Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Clinton. 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 Clinton.
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★ Top pickSat, Oct 316:00 PM
Eastover Ball Park
★ Top pickSat, Oct 315:00 PM
Walker-Spivey Elementary School
On nowSat, Oct 31Inspirational Grounds, Dunn
Jeeps N Java is going spooky! That’s right Halloween morning we will have Jeeps N Java featuring a Trunk or Treat. Anyone can participate. Open to the public. Come get some great coffee, great treats, candy, and rubber ducks!
On nowSat, Oct 31Smithfield Community Park
Kids can come and collect candy in a fun and safe environment. Interested in being a trunk please reach out.
On nowSat, Oct 31Downtown Fayetteville
🎃 TRUNK OR TREAT 🎃 Saturday, October 31st · 2–6 PM Bring the car. Bring the kids. Bring the whole family. We're taking over three lots this Halloween — the entire parking lot behind the courthouse (permitted and reserved), our lot at Hypermotive, and the
On nowSat, Oct 316181 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville
Open to the Public, EVERYONE Welcome. Kids can wear their costume if they like. We will have bounce houses, food, games & trunk or treat contest.
Games & bounce houses
On nowSat, Oct 31Fit4Life Health Clubs - Fayetteville Hope Mills Rd
🎃 JOIN US FOR TRUNK-OR-TREAT! 🎃 Fit 4 Life Hope Mills is bringing the community together for a fun, family-friendly Halloween celebration! 📅 Saturday, October 31 ⏰ 4:00 PM–7:00 PM 📍 Fit 4 Life Hope Mills 2820 Hope Mills Road, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Bri
On nowSat, Oct 31562 NC 581 Hwy S, Goldsboro
Join us for trunk or treat, games and concessions and pumpkins for sale.
Games & bounce housesFood trucks
On nowSat, Oct 317409 NC-50 S, Benson
Come join us for our Meadow Community Trunk or Treat on October 31st from 5:30-7:30pm! Participants include the Meadow Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, Meadow PTO, Meadow Fire Department, Meadow Market and Trinity Baptist Church! We look forward to see
On nowSat, Oct 31505 Judson Church Rd, Fayetteville
🍂🎃 A little fall fun. A whole lot of community. And an invitation just for YOU! Gather the kids, invite your neighbors, and join us at Judson Baptist Church for an evening filled with God, games, food, costumes, and trunk-or-treat! Whether Judson alread
Games & bounce houses
On nowSat, Oct 31583 Old Grantham Rd, Goldsboro
If you’d like to set up a trunk please message us on Facebook or send an email to mmvfdevents@gmail.com. We hope to see everyone again this year!
On nowSat, Oct 31114 Routledge Rd, Kenansville
A fun and safe place to trick or treat on halloween!
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 
On nowSat, Oct 31Grainger Stadium, Kinston
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On nowSat, Oct 312030 Wilmington Hwy, Jacksonville
Live music
On nowSat, Oct 31Calvary Baptist Church, Wilmington
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On nowSat, Oct 31419 S Salem St, Apex
On nowSat, Oct 31Raeford, North Carolina
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 Clinton run from Oct 31 to Oct 31, 2026: 13 events.
Yes: 13 events are on for Oct 31 – Nov 1, including Spooky Jeeps N Java at Inspirational Grounds, TRUNK OR TREAT at Smithfield Community Park and Trunk or Treat in Downtown Fayetteville. Another 8 events are on nearby.
Yes: 1 of the 13 listed is free, including 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat 2026 | FREE Family Halloween Event at Walker-Spivey Elementary School. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 8 more events are listed within reach of Clinton, in Kinston, Jacksonville, Raleigh and Wilmington and more. The soonest is Touch a Truck for Treats in Kinston, on Sat, Oct 31.
At 13 venues, including Inspirational Grounds, Smithfield Community Park, Downtown Fayetteville and Fit4Life Health Clubs - Fayetteville Hope Mills Rd. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Boo Bash - A family-friendly, faith-filled, FREE community event!! at Eastover Ball Park (Sat, Oct 31), Trunk or Treat @ The Journey (Sat, Oct 31) and 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat 2026 | FREE Family Halloween Event at Walker-Spivey Elementary School (Sat, Oct 31).
Start times run from 9:00 AM to 6:00 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.
