flags

 

12:30PM On-Stage Performance Series at The Magic House

 

1PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

 

1 – 11PM St. Mary’s Oktoberfest

 

1:15PM Underwater Pumpkin Carving at St. Louis Aquarium

 

1:30PM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s (Cottleville)

 

1:30PM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s (Creve Coeur)

 

2PM Charlotte’s Web

 

3PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

 

4 – 6PM Adopt a Squishmallow at Yucandu

 

5 – 10PM Halloween Nights at Grant’s Farm

 

5:30PM Kids Night Out at Olympia (Manchester)

 

5:30PM Parents Night Out at Vetta (St. Peters)

 

6 – 10PM Spirits From The Past

 

6 – 11PM Fright Fest

 

6:30PM Ghost Stories at Jefferson Barracks

 

7PM Autumn Glow Festival at Brookdale Farms

 

7PM Fall Campfire Nights at Brookdale Farms

 

7PM Hollows Haunted Experience at Brookdale Farms

 

7PM Haunted Trail

 

7 – 10PM Zombie Paintball

8PM Ghost Stories at Jefferson Barracks

October 13-19

October 17

8AM – 4PM Kids Day Out at The Heights

9AM – 2PM No School Workshop at Yucandu

9AM – 3PM Single Day Camp at Upper Limits

9AM – 3PM Hocus Pocus Camp

9AM – 4PM Big Joel’s Spooky Safari

9:30AM – 5PM Not-So-Haunted House at The Magic House

10AM First Art Class at the Cliff Cave Branch and Meramec Valley Branch of the SLCL

10AM Budding Artist Program at the Prairie Commons Branch of the SLCL

10AM – 6PM Fall Fest at Brookdale Farms

10AM 9PM Free Fridays at SLAM

10AM – 9PM Fright at the Museum

10:30AM Storytelling at Missouri History Museum

11AM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

11:30AM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s Gym in Creve Coeur

1PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

3PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

4 – 7PM Harvest Festival at The Waldorf School

5PM Halloween in the Park

5 – 7PM Trick or Treating at the Aquarium

5 – 8PM Free Family Night at MADE

5 – 8PM Free Family Night at The Magic House

5 – 8:30PM Boo at the Zoo

5 – 10PM Halloween Nights at Grant’s Farm

5:30PM Frights and Bites

6PM Kids Night Out at Olympia (St. Peters)

6PM Party in the Patch at Shaw Park

6 – 8PM Superhero Night at the Edwardsville Children’s Museum

6 – 9PM Parents Night Out at Miss Kelly’s (Creve Coeur)

6 – 9PM Free Third Friday at Craft Alliance

6 – 11PM Fright Fest

6:30PM Puzzle Palooza

7PM Autumn Glow Festival at Brookdale Farms

7PM Fall Campfire Nights at Brookdale Farms

7PM Hollows Haunted Experience at Brookdale Farms

7 – 10PM Zombie Paintball

7 – 11PM Haunted Trail

October 18

7:30AM The Great GO! St. Louis Halloween Race

7:30AM – 1PM St. Charles Market

8AM – 12:30PM Tower Grove Farmer’s Market

9AM – 12PM STL City/County Residents Get in Free to Mo Botanical Gardens & Childrens Garden

9AM – 4PM Crayons & Cockpits

9AM – 5PM Big Joel’s Spooky Safari

9AM – 5PM Farm Fun Days at Stuckmeyers

9:30AM Free Family Saturdays at the Craft Alliance

9:30AM – 5PM Not-So-Haunted House at The Magic House

10AM Tails & Tails

10AM – 4PM Fall Harvest Festival at Wildwood YMCA

10AM – 6PM St. Louis Renaissance Festival

10AM – 6PM Fall Fest at Brookdale Farms

10AM – 9PM Fright at the Museum

10:30AM – 4PM Wolfest

11AM-8:30PM Trick or Track at Museum of Transportation

11AM Storytime at 222 Artisan Bakery

11AM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

11AM – 1PM Halloween at the West End Service Station

12 – 5PM Boo Fest at Six Flags

1PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

1 – 6PM Chesterfield Fall Festival

1:15PM Underwater Pumpkin Carving at St. Louis Aquarium

1:30PM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s (Cottleville)

1:30PM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s (Creve Coeur)

2PM Magic of Halloween

2 – 5PM Falloween Festival

3PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

5 – 7PM Trick or Treating at the Aquarium

5 – 8:30PM Boo at the Zoo

5 – 10PM Halloween Nights at Grant’s Farm

5PM Parents Night Out at Vetta (Cottleville)

6PM Kids Night Out at Olympia (Mid-Rivers)

6 – 11PM Fright Fest

7PM Autumn Glow Festival at Brookdale Farms

7PM Fall Campfire Nights at Brookdale Farms

7PM Hollows Haunted Experience at Brookdale Farms

7 – 10PM Zombie Paintball

7 – 11PM Haunted Trail

October 20-26

October 25

7:30AM – 1PM St. Charles Market

8AM – 12:30PM Tower Grove Farmer’s Market

9AM Spooktacular 5K and Kids Fun Run

9AM – 12PM STL City/County Residents Get in Free to Mo Botanical Gardens & Childrens Garden

9AM – 5PM Big Joel’s Spooky Safari

9AM – 5PM Farm Fun Days at Stuckmeyers

9:30AM – 5PM Not-So-Haunted House at The Magic House

10AM Kindergarten Prep Class at the Parkview Branch of the SLCL

10AM Bilingual Story Time (Mandarin) at the Daniel Boone Branch of the SLCL

10AM Baby Rave

10AM Tons of Trucks

10AM – 4PM Owl-O-Ween

10AM – 5PM Apple Butter Festival

10AM – 6PM Fall Fest at Brookdale Farms

10AM – 6PM St. Louis Renaissance Festival

10AM – 9PM Fright at the Museum

10:30AM – 1PM Monster Mash Trunk or Treat

11AM – 3PM Dia de los Muertos Celebration

11AM – 6PM SunCrest Fest

11AM Storytime at 222 Artisan Bakery

11AM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

12 – 5PM Boo Fest at Six Flags

1PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

1:15PM Underwater Pumpkin Carving at St. Louis Aquarium

1:30PM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s (Cottleville)

1:30PM Open Gym at Miss Kelly’s (Creve Coeur)

1:30 – 4:30 Trunk or Treat and Family Fall Festival

2PM Kindergarten Prep Class at the Eureka Hills Branch of the SLCL

3PM Sea Lion Show at St. Louis Zoo

5 – 7PM Trick or Treating at the Aquarium

5 – 8:30PM Boo at the Zoo

5 – 9PM Jack ‘O Lantern Trail

5 – 10PM Halloween Nights at Grant’s Farm

5:30PM Kids Night Out at Olympia (Rock Hill)

5:30PM Parents Night Out at Vetta (St. Peters)

6 – 11PM Fright Fest

6:30PM Howl-O-Ween

7PM Autumn Glow Festival at Brookdale Farms

7PM Fall Campfire Nights at Brookdale Farms

7PM Hollows Haunted Experience at Brookdale Farms

7 – 10PM Zombie Paintball

7 – 11PM Haunted Trail

8PM Sunset Cinema at Bottleworks

October 27-31