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10/26/22 - By Ally Noel

Looking for the best things to do this Halloween Weekend in Connecticut? Here are some family-friendly events and activities in the area to add to your list for this weekend, like trick-or-treat and more Halloween fun!

Happy Hallo-Weekend, Connecticut! This is Halloween, and its high time for all our little ghosts and goblins to get out there and have some fun. There's tons of kid-friendly spooks to find this weekend. Check out the No Fright Matinee Evidence of Evil, the Enchanted Castle, or the Downtown Cabaret Haunted House. 

Looking for even more seasonal fun? There's still a little bit of time to go pumpkin picking, get lost in a corn maze, or enjoy one of our favorite Halloween activities. As always, keep tabs on our Connecticut events calendar for daily updates on local activities as well as virtual opportunities for family fun.

 

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Ballet Spooktacular takes the stage this Halloween Weekend. Stage photo by Mariah Gravelin, courtesy of the Eastern CT Ballet Mariah Gravelin
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Halloween Weekend in Connecticut - Things To Do with Kids

Stew Leonard's Spooktacular Halloween Breakfast

Newington - October 29, 2022
Get creepy at Stew Leonard’s in Newington for a Spooktacular Costume Breakfast hosted by our costumed characters and their friends! Stew Leonard’s culinary team will offer a buffet-style breakfast including pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, bagels, fruit, juice, and coffee. There will be a spooky dance floor for everyone to show off their best dance moves with our costumed characters too. Each child will receive a Halloween goodie bag at the end of the event to take home. READ MORE

Free Family Fun Day at the Shubert Theater

New Haven - October 29, 2022
The Shubert Theatre invites the community to enjoy this Free Family Event. Shubert Theatre will treat patrons to a walking backstage tour of the theatre with trick or treat stations along the way as well as an arts and crafts area. Children under 12 are welcome to wear Halloween costumes for trick or treating in the Shubert lobby—in consideration of all our patrons, we ask that participants do not bring prop weapons. READ MORE

Boo at the Zoo

Bridgeport - October 29, 2022
Come to the zoo in costume, and enjoy seasonal activities for your little monsters along with spooky animal talks and fun for the whole family. READ MORE

Boo Ha Ha Awesome Halloween Magic

Old Lyme - October 29, 2022
Enjoy some stunning magic and spooky jokes with Joe Howard, entertainer extraordinaire — stilt walking, magic, and comedy to delight all ages. This event is free with Museum Admission. Visit Wee Faerie Village presents: Twinkle Point, an amusement park for the Wee Faerie folk, October 1-30!         READ MORE

Eastern Connecticut Ballet Presents Ballet Spooktacular

Old Saybrook - October 29-30, 2022
Ballet Spooktacular is a Treat at The Kate! For children who just can't wait for Halloween, Eastern Connecticut Ballet's Spooktacular serves up a mix of "BOO-tiful" dancing, clever costumes, and a chance for young audiences to be a part of the fun. ECB's family-friendly celebration returns to the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts center in Old Saybrook, CT this fall: Saturday October 29 at 11:30am (sensory friendly performance), 1:30pm, and 3:30pm and Sunday, October 30 at 11:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm Offering new treats both on and off the stage, the Spooktacular performance combines... READ MORE

No Fright Matinee Evidence of Evil

Middlefield - October 29-30, 2022
Not feeling brave enough to enter the woods at night? Take advantage of this daytime matinee! During this experience, there will be no actors, animatronics, or special effects used. This is your chance to introduce your young ones to haunted houses, take in some Halloween spirit, maybe take that next holiday card photo, and just enjoy yourself.  READ MORE

NorWITCH Halloween Strut

Norwich - October 29, 2022
Norwich becomes NorWITCH during the Halloween season. Wear your Halloween costume and come downtown on October 29. Shop and dine on Broadway and Bath streets, stop at food trucks and shop at craft and vendor booths. Bring a carved pumpkin to enter into the Jack-O-Lantern contest. READ MORE

Hobgoblin Fair

Canton - October 29, 2022
What "critters" will appear on our trails this Halloween? Join Roaring Brook Nature Preserve for the annual Hobgoblin Fair held the Saturday before Halloween. READ MORE

The Enchanted Castle

Fairfield - October 26-October 30, 2022
The Enchanted Castle is a family friendly event where kids and parents walk through the entire Burr Homestead together. Each room is decorated with a different “Fairy Tale” theme, including Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Besides awesome decorations kids will enjoy the live characters who will tell their stories.   READ MORE

