Happy Halloween season! If you’re looking for a few not so spooky ways to celebrate, we have you covered with a list of trunk or treats, trick or treats, parties and other family friendly events for children of all ages! So get your costumes ready and scroll down and click the plus sign next to each category to get the full list and get in on the fun!
Be sure to check back often, as we update our list and as the season gets rolling, we will include a list of streets with houses that have awesome decorations to drive by!
Click here for great neighborhoods for trick-or-treating in Stamford!
Looking for pumpkins? Click here for a list of pumpkin patches!
And be sure not to miss The Third Annual Stamford Moms Candy Crawl at Stamford Town Center on Sunday, October 26, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. This is a FREE event open to the public!
If you’re looking for houses with great decorations, here are a few!
Note: We will update this list throughout the season, decorations go up at different times.
Sanford Lane (near the intersection of Newfield Avenue), Stamford (always a big hit!)
Vine Road, Stamford (big skeletons in the yard!)
Cold Spring Road, Stamford
Three Lakes Drive and Woodridge Drive South, Stamford
Interlaken Road, Stamford (spooky)
Pepper Ridge Road and Red Bird Road, Stamford
Hazlewood Lane, Stamford
Gaymoor Drive and Minivale Road, Stamford
Midland Avenue, Stamford (Glenbrook)
Buttery Lane, Silvermine (Norwalk/New Canaan line)
Banks Road North, Fairfield (spooky)
Sterling Road, Trumbull
Fox Court, Trumbull (Witch Hollow)
Trick-or-Treats & Trunk-or-Treats
Trick-or-Treat with the Horses
Friday, October 17 – Sunday, October 19
Friday, October 24 – Sunday, October 26
3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Rising Starr Horse Rescue
$10 donation per person
Anna & Raven Goodwill Trick or Treat Fest
Saturday, October 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
SHU’s Discovery Science Center & Planetarium, Bridgeport
Julia A. Stark School’s 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat
Saturday, October 18, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Stark School Parking Lot, entrance on Oscar Street
Rain Date: Sunday, October 19
$8 tickets at the door (cash only)
Trick or Treat with Stew Leonard’s Characters
Tuesday, October 21, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Stew Leonard’s Norwalk
Register in advance
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm (Members Only)
Register for slots Friday, October 24 – Thursday, October 30
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Town of New Canaan Touch-a-Truck & Trunk-or-Treat
Saturday, October 25, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
New Canaan High School Parking Lot
Trick-or-Treat Vendor Fair & Family Day
Saturday, October 25, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Designs by Lee
Trunk or Treat
Saturday, October 25, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Stamford Church of Christ, 1264 High Ridge Road
Trick or Treat at the Market
Sunday, October 26, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
The Stamford Moms Candy Crawl at Stamford Town Center
Sunday, October 26, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Stamford Town Center
Halloween Kids’ Jam
Sunday, October 26, noon – 2 p.m.
314 Fear Garden, 314 Wilson Avenue, Norwalk
Sensory Friendly Halloween
October 27 – October 30, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Whittingham Discovery Center
Halloween Trunk or Treat
Wednesday, October 29, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
245 Selleck Street
Trunk or Treat
Wednesday, October 29, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Stamford High School Parking Lot
Movie Night at Boyle Stadium to follow at 7:30 p.m.
Trunk or Treat
Thursday, October 30, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Harry Bennett Branch (indoors)
Redeem Halloween Trick or Treat
Friday, October 31, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
The Salvation Army, 198 Selleck Street
Halloween Party, Trunk & Treat and Candy Trail
Friday, October 31, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Mill River Park
Halloween Parties
Nightmare Before Halloween Kids Party
Sunday, October 12, 10 a.m. – noon
Bijou Theatre Bridgeport
Stamford My Gym Halloween Party
Friday, October 17
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. younger kids
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. older kids
Haunted Cove Mini Golf
Saturday, October 18, noon
Norwalk Cove Mini Golf
Halloween Party: Rainbow Station
Saturday, October 18, 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Elicit Brewing Company, Fairfield
Halloween Party
Saturday, October 18, 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Gym
Halloween Bingo Party & Pizza
Friday, October 24, 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Recreation Star Center
Halloween Zumba Party
Saturday, October 25, 9 a.m.
