"Come and Trick or Treat in this fun, safe indoor environment!" That's how the City of Redmond's event calendar describes its Halloween event at the Redmond Community Center at Marymoor Village. The event isn't on October 31. It's on Saturday, October 24, a full week early.
The 31st falls on a Saturday in 2026, but most of what's organized happens in the eight days before it. The city runs it out of two community centers, and the costumes start coming out the weekend before. On Halloween itself, the main public event is a two-hour trick-or-treat window at Redmond Town Center that ends at 6 p.m. Plan around the 24th, and treat the 31st as the finale.
The Marymoor Village Saturday Runs in Two Shifts
The October 24 events at 6505 176th Ave NE are really two events for two age groups, and they overlap in the early evening.
- Trick or Treat, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Kids and families go room to room through the community center collecting candy, and there are crafts and activities too. The city's registration page on Amilia lists it for all ages at $0, and an adult has to come with any child under 12. Online registration is available, but the listing doesn't say it's required.
- Haunted House, 5 to 9 p.m. This is a five-minute walkthrough for ages 12 and up. Tickets run $5 to $6 per person and cover one walkthrough. You can buy them online through Redmond Parks and Recreation or at the door.
The age guidance makes the split clear. The adult-escort rule for trick-or-treating covers kids under 12, and the haunted house is recommended starting at 12. A family with a younger child and a middle schooler can do both in one trip. The two events share the building from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The haunted house keeps going for another ninety minutes after the candy hallways close.
This is the same Marymoor Village area where Sound Transit opened a light rail station in May 2025, along with a 1,400-space parking garage.
The 24th has more going on than the community center. The Experience Redmond events calendar lists the Redmond Karwachauth and Diwali Bazaar 2026 at Hilton Garden Inn Redmond Seattle from 1 to 8 p.m. The same page lists Small Wonders: An Art Exhibition About Home at VALA Art Center, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a 4 to 6 p.m. happy hour at Brown's Stockyard Exchange.
Sunday and Monday Keep the Week Going
The week doesn't go quiet after Saturday. Two more costumed events land on the next two days, so Halloween week in Redmond starts on the 24th.
Captain Jack's Treasure Run, Sunday, October 25
Orca Running's Captain Jack's Treasure Run is a pirate-costume race on the Sammamish River Trail. It starts from 15670 NE 85th St, the City Hall campus. The kids' race starts at 9:45 a.m., the 5K at 10 a.m., and the 8K and 12K together at 10:10 a.m.
On RunSignup, entry is $50 for the 5K, $54 for the 8K and $60 for the 12K. The kids' race is $10 and open to ages 12 and under. Runners must be 7 or older for the 5K and 8 or older for the longer courses. An older Experience Redmond listing still shows the 2023 race date, so use the organizer's page for 2026 details.
Spooky Spectacular, Monday, October 26
The city's second community center has its own night. Redmond Senior & Community Center at 8703 160th Ave NE hosts an all-ages Spooky Spectacular from 6 to 7:30 p.m. It has a photo booth, face painting, crafts, pumpkin decorating, mini-games and food. You bring your own pumpkin to decorate.
Tickets are $5 to $6. The city's Amilia registration page caps it at 75 spots and showed 6 open in mid-October. Of everything on this week's calendar, this is the one most likely to sell out before the day.
The Farm Weekend Running Underneath All of It
The one Halloween-season event that isn't tied to a single date is east of downtown. The Red Barn Farm at 5703 208th Ave NE runs its 8th Annual Fall Festival every Saturday and Sunday in October. A visit lasts three hours, last entry is 3 p.m., and activities end at 4 p.m.
Halloween falls on a Saturday, so October 31 is the last date that fits the farm's every-October-weekend schedule. On the 24th and the 31st, the farm's 4 p.m. close sits right before the evening events. A family could do the farm in the early afternoon and still make Marymoor Village by 4:30, or Town Center by 4 on the 31st.
Adults pay $12. Children ages 1 to 17 pay $20, which includes a bag of feed for the animals. Infants under one get in free. Families with older kids pay more per child than per parent. The ticket includes:
- Face painting, a petting zoo, barrel train rides and fall crafts in the barn
- Adult axe throwing for ages 13 and up, plus rubber axe throwing for kids
- Chicken Poop Bingo, rubber duck races and a giant bubble station
- Photo spots in the pumpkin patch and the dahlia and sunflower fields
Pumpkins cost extra. U-pick traditional varieties are $0.58 a pound and specialty varieties are $0.89 a pound. If you're planning to decorate at the Spooky Spectacular on Monday, the farm visit on the 24th or 25th can also get you the pumpkin. The farm requires an adult with any child under 13 and sells tickets online.
October 31 Gets Two Hours
After a week of events, Halloween itself is short. Redmond Town Center runs free trick-or-treating on Saturday, October 31, from 4 to 6 p.m. Participating stores have a pumpkin decal, treats last while supplies do, and you need to bring your own bag. The center is at 7345 164th Avenue NE.
Compare that with the 24th. The Marymoor Village trick-or-treat runs three hours and the haunted house runs four. The Town Center window is two hours and wraps up before most neighborhood porch lights would usually come on.
Town Center has a new place to eat this month. Its event page announced a grand opening for TEMAKI at 11 a.m. on October 19, promising "a good crispy nori." The center's directory puts it in suite F112. In January, KIRO 7 ran a MyNorthwest story saying the owners of Kuro Sushi in Bellevue planned a hand-roll sushi bar at Redmond Town Center. It would be called Te-Hand Roll Bar, offer omakase-style service and take over a 1,487-square-foot space formerly used by Asher Goods. Town Center hasn't said whether TEMAKI is that same concept under a new name.
If your Halloween night continues into Seattle
Some households will head across the lake after the trick-or-treating, and late-night trains are the thing to plan around. The 2 Line has run from Downtown Redmond across I-90 to International District/Chinatown since March 28, 2026. Under Sound Transit's current 2 Line timetable, in effect from September 30, 2026 to March 26, 2027, Saturday trains run from 5 a.m. to midnight. They come every 10 to 12 minutes in daytime and evening and every 12 to 15 minutes late at night. In February, Seattle Transit Blog estimated the ride from International District/Chinatown to Downtown Redmond at about 41 minutes, and noted that times can differ by direction.
Here's what affects Halloween night. Sound Transit's planned service disruptions page schedules rail milling along the 2 Line after 11 p.m. on October 31 and November 1. Depending on how the work goes, buses may replace trains between Judkins Park and International District/Chinatown. Sound Transit says the dates can change on short notice and points riders to its service alerts. A trip home that starts late on Halloween may end with a bus transfer.
What Fills the Calendar Next
After Halloween, the next big community date in Redmond is more than a month out. City Arts & Culture Commission materials set the Redmond Lights kick-off at Downtown Park for Saturday, December 5, 2026, from 4 to 8 p.m. Art installations will be up from December 4 through January 4, 2027. Like the Halloween events, it's an evening program that starts at 4 p.m.
Chris Watkins keeps track of Redmond's calendar the same way he tracks its market, block by block, down to which Saturday fills the community center. If you're wondering what that local knowledge means for your home's value, start with a free home valuation.
