Halloween 2023 will be here before you know it! Whether your kids are toddlers or teens, here are some favorite Halloween themed events and trunk or treat events for your family to check out during October. More events will be added as information is received.
Be sure to check out our Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze Guide for details about all of the local pumpkin patches and corn mazes!
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Halloween Events and Trunk or Treats (Many of these event include a trunk or treat, trick or treat, or candy giveaway) 2023
Oct. 1-8
Oct. 3 - Chick-fil-A Pumpkin Event at Chick-fil-A Wards Road from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 5-7, Oct. 12-14, Oct. 19-21 - Candlelight Tours at Old City Cemetery - performances every 20 minutes from 6:10 - 7:50 PM (also 8:10 on Friday and Saturday)
Oct. 6 - First Friday at Vector Space: Power Tool Pumpkin Carving from 5 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 6 - Trunk or Treat at Forest Professional Park from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Oct. 9-15
Oct. 12-14, Oct. 19-21 - Candlelight Tours at Old City Cemetery - performances every 20 minutes from 6:10 - 7:50 PM (also 8:10 on Friday and Saturday)
Oct. 12-14 - Scaremare from 7:30 PM - 11 PM (Oct 12-14, Oct. 19-21, and Oct. 26-28)
Oct. 13-14 - Spooky Trail Walk at Second Wind Farm from 7 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 13-14 - "We Are Monsters" at Academy Center of the Arts (Oct. 13 at 7 PM; Oct. 14 at 10 AM)
Oct. 14 - Haunted Corn Maze at Dark Leaf Farms from 7:30 PM - 11 PM
Oct. 16-22
Oct. 19 - Halloween Family Storytime at Lynchburg Public Library at 10:30 OR 11:15
Oct. 19-21 - Candlelight Tours at Old City Cemetery - performances every 20 minutes from 6:10 - 7:50 PM (also 8:10 on Friday and Saturday)
Oct. 19-21 - Spooky Trail Walk at Second Wind Farm from 7 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 19-21 - Scaremare from 7:30 PM - 11 PM (Oct 12-14, Oct. 19-21, and Oct. 26-28)
Oct. 20 - Monster Mash Dance Party at Lynchburg Public Library from 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Oct. 20 - Hocus Pocus Party at FunQuest from 5 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 20 - Spooktacular Glow Ride at Riverside Park at 7 PM
Oct. 20-21 - Haunted Trail Open to the Public at Lynchburg South Moose Lodge from 7 PM - 10 PM (also Oct. 27-28)
Oct. 21 - Toddler Saturday Character Event at FunQuest Halloween Party with PJ Mask from 10 AM - 12 PM
Oct. 21 - Puzzled Kidz Carnival and Car, Truck, and Bike Show 2023 from 10 AM - 4 PM
Oct. 21 - Halloween Spooktacular at Falling Creek Park from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 21 - Fall Festíval Fundraiser at One Forest School from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 21 - Annual Ghost Walk at Amherst County Museum from 5:30 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 21 - Trunk or Treat at Steph’s Bubbles and Bows from 6 PM - 7:30 PM
Oct. 21 - Dark Leaf Farms Kids Spooky Fun Night from 7 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 22 - Family Fall Festival at Timberlake Christian Church from 1 PM - 5 PM
Oct. 22 - Timberlake Animal Hospital Trunk or Treat from 3 PM - 5 PM
Oct. 22 - Crosswhite Fall Festival at Crosswhite Athletic Club from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 22 - Trunk or Treat at Stonehurst Manor at 4:30 PM
Oct. 23-31
Oct. 23 - Spooky Storytime at Campbell County Library - Rustburg from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Oct. 24 - Spooky Storytime at Campbell County Library - Timbrook from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Oct. 24 - Spooky Yoga at Bower Center for the Arts from 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Oct. 24 - Halloween Party at Brookneal Library from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 24 - Moo Moo BOO at Chick-fil-A Wards Road from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 24 - Moo Moo BOO at Chick-fil-A Candlers Crossing from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 24 - Trick-or-Treat Party at Lynchburg Public Library from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Oct. 24 - Trunk Or Treat at Forest Middle School from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Oct. 25 - Spooky Storytime at Campbell County Library - Altavista from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Oct. 26 - Halloween Story Time at Forest Library at 10:30 AM
