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Halloween Events and Family Fun for Oct. 30-31, 2024

Find Your Family Fun® for Halloween in Lynchburg and Central Virginia!

By Sandy Wallace October 30, 2024

Halloween 2024 is almost here! Have you finalized your plans? 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 on Halloween Eve and Halloween Day, Oct. 30-31. 

Let Lynchburg Macaroni Kid help you Find Your Family Fun® for Halloween in Central Virginia!

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***Events below are noted either: 
T or T for events that are primarily trunk or treat events - Go, get candy, and leave OR
T or T+ for events that have a trunk or treat as part of a larger event - May have inflatables, games, or other activities (harder to get kids to leave)

This will help families plan accordingly. 
If you only want to take your children a few places to get candy, choose the T or T events. 
If you want to go somewhere and spend a little extra time (some are even all day or all evening), choose the T or T+ events. 

Trunk or Treat and Trick or Treat Events for Wednesday, Oct. 30

Oct. 30 Trunk or Treat Events

Oct. 30 - Trick-or-Treat Party at Spring Oak at Bedford from 4 PM - 6 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 30 - Trick or Treating at Guggenheimer Health and Rehab from 4 PM - 6 PM T or T

Oct. 30 - Candy Crawl at Old City Cemetery from 5 PM - 8 PM T or T

Oct. 30 - Trick-or-Treat at Lynchburg Health and Rehabilitation Center from 5:30 PM - 7 PM T or T

Oct. 30 - Trunk Or Treat at Forest Middle School from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM T or T 

Oct. 30 - Trick or Treat at Bentley Commons from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM  T or T 

Oct. 30 - Fall Festival at Lakewood Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 30 - Fall Festival at Bible Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+ 

Additional Halloween Themed Events and Fun Festivals on Wednesday, Oct. 30

Oct. 1-31 - Altavista Scarecrow Stroll daily in downtown Altavista

Oct. 30 - Riverside Runners Halloween Eve Fun Run at 6 PM

Oct. 30 - Fall Festival at Lakewood Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 30 - Fall Festival at Bible Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 30 - Fright Night at CVCC from 6 PM - 9 PM

Oct. 30 - The Arc After Hours: Halloween Party from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Trunk or Treat and Trick or Treat Events for Thursday, Halloween Day, Oct. 31 

Oct. 31 Trunk or Treat Events

Oct. 31 - Free Halloween Cones at Kline’s Dairy Bar from 11 AM - 10 PM (must wear costume)

Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy from 12 PM - 2 PM (trunk or treat from 1 PM - 1:30 PM) T or T+

Oct. 31 - Indoor Trick-or-Treating at Bedford County Nursing Home from 3 PM - 5:30 PM T or T

Oct. 31 - Trick or Treating in Downtown Lexington from 3:30 PM - 5 PM T or T

Oct. 31 - Trick or Treating in the Lynchburg Area T or T

Oct. 31 - Community Trunk or Treat at Miller Park from 4 PM - 6 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 31 - Swannanoa Halloween Spooktacular Family Trick or Treat from 4 PM - 8 PM T or T+

Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at CMA's Honda of Lynchburg from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM T or T 

Oct. 31 - Boo Bash and Trick or Treat at River Ridge Mall from 5 PM - 7 PM T or T 

Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat at craveABLEs from 5 PM - 7 PM T or T 

Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat on Main Street in Brookneal 5 PM - 8 PM T or T 

Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat at Madison House of the Arts from 5 PM - 10 PM T or T+

Oct. 31 - Halloween Candy Giveaway at Change Me Ministries from 5:30 PM - 8 PM

Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Gracepointe Baptist Church - starts at 6 PM T or T

Oct. 31 - Kids Karnival at Thomas Road Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 31 - Fall Festival at Gospel Community Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+

Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Bolling Hill Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T

Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat at Monelison Volunteer Fire Department from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+

Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T

Oct. 31 - Fall Festival at Forest Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+

Oct. 31 - Halloween Indoor Trunk R Treat at Moose Lodge 715 from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T  

Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Iceland's in Appomattox starting at 6:30 PM

Oct. 31 - Providence Bible Day Center Trunk or Treat from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM T or T  

Oct. 31 - Toppers Trunk-or-Treat at E.C. Glass High School from 7 PM - 9 PM T or T 

