Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Fort Smith. 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 Fort Smith.
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Sat, Oct 24800 N 49th St
Join us around the UAFS campus center for a Trunk or Treat, carnival games, food trucks, and a student-run Haunted House! This event is free to all students and community members!
Games & bounce housesFood trucks
Sun, Oct 258400 Massard Rd, Barling
Bring the whole family, invite your friends, and come enjoy a fun evening together! There’s something for everyone, and we can’t wait to see you there!
Sun, Oct 251922 Dodson Ave
🎃 Goddard Candy Crawl 🍬 Join us for an evening of trunk-or-treating, candy, games, and prizes! 📅 Sunday, October 25 ⏰ 5:00–6:30 p.m. 📍 Goddard United Methodist Church Put on your costume, bring your candy bucket, and invite your friends and neighbors.
Games & bounce houses
Wed, Oct 282710 Massard Rd
Join us on Wednesday, October 28 at 6:00 PM for Fall Fest—a fun-filled evening for the whole family! Come dressed up in your favorite costume and enjoy Trunk or Treat, delicious food, live music, games, plenty of candy, and so much more! There will be so
Games & bounce housesLive music
2 dates · from Oct 28The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sallisaw
Annual Chili Cookoff and Trunk or Treat We Welcome the Fall Season with the Annual Chili CookOff. Bring your 🧡Favorite Chili Sides and if you Dare Bring that Family Secret 🌶️Chili to share. <
Free
Thu, Oct 291001 Towson Ave
We're partnering with Encompass Health & Rehab and numerous community partners to host a family-friendly trunk or treat in our Northwest Employee Parking Lot on the corner of Towson and G Streets. The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. and lasts until the treats
Thu, Oct 297600 Dallas Street
We are excited to host this event and are hoping for better weather this year. This form is intended to collect contact information from those interested in hosting a trunk. Please note: All trunk hosts are responsible for providing their own candy, deco
Sat, Oct 316304 South 36th Street
Get ready for HARLEY-WEEN at Fort Smith Harley-Davidson! Join us Saturday, October 31st from 12–6 PM for our Car & Bike Show + Trunk or Treat, featuring live music, vendors, and plenty of Halloween fun. NO ENTRY FEE! Our Swap Meet will also be happe
Live music
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 30Anthis-Brennan Sports Complex, Tahlequah
Fri, Oct 30707 E Huntsville Rd, Fayetteville
Fri, Oct 30Kathleen Johnson Memorial Park 425 Bellview St Lowell, AR, United States, Arkansas 72745
Sat, Oct 31Spiro Main Street
Sat, Oct 31Elkins Arkansas Sports Complex
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 Fort Smith run from Oct 24 to Oct 31, 2026: 11 events. The busiest weekend is Oct 30 – Nov 1, with 9 events.
Yes: 3 events are on for Oct 23 – Oct 25, including Haunted University, Trunk or Treat and Goddard Candy Crawl.
Yes: 1 of the 11 listed is free, including Annual Chili Cookoff and Trunk or Treat at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 6 more events are listed within reach of Fort Smith, in Tahlequah, Fayetteville, Lowell and Spiro and more. The soonest is 6th Annual Trunk or Treat - City of Tahlequah in Tahlequah, on Fri, Oct 30.
At 11 venues, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2 dates), Mulberry, Arkansas and Central Mall. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Fort Smith PPC Presents: Cars & Candy Trunk or Treat 2026 at Central Mall (Sat, Oct 31), VBHR Annual Trunk or Treat (Fri, Oct 30) and Boo's Cruise Trunk or Treat Plus Burn Out Contest at Mulberry, Arkansas (Sat, Oct 31).
Start times run from 12:00 PM 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.
