Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Forked River. 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 Forked River.
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★ Top pickSat, Oct 3110:30 AM
500 Pemberton Browns Mills Rd
Thu, Oct 22100 N County Line Rd, Jackson
🎃👻 Get ready for a SPOOKTACULAR evening at The Orchards! The Orchards Assisted Living and co-host Bartley Healthcare are bringing the community together for a Trunk or Treat, and everyone is invited! 📅 Thursday, October 22, 2026 ⏰ 4–6 PM 🌧 Rain date: Th
Thu, Oct 22Soldier Memorial Park, Howell
JOIN US FOR TRUNK OR TREAT 2026! Presented by Howell PAL, Howell Police Department, and Howell PBA Come join us for a spooky evening of family fun at Soldier Memorial Park on October 22nd! INTERESTED VENDORS PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM:
Oct 23–25218 South Frankfurt Avenue, Egg Harbor City3 days
The Halloween fun continues! 🎃 Join us for our Second Halloween Weekend, packed with more costumes, decorations, and festive fall fun throughout the campground. Enjoy another round of spooky-season favorites, trick-or-treating, and cozy autumn vibes as w
Fri, Oct 23The Learning Experience- Howell
Get ready for spooky fun and sweet treats at Bubble's Spooktacular Trunk or Treat! 🎃👻 Bubble’s Spooktacular Trunk or Treat 👻🎃 Friday, October 23rd | 4
Free
Fri, Oct 23839 Atlantic City Blvd, Berkeley Township
Join us for a fun-filled Trunk or Treat with decorated trunks, treats, games, and Halloween fun for the whole family! 🎃 TLE Berkeley Trunk or Treat 2026! 🍬 Get ready for an evening full of <stro
FreeTrunk contestGames & bounce houses
Fri, Oct 23The Learning Experience - Eatontown
Join Bubble's for an in-person trunk-or-treat full of spooky Halloween fun! Bubble's Spooktacular Trunk or Treat! Come join us in person for Bubble's Spooktacul
Free
Fri, Oct 23111 Drum Point Rd, Brick
Join us for our second annual Trunk or Treat Halloween Party! We will have games, crafts, costume contests, and more inside with trunk or treat outside! We hope to see you there :)
Costume contestGames & bounce houses
Fri, Oct 23Eden-Stanley American Legion Post 294, Pemberton
✨ Food • Music • 50/50 Raffle • Costume Contest ✨ 🎸 Live music by Alex Chernick Acoustic 1! 🕗 Costume Contest judging will take place between 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. 🏆 Prizes awarded for Best Single Costume and Best Couple Costume! 🍬 Help us support Post 294
Costume contestLive music
Sat, Oct 24Lacey Township Skate Park, Lanoka Harbor
Bringing our skate community together in a deadly way! 🤙🏼👻 Good Music Good Vibes Food Trucks Local Vendors Trunk or Treat (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM) 🧩 Shred the Spectrum Raffle & 50/50 This year’s proceeds will benefit the Eagles Autism Foundation. Want
Food trucks
Sat, Oct 24Brigantine Elks Lodge #2428
Brigantine Elks Lodge #2428 is hosting a community Truck or Treat in our parking lot (corner of Bayshore & West Shore) on Saturday, October 24, from 12pm-2pm. Bring your little ghosts & goblins, dressed up in their halloween costumes for a fun,
Sat, Oct 24400 Doc Cramer Boulevard, Manahawkin
🎃👻 **GET READY TO TRUNK OR TREAT, KNIGHTS!** 👻🎃 The **SMA 8th Grade Class** is bringing the Halloween fun to the parking lot with **SMA’s Trunk or Treat!** 🍬🚗🎃 📅 **Saturday, October 24th** ⏰ **12:00–2:00 PM** 💰 **$5 per child** 🍭 **Trunks of Candy + FUN
Sat, Oct 24Main Street Alliance Church, Manahawkin
🍂Fall Fest: 🎃Trunk or Treat is coming to Main Street! Join us Saturday, October 24th from 1–3 PM for an afternoon of family fun, creative trunks, treats and plenty of smiles! 🍂 For just $10 per family, your family can enjoy the festivities while helpin
Sat, Oct 24415 Washington St, Toms River
Dear Toms River Area Families! Join us for this FREE and FUN event for all! There will be Costumes, Treats, Games, Music, Crafts & More! See image for more information. No rain date. Dear Toms River Area Business Owner! Promote your business at o
Games & bounce houses
Sat, Oct 24713 North Long Beach Blvd., Manahawkin
Surf City’s 12th Annual Trunk or Treat is back! 👻 🎃 Join us on Saturday, October 24th, 2026 from 5pm-7pm at the Surf City Volunteer Firehouse for an evening of Halloween fun! There will be candy, ice cream, balloon twisters, and more. The event entranc
Sat, Oct 24143 Main Street, Port Republic
Join us for Port Republic’s Annual Fall Fest! 🍂🎃 Bring the family out for an evening of fall fun throughout Port Republic, followed by an outdoor showing of Disney’s Tangled under the stars! ✨🏮 🍁 Starting at 5:00 PM • Hay Rides & Bake Sale at Port C
HayrideFood trucks
Sat, Oct 24137 Pomona Ave., Port Republic
🎃🍂 Calling all families, friends, and local businesses! 🍂🎃 Come join us at the Port Republic Fall Fest as a Trunk or Treat volunteer! This special event is a wonderful night for our community — and especially for our children. This is the perfect opport
Sun, Oct 251 Schlechtweg Way, Freehold
🎃👻 Get Ready for a Morning of Spooky Fun! 👻🎃 Join us for our Annual Trunk or Treat! 🍬🕸️ Get ready for a frightfully fun morning filled with sweet treats, a soft play area, amazing vendors, delicious food trucks, a car seat safety check hosted by Monmouth
Food trucks
Sun, Oct 25701 Main Street, Bradley Beach
Don't miss out on a day full of fun celebrating Halloween in Bradley Beach! Sunday, October 25th! Festivities start at 1 pm with Trunk or Treat in the Municipal parking lot. There will be face painting, music and a ton of candy! We are still looking for
Games & bounce houses
Sun, Oct 25319 E Main St, Tuckerton
🎃 Join us for a spooktacular time at Southern Ocean Animal Hospital for our second annual Trunk or Treat event! Bring your family and friends for an evening filled with Halloween fun, treats, and activities for all ages. 📅 Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026
Sun, Oct 251595 NJ-88, Brick Township
Join us for a fun-filled Community Trunk-or-Treat at Living Faith Bible Church filled with candy, games, music, smores station, and more!
