Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Hartford. 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 Hartford.
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Butterfly Effects
Thu, Oct 29100 Warren Circle, Storrs Mansfield
Get ready for a spooktacular community celebration at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehab! 👻🎃 Join us on Thursday, October 29th, for a FREE community Trunk or Treat event filled with Halloween fun, festive decorations, and plenty of sweet memories! 🍬
Thu, Oct 2961 Cooper Street, Agawam
Join Agwam Campus Rehab & Nursing for our annual trunk or treat on Thursday October 29, 2026 at 4 PM until 6 PM. Please consider donating candy or decorating your trunk for the evening and handing out candy.
Thu, Oct 29328 N Main St, East Longmeadow
Join ELRD, Council on Aging, and the EL Rotary Club for a "Not So Scary" good time with our annual Trunk or Treat & Haunted House! Date: Thursday, October 30 Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Location: Pleasant View Senior Center | 328 North Main St, Eas
Thu, Oct 29516 Carew Street, Springfield
Mark your calendars - Trunk or Treat is back! 🎃 Join us at Shriners Children's New England on Thursday, October 29, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a night of creative costumes, decorated trunks, and festive fun! 👻🍬 🌧️ Rain date: October 30
Trunk contest
Thu, Oct 2923 Fair St, Bristol
🎃 Our Trunk or Treat has been rescheduled! 👻 Join us at Village Green on Thursday, October 29th, from 5 PM to 7 PM for a spooktacular evening of candy, hot apple cider, and music. 🍬🍎🎶 Come dressed to impress and enter our costume contest for a chance to
Costume contest
Thu, Oct 29461 Wells Rd, Wethersfield
**Event is for EW families only** Join us for a fun evening of trick-or-treating, decorated cars and Halloween Fun in the Emerson-Williams parking lot! Car setup begins at 5pm for families participating with a decorated vehicle. If you can, candy donati
Trunk contest
Thu, Oct 29St Anthony's Cedar's Banquet Hall, Springfield
Come Join Knights of Columbus Home City Council #63 for our 2nd annual Trunk or Treat. We are looking for Additional Trunk participants who would like to join us in our trunk or treat. We will have games set up also for some extra fun. Corn hole, B
Games & bounce houses
Thu, Oct 2990 Carando Drive, Springfield
We’re excited to invite your family to join us for a spooktacular time at our trunk-or-treat! 👻 Your child can enjoy Halloween at their own pace with sensory-friendly activities, fa-boo-lous goodies, and, of course, candy! This event takes place in a sa
Thu, Oct 29W-Lot, Storrs Mansfield
Join us for a spooktacular evening of family fun at Trunk or Treat with the Greeks! Bring the kids, wear your favorite Halloween costume, and enjoy a night of trick-or-treating with UConn’s fraternity and sorority community! 📅 Thursday, October 29, 2026
Thu, Oct 29470 Murdock Ave, Meriden
We welcome Fairy Tales students and their families to join us on October 29th 6:30pm to 8:00pm for our annual Tales Trunk or Treat event. Bring your children in costumes! Halloween decorated cars filled with candy will be in our parking lot, ready to offe
Trunk contest
Fri, Oct 30The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Manchester
Ward Trunk or treat party Ward Trunk or treat party
Free
Fri, Oct 30LIFT Performance, Southington
Free trunk or treat for Southington and Plantsville families. Decorated trunks, candy, and a spooky walkthrough at LIFT Performance. Bring the kids and their costumes for a safe, free night of trick-or-trea
FreeTrunk contest
Fri, Oct 30393 E State St, Granby
Join us for our annual Trunk or Treat with the Granby Police and Fire Departments!
Fri, Oct 301069 Farmington Ave, Bristol
🎃👻 TRUNK OR TREAT IS COMING TO TOYOTA OF BRISTOL! 🚗🍬 Get ready for a spooktacular evening of family fun! 🧡🖤 Bring the whole family, dress up in your favorite Halloween costume, and join us for an evening full of treats, smiles, and Halloween excitement!
Fri, Oct 30410 middle turnpike w Manchester CT
MHD Suites invites you to our Community Trunk or Treat! 🎃🍬 A safe, fun opportunity to bring children, local businesses and our community together for an evening of Halloween fun. 📅 Friday, October 30th | 5–7 PM 📍 Parkade Plaza 410 Middle Turnpike W, Man
Fri, Oct 3011 Pine St, Hamden
Join us for our Annual Trunk or Treat event. A safe and fun event with our community.
Fri, Oct 30Clinton Premium Outlets
� TRUNK OR TREAT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! Get ready for an evening of spooktacular family fun! Date: Friday, October 30th Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Location: Clinton Outlets Want to join in on the fun by decorating a trunk and passing out goodies
Fri, Oct 307 Research Parkway, Wallingford
Join us for a fun-filled Fall Festival & Trunk-or-Treat at The Nest Schools! 🎃 Trunk-or-Treat with our staff 🍬 Collect treats from creatively decorated vehicles 🎯 Fall-themed games and activities 🍁 Seasonal fun for children and families 🍿 Refre
Games & bounce houses
Fri, Oct 30Olympic Circle, Stafford Springs, CT
Trunk or Treat Update Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough trunks signed up to move forward with our Bulldogs Trunk or Treat on Friday, October 30, so the event has been cancelled. Thank you to the families who signed up and offered to decorate a trunk!
