Raleigh–Cary · October 1 – November 1, 2026

Halloween events for kids in Raleigh

Q: What free Halloween events are there for kids in Raleigh?

6 listed. Coming up: Creepy Critter Month at Lake Crabtree (Sat, Oct 24, Lake Crabtree County Park); Halloween Hoopla! K-5th Adventures — Green Road Library (Tue, Oct 27, Green Road Community Library); Movies @ the Library: Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie — Zebulon (Tue, Oct 27, Zebulon Community Library); Lions Park Trunk-Or-Treat (Thu, Oct 29, Lions Park).

Q: What Halloween events for kids are on this weekend in Raleigh?

4 listed. Coming up: Creepy Critter Month at Lake Crabtree (Sat, Oct 24, Lake Crabtree County Park); Halloween at Hogwarts — NC Symphony Family Fun Concert (Sat, Oct 31, Meymandi Concert Hall, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts); Trunk-or-Treat and Pumpkin Parlor at the Top Greene Center (Sat, Oct 31, John P. "Top" Greene African American Cultural Center); Smashing Pumpkins: Composting Your Jack-O-Lanterns (Sun, Nov 1, Beech Bluff County Park).

7 trick-or-treats, pumpkin patches and Halloween parties around Raleigh, through November 1. 6 are free.

Updated Oct 24. Every listing links to its organizer’s page.

This weekSat, Oct 24 – Thu, Oct 29

Spooky and haunted
Through Oct 31
Creepy Critter Month at Lake Crabtree
Lake Crabtree County Park
FreeAll ages
Halloween
Tue, Oct 27 · 4:00 PM
Movies @ the Library: Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie — Zebulon
Zebulon Community Library
Free
Halloween
Tue, Oct 27 · 4:30 PM
Halloween Hoopla! K-5th Adventures — Green Road Library
Green Road Community Library
Free
Trick-or-treat
Thu, Oct 29 · 4:30 PM
Lions Park Trunk-Or-Treat
Lions Park
Free

Halloween weekendFri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1

Quick answers

What free Halloween events are there for kids in Raleigh?

6 listed. Coming up:

Creepy Critter Month at Lake Crabtree · Sat, Oct 24 · Lake Crabtree County Park
Halloween Hoopla! K-5th Adventures — Green Road Library · Tue, Oct 27 · Green Road Community Library
Movies @ the Library: Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie — Zebulon · Tue, Oct 27 · Zebulon Community Library
Lions Park Trunk-Or-Treat · Thu, Oct 29 · Lions Park

What Halloween events for kids are on this weekend in Raleigh?

4 listed. Coming up:

Creepy Critter Month at Lake Crabtree · Sat, Oct 24 · Lake Crabtree County Park
Halloween at Hogwarts — NC Symphony Family Fun Concert · Sat, Oct 31 · Meymandi Concert Hall, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
Trunk-or-Treat and Pumpkin Parlor at the Top Greene Center · Sat, Oct 31 · John P. "Top" Greene African American Cultural Center
Smashing Pumpkins: Composting Your Jack-O-Lanterns · Sun, Nov 1 · Beech Bluff County Park

For organizers

Hosting a trick-or-treat, pumpkin patch or Halloween party in Raleigh?

List it on Grassy Knees and it can show up on this Halloween page, in the metro’s weekend picks and in the app. Free to post until Oct 31.

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How this list works

Halloween beyond your own block. This page collects every event and program in our Raleigh listings whose title names Halloween, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, costumes, ghosts or the like, dated between October 1 and November 1. 7 are still ahead. Each one opens its listing page, which links to the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. Dates are in Eastern Time.