Halloween Themed Events and Fun Festivals on Thursday, Halloween Day, Oct. 31

Oct. 1-31 - Altavista Scarecrow Stroll daily in downtown Altavista

Oct. 31 - Halloween at The Pink Flamingo Play Cafe from 8 AM - 7 PM

Oct. 31 - Toddlerween at Get Air Lynchburg from 10 AM - 12 PM

Oct. 31 - Smith's Pumpkin Patch Halloween Day (Thursday) from 10 AM - 5:30 PM

Oct. 31 - Free Halloween Cones at Kline’s Dairy Bar from 11 AM - 10 PM (must wear costume)

Oct. 31 - Yoders' Farm Corn Maze from 4 PM - 7 PM

Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat at The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar from 4 PM - 9 PM

Oct. 31 - Trail of Terror at Second Wind Farm: Kids Zone and gates open at 5 PM; walks begin at dusk

Oct. 31 - Kids Zone and No Scare Walk at Second Wind Farm: Kids Zone and gates open at 5 PM; walks begin at dusk 

Oct. 31 - Haunt 257 Oakridge in Madison Heights starting at 5 PM

Oct. 31 - Kids Karnival at Thomas Road Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 31 - Fall Festival at Gospel Community Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 31 - Fall Festival at Forest Baptist Church from 6 PM - 8 PM T or T+ 

Oct. 31 - Haunted Woods on Jane Randolph Street in Forest from 6 PM - 9 PM

Oct. 31 - Halloween Show at Super Rad Arcade - doors open at 8 PM; music starts at 9 PM

Favorite Lynchburg Area Neighborhoods for Trick or Treating on Halloween

***NOTE - Trick or Treating in the Lynchburg area always takes place on Oct. 31. Although there are no official times, most families trick or treat sometime between 5 PM - 8 PM.***

If your neighborhood isn't walking friendly, check out one of these neighborhoods on Halloween night!

Rivermont Avenue area, Lynchburg

Bedford Hills Elementary School area - Boonsboro Road to Mimosa Drive, Woodcrest Drive, Lynchburg 

Boonsboro Road area, Lynchburg

Peakland Place - off Boonsboro Road, Lynchburg

Demott Street (off Lakeside Drive), Lynchburg

McKinney Avenue, Gates Street, and Radcliffe Avenue - off Fort Avenue, Lynchburg

Fort Avenue area area - off Fort Avenue, Lynchburg

Sheffield Drive area - off Wards Road, Lynchburg

Perrymont Avenue area - off Fort Avenue near Perrymont Elementary School, Lynchburg

Richland Hills area - off Timberlake Road near Heritage Elementary School, Lynchburg

College Park area - off Wards Ferry Road, Lynchburg

Windsor Hills area - off Timberlake Road or Leesville Road, Lynchburg

Rainbow Forest Drive area (including side streets), Lynchburg

Wyndhurst area - off Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg

Frederick Drive - off Greenview Drive, Lynchburg

Cornerstone Street in Cornerstone - off Greenview Drive (houses past traffic circle), Lynchburg

Wildwood Road area - off Timberlake Road at 7-11, Lynchburg

Wayne Drive area - off Route 221, Lynchburg

Belmont Acres area - off Leesville Road or Timberlake Road, Lynchburg

Long Meadows Drive - off Fort Avenue, Lynchburg

Vista Acres - off Wards Ferry Road, Lynchburg

Russell Springs area - Wards Road to English Tavern Road, Lynchburg

Jane Randolph area - off Waterlick Road, Forest

Farmington Forest - off Perrowville Road, Forest

The Meadows - off Thomas Jefferson Road, Forest

Autumn Run - off Cottontown Road, Forest

Somerset Farms area - Timberlake Road to Route 811, Forest

Lake Vista area - off Graves Mill Road, Forest

Village Highway area, Concord

Bedford Avenue - near Altavista Combined School, Altavista

Cresthaven area - Timberlake Road to Alum Springs Road to Town Fork Road, Evington

Leesville Estates area - off Leesville Road past Carpenter's Market, Evington

Longwood Avenue, Bedford

Bedford Avenue, Bedford

Woodland Drive, Oak Ridge Drive, Shady Oak Drive- off Amelon Road, Madison Heights

Main Street, Amherst

Here Are The Best Decorated Halloween Homes in the Lynchburg Area

Lynchburg Houses:

First block of Spring Oaks Drive (Wards Road to English Tavern Road to Spring Oaks), Lynchburg VA 24501

