🎃 Local Spooky Season Fun!
Your 2025 Guide to Trunk or Treats, Pumpkin Walks, Parades & Halloween Happenings
👻 Get ready for tricks, treats, and everything sweet (and spooky!)
We’ve rounded up the BEST local Halloween and fall-themed events happening throughout October in the Palmer–Sturbridge & Beyond area. Whether you’re in it for the candy, the costumes, the pumpkins, or just those crisp autumn vibes, we’ve got you covered. Check back often. More events are being added all the time!
🚗 Trunk or Treats
- 👻 Cater 2 Kids SPOT (Sturbridge) – October 18
- 👻 Trunk or Treat - Hamilton Rod & Gun (Sturbridge) – October 18
- 👻 Members Trunk or Treat – Spencer Fish & Game – October 18
- 👻 Trunk-or-Treat – Paxton Center School – October 19
- 👻 Trunk or Treat – The Dashboard Diner (Spencer) – October 24
- 👻 Old Mill Pond School Trunk or Treat (Palmer) - October 24
- 👻 Brimfield Winery -Community Trunk or Treat – October 25
- 👻 Oakholm Brewing Co. – Community Trunk or Treat – October 26
- 👻 Rollaway Lanes Trunk or Treat (Ware) – October 28
- 👻 Live Sharp Trunk or Treat (Ware) – October 29
- 👻 QRHS Trunk or Treat (WBES & WCES) – October 30
- 👻 Town of Barre Trunk or Treat + Town Trick-or-Treating – October 31
- 👻 Monson Lions Club Halloween Fun – Veteran’s Field – October 31
🎨 Pumpkin Fun, Paint Parties & Festivals
- 🎨 Pumpkin Patch Paint Day – BYO Supplies @ Sturbridge Library Lawn – October 4
- 🎃📚Miss Susan’s Halloween Story Hour-Holland Community Center – Oct 6
- 🎨 Pumpkins With a Purpose – Lilac Hedge Farm – October 5, 10, 12
- 🎃 Harvest Fest at Stone Cow + Pumpkin Cannon Show – October 11–12
- 🎨 Pumpkin Painting @ Wales Public Library- October 15th
- 🎃 11th Annual Family Pumpkin Decorating Contest – Brimfield Library- October 18th
- 🎨 Spooktacular Pumpkin Decorating Party – Ware Library – October 21
- 🎨 Take & Make Pumpkin Painting – Palmer Library – October 23
- 🎨 Not So Spooky Halloween Art Party- GinaB Art Studio (Sturbridge)- October 25
- 🎃 Kids’ Corner Pumpkin Workshop – Ware Grange – October 27
- 🎃 BOO Bash @ The Little Barn (Sturbridge) – October 25 & 29
- 🎃 Halloween Boo Bash @ The Farm Next Door (Ware)- October 31st
- 🧙♀️ Hubbardston Library- Costume Swap- All Month
🧙♀️ Parades, Walks & Community Celebrations
- 🧙♀️ Spookfield 2025 – Brookfield Commons – October 4
- 🎃 The Great Sturbridge Pumpkin Walk & Carving Contest – October 18
- 🎃 Harvest Fest at Stone Cow + Pumpkin Cannon Show – October 11–12
- 🎃 Town Trick-or-Treat – Barre – October 31
- 🎃 Sturbridge Halloween Trick-or-Treat & annual Horrible’s Parade- October 31st
- 🎃 Monson Lions Club Halloween Fun Parade – Veteran’s Field – October 31
👻 Haunted Houses & Spooky Attractions
- 👻 Warren Haunted House – October 25
- 🎢 13th World Fright Park – Palmer – Open weekends in October
- 🔥 Phantoms by Firelight – Old Sturbridge Village – Starting October 10
🔥 Fall Nights + Firelight
- 🔥 Brimfield Winery -Community Trunk or Treat & Bonfire (Brimfield) – October 25
- 🔥 The Awesome 80’s Fall Bonfire! (Sturbridge)- November 1
🧒 Family-Friendly Halloween Nights
- 🍭 Kids Night @ Black & White Grille – Pumpkin Theme – October 21
- 🎪 Kids Night @ Black & White Grille – Carnival Theme – October 28
📣 Know of an Event We Missed?
We want to include every local Halloween celebration that brings joy to kids and families. Hosting something spooky or sweet in your town?
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