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Halloween Weekend 2026: Events October 30 – November 1

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Two glowing jack-o’-lanterns at night, one carved with the words All Hallows Eve and one with a jagged grin
Jack-o’-lanterns carved for Halloween 2012 (not one of the events below). Photo: Nheyob, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

This guide lists 46 events in 32 states and Washington, D.C., for Halloween weekend 2026, Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so the parties start Friday night and a few haunts stay open one more day.

The guide is grouped by day first, then month-long festivals that end this weekend, haunts on their last nights and a few festivals for anyone skipping the costume. USA Fest Bot doesn’t sell tickets.

Dates can change, so check the event’s website before you go.

Friday, October 30

Friday is costume-party night. Washington’s Costume Carnival at St. Elizabeths is an outdoor family celebration with a costume contest for children of all ages, and the Cody Halloween Carnival in Wyoming adds carnival games, a cookie walk and costume judges who roam the room. In Boise, the Old Idaho Penitentiary’s all-ages Fright Night, recommended for ages 13 and up, opens Terror on Cell Block 4 and the Haunted Infirmary. For grown-ups, Cincinnati’s Grave Rave is an adults-only dance party under the Purple People Bridge, and Freaky Deaky brings two nights of dance music to Mardi Gras World in New Orleans for ages 18 and up. Deadwood’s Deadweird opens with the 21-and-up Monster Ball on Friday, then adds Trunk or Treat and KidWeird for families on Halloween.

Saturday, October 31: Halloween

Saturday is trick-or-treat day. In Knoxville, Trick or Treat on the Square hands out candy along Market Square and Union Avenue from 5 to 8 p.m., Anchorage’s Zoo Boo winds candy trails through The Alaska Zoo, and Mobile’s MOB-tober Fest holds a pet costume contest before the human one. Medora’s Wild West Fall Fest and the Jessamine Fall Festival in Nicholasville both have trunk-or-treats, and Houma’s Krewe of Terreanians pairs trick-or-treating with a jambalaya and gumbo cook-off. Kids in costume can catch candy drops at Shannon Airport in Fredericksburg, and Cars & Coffee Hawaii turns its Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum meet into a trunk-and-treat. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra plays an hour-long family concert with a costume contest. The night ends in New York, where the Village Halloween Parade, which began in 1973, steps off at 7 p.m. and anyone in costume can join in.

A carved pumpkin lit from inside by a candle, sitting on a windowsill
A candlelit jack-o’-lantern (not an event in this guide). Photo: F0i, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Month-long Halloween festivals ending this weekend

Some of the biggest Halloween celebrations run for weeks and wrap up this weekend. Salem Haunted Happenings closes out a month that draws more than 1 million visitors, and Utah’s Gardner Village WitchFest, held since 2000, ends at 4 p.m. on Halloween. St. Helens, Oregon, where the Disney movie Halloweentown was filmed, keeps Spirit of Halloweentown going through November 1. For festive rather than frightening, Arbor Day Farm’s All Hallows’ Eve in Nebraska City gives every guest a treat bag, the Tulsa Zoo’s HallowZOOeen has its last day session on Halloween, and Columbus’s Pumpkins Aglow lights garden paths and pumpkin houses after dark. Baton Rouge’s Fifolet Halloween Festival builds a pub crawl, a parade and a costume ball around the Cajun legend of a blue flame in the swamp.

Last nights for haunted attractions

Most haunted attractions close for the season this weekend: 4 of these end on Halloween night and 9 run through Sunday, November 1. Fright Fest in Arlington and SCarowinds in Charlotte are not recommended for children under 13, Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Williamsburg is aimed at adults, and ValleyScare in Shakopee ends on Halloween. Long Beach’s Dark Harbor fills the Queen Mary with haunted mazes, Salt Lake City’s Fear Factory spreads across a 19th-century cement works, and New Hampshire’s Spooky World ends with Lights Out, its closing night with the sound up and the lights off. Scaregrounds PDX is not recommended for children 12 and under, and costumes are not allowed at Pure Terror in Monroe, New York.

Adults and children, some in witch hats and costumes, ride on hay bales in a wagon along a wooded trail
Riders on a haunted hayride at a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service event (not an event in this guide). Photo: Jennifer Zorn, USFWS, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, cropped.

Other festivals that weekend

Not every event this weekend is about costumes. Carson City’s Nevada Day holds a parade that dates to 1938, plus a balloon launch and a beard contest. Two airshows fill the sky: Wings Over Houston, a Commemorative Air Force show built around vintage World War II aircraft, and the Air Dot Show in Peachtree City, headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Arkalalah in Arkansas City, Kansas, started in 1928 and packs three parades into four days, Beatty Days at the Gateway to Death Valley runs bed races and a chili cook-off, and the Morehead Harvest Festival has bands all three days. Día de los Muertos celebrations on October 31 and November 1 have their own guide: Día de los Muertos 2026.

Before you go

Check the age guidance first. Several haunts say they are not for young children, and some evening parties are 18 and up or 21 and up, while daytime trick-or-treats like Zoo Boo and Pumpkin Palooza in Pittsburgh are built for kids. Costume rules vary too: some haunts ban masks or costumes, and others ask that masks leave eyes visible, so read the rules before you dress up.

Many haunts run on select nights only, so check the calendar for the night you plan to go. For more ideas, browse Halloween events, haunted houses, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, fall festivals and events this weekend. Running an event that belongs here? Submit a listing.

Quick answers

What day is Halloween in 2026?

Saturday, October 31. That puts Halloween weekend on Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1.

Are any haunted houses open after Halloween?

Yes. In this guide, 9 haunted attractions list November 1 as their last date, including Fright Fest in Arlington, Dark Harbor in Long Beach and Spooky World in New Hampshire. Check the calendar, since many run on select nights.

Where can kids trick-or-treat besides the neighborhood?

Zoos, downtown squares and community festivals. This guide includes trick-or-treat trails at zoos in Anchorage and Tulsa, a downtown trick-or-treat in Knoxville and trunk-or-treats in Medora, Nicholasville and Deadwood.

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