The IC Gym
Beasties + Besties
Saturday, October 25, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Stepping Stones Museum
Jumpin’ Jams Halloween Party
Saturday, October 25, 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Cohen Eastern Greenwich Civic Center
Saturday, October 25, 3:15 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. Rowayton Community Center
Magic Mayhem
Saturday, October 25, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
CoCreate Stamford
Halloween at the Lab
Saturday, October 25, 2 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Cranbury Park, Norwalk
Post 53 Haunted House
Sunday, October 26, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
0 Ledge Road, Darien
Halloween at Angel Land
Sunday, October 26, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Angel Land at Stamford Town Center on Level 4
Halloween Family Sunday Funday
Sunday, October 26, 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Volta Soccer Training Center at Stamford Town Center on Level 7
Ghouls in the Garden
Sunday, October 26, 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Greenwich Botanical Center, Cos Cob
Halloween Party
Monday, October 27, 9 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Recreation Star Center
Halloween Toddler & Me Dance
Friday, October 31, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Ballet School of Stamford
RSVP to [email protected]
1st Annual Halloween Party
Friday, October 31, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
471 Glenbrook Road
Halloween Skate Party
Friday, October 31, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Family Fall Festival
Friday, October 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Stamford Baptist Church
Books Across Stamford Haunted Halloween
Saturday, November 1, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Ferguson Library Main Branch
Halloween Performances & Movies
The Little Vampire 4D
Wednesday, October 1 – Sunday, November 2
The Maritime Aquarium
Halloween Performance from Hoop Girls for St. Jude
Sunday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.
Gaymore & Minivale
$25 donation on site
Puppet Storytime Halloween
Wednesday, October 29, 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Main Ferguson Library
Pumpkin Carving & Decorating
Pumpkins & Princess Pop-Up
Saturday, October 4, 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday, October 25, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
STEPS Dance Studio
Pumpkin Paint Party
Sunday, October 5, noon – 3 p.m.
102 Heights Road, Darien
Pumpkin Painting in the Greenhouse
Saturdays in October, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Rosh Hashanah & Columbus Day
Sam Bridge Nursery Greenhouse
Pumpkins & Pop-Ups
Saturdays & Sundays, October 11, 12, 18 & 19
Designs by Lee
Stew’s Pumpkin Palooza
Saturday, October 11 – Monday, October 13, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Stew Leonard’s Norwalk
School’s Out: Paint the Patch Pink Day
Monday, October 13, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Designs by Lee
5th Annual Pumpkin Fest
Saturday, October 18, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Wilton Historical Society
Family Pumpkin Carving
Saturday, October 18, 1:30 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Meet the Snakes and Pumpkin Painting
Sunday, October 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Community Pumpkin Carve & Chili Cook-Off
Saturday, October 25, noon – 3 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Stamford, 655 Stillwater Road
Halloween Crafts
Make a Haunted Candy Box
Saturday, October 4, 9 a.m. – noon
Home Depot Stamford
Glow in the Dark Ghost Painting
Saturday, October 11, 1:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Main Ferguson Library
Crafternoon: Spiderweb Threading
Tuesday, October 14, 4 p.m.
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
Paint Your Own Pottery Halloween Night
Friday, October 24, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Lucky Penny Pottery
Art in the Park: Halloween/Paper Masks
Saturday, October 25, 10 a.m. – noon
Whittingham Discovery Center
Spooktacular Craft Party
Sunday, October 26, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Honey Joe’s Family Coffeehouse
Halloween Baking
Halloween Cupcake Class
Wednesday, October 8, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Stew Leonard’s Norwalk
Halloween Cupcake Class
Thursday, October 9, 11 a.m. – noon
Stew Leonard’s Norwalk
Mommy & Me Halloween Cooking Class
Wednesday, October 15, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Hudson Table Stamford
Spook-tacular Cookie Decorating for Kids!
Saturday, October 18, 11 a.m.
Designs by Lee
Halloween Treats Class
Monday, October 20, 10 a.m. – noon
Hudson Table Stamford
Monster Cakes
Monday, October 20, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Hudson Table Stamford
Halloween Day Trips
Through Sunday, November 16
Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Get tickets here! Limited tickets available!
Pumpkin Patch Trolley
Weekends in October
Connecticut Trolley Museum, 58 North Road, East Windsor, CT
Get tickets here!
Pumpkin Passage
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays in October,
Columbus Day (October 13)
Trick-or-Treat Night, Saturday, November 1
The Dinosaur Place, 1650 Hartford-New London Turnpike, Oakdale, CT
Get tickets here!
Pumpkintown U.S.A
Open daily, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., weather permitting through Halloween
100 East High Street, East Hampton, CT
Halloween Pet Celebrations
Howl-O-Ween Pup Parade & Costume Contest
Sunday, October 19, noon
Tilley Pond Park
The Great Pupkin Howl-O-Ween Festival
Saturday, October 25, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Harbor Point Commons Park
Howl and Prowl Costume Party in the Park
Sunday, October 26, noon – 4 p.m.
Greenwich Town Hall/Havemeyer Fields
Pet Halloween with Lucky Dog
Saturday, November 1, noon – 3 p.m.
36 Greenwich Avenue, Richmond Hill Riverwalk