City of Bethlehem 104th Annual Halloween Parade
Annual 1.5-mile community parade along West Broad and Main Streets.
11 unique & unusual Halloween events in Easton and nearby.
For those seeking local Halloween festivities, the City of Bethlehem's Annual Halloween Parade stands as a major draw, celebrated for over a century. If you're considering a scenic drive, the Fall Foliage Train Ride from New Hope offers a different kind of autumn experience.
Beyond these prominent events, Easton and surrounding areas present numerous other Halloween-themed happenings. These range from family-friendly costume parades and community craft events to more adult-oriented ghost tours and themed workshops, providing diverse ways to celebrate the season.
Spooky family crafts, character meet-and-greets, scavenger hunts, and weekend trick-or-treating.
Costume-friendly pub crawl through local bars featuring an after-party with DJ.
Two haunted house attractions inside an abandoned 200-year-old Victorian hotel.
Halloween music performed by a string quartet under flameless candlelight.
See all the unique and unusual Halloween events in one place.
Community events run on volunteers, and signing up transforms the season: host a trunk at a trunk-or-treat, judge a costume contest, staff a festival craft table, or join a parade group. Sign-ups post in September through schools, libraries, and neighborhood groups, and shifts are usually two or three hours, leaving time to enjoy the event. Volunteering is also the best free ticket in town.
Ghost tours are night walking tours, so dress for 60-90 minutes outdoors in October: real walking shoes for cobblestones and uneven sidewalks, a warm layer you'd want an hour after sunset, and rain gear when the sky is ambiguous, since most tours run in drizzle. Skip the flip-flops and the costume; hands-free is best for the dark stretches between stops.
Stack by energy curve: daytime farm or market while everyone's fresh, a late-afternoon rest and food stop, then the evening event, tour, show, or haunt, as the finale. Keep drive legs under 30 minutes between stops, book only the evening portion as a timed ticket so the day can flex, and end the night close to home, not across town.