Wilmington Halloween & Things to Do 2026
Your complete guide to the best halloween in Wilmington and surrounding areas
Wilmington spots Halloween 2025 across the Riverwalk and historic downtown, offering eerie celebrations and frightful festivities by the waterfront. Offerings include horror mazes, harvest markets and trick-or-treat trails alongside spooky boat tours and family events.
Find the best Wilmington Halloween happenings this year!
Browse Halloween Near Wilmington by Category
Family-Friendly Fall Activities
Costume contest with scariest and cutest awards
Haunted Experiences
Award-winning, locally researched ghost tour with costumed storytellers.
Food, Drink, and Parties
Live music and $200 cash prize costume contest
Movies, Theater, and Entertainment
Live pipe organ accompaniment to a silent film classic
Unique & Unusual
Free, family-oriented street festival along the Cape Fear River
Editor's Picks
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The Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington
Award-winning, locally researched ghost tour with costumed storytellers.
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Zombie Fest 2025 with The Phantom AD
Live music and $200 cash prize costume contest
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Haunted Battleship North Carolina
Haunted attraction aboard a historic WWII battleship
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Haunted Pub Crawl
Wilmington's dark history and haunted pubs
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Wilmington Riverfest
Free, family-oriented street festival along the Cape Fear River
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Spook or Treat
(Southport)
Costume contest with scariest and cutest awards
Wilmington Halloween Events Map
See every Halloween event, haunted attraction, and pumpkin patch on one map.
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Halloween Road Trips & Weekend Getaways
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