Hallowings is back at Gazebo Park in Historic Downtown Greendale Village, running Tuesday, October 27 through Sunday, November 1, with a Halloween parade featuring a replica Ghostbusters car. The family-friendly event is an annual tradition featuring games, food and a lit pumpkin display.
According to OnMilwaukee, Gift of Wings' illuminated pumpkin display is expected to showcase 500 pumpkins by Halloween. The event is presented by Gift of Wings, the same organization that puts on Hallowings every year, according to wisn.com. Hallowings has previously been described as helping create Milwaukee County's largest lit pumpkin display, per tmj4.com.
Hours, Games and a Grill Full of Fall Food
This year's event runs Tuesday through Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., per OnMilwaukee's reporting. Hallowings includes games such as pumpkin bowling and gourd golf, and it features live music Thursday through Sunday. Spooky kites and spinners will fly in and around Gazebo Park throughout the week.
The Gift of Wings grill will serve brats, hot dogs, burgers, hot chocolate, ice cream and apple cider mini donuts made on-site, OnMilwaukee reports. That lineup echoes prior years of the festival: the 2025 event similarly let visitors carve and display a free pumpkin through Halloween, with Gift of Wings lighting up nearly 500 pumpkins for the display, as documented by fox6now.com.
Parade and Costume Contest Cap Off the Week
The Hallowings Halloween parade is set for Sunday, November 1 at 2:30 p.m., and it will include a replica of the Ghostbusters car, Ecto-1, according to OnMilwaukee. That nod to the Ghostbusters franchise adds a pop-culture touch to the parade.
Readers can find more details on the Gift of Wings and Hallowings Facebook event page.
Pumpkin Catapulting Returns to Greendale High School
Just down the road, Pumpkins Over Greendale is scheduled for Saturday, October 31 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Greendale High School, where attendees can try to break the 250-foot pumpkin-catapulting record, according to OnMilwaukee. TMJ4 previously listed a Gift of Wings Trebuchet event called Pumpkins Over Greendale at JC Park.
