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October Events in Siouxland for Kids & Families

Every month I bring you the best things to do in Sioux City and Siouxland, from storytimes and crafts to music festivals, streaming concerts, and holidays from silly to serious. This month, some of the highlights include Fall Fest and Halloween. It's also a great month to visit our local apple orchard and pumpkin patches!  I hope this event list inspires you to go make some happy memories with your family this month!

Now updated for 2023!

in background, a pile of candy corn. in foreground, "October events for Siouxland Families"
  • Sun 10/1
    • Kingdom of Riverssance Renaissance Festival at Riverside Park, more info here. 
    • Noon-5pm: Princesses and Pirates Adventures at Sea at LaunchPad Children's Musem, kids $25, adults $5
    • 1:30pm: Leaving and Waving exhibit reception and gallery talk at the Sioux City Public Museum
    • 2pm: Acoustic Andean Storytelling with Oscar Rios Pohirieth live at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
  • Mon 10/2
    • 4pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Tues 10/3
    • 10am: Toddler Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 11am: Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 5:30pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Weds 10/4
    • 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market in the lot west of the Tyson Events Center
    • 10:30am: Library Storytime at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 10:30am: Preschool Storytime at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 4:30pm: Tween Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 6pm: Beginner Crochet at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Thurs 10/5
    • 10:30am: Preschool Storytime at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 5pm: I want to go to college but don't know how info session at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 6pm: Adult Craft at the North Sioux City Community Library
  • Fri 10/6
    • 10am: Story Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 5-7pm: Apple Picking at Autumn Grove Apple Orchard, last picking session of fall 2023! $10/bag
    • 7:05pm: Sioux City Musketeers home hockey game at the Tyson Events Center
    • 7:30 pm: Cheap Trick live in concert at the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre
  • Sat 10/7
    • 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market in the lot west of the Tyson Events Center
    • 10am: Temporary Tattoo Party at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 11am: First Saturday Family Storytime at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library 
    • 4 to 7pm: Old Town Falls Fest at the Woodbury County Fairgrounds 
    • 6pm: Halloween at Hillview at Hillview Recreation Area in Hinton

  • Sun 10/8
  • Mon 10/9
    • Leif Erikson Day (Celebrate by playing at Sioux City's Leif Erikson Park!)
    • 4pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Tues 10/10
    • 10am: Nature Tales at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center for preschoolers and a parent or other adult caregiver, register by calling 712-258-0838 or emailing camps@woodburyparks.org
    • 10am: Toddler Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 10:30am: Beginner Lego at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 11am: Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 5:30pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Weds 10/11
    • 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market in the lot west of the Tyson Events Center
    • 10:30am: Library Storytime at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 10:30am: Preschool Storytime at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 4:30pm: Tween Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Thurs 10/12
    • National Fossil Day (visit Ashfall Fossil Bed or another fossil dig in the Midwest to celebrate!)
    • 10:30am: Preschool Storytime at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 4pm: Dungeons and Donna at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Fri 10/13
    • 10am: Story Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 6-8pm: Fall Fest at the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA including a trick-or-treat village
    • 7pm: Anne Frank and Me presented by LAMB Regional Theatre
  • Sat 10/14
    • Sioux City Fall Festival
    • 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market in the lot west of the Tyson Events Center
    • 8am: Garden Club at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 9:30am: Baby Storytime at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 10am: Kids Saturdays: Dia de los Muertos at the Sioux City Public Museum
    • 10am: Graphic Novel Club at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 11am: Make Papel Picado at the Sioux City Public Musuem
    • 1pm: 712 Brewfest at the Tyson Events Center for ages 21+ only
    • 7pm: Anne Frank and Me presented by LAMB Regional Theatre
    • 7pm: Shane Gillis live comedy show at the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre

