event calendar St. Louis

Kids can wear their favorite costumes and enjoy a super special day, including meeting superheroes like Black Panther, Wonder Woman, Batman and Spiderman (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day). Visitors can also make their own superhero mask, design their own Halloween costume and create a pipe cleaner superhero. 

Chose a pirate name and head to the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station for Pirate Quest Trick or Treating. Children and annual pass holders will receive a trick-or-treat bag to use to collect pirate booty (aka candy!) There will be six trick-or-treat stations full of treats, how-to-talk-like-a-pirate lessons from Tommy the Otter, storytelling by a pirate and more.

Are your sugar plums ready for the Nutcracker Ballet Party? Reserve your child's spot at Play Street Museum's Nutcracker Ballet Party, where kids will listen to a story, decorate a wooden nutcracker figure and enjoy a special performance by a little ballerina!

Take a night hike guided by the light of Jack O'Lanterns at the Jack O'Lantern Trail in Faust Park. This Halloween-themed event includes games, stories, and trunk or treat. Costumes are not required but recommended. 

An adventure 65 million years in the making! The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs the legendary score live to the classic Spielberg film Jurassic Park, bringing childlike wonder – and dinosaurs! – to the big screen at Powell Hall.

Home Alone in Concert from the St. Louis Symphony is back by popular demand! The 1990s classic Home Alone is the highest-grossing holiday film of all time, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs the John Williams score live.

Families from across the St. Louis metro area are invited to attend the Grand Opening Celebration at the new Olympia Gymnastics Center & Ninja City in Manchester on Sunday, Oct. 16 from noon to 4 p.m. There will be free, unlimited open gym for all kids, face painting, balloon animals, popcorn and prizes! Plus, enter to win a FREE YEAR of gymnastics or ninja lessons for your child!