Carrboro Halloween 2025

What to Expect This Halloween in Carrboro!

Carrboro halloween mixes artsy charm at Carrboro Town Commons with lantern parades, haunted theatre nights, and family fall markets. Local co-ops and parks host pumpkin patches, DIY spooky workshops, and neighborhood trick-or-treat trails.

Find the best Halloween events in Carrboro this year!

Carrboro Halloween Events

Carrboro Family-Friendly Fall Activities (2)

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📍 Hillsborough, NC, US

(12.0 mi from Carrboro)

Orange County Halloween Spooktacular

Classic Halloween activities for all ages.

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

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💰 Budget: FREE

🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

⚡ Energy: Low to medium

Event Description

Get ready for the Orange County Halloween Spooktacular, a festive event packed with classic Halloween fun for all ages. Attendees can look forward to a lively costume contest, creative pumpkin decorating, engaging cakewalks and bingo, and an exciting pumpkin hunt. Inflatables add an extra layer of excitement to this community gathering.

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⭐ Best For: Families and children

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📍 Carrboro, NC, US

(0.1 mi from Carrboro)

Carrboro Pumpkin Decorating/Carving Contest

Community pumpkin decorating and carving contest

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👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻

💰 Budget: FREE

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⚡ Energy: Low

Event Description

Get ready for a creative challenge at the Carrboro Pumpkin Decorating/Carving Contest! This event invites residents to showcase their artistic talents by transforming ordinary pumpkins into festive masterpieces. It's a perfect opportunity for families and individuals to engage in a fun, seasonal activity and celebrate the spirit of fall.

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⭐ Best For: Families, individuals, creative participants

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Near Carrboro

Chapel Hill Halloween Events

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Chapel Hill

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Chapel Hill Haunted History Tour

Explore Chapel Hill's most haunted sites after dark.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 1.1 miles from Carrboro

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Hillsborough

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Haunted Hillsborough Historic Ghost Tours

Verified spooky tales told by a guide who claims to have lived them.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 11.4 miles from Carrboro

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Durham Halloween Events

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Durham

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Durham Official Halloween Bar Crawl

Official Halloween Bar Crawl with costume contest

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 11.1 miles from Carrboro

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Durham

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CenterFest

50th anniversary celebration of Durham's signature fine arts festival.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 11.4 miles from Carrboro

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Morrisville Halloween Events

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Raleigh

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Official Raleigh Halloween Bar Crawl

Raleigh's biggest Halloween bar crawl on Glenwood Ave

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 19.0 miles from Carrboro

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Apex Halloween Events

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Apex

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Goblin's Groove Family Dance

Family dance with music from all decades and spooky hits.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 17.6 miles from Carrboro

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Cary Halloween Events

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Cary

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Pumpkin Flotilla at Bond Park

Carved pumpkins float on the lake at twilight.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 16.7 miles from Carrboro

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Cary

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Zombiepalooza

Family-friendly zombie short films by NC filmmakers

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 18.6 miles from Carrboro

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Holly Springs Halloween Events

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Holly Springs

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Halloweekend at Sugg Farm

Dual Halloween events: Haunted Trail and Family Spooktacular.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 23.7 miles from Carrboro

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Burlington Halloween Events

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Hawfields

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Hawfields Civitan Haunted Forest

North Carolina's longest-running non-profit haunt

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 16.5 miles from Carrboro

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Mebane

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Downtown Mebane Halloween Spooktacular

Downtown trick-or-treating and costume awards

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 16.8 miles from Carrboro

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West Raleigh Halloween Events

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Raleigh

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TreeRunner Raleigh Adventure Park

Over 90 aerial obstacles and 24 zip lines in a forest setting.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 21.2 miles from Carrboro

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A diverse group of five cartoon characters, dressed in festive attire, are gathered around a table outdoors with string lights in the background. The characters include a woman with a crown, a man in a wizard-like hat, a man with a beard, a young girl with pigtails, and a young boy. They are all smiling and appear to be at a celebration or fair.

Raleigh

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Raleigh Little Theatre Shows and Events

Diverse theatrical season with interactive and outdoor performances.

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 24.2 miles from Carrboro

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Raleigh Halloween Events

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Raleigh

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2025 Official Halloween Bar Crawl Raleigh

Raleigh's largest Halloween bar crawl with multiple venues

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 25.4 miles from Carrboro

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Raleigh

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BugFest 2025

Over 100 exhibits and a spotlight on krill

👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

📏 26.0 miles from Carrboro

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Last updated: 10/9/2025