Oct. 26 - Spooky Storytime at Campbell County Library - Brookneal from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Oct. 26 - Camp Kum-Ba-Yah HalloWoods Family Festival from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 26 - Amherst County Chamber of Commerce Halloween Event at Madison Heights Library from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 26 - Indoor Trick or Treat at FunQuest from 6 PM - 9 PM
Oct. 26-28 - Spooky Trail Walk at Second Wind Farm from 7 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 26-28 - Scaremare from 7:30 PM - 11 PM (Oct 12-14, Oct. 19-21, and Oct. 26-28)
Oct. 27 - Waffle Fest at Waffle House Madison Heights starts at 4 PM
Oct. 27 - Trunk or Treat at Jamerson Family YMCA from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 27 - Trunk or Treat at Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 27 - Amherst's Halloween Bash at Second Stage Amherst from 5 PM - 9 PM
Oct. 27 - Halloween Weekend Spooktacular at FunQuest from 5 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 27 - Trunk or Treat and Touch-a-Truck at Concord Elementary School starts at 5:30 PM
Oct. 27 - Drive-Through Trunk-or-Treat at Fort Hill Memorial Park starts at 5:30 PM
Oct. 27 - Trunk or Treat at First Baptist Church of Monroe from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 27 - Trunk or Treat at Terry VW Subaru from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 27 - Truck or Treat at Gladys Volunteer Fire Department from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Oct. 27-31 - Fright Night at the Asylum at Spring Oak at Bedford from 7 PM - 9 PM
Oct. 27-28 - Haunted Trail Open to the Public at Lynchburg South Moose Lodge from 7 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 28 - Pumpkins and Halloween at Gross' Orchard from 8 AM - 6 PM
Oct. 28 - Special Needs Trunk-n-Treat at Brookville High School from 9 AM - 12 PM
Oct. 28 - Adaptive Trunk or Treat at University of Lynchburg Community Health Center from 10 AM - 1 PM
Oct. 28 - Haunted House Building Challenge at Lynchburg Public Library from 10 AM - 2 PM
Oct. 28 - Trick-or-Treat Trail in Rustburg from 10 AM - 2 PM
Oct. 28 - Open Farm Days and Trick or Treating at Lottie J Farm from 10 AM - 4 PM
Oct. 28 - Centerfest in Bedford from 10 AM - 4 PM (includes BOOth or Treat at many vendors)
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat at Live Move Be Fitness Studio and Center from 11 AM - 12 PM
Oct. 28 - 2nd Annual Maker's Fair at Madison Heights Elementary School from 11 AM - 2 PM (costume contests)
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat at Harley Davidson of Lynchburg from 12 PM - 2 PM
Oct. 28 - Halloween Weekend Spooktacular at FunQuest from 12 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 28 - Trunk-or-Treat at Court Street United Methodist Church from 1 PM - 3 PM
Oct. 28 - Elite & Treat at Elite Athletics from 1 PM - 3 PM
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat at Holliday Lake State Park from 1 PM - 4 PM
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat and Brunswick Stew at One in Christ Church - Brunswick stew from 1-5 PM; Trunk or Treat from 6-7 PM
Oct. 28 - Family Fall Festival at The BackYard Forest VA from 1 PM - 6 PM (trunk or treat from 4 PM - 6 PM)
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat at Town & Country Shopping Center from 3 PM - 4:30 PM
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat at Rebirth Church from 3 PM - 5:30 PM
Oct. 28 - Fall Family Fun Fest at Beulah Baptist Church from 3 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat at Gethsemane Baptist Church from 4 PM - ?