Día de Muertos Free Community Celebration

Hartford - October 29, 2022
Experience the sights and sounds of Día de Muertos, with all-ages arts activities, mariachi music, and Mexican folk dance. READ MORE

Pumpkin Carving at Earthplace

Westport - October 29, 2022
It is always fun to decorate and carve pumpkins, but the mess isn’t. Leave the mess at Earthplace! Bring your pumpkin and they will provide supplies for you to decorate or carve your pumpkin. All the pumpkin waste will be composted and fed to the animals.  READ MORE

Halloween Ghost Tours at Lockwood-Mathews Mansions

Norwalk - October 28-30, 2022
Ghost sightings, spiritualism, and talking to the dearly departed were pervasive practices in 19th century America, and will be unearthed, once again, at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum with a riveting and chilling program titled, Ghosts, Seances & the Great Beyond: Halloween Tours at the Mansion.  READ MORE

Collinsville Halloween Parade

Canton - October 29, 2022
The main streets in Collinsville will close to traffic and open to all who are brave and daring enough to join in the annual Collinsville Halloween Parade. READ MORE

Nightmare in North Branford Haunted Cinema

North Branford - October 29, 2022
Join Nightmare in North Branford for our second annual event as we present a new nightmare sure to get your heart racing! This is an interactive haunted drive-in movie experience brought to you by North Branford Parks and Recreation in partnership with the North Branford Libraries, filled with fun, friends, screams, and laughs! READ MORE

Downtown Milford Hall-O-Weekend

Milford - October 28-30, 2022
Join the Downtown Milford Business Association for their annual Hall-O-Weekend. Make memories and enjoy some not-so-scary fun in charming downtown Milford. READ MORE

Downtown Cabaret Haunted House

Bridgeport - October 28-30, 2022
Things are getting spooky at the Downtown Cabaret Theater. Enjoy a classic walk-through haunted house with surprises and fun at every turn!     READ MORE

Community Day Spooktacular at NBMAA

New Britain - October 30, 2022
Come to New Britain Museum of American Art for a community-wide Halloween get-together. Dress up in costume and participate in a costume parade, contest and and then a dance performance by New Britain School of Dance. READ MORE

First Annual Trunk or Treat at Surfside Hotel

Stratford - October 30, 2022
Come dressed up in your Halloween best to trick or treat at the Surfside Hotel. There will be  fun eats and drinks from the Pub, a costume contest, pumpkin painting and more.  Stay for a special Halloween movie screening of the Great Pumpkin and Hocus Pocus. READ MORE

Purple Pumpkin 5K

Westport - October 30, 2022
The Epilepsy Foundation of Connecticut will be hosting its Annual Purple Pumpkin 5K.  Registration will start at 7:30 am and opening remarks will start at 8:45 am. This family-friendly event will raise funds and awareness for the local epilepsy community. While the parents and teens run, the kids are welcome to visit the craft table and paint a pumpkin purple, the color that represents epilepsy. READ MORE

Halloween on the Green

Fairfield - October 30, 2022
The Fairfield Museum and History Center, in partnership with Fairfield Parks and Recreation, present the 6th Annual “Halloween on the Green” on the Museum Commons behind the Fairfield Museum. This free family event features trick-or-treating, giveaways, displays in historic buildings, food vendors, a bounce house, and more! READ MORE

Trick-Or-Treat with the Horses

Wilton - October 28-31, 2022
Trick or treating with 30 stops( stalls) . The team and the horses have a special treat for all. Enjoy the barn and then a spooky( not to scary, the darker it gets the spookier ) walk around the farm.  READ MORE

Walnut Beach Witch Parade

Milford - October 31, 2022
The Walnut Beach Witch makes an appearance each Halloween night and leads a scarily good parade around the neighborhood. Those who come in costume will receive free ice cream from Walnut Beach Creamery - it's their last night open for the year! READ MORE

Little Boo Halloween Storytime

Simsbury - October 31, 2022
Join us for a Halloween-themed storytime full of songs, fun, and books that go "boo"! Little ones are encouraged to come in costume and can have their pictures taken by the Simsbury Camera Club. READ MORE

Halloween on the Farm

Middlefield - October 31, 2022
Stop by the Lyman Orchards Corn Maze for Halloween Fun on the Farm. Wear your costume and trick or treat at the Corn Maze entrance ticket booth, then take a free tractor ride around the farm between 1-4pm! READ MORE

Places featured in this article:

Florence Griswold Museum Art Colony Camps
The Kate: Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
Connecticut Historical Society Museum
Fairfield Museum & History Center
Rising Starr Horse Rescue
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