Get your spooky-ooky costumes ready because HOWL & GROWL is back with a bone-chilling bang for Halloween 2024!       

Boofy's Best for Pets and Tía-Mom's Cocina are putting together a fang-tastic day of frights, delights, and furry fun for people and pets.  We're celebrating our 15th Halloween in Albuquerque, and this is the big bash that everyone's been howling about. From costumed pets to devilishly delicious food, we’ve got tricks, treats, and thrills for all. Don't miss out—come join the most pawsome Halloween celebration in town!  Howl & Growl 2024 takes place Sunday, October 27th, from 1pm-4pm at Boofy's Best for Pets' original Westside location (8201 Golf Course RD NW, #C2, Albuquerque 87120; tel: 505-890-0757).      

   

[Interested in being a vendor at Howl & Growl 2024?  Click HERE to submit your application online!]      

Bring your kids and your pets for Halloween costume contests and trick-or-treating; enjoy food and beverages from participating food trucks; get your pet’s photo taken to commemorate the fun; meet adoptable pets from the city shelters; visit wonderful vendors with lots of goodies for the entire family; and enter the fundraising drawing for a chance to win some excellent prizes.                     

                     

Admission to Howl & Growl is FREE, however some contests and activities request a small donation to support the animal rescue groups and nonprofits participating in the event.  Animal participants should be on a leash or in a secure carrier.  All well-behaved critters are welcome to participate — dogs, cats, chickens, ferrets, bunnies, pigs, goats, hermit crabs, reptiles, jackalopes, unicorns, and humans of all ages!                     

The live Halloween costume contest begins at 2:30 pm and will be emceed by the Style Crusader herself, Mercedes Wharton of Timmie's Closet.  The top 3 winners in each of the 8 contest categories will receive a gift certificate to Boofy's ($50, $30, or $20).  The Halloween costume contest categories are:                     

  • Best Big Dog Costume
  • Best Medium Dog Costume
  • Best Small Dog Costume
  • Best Cat or Other Non-Dog Critter Costume
  • Best Human Child Costume
  • Best Human Adult Costume
  • Best Dynamic Duo (two pets, two humans, or pet + human)
  • Best Family/Group Theme (all pets, all humans, or pets + humans)

The $5 suggested donation per entry in the costume contests benefits the nonprofit groups participating in the event.  Enter as many contests as you like!              

              

PROCEEDS FROM HOWL & GROWL 2024 BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING ANIMAL-RELATED AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS:                  

Howl & Growl 2024 Food & Beverage Vendors

LOCAL FOOD & BEVERAGE VENDORS:               

LOCAL VENDORS & BUSINESSES:          

SPECIAL THANKS TO: M'Tucci's Moderno | Whitebridge Pet Brands | Stella & Chewy's | FirstMate Pet Foods  

   

HOWL & GROWL 2024 EVENT LOCATION:   

Boofy's Best for Pets
8201 Golf Course RD NW, #C2
Albuquerque, NM  87120
(in Petroglyph Plaza on the southwest corner of Golf Course & Paseo Del Norte)
Tel:  505-890-0757