  • Sun 10/15
    • 1pm: Lego Halloween Pumpkin building event at Barnes & Noble at the Southern Hills Mall 
    • 2pm: Ralph Swain: The Genesis of Radio Broadcasting Hysterias historical lecture at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
    • 2pm: Anne Frank and Me presented by LAMB Regional Theatre
    • 7pm: Killer Queen--a Tribute to Queen at the Sioux City Orphuem Theatre
  • Mon 10/16
    • 4pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Tues 10/17
    • 10am: Toddler Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 11am: Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 11am: School Day at the Sioux City Musketeers, at the Tyson Events Center
    • 5:30pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Weds 10/18
    • 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market in the lot west of the Tyson Events Center
    • 10:30am: Library Storytime at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 10:30am: Preschool Storytime at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 4:30pm: Tween Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Thurs 10/19
    • 10:30am: Preschool Storytime at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 12:05pm: History at High Noon at the Sioux City Public Museum
    • 5:30-7pm: Oogie Boogie Blast at LaunchPad Children's Museum
    • 5:30-7pm: Trunk or Treat at Heartland Counseling in South Sioux City 
    • 5:30pm: Halloween ArtWalk starting at the Sioux City Art Center
    • 6pm: Tell Me a Ghost Story at the Sergeant Bluff Public Library
    • 7pm: Multicultural Talent Show at the Warrior Hotel, hosted by the Inclusive Sioux City Advisory Committee, $10 tickets for spectators
  • Fri 10/20
    • National Reptile Day (visit the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center to see some reptiles up close!)
    • 10am: Story Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 10am: Little Naturalists at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve
    • 10am: Red River Organic Grocery Opening
    • 6-8:30pm: Haunted History Tours at the Mead Cultural Center in Yankton, SD
    • 6:30-8:30pm: Haunted House hosted by Flux Dance Company at the Jensen Performing Arts Center, kid-friendly
    • 7pm: Anne Frank and Me presented by LAMB Regional Theatre
    • 7pm: Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Marquee
  • Sat 10/21
    • all day: Hallowfest at Ponca State Park
    • all day: Dinosaur Adventure at the Sioux City Convention Center
    • 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market in the lot west of the Tyson Events Center
    • 9:30am: Baby Storytime at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 10am: Floyd Cemetary Walking Tour hosted by the Sioux City Public Museum
    • 11am: Quintessential Winds live performance at the Sioux City Art Center, FREE
    • 1pm: Movie Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 1pm: Alcohol Ink workshop at the Sioux City Art Center
    • 3 to 6:30pm: Oktoberfest at Oscar Carl Vineyard
    • 3:30pm: Pressed Flower Pumpkin Decorating Workshop at Perry Way Bouquet, $35 per person
    • 6-8:30pm: Haunted History Tours at the Mead Cultural Center in Yankton, SD
    • 6:05pm: Sioux City Musketeers home hockey game at the Tyson Events Center
    • 6:30pm: Villain Friends painting workshop at Poppin Bottles and Brushes
    • 7pm: Anne Frank and Me presented by LAMB Regional Theatre
    • 7:30pm: Cirque de la Symphonie at the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre with live music performed by the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and spectacular acrobatics, aerial dance, and much more from talented cirque-style performers.

  • Sun 10/22
    • all day: Dinosaur Adventure at the Sioux City Convention Center
    • 1 to 2pm: Trunk or Treat at St Luke Evangelical Lutheran on South Saint Aubin Street
    • 2pm: Magic Show by Members of the Sioux City Magic Club at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
    • 2pm: Anne Frank and Me presented by LAMB Regional Theatre
  • Mon 10/23
    • 4pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Tues 10/24
    • 10am: Toddler Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 11am: Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 5:30pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Weds 10/25
    • 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market in the lot west of the Tyson Events Center
    • 10:30am: Library Storytime at the Morningside branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 10:30am: Library Storytime at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 4:30pm: Tween Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
  • Thurs 10/26
    • 10:30am: Preschool Storytime at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 5-7pm: Trick-or-Treat at the Tyson Events Center
    • 5:30pm: Keller Williams Trunk or Treat at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
    • 5:30pm: Trick or Treat at the ReMax Cite Centre on historic 4th Street
    • 6pm: Fall Into Crafting at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 6:30pm: Hocus Pocus movie showing at the ReMax City Centre's newly remodeled Riviera Theatre with tickets for $3 and FREE popcorn for the first 100 visitors
  • Fri 10/27
    • 9am to 4pm: There's a Spook in the Air Day Out Daycamp at LaunchPad Children's Museum
    • 10am: Story Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 10am: Knee High Naturalists at Hillview Recreation Area in Hinton, IA
    • 4-6pm: Trunk or Treat at Siouxland ENT Consultants on Sgt. Road
    • 4-6pm: Trick or Treat in downtown Vermillion, SD
    • 4-6:30pm: Trunk or Treat at Aventure Staffing on Douglas Street
    • 6pm: Trunk or Treat at St Paul's Lutheran
    • 6-10pm: Haunted House at the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple
    • 6-9pm: Haunted Tunnels at Briar Cliff University (Family Friendly hour from 6 to 7pm!)
    • 6:30pm: Reverse Trick or Treat in Hinton, IA
    • 7:05pm: Sioux City Musketeers home hockey game at the Tyson Events Center
  • Sat 10/28
    • all day: Halloween at the Roundhouse at the Sioux City Railroad Museum
    • 8am to 1pm: Sioux City Farmer's Market in the lot west of the Tyson Events Center *LAST market of the year*
    • 8am: Garden Club at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 9:30am: Baby Storytime at the downtown branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 10am, 11am, and noon: Pumpkin Painting at Art SUX Gallery (register for one time slot) 
    • 10am to 1pm: Trick or Treat at Hy Vee on Hamilton Blvd 
    • 10am to 3pm: Harvest Halloween Festival in the Meridian District, downtown Yankton, SD Outdoor activities are cancelled, but kids are still welcome to come trick or treat in the Meridian District during this time.
    • 10:30am: Once Upon an Artist at the Le Mars Art Center, $10 includes art project, a snack, and storytime, for ages 2-5 accompanied by an adult
    • 11am: Halloween ComicFest at Acme Comics with FREE comics 
    • 11am to 1pm: Trunk or Treat at First Choice Tinting on Gordon Drive
    • 11am to 4pm: Family Fun Fest presented by Reach Youth and Family Theatre
    • noon to 4pm: Trunk or Treat at Rick Collins Toyota
    • 1-2:30pm: Crafting in the Studio: Clothespin Wreaths at the Sioux City Art Center with Brenda Thelen, $10 per person
    • 1-5pm: Trunk or Treat at Jefferson Beer Supply with pumpkin painting, face painting, zombie walk, and tons of great food and drink
    • 2pm: Halloween Party at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 3pm: Trick or Treat Trail at Lawton Sr. Living in Lawton, IA
    • 5:30-7pm: Trunk or Treat at Mozak's Furniture on Gordon Drive including a bounce house, bike giveaway, and much more!
    • 5:30pm: Haunted Lodge Party at the South Sioux City Riverfront Marriott, hosted by Camp High Hopes
    • 6pm: Full Moon Hike at Ponca State Park
    • 6-8pm: Haunted Hallways at Sergeant Bluff High School
    • 6pm to midnight: Haunted House at the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple
    • 6-9pm: Haunted Tunnels at Briar Cliff University (Family Friendly hour from 6 to 7pm!)
    • 6:05pm: Sioux City Musketeers home hockey game at the Tyson Events Center
    • 6:30pm: Hunter's Moon Hike at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
    • 7pm to 7am: Haunted History Overnight at the Mead Cultural Center in Yankton, SD (formerly the historic Dakota Hospital for the Insane)

