Rainy weather is impacting events the weekend of October 21-22. Please visit venue websites or social media pages for updates. Calling ahead is also recommended.
This is your guide to Fall Festivals, Special Events, Trick or Treating, and Halloween fun for the entire family in Leominster, Gardner, Lancaster, Clinton, Sterling, Lunenburg and beyond! 2023 events and activities are updated as we receive new information. Please be sure to check the venue's website or call ahead to confirm details.
Trick or Treating is generally done on the evening of October 31, starting just before dusk and lasting for about 2 hours. Check with your local city or town for specific details.
If you have a special event for Halloween, email emilycabrera@macaronikid.com and we'll add it to the list, or submit them online here.
Ashburnham
Throughout October - Teen and Junior September LibCrates: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Throughout October - Adult Libcrates - Return of the Spooky Box!
October 7 - Fall Craft at the Ashburnham Library (Saturdays)
October 18 - Spooky Bones and Creepy Crawlies
October 25 - Kids Crafternoon: Make a Graham Cracker Haunted House
October 28 - Costume Storytime
October 31 - Costume Storytime
October 31 - Frightful Film Fest
October 31 - Book or Treat
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Ashby
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Athol
October - Athol Cinemas 8 - check the schedule for Halloween Movies
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Ayer
October 4 - Spooky Spell Book ADULT Craft
October 7 - Downtown Ayer Newton Street Folk & Arts Festival
October 19 - Room on the Broom Storytime with Strega Mama
October 31 - Trick-Or-Treating 6p - 8p
Bolton
October 7 - Bolton 5k Festival
October 20 - Family Movie - Coco
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Boylston
October 5 - Fall Garden Buds (Ages 3-5)
October 7 - Autumn Luminaries (Ages 6-12)
October 7 - Unicorn Pony Rides - multiple sessions available
October 8 - Unicorn Pony Rides - multiple sessions available
October 9 - Unicorn Pony Rides - multiple sessions available
October 12 - Fall Garden Buds (Ages 3-5)
October 14 -15 - Scarecrow Decorating Contest
October 14 - Fall Foliage Hike to Scar Hills Bluffs
October 14 - DCR Halloween Walk
October 14 - Everlasting Arrangement in an Antique Container
October 18 - Older Kids Craft: Painted Pot
October 21 - Needle Felted Pumpkins
October 22 - Fall Family Fun Hike (Ages 5-12)
October 24 - Trick-or-Treat at Hillside (for Boylston children 6 and younger)
October 24 - Trick-or-Treat at Town Hall
October 28 - Spooky Yoga (Ages 4-8)
October 28 - Fall Tree Identification Walk
October 29 - Mythical Masks (Ages 6-10)
October 31 - Little Seedlings (Ages 1-3)
October 31 - 🍫 Trick or Treating
Clinton
October 8 - Wachusett Dam Day
October 8 - 2nd Annual Volunteer & Beer Fest at Sterling Street Brewery
October 14 - Halloween Walk (hike) at Wachusett Reservoir
October 15 - 👩🏼🌾 Scarecrow Contest 2023
October 23 - 🎃 Pumpkin Carving 2023
October 25 - Adult Halloween Horror Trivia Night at Sterling Street Brewery
October 21 CHANGED TO 28TH - Truck or Treat hosted by Pleasant View Companies at Veterans Fields across from Clinton Middle School
October 28 - Adult Halloween Cupcake Decorating at Sterling Street Brewery
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Devens
October 28 - 🎃 Devens Dog & Music Festival
Fitchburg
Fridays in October - Booooo Fest at FunStuf
October 5 - North County Harvest Festival
October 7 - Fall Festival at Hollis Hills Farm
October 18 - Story Time At The Farm
October 19 - Community Resource Fair
October 21 - NoWoCo Pride Parade
October 26 - October Movie Night- HOCUS POCUS 2 at Hollis Hills Farm
October 27 - Trunk or Treat
October 28 - 🎃 Trick or Treat on Main Street
October 31 - Trick or Treating 6-8p
Gardner
October 27 - Downtown Falloween Stroll for Pre-Schoolers
October 28 - HARRY POTTERY NIGHT – GARDNER! ALL AGES! (Art on the Rocks)
October 31 - Trick or Treating - 5 - 7pm
Harvard
Throughout October - Fruitlands Fairy Forest
Other classes and LIVE music at The Fruitlands, details here
October 3 - SEED LIBRARY OPEN AT Harvard Public Library
October 5 - Kids Afterschool Movie in the Story Room –The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)
October 7 - 🍂 Fall Family Days
October 12 - Twisted Critters for Ages 8 and up
October 13 - Family Movie Night! The Little Mermaid 2023 (PG)
October 14 - Fall Family Days
October 18 - AbraKidabra! Magic Show ~ All Ages
October 18 - Fireside Drum Circle
October 26 - Teen Treats ~ Grades 6-12
October 28 - Fall Family Days
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Hubbardston
October 20-21 Moved to 27 & 28! - Hubbardston Halloween Haunted Hayride (New Location in Hubbardston)
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Lancaster
October 21 - 👺 Monster Masks (6-10)
October 29 - Halloween on the Green
October 30 - Halloween Scavenger Hunt
October 31 - 👻 Spooky Craft (all ages)
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Leominster
Ongoing October 17 - November 1 - 🙀 Leominster Frights
October 4 - Hispanic Heritage Event
October 5 - Art on the Rocks - Fall Resin Frame Ages 13+ LEOMINSTER
October 7 - Tractor Parade
October 7 - Harvest Festival & Craft Show at Sholan Farms
October 7 - THRILLS AND CHILLS NIGHT ALL AGES! (Leominster, Art on the Rocks)
October 10 - Paint a Cat with the Pottery Paintin' Place!