100 block of Spring Oaks Drive (Wards Road to English Tavern Road to Spring Oaks), Lynchburg VA 24501

600 block of Russell Springs Drive (Wards Road to English Tavern Road to Russell Springs), Lynchburg VA 24501

300 block of Addie Way (off Russell Springs Drive), Lynchburg VA 24501

100 block of Roberts Avenue (Campbell Avenue to School Lane to Roberts Avenue), Lynchburg VA 24501

3500 block of Demott Street (end of street, off Lakeside Drive), Lynchburg VA 24501

3300 block of Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24501

1000 block of Buchanan Street (multiple houses), Lynchburg VA 24501

12th and Wise Streets, Lynchburg VA 24504

2200 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

2300 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

2500 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

3000 block of Link Road (off Old Forest Road, first house on the left), 24503

100 block of Wyndpark Circle (off Wyndhurst Drive), Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Wyndsong Drive (off Wyndhurst Drive), Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Acres Court (off Laxton Road), Lynchburg, VA 24502

First block of Deerfield Drive (off Laxton Road), Lynchburg VA 24502 - light show

600 block of Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24502

1800 block of Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24502 

400 block of Beechwood Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24502

100 block of Buckingham Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

Corner of Leesville Road and Moreview Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

1000 block of Moreview Drive (off Leesville Road), Lynchburg VA 24502

Intersection of Greenview Drive and Frederick Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

400 block of Alta Lane (Wards Ferry Road to Alta Lane, Lynchburg VA 24502

First block of Sandy Drive (off Timberlake Road behind 7-11), Lynchburg VA 24502

800 block of Perrymont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24502

700 block of Perrymont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Perrymont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24502

Fairmont Ave (off Perrymont Avenue), Lynchburg VA 24502

4400 block of Sussex Street (off Perrymont), Lynchburg VA 24502

4600 block of Fort Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24502

1600 block of McKinney Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24502

4900 block of Windsor Avenue (Fort Avenue to Westview Drive to Windsor), Lynchburg VA 24502

6200 block of Pawnee Avenue (off Fort Avenue), Lynchburg VA 24502

1000 block of Sheffield Drive (off Wards Road), Lynchburg, VA 24502

1100 block of Sheffield Drive (off Wards Road), Lynchburg, VA 24502

100 block of Kenwood Place (across from Sheffield Elementary), Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Two Creek Drive (off Wiggington Road), Lynchburg VA 24502

Maple Hills Drive (off Rt. 221 by Subway, multiple houses in the 100 and 200 blocks), Lynchburg VA 24502 

100 block of Bryant Drive (off Rt. 221), Lynchburg VA 24502 

200 block of Wayne Drive (off Rt. 221), Lynchburg VA 24502


Forest Houses:

200 block of Simsbury Lane (off Route 221), Forest, VA 24551

1000 block of Cossman Court (in Hooper Woods off Cottontown Road), Forest, VA 24551

3900 block of Thomas Jefferson Road (Route 811), Forest, VA 24551


Bedford Houses:

1800 block of Patterson Mill Road (off Route 460), Bedford, VA 24523

1300 block of Longwood Avenue (Route 221), Bedford, VA 24523

400 block of Bedford Avenue (off N. Bridge Street near Liberty Station), Bedford VA 24523


Madison Heights Houses:

200 block of Dixie Airport Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572

400 block of Dixie Airport Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572

700 block of Dixie Airport Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572

200 block of Oak Ridge Drive, Madison Heights, VA 24572 

100 block of N. Hillcrest Drive (off Old Wright Shop Road), Madison Heights, VA 24572

300 block of Hilltop Drive (Seminole Drive to Lakeland Circle to Hilltop), Madison Heights, VA 24572

Odins Bow (Amelon Drive to Woodland Drive to Odins Bow), Madison Heights, VA 24572 


Amherst Houses:

200 block of North Main, Amherst, VA 24521

300 block of North Main, Amherst, VA 24521


Evington Houses:

Leesville Estates (numerous houses off Leesville Road), Evington, VA 24550

200 block of Crystal Lane (Leesville Estates), Evington, VA 24550 

100 block of Davids Way (Leesville Estates), Evington, VA 24550


Altavista:

Oct. 1-31 - Altavista Scarecrow Stroll daily in downtown Altavista

Avondale Drive, Altavista, VA 24517 - light show

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Happy Halloween from our family to yours! Let Lynchburg Macaroni Kid help you Find Your Family Fun® for Halloween in Central Virginia!