Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Columbia. 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 Columbia.
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★ Top pickSat, Oct 3110:00 AM
The Melting Pot (1410 Colonial Life Blvd W, Ste 130, Columbia, SC)
Sat, Oct 31Butterfly Effects - ABA Therapy for Autism
Sensory-friendly Halloween fun for all! Trunks, games, family photos, non-food treats & activities—participate your way! 🎃 Join Butterfly Effects for a Sensory-Friendly Trunk-or-Treat!<
FreeGames & bounce houses
Sat, Oct 31Lever Farms, Pomaria
Last weekend for the Fall Season! Put on your favorite costume and join us for **Trunk or Treat at Lever Farms!** 🍬🚜 Bring the whole family out for day of fall activities, farm fun, and plenty of Halloween treats! 📅 **Costume Day on the Farm** ⏰ **2:00–
Sat, Oct 313875 Broad St, Sumter
This is a free event!!! Everyone is welcome to join. Decorate your car, bring the kiddos, grab some candy, watch some RC racing. If you are going to participate in the trunk, please arrive early to get set up. Concession with be available for a donati
Sat, Oct 31Capital City Gymnastics, Cayce
Join us for our Trunk or Treat and Open Gym! 11:30am-1:00pm. 11:30-1:00 - Trunk or Treat walk-through and Open Gym! Walk through our parking lot with themed trunks for some special treats, including a
Free
Sat, Oct 31Jamil Shrine Temple, St Andrews
All-U-Can Eat Oyster Roast and Beaufort Stew while supplies last from 3pm to 7pm. Bring the kids to Trunk or Treat from 4pm to 6pm.
Sat, Oct 31Elgin, South Carolina
🎃🍂 GET READY FOR A SPOOKTACULAR EVENING AT THE FORT! 🍂🎃 🚨 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! THIS IS ONE EVENT YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS! 🚨 Fort Clark Baptist Church, Inc. is excited to invite YOU, your family, your friends, and the entire community to our FIRST ANNUAL
Sat, Oct 312250 Pine St
Join us for our annual Hallow Him! Decorated trunks, games, candy and a whole lot of fun. Everyone is welcome.
Trunk contestGames & bounce houses
Sat, Oct 31103 Railroad Ave. NW, Salley
Join us for night of fun!! If you are interested in setting up a table, trunk, food truck, etc., please sign up at Town Hall or send a private message.
Food trucks
Sat, Oct 312668 Highway 1 South Elgin
🍬Put on your costume and join us for an evening of trunk or treating! This is a family friendly and community event. No Registration is required. We will begin handing out candy at 5 pm and will conclude the evening at 6:30 pm. 🍭
Sat, Oct 31South Monmouth Swansea SC
Town of Swansea Trunk or Treat event. If you would like to participate and decorate a vehicle please sign up at Swansea town hall.
Sat, Oct 31209 Blythewood Rd
Safe fun night for kids to enjoy Trunk or Treat Come join us for a fun free community event at 209 Blythewood Rd on <s
Free
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 
Sat, Oct 313406 Surrey Race Rd, Springfield
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 Columbia run from Oct 31 to Oct 31, 2026: 16 events.
Yes: 16 events are on for Oct 30 – Nov 1, including Butterfly Effects - Columbia, SC Sensory Friendly Trunk or Treat at Butterfly Effects - ABA Therapy for Autism, Car show and trunk or treat at The Melting Pot (1410 Colonial Life Blvd W, Ste 130, Columbia, SC) and Fall Fun at the Farm- Last Weekend! at Lever Farms. Another 2 events are on nearby.
Yes: 3 of the 16 listed are free, including Butterfly Effects - Columbia, SC Sensory Friendly Trunk or Treat at Butterfly Effects - ABA Therapy for Autism, Trunk or Treat - Hosted by Capital City Gymnastics and Trunk or treat. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 2 more events are listed within reach of Columbia, in Lancaster and Springfield. The soonest is 🎃Spooktacular👻 in Lancaster, on Sat, Oct 31.
At 16 venues, including Butterfly Effects - ABA Therapy for Autism, The Melting Pot (1410 Colonial Life Blvd W, Ste 130, Columbia, SC), Lever Farms and Capital City Gymnastics. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat in the Square 2026 (Sat, Oct 31), Car show and trunk or treat at The Melting Pot (1410 Colonial Life Blvd W, Ste 130, Columbia, SC) (Sat, Oct 31) and Fall Festival (Sat, Oct 31).
Start times run from 9:00 AM to 7:00 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.
