It’s baaaack! HOWL & GROWL returns for Halloween 2025 with spooky fun, furry friends, and festive treats! Don’t miss the costumes, critters, and community vibes that make this Albuquerque's howl-iday event of the year.

[Interested in being a vendor at Howl & Growl 2025?  Click HERE to submit your application online!] 

Boofy’s Best for Pets and Tía-Mom’s Cocina are proud to present HOWL & GROWL 2025! This beloved community tradition invites guests of all ages — and their animal companion friends — for an afternoon of festive fun, creative costumes, delicious food, and spirited activities. For many, many years, HOWL & GROWL has been the premier Halloween celebration for Albuquerque's pet lovers and families alike. We look forward to welcoming you to another spooktacular year!

HOWL & GROWL 2025 takes place Sunday, October 26th, from 1pm-4pm at Boofy's Best for Pets' original Westside location (8201 Golf Course RD NW, #C2, Albuquerque 87120; tel: 505-890-0757).

Bring your kids and your pets for Halloween costume contests and trick-or-treating; get your pet’s photo taken to commemorate the fun; visit wonderful vendors with lots of goodies for the entire family; meet adoptable pets from the city shelters; 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!

HOWL & GROWL 2025 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