FreeGames & bounce houses
Sun, Oct 252040 Rt. 33, Neptune
Trunk or Treat! Dress up as your favorite characters and join us in a night full of fun and dancing! You get to be the judge of the trunks and see who wins for the most scary or creative trunk! DJ Jay Danceman will be the DJ of this event!!!
Live music
Thu, Oct 29705 East Moss Mill Road, Leeds Point
🎃 It’s back and bigger than ever! Our Indoor Table Trunk-or-Treat was a huge hit last year, and we can’t wait to do it again! Want to join the fun? Decorate a table, hand out treats, and help make Halloween extra special for our residents and community.
Fri, Oct 30178 N County Line Rd, Jackson Township
Get ready for a spooky-good time with treats, tricks, and trunkloads of fun at Bubbles' Treat Street Trunk-or-Treat!
Free
Fri, Oct 30126 Brindletown Rd New Egypt
Plumsted Township is expanding Halloween celebrations beyond Main Street! New Egypt’s annual Main Street trick-or-treating will take place from 3:00–5:00 PM on October 30, with a community Trunk or Treat at Plumsted Recreation Fields from 4:00–6:30 PM. Th
Fri, Oct 30160 S Main St, Ocean Grove
Join Us For A Fun-Filled Evening Of Halloween Treats, Music, Crafts, and Trunk Or Treating! Make sure to wear your costumes!
2 dates · from Oct 30The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Medford
Trunk or treat and Chili cookoff
Sat, Oct 31SOS Freehold
Join our Freehold families & staff for a fun afternoon of treats, costumes, activities and more! Bring your child, this is sensory friendly! Celebrate Halloween with us at the Grand Opening of Success o
Free
Sat, Oct 31714 Herbertsville Rd, Brick
St. Paul’s Trunk or Treat Saturday October 31st,12:00pm-2:00pm Have the kiddos come in their costumes and see all our great and festive trunks! We will have a contest for you to vote on which trunk you like best! We will also have a special Pumpkin Chucki
Sat, Oct 31295 Meany Rd., Wrightstown
🎃👻 TRUNK OR TREAT IS COMING! 👻🎃 Bring the whole family for a night of CANDY 🍬 • GAMES 🎮 • LASER TAG 🔫 • and Halloween fun! Decorate your trunk Bring your costumes Battle it out in laser tag Grab plenty of candy 👨👩👧👦 FUN FOR ALL AGES! Come for the ca
Games & bounce houses
Sat, Oct 31McDonald's (Neptune City, NJ)
✨ Neptune, are you ready for a SPOOKTACULAR celebration?! 🎉 The Gillis Organization is bringing back one of our favorite community traditions—our 12th Annual McDonald's TRUNK OR TREAT! 🚗🍭 We're celebrating 12 incredible years of candy, costumes, communi
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 
Fri, Oct 30Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall, Atlantic City
$10.88 – $49.08
Sat, Oct 31Liberty Belle, Pier 36 NYC, New York
$30
Oct 31 – Nov 1Bkloft26, Brooklyn2 days
$12.51 – $535.38Costume contest
Oct 31 – Nov 1The Loft at Dramma Nightclub, New York2 days
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 Forked River run from Oct 22 to Oct 31, 2026: 33 events. The busiest weekend is Oct 23 – Oct 25, with 22 events.
Yes: 20 events are on for Oct 23 – Oct 25, including Second Halloween Weekend, Monster Mania 2026 and Bubble's Spooktacular Trunk or Treat! at The Learning Experience- Howell. Another 1 event is on nearby.
Yes: 8 of the 33 listed are free, including Bubble's Spooktacular Trunk or Treat! at The Learning Experience- Howell, Bubbles Trunk or Treat and Bubble's Spooktacular Trunk or Treat! at The Learning Experience - Eatontown. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 8 more events are listed within reach of Forked River, in Riverside, Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York and more. The soonest is Riverside Police Fall Festival & Night Market in Riverside, on Sat, Oct 24.
At 33 venues, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2 dates), Soldier Memorial Park, The Learning Experience- Howell and The Learning Experience - Eatontown. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Monster Mania 2026 (Fri, Oct 23), Pemberton Township Community Wide Trunk or Treat (Sat, Oct 31) and Ocean County College's 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat! (Wed, Oct 28).
Start times run from 10:00 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.