October 11 - October Leominster Farmers Market
October 13 - TAYLOR SWIFT NIGHT LEOMINSTER! ALL AGES!
October 14 - Tween Art Class: Black Cat and Fall Foliage Canvas Painting with Art Educator Jen Niles!
October 16 - 31 - Leominster Frights
October 18 - Teen Spooky Candle Making with Gariné Arakelian!
October 19 - Halloween Magic Mind Reading Show with Greg Dwyer!
October 21 - MEAN GIRLS VILLIANS NITE LEOMINSTER! ALL AGES!
October 24 - Welcome to the Graveyard w/the Gravestone Girls
October 25 - The Discovery Museum presents SOUND!
October 27 - Teen Halloween Party!
October 21 - MOVED TO 28th! - Halloween Parade
October 30 - Tiny Tykes Trick or Treat!
Art on the Rocks - Family Day ALL DAY! Free Entry Pay as you go*
October 31 - 👻 Trick or Treating 6-8p
Lunenburg
Sundays In October - 🐮 Lunenburg Farmers Market
October 1 - Halloween Fun - Felted Witches
October 5 - Spy Academy! STEM Program with Mad Science!- NEW DATE
October 6 - Drop-In Craft for Grades 6-12 - Coffin Painting
October 16 - Spider Web Slime!
October 17 - 4pm Tweens, Teens, & Family Craft: Moonlit Mummy Lanterns, and 5pm Tweens, Teens, & Family Craft: Moonlit Mummy Lanterns
October 17 - Fall Fun - Felted Pumpkin
October 18 - Demogorgons and Xenomorphs: The Horror that influenced “Stranger Things"
October 20 - Halloween Fun - Felted Witches
October 23 - Witch Wreath Halloween Drop-In Craft! with Miss Joslyn
October 25 - Gothic Ghost Tales with Rita Parisi
October 27 - Shrieks & Krieks Haunted House and Hayride Festival
October 28 - Fall Puzzle Swap!
October 21 - Moved to 28th! - Trunk or Treat at City United
October 29 - Boo at the Barn at In the Meadow Farm
October 29 - Shrieks & Krieks Haunted House and Hayride
October 30 - Halloween Family Movie Night! - Hotel Transylvania
October 30 - Annual Halloween Parade for Preschoolers !
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Pepperell
October 5 - Fall Leaf Suncatchers for Kids
October 7 - 3rd Annual Fall Market at the Barn Door
October 11 - Fall Storytime
October 12 - Paint Night for Kids: a Fall Leaf
October 17 - Trick-OR-Treat Bag Coloring for Kids
October 18 - Fall Storytime
October 21 - Pumpkin Painting for Kids
October 24 - Not-So-Spooky Storytime
October 25 - Halloween Dance Party for Kids
October 28 - 2nd Annual Trunk 'o' Treat Car Show
October 31 - Not-So-Spooky Storytime
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Princeton
October 5-9 - MTNSide Sale & Swap at Wachusett Mountain
October 11 - Preschool Story & Nature Hour - Spiders
October 14-15 - AppleFest I
October 20-21 - Applefest II
October 25 - Preschool Story & Nature Hour - Bats
October 28 - Halloween Night Hike and Hayride
October 28 - BooFest @ Wachusett Mountain
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Rutland
October 20-21 - Jack-O-Lantern Walk at Lilac Hedge Farm: Friday Night
Shirley
October 20 - 10:30 AM Strega Mama Spooky Story Time
October 27 - 3:30 PM Get Your Spooky On Halloween Event
October 31 - Trick or Treating - 6p - 8p
Sterling
Throughout October - 🌽 Davis Mega Maze
October 12 - No-Bake Pumpkin Spice Balls at the Conant Library
October 18 - 4:30 Family Paint Night: Pumpkin Cat and 6:30p Family Paint Night: Pumpkin Cat
October 23 - Sterling's Spookywalk 2023
October 24 - Adult Craft - Fall Leaf Bowls
October 30 - Not-So-Spooky Storytime
October 31 - Not-So-Spooky Storytime
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Townsend
October 5 - 5:00 PM Pumpkin Party!
October 7 - Virtual - Haunted Experiences with Jeff DePaoli: Spooky World with creator David Bertolino
October 14 - Virtual - Haunted Experiences with Jeff DePaoli: Barrett's Haunted Mansion
October 17 - Creatures of The Night
October 24 - Floating Ghost Painting with Julie Harrold
October 31 - Halloween Boo Trick or Treating at the library (6 and under)
October 31 - Trick or Treating
West Boylston
October 10 - Fire Prevention Week Book and Craft
October 12 - Marbleized Pumpkins
October 17 - Zombie Barbie Apocalypse Returns!
October 17 - Pumpkin Decorating
October 18 - Pumpkin Decorating
October 28 - Not-So-Spooky Story Time
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Westminster
October 14 - Fall Fest
October 21 - 8th Westminster Cracker Festival
October 31 - Trick or Treating 5-7p
Explore a little farther:
- Fall Festivals and Events in Worcester & Beyond
- Halloween Events for Families in Worcester & Beyond This October
- Corn Maze Guide in Worcester & Beyond
- Best Places To See Fall Leaves in Central MA: Hikes and Drives
- THT Rep presents The Return of The Edgar Allan Poe Double Header
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Sometimes events get canceled or change due to unforeseen circumstances. Macaroni Kid Leominster-Clinton is not always made aware of these changes. Please contact the venue before heading out, and don't forget to tell them Macaroni Kid sent you!
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