Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Cary. Discover family-friendly Halloween celebrations featuring decorated cars, candy giveaways, costume contests, games, community gatherings, and safe trick-or-treat experiences for children. Whether you're planning a fun family outing or looking for Halloween events near you, explore the top Trunk or Treat events happening across Cary.
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★ Top pickOct 30 – Nov 11:00 PM
Triangle Town Center
On nowSat, Oct 31Mebane American Legion Post 95
*FREE VETERAN APPRECIATION EVENT* Free Breakfast and Lunch Registration is required via Event Brite Link Amazing Speakers: MG Cristina Moore, NC National Guard Korrin Wiggins, Forgiven Sons Pastor Sammy Ballard, Mebane, First Baptist Church
On nowSat, Oct 31506 W Clay St, Mebane
Veteran Appreciation Event featuring inspiring speakers, military leaders; sports leaders; chaplains; and pastors.
Free
On nowSat, Oct 31New Elevation Non-Denominational Church, Raleigh
🚨2026 Trunk or Treat Halloween Edition🍭 Date: October 31 Time: 4pm-7pm Location: 3500 Buffaloe Rd Raleigh, NC 27604 United States Please bring the Family & Friends out and let’s enjoy fellowship! We will have more treats for the family and also for
On nowSat, Oct 31627 Hillsboro St., Oxford
🎃👻 Get ready for a spook-tacular night! 👻🎃 Come join us for Trunk or Treat with FREE hayrides, cotton candy, popcorn & hot dogs! 🍭🌭🍿 📅 October 31st | 4:30–7:00 PM 📍 West Oxford Baptist Church Bring the kiddos, grab your friends, and come have some
HayrideFood trucks
On nowSat, Oct 31Worthdale Park, Raleigh
🎃👻 RALEIGH & SURROUNDING AREAS, LET’S GET SPOOKY! 👻🎃 🚨🧡 ROYAL FLAME STOMPPAS INVITE YOU TO OUR HALLOWEEN TRUNK OR TREAT! 💜🔥 Bring the kids, bring your friends, bring the family! 🧛🏽♀️🍬 Come out for a SAFE, FUN & SPOOKY GOOD TIME with the communi
On nowSat, Oct 31200 W D Street, Butner
Bring your family and friends and join us for our annual Trunk or Treat!!
On nowSat, Oct 31Baptist Grove Church, Raleigh
Bring the fam for a night of fun at Baptist Grove Church! Food, candy, games, face painting, trunks, and DJ! Free and open to the community. Costumes on, candy bags ready. Baptist Grove Church is throwing a
FreeGames & bounce housesLive music
On nowSat, Oct 314109 Guess Rd, Durham
Join us for our annual Trunk or Treat. We will have this rain or shine! Hope to see you!
Everything to decorate your trunk, fill the candy bowl and dress the kids — from monster-mouth kits and string lights to bulk Halloween candy and costumes. Check delivery dates before you order.
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Trunk decoration kitMonster mouth, teeth and googly eyesShop on Amazon 
Orange string lightsBattery-powered, no outlet neededShop on Amazon 
Stretchy cobwebsSpiders included, for every cornerShop on Amazon 
Light-up jack-o'-lanternsLED, safe around kidsShop on Amazon 
Bulk candy variety packIndividually wrapped, enough for a lineShop on Amazon 
Glow-stick braceletsA candy-free treat that lights them upShop on Amazon 
Teal pumpkin bucketNon-food treats for kids with allergiesShop on Amazon 
Jack-o'-lantern bucketThe classic, for collectingShop on Amazon 
Dinosaur costumePlush and hooded, warm for an evening outShop on Amazon 
Cauldron candy bowlFor the front edge of the trunkShop on Amazon 
Witch hatSoft and floppy, for little headsShop on Amazon 
Sun, Nov 12420 Corporation Pkwy, Burlington
Sat, Nov 7676 E Hughes Mill Rd, Prospect Hill
What kids are wearing this year, and how to dress for an evening in a car park.
SuperheroSpider-Man topped the list for kids: 2.3 million of them.
PrincessA classic that never leaves the top five.
WitchThe hat does most of the work. Add a broom for the photos.
GhostOne sheet, two eye holes, done in ten minutes.
Pop-star demon hunterThis year's breakout, thanks to KPop Demon Hunters.DinosaurPlush and hooded: the warmest costume in the car park.Costume rankings: National Retail Federation, 2025 Halloween survey.
Since the 1990s
Churches started it. Parents wanted a Halloween with less gore, fewer strangers and no crossing busy roads in the dark, so congregations parked in a circle, opened their boots and handed out candy from the back. In car-dependent suburbs it simply worked better than a street of houses far apart — and a flat car park suits children with allergies, wheelchairs and strollers too.
Trunk or treat events in Cary run from Oct 30 to Oct 31, 2026: 12 events.
Yes: 12 events are on for Oct 31 – Nov 1, including FOODEES FEST A SPOOKY EVENT IS COMING TO RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA at Triangle Town Center, VETERAN APPRECIATION EVENT & TRUNK OR TREAT⁹ at Mebane American Legion Post 95 and Veteran Appreciation Event 9am-4pm & Classic Car Trunk or Treat Event 5-7pm. Another 1 event is on nearby.
Yes: 2 of the 12 listed are free, including Veteran Appreciation Event 9am-4pm & Classic Car Trunk or Treat Event 5-7pm and Fall Fest & Trunk-or-Treat at Baptist Grove Church. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 2 more events are listed within reach of Cary, in Burlington and Prospect Hill. The soonest is Trunk and Treat in Burlington, on Sun, Nov 1.
At 12 venues, including Triangle Town Center, Mebane American Legion Post 95, New Elevation Non-Denominational Church and Worthdale Park. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are FOODEES FEST A SPOOKY EVENT IS COMING TO RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA at Triangle Town Center (Oct 30 – Nov 1), Boo in the Burg 2026 at Louisburg, North Carolina (Sat, Oct 31) and Hallelujah Night (Sat, Oct 31).
Start times run from 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM. Most begin around dusk, so the decorated trunks are lit when the children arrive, and last two or three hours.
A Halloween event where children go from car to car instead of door to door. Families park in one place — usually a church, school or community car park — open their boots, decorate them, and hand out candy from the back. It began at American churches in the 1990s as a safer, more contained alternative to trick-or-treating, and most now add a costume parade, games or a best-decorated-trunk contest.
Their costume, a treat bucket or bag, and something that glows — a glow stick or a small torch — because most events run after dark. Comfortable shoes help: a big car park is a lot of walking.
Pick a theme and fill the open boot with it. Monster mouths, pumpkin patches, haunted houses, outer space and under the sea are the favourites. Battery string lights matter most, since a car park has no sockets; then a backdrop, cobwebs or props, and a bowl of candy at the front edge.
Many are. Look for a teal pumpkin: it is the sign of a trunk handing out non-food treats such as glow sticks, stickers and small toys, part of the Teal Pumpkin Project for children with food allergies.
