Raleigh Family-Friendly Fall Activities 2026

Annual community festival celebrating the neighborhoods of Five Points.

Family-friendly evening featuring science experiments, Frankentoys, and a costume parade.

Trunk-or-treat with decorated vehicles, food trucks, and a food drive.

Community scarecrow displays competing to win donations for local charities.

Drop-off kids night featuring miniature haunted house crafting and a dance party.

Children's Halloween market with crafts, pumpkin decorating, and a costume parade.

Celebration of local Asian-owned businesses with food, crafts, performances, and mahjong.

Preschool nature program exploring how tiny seeds become giant pumpkins.

Craft custom Halloween candy bags for grades 6 through 12.

Craft mini haunted terrariums using mushrooms and spooky creatures.

Parent-child yoga session featuring mindful movement, balance games, and crafts.

Saturday morning Halloween picture book storytime with author Carrie Williford.

Decorate small pumpkins using provided paints and stencils.

North Carolina's oldest and longest-running corn maze spanning five acres.

Farm park featuring a corn maze, mega slide, and wagon rides.

Festive train ride through the woods featuring spooky Halloween characters and surprises.

Client appreciation gathering with pumpkin picking, warm drinks, and giveaways.

Train ride on the Ellerbe Creek Railway

Carved jack-o’-lanterns set sail across Bond Park Lake at twilight.

Nationwide network of home Halloween displays raising funds for St. Jude.

Includes a medium pumpkin, paints, and brushes to decorate.

Features kids and adult costume contests plus a Pitbull look-alike contest

Dog-friendly festival with costume contests, pet vendors, and live music.

Features center-wide trick-or-treating, costume contests, and live music.

Trick-or-treating, face painting, balloon twisting, and voting on town-decorated pumpkins.

Parent-child Halloween dance featuring music, games, creepy-cute crafts, and treats.

Features an Epic Live show with mascot skits, inflatables, and candy.

Decorated trunks, crafts, games, and a quiet zone for all abilities.

Fall festival with live bluegrass music, games, inflatables, and local vendors.

Food truck trick-or-treating, cosplay showcase, gaming, and bounce houses.

Features food, games, and trunk-or-treating in the parking lot.

Costume evening with games, spooky stories, and fireside s'mores.

Meet and play with Spiderman and Ariel in your Halloween costume.

Drop-off Halloween dance party and fun for kids ages 5–12.

Paint a custom wooden door leaner for your porch using stencils.

Hands-on baking and decorating workshop making themed treats.

A partner painting session where one ticket covers two attendees.

Instructor-guided painting session with music, beer, and wine for purchase.

Halloween celebration with sensory challenges and a pumpkin POP.

Carve pumpkins alongside goats who enjoy the scraps.

Family farm featuring an eight-acre corn maze, hayrides, and outdoor attractions.

European-style village Halloween celebration

Over 180 local makers and 50+ food trucks

Free pet-friendly Halloween festival with costume contests.

Free pumpkin with admission during the Fall Festival.

Community pumpkin decorating and carving contest