SKC has found the best family friendly (and not too scary) things to do around here this Halloween season. These are just some of the fun Halloween events you’ll find on our calendar! Happy Halloween season to all our Seacoast Families and your little goblins.
BOO! SKC’s 2021 Guide to Halloween Family Fun!
Multi-Day Events in October
Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Weekend
CMNH
When: 10/22, 10/23 & 10/24
Sweet Halloween
Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury
When: 10/23 & 10/24
Maudslay is Haunted
Maudslay State Park, Newburyport
When: 10/23 & 10/24
Ghosts on the Banke
Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth
When: 10/22 & 10/23
Day Haunt Walk (Family Friendly – no scares/sounds)
Haunted Overload in Lee
When: 10 – 4pm on Fridays, Saturday & Sundays in October
Screeeeeemfest! Fun by day! Fear by night!
Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH
When: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays from September 25 – October 30
Dracula – Live on Stage
The Strand in Dover
When: October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 & 31st. Matinee and evening shows.
Friday Night Frights – Outdoor Movies
Amesbury Chamber of Commerce
When: Fridays 10/8, 10/15, 10/22 & 10/29
Outdoor Movie Nights
The Ridge, Rochester
When: Fridays 10/9, 10/16, 10/23 & 10/30
Children’s Trick or Treat (Merry not Scary!)
Charmingfare Farm in Candia
When: register for a specific day/time
5K Trick or Treat Trot – Exeter Hospital’s United In Wellness Cancer Walk
Virtually anywhere/anytime between October 24 – October 31
Scarecrows of the Port
Scavenger Hunt in Portsmouth
When: Daily in October
Scarecrow Contest of Amesbury
Scavenger Hunt in Amesbury
When: Daily through October 17
Saturday, October 16
Decorate a Trick or Treat Bag
Seacoast ArtSpot, Portsmouth
When: 10am – 2pm
Trick or Treat on Our Street
Kittery Outlets, Kittery
When: 2pm – 6pm
Saturday, October 23
Trunk or Treat
Seacoast Cars & Coffee, Newington
When: 5pm – 7:30pm
Halloween in Nature
Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick ME
When: 4:00 – 6:00pm
Pumpkin Palooza
Bartlett Mall, Newburyport
When: 2pm – 5pm
Mall Wide Trick or Treat
Fox Run Mall, Newington
When: 3pm – 6pm
Kids’ Costume Parade and Trick or Treating
Perkins Cove, Ogunquit
When: 11 – 11:30am
Downtown Trick or Treat
Downtown Durham
When: 2pm – 4pm
Sunday, October 24
5th Annual Seacoast Halloween Costume Paddle Contest
Peirce Island Boat Ramp in Portsmouth
When: 11:00am – 12:30pm
Tuesday, October 26
Amesbury Downtown Trick or Treat
Downtown Amesbury
When: 5:30 – 7:30pm
Thursday, October 28
Trick or Treating at Brickyard Square
Brickyard Square, Epping
When: 4pm – 7pm
Friday, October 29
Littles Halloween
Rochester Recreation
When: 9am – 11am
Newburyport’s Downtown Trick or Treat
Participating Newburyport Shops
When: 4pm – 5pm
Trick or Treat with Center for Wildlife
Cape Neddick
When: 4pm – 6pm
Trick or Treat at The Ridge
The Ridge, Rochester
When: 4pm – 7pm
Trick or Treat Downtown Rochester (Zombie Walk to follow at 7pm)
Downtown Rochester
When: 4pm – 6pm
Downtown Kennebunk & Kennebunkport
Downtown and Lower Village in Kennebunk and at Dock Square in Kennebunkport
When: 4pm – 6pm
For a list of participating businesses visit: www.GoKennebunks.com
Saturday, October 30
Happy Howl-o-ween Party
Junior Gym in North Hampton
When: 9:00 – 10:30am
Exeter’s Halloween Costume Parade & Downtown Trick or Treating
Parade kicks off on Swasey Parkway in Exeter
When: 11:30am – 2:30
Lighting of the Pumpkins & Trick or Treating
Old York Museum Center, York
When: 3:30pm – 6pm
Trunk or Treat
Hilltop Fun Center in Somersworth, NH
When: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Trunk or Treat & Drive in Movie
Salisbury Beach
When: 4pm – 9pm
Trunk or Treat
Yankee Fisherman’s Cooperative, Seabrook
When: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Family Pumpkin Festival
Nottingham Town Hall
When: 4pm- 9pm
Sunday, October 31
Little Pumpkins Halloween Party
Relief Parenting in Hampton
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Halloween Learn and Play
Portsmouth
When: 9:00am – 11:00am
Mini Halloween Wood Sign
Board and Brush Creative Studio, Portsmouth
When: 10am – 12pm
Trunk or Treat
All Saints Church, Amesbury
When: 5-7pm
Halloween Parade
Downtown Portsmouth
When: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Worth the Drive Halloween Fun!
Roger Williams Park Jack O Lantern Spectacular
Providence, RI
When: 9/30 through 10/31
Moo Moo’s Halloween Party
Davis Farmland
When: Oct 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31
Children’s Museum of Boston
HallowEEK!
When: Oct 27 – 31st
Science Tricks & Animal Treats
EcoTarium
When: October 23 & 24
Zoo Boo Weekend
Southwick’s Zoo
When: October 30 & 31
Children free in costume when accompanied by a paying adult.
Brick or Treat
LegoLand Discovery Center
When: October Weekends
Visit our calendar for additional spooky fall family fun!