  • Sun 10/29
    • all day: Halloween at the Roundhouse at the Sioux City Railroad Museum
    • 1 to 3pm: Trunk or Treat at Grace UMC on Morningside Ave
    • 1 to 3pm: Trunk or Treat with the New Stage Players in South Sioux City
    • 1pm: Day of the Dead Celebration at the Sioux City Public Museum
    • 2-4pm: Trunk or Treat at St Mark Lutheran Church on Glenn Ave
    • 2pm: Trunk or Treat at Central Bank on Court Street
    • 2pm: The Shamrocks live musical performance at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
    • 3pm: Trick or Treat Trails at Big Sioux Park
    • 4pm: Trunk or Treat at the North Sioux City Police Garage on South Victor Avenue
    • 4:30-6pm: Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat at Peace Reformed Church CANCELLED
    • 6pm: Spooktacular Concert and Trunk or Treat at Eppley Auditorium at Morningside University
    • 6-9pm: Haunted Tunnels at Briar Cliff University (Family Friendly hour from 6 to 7pm!)
  • Mon 10/30
    • 10am: Imagination Studio open studio at the Sioux City Art Center
    • 2pm: Trunk or Treat at Holy Spirit Retirement Home
    • 4pm: Lego Builders at the North Sioux City Community Library
    • 4pm: Let's Craft at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 5:30pm: Trunk or Treat at the Northern Hills Retirement Home
    • 6-9pm: Haunted Tunnels at Briar Cliff University (Family Friendly hour from 6 to 7pm!)
    • 7pm: Jeepers Creepers Spooky Jeep drive and concert at Bacon Creek
  • Tues 10/31
    • Halloween! Find full details on Halloween events in the Siouxland area here!
    • 11am: Library Storytime at the Perry Creek branch of the Sioux City Public Library
    • 3-7pm: Halloween Comic Fest at Starfighter Comics
    • 3pm: Local Business Trunk or Treat at the Monona County Fairgrounds (only businesses should hand out candy but all kids are welcome to come get that candy; this event is in lieu of their downtown trick or treating event) 
    • 4pm: Trunk or Treat at the Palms at Regency Square
    • 4 to 6pm: Halloween on Main in Elk Point, SD
    • 4-9pm: Kids Halloween Party at Pub 52 in Sgt. Bluff
    • 5-7pm: Candy Crawl at the Southern Hills Mall
    • 5-7pm: Trunk or Treat at Coffee & Purrs downtown
    • 5:30pm: Teen Time at the South Sioux City Public Library
    • 6-8pm: Trunk or Treat at the Leeds Sign on Floyd
    • 6-9pm: Haunted Tunnels at Briar Cliff University (Family Friendly hour from 6 to 7pm!)
    • 6-8pm: TRICK OR TREAT! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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