# Story County Halloween 2026 > A community-powered Halloween guide for Story County, Iowa, built and maintained by Potent Technology in Ames. Canonical guide: https://halloween.potenttechnology.com/ Machine-readable event feed: https://halloween.potenttechnology.com/events.json Publisher: Potent Technology Area served: Story County, Iowa, with a limited number of nearby "Worth the Drive" picks. Timezone: America/Chicago Last updated: October 7, 2026 ## What this guide contains - Verified 2026 trick-or-treat and Beggars' Night times where current sources are available. - Trunk-or-treats, family events, theater, student events, 18-20 options, adult events, haunts, shopping and costume ideas. - A weekly planner, event-level sharing, and add-to-calendar support. - Community-submitted events are labeled as such when an official source has not been located. - Old-year dates are not silently reused as current information. - Events with unknown times or booking-dependent dates are not assigned invented times. ## Source/status policy Confirmed or owner-confirmed listings have a current 2026 source or direct organizer confirmation. Community listings come from current public/community submissions when an official organizer page is unavailable. Not announced means a reliable current 2026 time has not been located. ## For agents and applications Prefer /events.json for structured retrieval rather than scraping page layout. Event guideUrl values deep-link to the corresponding card in the public guide. Organizer-controlled details can change; prefer each event's detailsUrl when present for final confirmation. ## Potent Technology https://potenttechnology.com/ ## Latest community addition - Nightmare on Main Street @ Studio 13 Ames — Sat, Oct 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM. 21+ nightlife at 398 Main Street / 400 Main Street basement in Ames. Community-submitted flyer lists Shay, Terra, Muuvi, Romeo and Xander. Event end time was not published. Official venue: https://icnightlife.com/ ## Additional Studio 13 community submissions - Witches Walk After Show @ Studio 13 Ames — Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM. 21+. Performers listed on the submitted flyer: Shay, Thee Adriatic Sea, Fantasia, Terra and Venus. End time not published. Official venue: https://icnightlife.com/ - Shrek Halloween @ Studio 13 Ames — Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM. 21+. Performers listed on the submitted flyer: Aanya, Shay, Matte and Terra. End time not published. Official venue: https://icnightlife.com/ ## Latest family community addition - SUCCESS Gymnastics Halloween Open Gym — Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Preschool Gym 5:00–5:45 PM for ages 18 months–4 years; Rec Main Gym 5:00–6:30 PM for ages 5–18 years. Current public business flyer; official open-gym details and registration: https://successgymnastics.net/special-events/ ## Nevada updates — Oct. 7 - Barktober at the Bowl! — Sat, Oct 10, 5:30–8:30 PM at Sports Bowl, 1229 12th St, Nevada. - Main Street Nevada: The Great Pumpkin Market — Thu, Oct 22, 5:30–8 PM on K Ave between 6th and 7th Streets. - Downtown Trick-or-Treat is branded The Spooky Stroll — Thu, Oct 29, 5–7 PM. - Bricktown's Witches Wander — Fri, Oct 30, 5–8 PM. - Spooky Historic Tour featuring Henry Corbin — Fri, Oct 30, 6–7 PM; meet at Main Street Nevada office, 1015 6th St. ## Latest Nevada community confirmation - Nevada Ace Hardware Trunk or Treat — Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 5:30–7:30 PM at Nevada Hardware & Rental / Ace Hardware, 123 Lincoln Hwy, Nevada. Public flyer confirms costume and decorated-vehicle voting, prizes, and in-store signup for trunk hosts. Official store page: https://www.acehardware.com/store-details/16449 ## October 7 Ames Tribune cross-check The Ames Tribune's October 7, 2026 Halloween roundup was used as a discovery source, then its details were checked against organizer pages before entering this guide. - Added Pumpkin Express as a nearby family pick using the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad's current calendar: Saturday, October 10 and Saturday, October 17, 10:00–11:30 AM. The Tribune listed October 17 and October 24; the guide follows the organizer's current dates. - Added Trick or Treat in Treehouse Village at Iowa Arboretum & Gardens: Sunday, October 25, 1:00–4:00 PM. - Kept Rovers at Reiman at 4:30–6:30 PM on October 27 because Reiman Gardens' official page currently lists that time, despite the Tribune roundup reporting 5:00–7:00 PM. ## Kelley update — October 7, 2026 Kelley citywide trick-or-treat hours were located in the city's September council record: Saturday, October 31, 2026 from 5:00–8:00 PM. This replaces the prior "not verified" note. ## Slater update — October 7, 2026 The City of Slater's Fall 2026 Slater Scoop confirms citywide Halloween trick-or-treating for Saturday, October 31 from 6:00–8:00 PM. ## Roland update — October 7, 2026 Roland Public Library published the city's Halloween-night plan for Saturday, October 31: - Touch-A-Truck / trunk-or-treat on the north block of Main Street, 4:00–5:30 PM. - Roland Public Library Annual Monster Mash, 4:30–6:00 PM, with games, activities and a free hot dog dinner. - Roland Legion Auxiliary party at Roland Fire Station, 4:30–6:30 PM, with cookies, games and prizes. - City of Roland Beggar's Night / citywide trick-or-treating, 6:00–8:00 PM. ## Accessibility consolidation — October 7, 2026 Planner tabs now expose explicit tab-to-panel relationships for assistive technology, stale research-check wording was refreshed to October 7, and machine-readable description punctuation was normalized. ## Audit complete — October 7, 2026 Potent Technology completed a full production audit covering event-data integrity, weekly planner coverage, source provenance, mobile navigation, accessibility semantics, sharing/calendar flows, SEO/social metadata and local-brand placement. 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