Halloween Events for Kids Near Me: Track or Treat at Evelyn Greer Park

Track or Treat is free, and it happens on one night only: Friday, October 23, 2026, at Evelyn Greer Park, 8200 SW 124th Street in Pinecrest. Kids trick-or-treat around the park's walking track from 5 to 7 pm, then the lawn turns into an open-air cinema for Zootopia 2 at 7 pm. For Pinecrest and Kendall parents hunting halloween events for kids near me, it is a short, walkable evening run by the Village's own Parks and Recreation Department.

The format is in the name. Instead of door-to-door trick-or-treating, children walk the loop of the park's walking and jogging track, collecting candy and playing games from stations along the way. The Village's event page lists bounce houses, photo opportunities, music and balloon artists around the track. Children must be accompanied by an adult and bring their own Halloween bag, since the Village does not hand out containers at the gate.

The candy portion runs two hours, from 5 to 7 pm, and the whole event is scheduled from 5 to 9 pm on the Village calendar. Admission is free. The Village also posted a free Eventbrite listing for the night, which is the easiest way to keep the date on your phone's calendar, though the page does not say registration is required to walk in.

At 7 pm the program shifts to a movie in the park, and the Village has chosen Zootopia 2, a safe pick for a crowd of preschoolers and grade-schoolers. Sunset in Miami on October 23 falls a few minutes before 7, so the screen goes up just as the sky darkens. The Village asks families to bring lawn chairs, blankets, snacks and costumes, which tells you there is no seating set out for the film.

Last year's edition, on October 24, 2025, started its movie at 7:30 pm, and some older listings online still show that time. The Village's 2026 calendar, event page and Eventbrite listing all say 7 pm. If your kids are small, the honest call is to skip the movie and leave at 7 with full bags; a feature-length film after two hours of walking the track is a lot to ask of a three-year-old at the end of a school week.

Evelyn Greer Park is a ten-acre Village park with baseball, softball and soccer fields, batting cages, a shaded playground, the walking track, exercise stations and a gazebo, according to the Village's park page. Leslie Bowe Hall sits on the grounds too. On a normal Friday the park is open from 8 am to 8 pm, and Monday through Thursday it stays open until 9 pm.

The name honors Evelyn Langlieb Greer. The Village's history page says she and Gary Matzner led the resident movement to incorporate Pinecrest, which became official on March 12, 1996, and that Greer was elected the first mayor and was succeeded by Matzner in 2004. Wikipedia adds that the park, once called Pinecrest Park, was renamed for her on November 9, 2004. It is a short local story worth telling kids on the walk.

Parking is the real constraint, and the Village plans for it: overflow parking is set up at Suniland Park, with a shuttle running between Suniland and Evelyn Greer for the night. Families who live within a mile have the better option of walking or biking over in costume, which also means no wait for the shuttle when everyone leaves together after the movie ends.

Arrive close to 5 pm if your children are under five, so the track loop and the bounce houses happen while it is still light; sunset is just before 7. Do the track first and the inflatables second, since candy is the part with a hard stop at 7 pm. Before the film, claim a patch of lawn with your blanket; the Village sets out no seating, so where you sit is first come, first served.

Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream sits at 8271 SW 124th Street, on the same stretch of 124th as the park, and opens at 2 pm on Fridays, staying open until 11 pm. It is the obvious stop before or after the film, and since it opens hours before Track or Treat, a pre-event scoop at 4:30 avoids the post-movie crowd of costumes.

Its menu lists lunch specials from $9.99 for a 10-inch cheese pizza with a drink, and a kids menu of cheese pizza, spaghetti and meatballs, and buttered noodles; eating there before 5 also keeps everyone off the shuttle.

The Greater Miami Symphonic Band opens its 47th season with a Halloween concert at Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 Red Road, on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 4 pm, two days after Track or Treat. It suits older kids who can sit through a concert and want a costume excuse on Sunday afternoon.

The Village's Zombie Run, a two-mile course with a 40-foot zombie maze, also starts at Evelyn Greer Park and is set for Saturday, October 17, 2026, so it will have passed by the time most families read this. If Friday is rained out or simply too busy, Zoo Miami's daytime Zoo Boo on October 24 and 25, from 10 am to 3 pm and included with zoo admission, is the nearest alternative in South Miami-Dade.

Address: Evelyn Greer Park, 8200 SW 124th Street, Pinecrest, FL 33156. Date: Friday, October 23, 2026. Trick-or-treating on the track runs 5 to 7 pm, and Zootopia 2 starts at 7 pm, with the event scheduled until 9 pm. Admission is free. Bring a Halloween bag, chairs or a blanket, and snacks; children must be with an adult.

Overflow parking is at Suniland Park, with a shuttle to Evelyn Greer Park. Village Hall is at 12645 Pinecrest Parkway, and Parks and Recreation works out of the Pinecrest Community Center at 5855 Killian Drive. Vendors who want a table at the event are asked to call the same Parks and Recreation number in advance rather than show up on the night.