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat at St. Stephens Episcopal Church from 4 PM - 5:30 PM
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat with Hill City Wranglers Jeep Club at Amelon United Methodist Church from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Oct. 28 - Fall Festival and Stew Sale at Kedron Baptist Church from 4 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista at 5 PM
Oct. 28 - Aim 4 Greatness Fall Fest at Jefferson Park from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 28 - Fall Harvest Festival at Tree of Life Ministries from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 28 - Special Needs Carnival at Thomas Road Baptist Church from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 28 - Trunk or Treat and Haunted House at Hunton-Randolph Community Center from 5 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 28 - Parents Night Out at Dynamic Gymnastics from 6 PM - 9 PM (costume contest)
Oct. 28 - 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat at Motor World in Madison Heights from 6:30 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 28 - Tween Night Halloween Party at Bounce About from 7 PM - 10 PM
Oct. 28 - Halloween Party at New London Ruritan Club from 7 PM - 11 PM
Oct. 28 - Haunted Corn Maze at Dark Leaf Farms from 7:30 PM - 11 PM
Oct. 28 - Sip n Skate Halloween Disco Party at FunQuest (21+ Event) from 10 PM - 1 AM
Oct. 29 - Living Word Baptist Church Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat from 12 PM - 3 PM
Oct. 29 - LoveLYH Halloween Market at Academy Center of the Arts from 12 PM - 5 PM
Oct. 29 - Halloween Weekend Spooktacular at FunQuest from 12 PM - 5 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Midway Baptist Church from 1 PM - 3 PM
Oct. 29 - Mission House Coffee Halloween Fun Run at 2 PM (register in advance)
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Amherst County High School from 3 PM - 5 PM
Oct. 29 - Lynchburg Church of Christ Trunk or Treat from 3 PM - 5 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at First Presbyterian Church - starts at 4 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Fort Hill United Methodist Church from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Calvary Baptist Church from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Randolph Memorial Baptist Church from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Crosspoint Church from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 29 - Truck O' Treat at Apocalypse Ale Works from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 29 - Harvest Festival at Compassion Church of the Nazarene from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Divine Fog Realty from 4 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 29 - River Church Truck and Treat from 4:30 PM - 6 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Mountain View Church - starts at 5 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at First Christian Church - starts at 5 PM
Oct. 29 - Impact Church Trunk or Treat at Jefferson Forest High School from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 29 - Halloween Town Trunk or Treat at Liberty Lake in Bedford from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Spout Spring Ruritan Club from 5 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 29 - Bark-or-Treat at Humane Society of Amherst County from 5 PM - 9 PM
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat at Liberty Baptist Church in Appomattox from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 29 - Kendall Knight's Spook-tacular at Academy Center of the Arts at 7:30 PM
Oct. 30 - Indoor Trick-or Treat at Roads to Recovery from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 30 - 11th Annual Virginia Auto Outlet Trunk or Treat from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Oct. 30 - Trick or Treat at Bentley Commons from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Oct. 30 - Trunk or Treat at RE/MAX 1st Olympic from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Halloween Party at Bounce About from 3 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 31 - Community Trunk or Treat at Miller Park from 4 PM - 6:30 PM
Oct. 31 - Swannanoa Halloween Spooktacular Family Trick or Treat from 4 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Boo Bash and Trick or Treat at River Ridge Mall from 5 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat and "Hocus Pocus 2" at Monelison Volunteer Fire Department from 5 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Belle Vie Coffee in Elon from 5 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Chick-fil-A Timberlake Trick or Treat Tuesday from 5 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat at Madison House of the Arts from 5 PM - 9 PM
Oct. 31 - Indoor Trunk or Treat at Evergreen United Methodist Church from 5:30 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Gracepointe Baptist Church - starts at 6 PM
Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat at Concord Volunteer Fire Department - starts at 6 PM
Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat at Concord Rescue Squad - starts at 6 PM
Oct. 31 - Trick-or-Treat with Chick-fil-A Cows at Chick-fil-A Wards Road from 6 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 31 - Trick-or-Treat with Chick-fil-A Cows at Chick-fil-A Candlers Crossing from 6 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 31 - Trick-or-Treat with Chick-fil-A Cows at Chick-fil-A River Ridge from 6 PM - 7 PM
Oct. 31 - Kids Karnival at Thomas Road Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Langhorne Chapel from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Fall Festival at Gospel Community Church from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Fall Festival at Clifford Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Fall Festival at Forest Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Liberty Baptist Church in Appomattox from 6 PM - 8 PM (Rescheduled to Oct. 29)
Oct. 31 - Halloween in Downtown Lovingston from 6 PM - 8 PM
Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Iceland's in Appomattox - starts at 6:30 AM
November Events
Nov. 3 - Enchanted Trail at Timbrook Library: Halloween Take 2 from 11 AM - 4 PM
Nov. 5 - A Haunted Halloween Family Concert at Liberty High School in Bedford at 5 PM
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This list is constantly being updated as more information is received. You'll find details about all of these events and many others in the Lynchburg Macaroni Kid calendar of events.
To add your organization’s trunk or treat, fall festival, or Halloween event to the list, message us at our Lynchburg Macaroni Kid Facebook page or click the “submit an event” link on our website.
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