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Beggars’ Night in Des Moines & Surrounding Communities 2022
Happy Halloween! Prepare your beggars’ night jokes and get ready for Beggars’ Night in Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines is a bit different as we do not do trick-or-treat night on Halloween night. In true Iowa fashion, we have created our very own night called Beggars’ Night which falls on October 30th. Some communities in central Iowa opt-out to celebrating on October 30th and a couple of cities are doing it Halloween night.
Take a list of beggar’s night dates in and around Des Moines for 2022. We will continue to update this post throughout the season. If you see an error or want to be included on this list please contact us.
Communities
Adel: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Altoona: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Ames: Monday, October 31; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Ankeny: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Bondurant: Saturday, October 29; 6 to 8 p.m.
Carlisle: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Clive: Sunday, October 30, 6 to 8 p.m.
Des Moines: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
De Soto: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Grimes: Monday, October 31; 6 to 8 p.m.
Granger: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Indianola: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p,m.
Johnston: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Newton: Monday, October 31; 6 to 8 p.m.
Norwalk: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Pleasant Hill: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Polk City: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Urbandale: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Waukee: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
West Des Moines: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.
Windsor Heights: Sunday, October 30; 6 to 8 p.m.

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Winterset is on Monday
Adel has changed theirs to Tuesday.
Thanks for letting me know! Updated 🙂
Bummer that DSM and ALL suburbs are the same day! Used to be able to enjoy multiple days with friends & family
Bummer that DSM and ALL suburbs are the same day! Especially when you have two homes… Used to be able to enjoy multiple days with friends & family.
Winterset is **** NOT **** on Monday. It’s on Tuesday. #getfactsright
It’s listed on Tuesday night. Not on Monday?
I believe Carlisle is on the 30th. They are doing their Pumpkinfest on Saturday, October 26, but Trick or Treating is the 30th.
Just updated. Thank you for letting me know!