Hinsdale Family Fall Fest Offers Haunted Church, Costume Contest

HINSDALE, IL — Halloween has come early to the Western Suburbs: in addition to a large Fall Fest held at the Depot at Wild Meadows Trace in Elmhurst on Saturday, Hinsdale is also hosting a free Fall Festival on Saturday from 11 to 1:30 p.m. at Robbins Park.

The festival will offer free pumpkins for the first 500 kids, pumpkin decorating and craft kits, balloon artists, a costume contest, food trucks from Wally’s Waffles, and, for the first time ever, a haunted house inside Immanuel Hall. Either families or individuals are eligible to participate in the costume contest, and winners will be announced at the end of the festival at 1:30 p.m.

Trick or treating will also take place in the downtown business district from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Participating businesses will place a pumpkin sign in their window from 12 to 3 p.m.

See the event map here.

Hinsdale Recreation and Marketing Communications Manager Sammy Hanzel told the Chicago Tribune that the fall festival typically brings over 1,000 people to Hinsdale each year.

Event sponsors include Duly Health and Care (formerly the DuPage Medical Group), Johnson Orthodontics, UChicago Medicine, Paul Mancini @properties, and Hummingbird Therapy and Enrichment Center.

Visit villageofhinsdale.org for more information.