# Things to do with kids in Madison County, IL

> 13 upcoming family events and 2 places and ongoing programs in Madison County, IL, in the St. Louis area. Listings whose address ZIP code is in this county (Census Bureau ZIP-to-county file). Dates and times are Central Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Halloween Party in the Park: Candy Walk & Costume Contest](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/halloween-party-in-the-park-candy-walk-and-costume-contest--listing-31f7a8ef080c9a3ed121af54) — Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM · City Park, Edwardsville · Ages 0–16 · checked Oct 14. Edwardsville Parks & Recreation hosts its annual Community Candy Walk and Halloween Costume Contest in City Park. From 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. children can trick-or-treat in City…
- [R.P. Lumber Center Spooky Skate](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/r-p-lumber-center-spooky-skate--listing-ed27ec376e816479b4881745) — Sat, Oct 24 · 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM · R.P. Lumber Center, Edwardsville · From $12 · checked Oct 14. The fifth annual Spooky Skate at the R.P. Lumber Center offers Halloween-themed ice skating, a costume contest, games and prizes, crafts and more. River's Edge Ice Skating Club…
- [STEAM Club (Grades K-5)](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/steam-club-grades-k-5--listing-d69da86637e1caf73f1cb6b8) — Wed, Oct 28 (+2 more dates) · 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM · Glen Carbon Centennial Library · checked Oct 14. Weekly drop-in STEAM Club for grades K-5 exploring science, technology, engineering, art and math with experiments, LEGO, Spheros, coding and more. Upcoming topics include…
- [Preschool Storytime (Edwardsville)](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/preschool-storytime-edwardsville--listing-9012c971070ae641335eb724) — Thu, Oct 29 (+3 more dates) · 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM · Edwardsville Public Library · checked Oct 14. Thursday morning preschool storytime with books, music and bubbles in the library's Large Meeting Room.
- [Alton Halloween Parade](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/alton-halloween-parade--listing-18567778ea75bc95627c10e8) — Sat, Oct 31 · 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Downtown Alton parade route (Broadway) · All ages · Free · checked Oct 20. Alton, which bills itself as one of the most haunted small towns in America, holds one of the oldest Halloween parades in the United States. The 2026 parade steps off downtown on…
- [Edwardsville Halloween Parade](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/edwardsville-halloween-parade--listing-33d5ffe09fc4a558529091b3) — Sat, Oct 31 · 6:30 PM · Downtown Edwardsville parade route (step-off at Lincoln Middle School parking lot) · checked Oct 14. For more than a century the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce has run a Halloween-night parade through downtown Edwardsville, with marching bands, school groups…
- [Edwardsville Veterans Day Parade](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/edwardsville-veterans-day-parade--listing-2cb4a73ec3a1e1080dda2c6c) — Wed, Nov 11 · 3:00 PM · Downtown Edwardsville parade route (starts near Eden Church parking lot) · checked Oct 14. The annual Veterans Day parade, hosted by Edwardsville's American Legion Post 199, steps off at 3 p.m. on Veterans Day in downtown Edwardsville. The route begins near the Eden…
- [Pajama Story Time](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/pajama-story-time--listing-e4b185945f51e5102c2797d4) — Wed, Nov 11 · 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM · Edwardsville Public Library · checked Oct 14. Evening bedtime stories, songs and snuggles in the Youth Library; kids are invited to come in their pajamas.
- [Lego Club](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/lego-club--listing-9934db07060a919cc489ceee) — Thu, Nov 12 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Edwardsville Public Library · checked Oct 14. Children build with LEGO bricks supplied by the library: just bring your imagination.
- [Read with Dogs](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/read-with-dogs--listing-001a795dc31faabc359ee4c3) — Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Glen Carbon Centennial Library · checked Oct 14. Young readers sit with licensed therapy dogs and read a story of their choosing; each youth or group gets 15 minutes to read and pet a dog. Two dogs allow two groups at once, so…
- [Alton Community Tree Lighting](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/alton-community-tree-lighting--listing-0d225a8b9f8e8d45a30d22b2) — Fri, Nov 20 · 6:00 PM · Lincoln-Douglas Square, Alton · All ages · Free · checked Oct 20. Alton Main Street hosts the 33rd annual Community Tree Lighting in Lincoln-Douglas Square on Friday, Nov. 20 — the town's traditional Friday-before-Thanksgiving kickoff to the…
- [Stuffed Animal Sleepover](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/stuffed-animal-sleepover--listing-df457227f88945b9a622acbe) — Nov 20 – Nov 21 · 9:00 AM · Edwardsville Public Library · checked Oct 14. Children drop off a favorite stuffed animal at the Youth Desk by 6pm on Friday, November 20 for an overnight at the library, then return Saturday morning, November 21, for a…
- [Holiday Open House with Santa Visits (Glen Carbon Library)](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/holiday-open-house-with-santa-visits-glen-carbon-library--listing-9eecd77d3bee8fa24c688992) — Sat, Dec 5 · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Glen Carbon Centennial Library · checked Oct 16. Glen Carbon Centennial Library's Holiday Open House with crafts, cookie decorating, cuddly therapy dogs and caricatures. Families register separately for a timed visit with Santa…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/cahokia-mounds-state-historic-site--listing-b6f5e432326d1868ed8e87f6) — Grounds open daily, dawn until dusk; Interpretive Center lobby Wednesday through Sunday… · Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville · All ages · checked Oct 14. UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest pre-Columbian site north of Mexico: around 1100 the city covered over 4,000 acres with about 120 earthen mounds and nearly 20,000…
- [Lewis & Clark State Historic Site (Camp Dubois)](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/lewis-and-clark-state-historic-site-camp-dubois--listing-b50eedb76d07e5b443090a44) — Sep-May: Wed-Sun 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Memorial-Labor Day: Mon-Sun 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. · Lewis & Clark State Historic Site, Hartford · All ages · checked Oct 14. Commemorates Camp Dubois, the 1803–1804 winter camp of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The interpretive center has six exhibition galleries, a full-scale cut-away replica of the…

## Recently ended

- [Special Pajama Storytime: Spooky S'mores](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/special-pajama-storytime-spooky-s-mores--listing-8489b5e0034b34f9cb09100a) — ended Wed, Oct 21
- [Leclaire Parkfest](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/leclaire-parkfest--listing-3ec721603df8fbe9e048c84a) — ended Sun, Oct 18
- [Teen Halloween Party](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/teen-halloween-party--listing-3ea297b7e319cd19499aa18c) — ended Sat, Oct 17

## Nearby

- Towns in Madison County, IL: [Edwardsville, IL](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/towns/edwardsville-il) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/towns/edwardsville-il.md), [Glen Carbon, IL](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/towns/glen-carbon-il) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/towns/glen-carbon-il.md)
- [Things to do with kids in St. Louis](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/st-louis.md)
- [This weekend in St. Louis](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/this-weekend.md)

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