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! 2024 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 - events at the Ashburnham Library
Oct 1st-31stAdult Libcrates - Spookybox Part III
October 5 Jack-O-Lantern Door Banner w/ Claudia Ewing
October 7 October Tween/Teen Break-In Bag
October 19 10:30am-12:30pmSpooky Shadow Boxes w/ Julie Harrold
October 21 - November 2 Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt
October 23 4pm-4:45pm Kids Crafternoon: Pumpkin Painting
October 29 11am-11:30amCostume Storytime
October 30 11am-11:30amCostume Storytime
October 31 5pm-7pmBook-or-Treat
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Athol
Scary Story contest at the Athol Public Library! Submissions due at midnight on October 27! (ages 12-18)
October - Athol Cinemas 8 - check the schedule for Halloween Movies like the Nightmare Before Christmas, Monster Summer, Beetlejuice and more! Check ratings to make sure movies are appropriate for your family.
October 29 Teen Movie: Coraline
October 30 3rd Annual Halloween Bash at the Athol Area YMCA
October 30 Haunted Scavenger Hunt
October 31 Trick or Treating
Ayer
October 16 Room on the Broom Storytime with Strega Mama! (Register online)
October 16 Nightmare Before Christmas Storytime with Strega Mama! (Register online)
October 23 Teen Craft: Spell Jars!
October 26 Downtown Trick-or-Treat
October 30 Teen Movie Night: Lisa Frankenstein
October 31
Trick-Or-Treating 6p - 8p
Bolton
October 22 Spooktacular Craft Party for Teens
October 24 Spiderweb Crafternoon
Boylston
October 14 -15 Scarecrow Decorating Contest
October 22 Trick-or-Treat at Town Hall
October 24 2024 Trick-or-Treat at Hillside (for Boylston children 6 and younger)
October 30 TAB Presents: Spooks and Scares (Less Spooky Version)
October 30 TAB Presents: Spooks and Scares (Full Scary Version)
October 31 🍫 Trick or Treating
Clinton
October 20 👩🏼🌾 Scarecrow Contest 2024
October 23 🎃 Pumpkin Carving Workshop 2024
October 26 Ghost N Goblins 5K / Fun Run
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Devens
October 20 Modern Calligraphy and Pumpkin Lettering at SSB Devens
Fitchburg
October 7 - Fall Festival at Hollis Hills Farm
October 13 & 14 Fall Festival 2024
October 16 Story Time at the Farm
October 17 Annual Community Health Resource Fair
October 17 STEAM Activity: Candy DNA
October 18 Take & Make Craft
October 21 STEAM Activity: Owl Pellet Dissection
October 25 Trunk or Treat with LUK, Inc.
October 25 Crafternoon
October 26 Halloween Storytime
October 29 Family Craft Night
October 31 STEAM Activity: Decorate a Witch Hat
October 31 Trick or Treating
Gardner
October 18-19-20 Annunciation Parish & Holy Family Academy Annual Fall Bazaar
October 19 St. Paul's Church Harvest Festival
October 25 Square Two's Downtown Falloween Stroll for Preschoolers
October 25 GEHM Fundraiser Halloween Bingo
October 31 Trick or Treating
Harvard
Events and LIVE music at The Fruitlands, details here.
October 15 Bagels & Books for 5th Graders
October 22 Teen Treats! ~ Grades 6-12
October 24 Twisted Critters for Ages 8 and up
October 29 Bagels & Books for 6th Graders
October 31 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ~ Library closes at 5pm
October 31 Trick or Treating
Hubbardston
October 31 Trick or Treating
Lancaster
October 23 Nature's Real Vampires! (Ages 4+)
October 26 Paranormal Hot Spots
October 27 Halloween on the Green
October 31 Trick or Treating
Leominster
Ongoing October 14 - October 31 - 🙀 Leominster Frights
October 16 - 31 - Leominster Frights
October 18 Teen Halloween Party (Register)
October 19 Halloween Parade
October 19 Friends of the Library Book Sale
October 28 Tiny Tykes Trick-or-Treat!
October 21 Strega Mama Presents Where the Wild Things: The Kate & Bill Holloway Monthly Interactive Story-time!
October 30 Woodland Critters! Registration is Required and Begins October 23rd.
October 31 - 👻 City of Leominster Trick Or Treat 6-8p
Lunenburg
Throughout October - Lanni Orchard Wild Wild West Corn Maze! Tickets available now! (And don't forget Flashlight Night on October 25!)
October 15 Sewing 101- D I Y Halloween Treats Bag
October 17 Teen/Tween Spooky Slime Creation - Registration Encouraged
October 18 Fright Night Screening: Corpse Bride! Register online
October 18 Shrieks & Krieks Haunted House and Hayride
October 19 Haunted Lighthouses of New England Registration Encouraged
October 19 Trunk or Treat at City United
October 20 Fall Fun - Felted Pumpkin
October 20 Halloween Fun - Felted Witches
October 21 Kids Movie Night - Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (Register)
October 22 Felted Mushrooms
October 25 Craft & Chill Night: Coffee Cozies and Cider Registration Required
October 26 Adult Halloween Felting Party
October 27 Kids Monster Mash Party
October 28 Little Listeners Storytime Halloween Parade
October 31 Trick or Treating
Pepperell
October 15 Kids' Craft Night - A Fall Suncatcher
October 23 Leafy Story Time & Craft Time
October 24 Tween Craft Night - A Candy Corn Pillow
October 26 Fright Night 2024 - Trunk or Treat
October 29 Pumpkin Painting for Kids
October 30 (Not So) Spooky Story Time & Craft Time
October 31 Trick or Treating
Princeton
October 17 Full Moon Hike at Wachusett Meadow
October 19-20 Applefest I
October 20 Sunday Morning Bird Walks
October 23 Preschool Story & Nature Hour - Pumpkins
October 26-27 Applefest II
October 27 Sunday Morning Bird Walks
October 31 - Trick or Treating
Shirley
October 13 Shirley Pumpkin Fest (Sterling Street Brewery)
October 31 Trick or Treating - 6p - 8p
Sterling
Throughout October - 🌽 Davis Mega Maze
October 28 - 30 Scavenger Hunt!
October 15 Stuffed Supper Register Online
October 21 Sterling's Spookywalk 2024
October 23 Zentangle Pumpkins for Tweens and Teens Register
October 24 Graphic Novel Book Club: Ghost Book Register
October 28 Preschool Not So Spooky Storytime and Parade Register
October 29 Toddler Not So Spooky Storytime and Parade Register
October 30 Kid's Halloween No-Bake Register
October 31 Not So Spooky Art Time Register
October 31 Trick or Treating
Townsend
October 31 - Trick or Treating
West Boylston
October 15 Annual Friends Event: Crime Lab Case Files with Paul Zambella
October 16 Rice Krispies Mash Up
October 22 Family Pumpkin Decorating
Ocotber 22 Candle Making: Halloween-Themed Candles (adults)
October 24 Pumpkin STEM Activity Day
October 29 Vincent Van Ghosts
October 30 Not-So-Scary Story Time
October 31 Trick or Treating
Westminster
October 19 Westminster Cracker Festival
October 31 Westminster Halloween Celebration
October 31 Westminster Trunk-or-Treat
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
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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