Fri, Oct 3091 Claudia's Way, Ludlow
A Ludlow town favorite, the Rag Shag Parade & Trunk or Treat is here! This free community event is starts with a parade from Ludlow's Town Hall that walks to the Ludlow Community Center/Randall Boys & Girls Club. After the parade is Trunk or Treat
Fri, Oct 30170 Otrobando Ave, Norwich
🎃👻 COME JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT! 👻🎃 Get ready for a night of family fun, candy, music, and community spirit! 🍬🧡 Bring the kids out to trick-or-treat through tons of fun and creatively decorated trunks from our amazing community! 🎶 Music 🍫
Trunk contest
Fri, Oct 302 Chapel Street, Wallingford
2 Chapel Street Unit 5 in Wallingford Connecticut. Come and enjoy a night out on Friday October 30th from 6pm-8pm at Zima Academy of Dance for a Trunk or Treat, Nee-doh, Dancing Event. Our goal is to reach 15 cars! All proceeds made will go directly to le
Fri, Oct 30224 Lovely St, Avon
Time to get ready for some spooktacular fun at our annual St. Matthew Trunk or Treat event on Friday, October 30th from 6:00 to 7:00 pm! Bring your little ghouls, ghosts, and goblins, for an evening of candy, costumes, and community. All are welcome—invit
Fri, Oct 30590 W Avon Rd
Hey, Farmington Valley! Get ready for an evening of fall fun, games, and food at our Trunk Or Treat Extravaganza! Kids in preK-Grade 6 and their families are encouraged to come dressed in family-friendly costumes to enjoy Trunk-or-Treat, carnival games, a
Games & bounce houses
Fri, Oct 30Wilson-Gray YMCA
🎃👻 Get your costumes ready for Spook n’ Stroll—a Halloween celebration! Join us Friday, October 30, for an evening of candy, community, and fun! 🍬 6:00 PM | Trunk-or-Treat Wilson-Gray YMCA • 444 Albany Avenue 👻 7:00 PM | Spook n’ Stroll Walk with us fro
Fri, Oct 30Preston Veterans' Memorial School
Get ready for a fun-filled evening of costumes, candy, and community at our annual Trunk or Treat event! Families are invited to join us for a safe and festive way to celebrate Halloween. Walk from trunk to trunk to collect treats, go on the hayride, and
Hayride
Fri, Oct 30395 Willard Avenue, Newington
Join us for a spooky-fun Trunk Or Treat Bubbles Boo Bash – not so scary, just lots of treats and laughs! Join the Trunk Or Treat Bubbles not so scary Boo Bash! Get ready for a super
Free
Fri, Oct 301217 State St, Springfield
Join us for our annual TRUNK-OR-TREAT spooktacular! Put on your best costumes and wear your scariest masks to grab as much candy as you can! Don't live in Springfield? No problem! Our Chicopee location will be holding their trunk or treat simultaneously!
Costume contest
Fri, Oct 30Pond Hill Baptist Church, North Haven
🎃 Join us this Halloween season for a safe, family-fun event! Pile into the car and bring the whole family for our drive-thru Trunk-or-Treat. As you make your way through our decorated parking lot, you’ll be greeted by friendly faces, creative costumes,
Fri, Oct 30North Haven, Connecticut
�� CORE RYDAZ SC HAS SOME AMAZING EVENTS COMING UP! � Whether you’re looking for something for the kids, want to support a good cause, or just need a night out, we got a little something for everybody! � � 10/16 – Core Dollz Orientation � 10/30 – Nigh
Sat, Oct 31202 S Main St, Broad Brook
TRUNK OR TREAT AT CAR CITY! Join us Saturday, October 31st for our Trunk or Treat. Stop by with the family, check out the decorated trunks and grab some candy. 📍Car City 202 South Main Street East Windsor, CT 06088 We look forward to seeing some famil
Trunk contest
Sat, Oct 31Plumtree Church, Springfield
Join us at Plumtree Church for a fun-filled family friendly Trunk or Treat afternoon with candy, games, and fall vibes! 🎃 Join Us for the 1st Annual Plumtree Church Trunk or Treat!
FreeGames & bounce houses
Sat, Oct 31Grace United Methodist Church, Southington
If you have come to our previous event then you know how much fun this is! There will be free snacks and hot chocolate. Free (take home) crafts for the kiddos to do. Free mini pumpkin decorating (while supplies last)
Sat, Oct 31152-162 Town Farm Road, Farmington
Join us for a fun-filled fall afternoon featuring an exciting arena polo match, trunk-or-treat, pumpkin decorating, food trucks, a dog costume contest, and so much more! Costumes are encouraged, so bring the whole family and come ready for an afternoon of
Costume contestFood trucks
Sat, Oct 31Jubilee Family Outreach Center, West Springfield
Join us for an afternoon of games, prizes, raffles, and candy! Trunk or Treat When: October 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM (Eastern Time) Where:</str
FreeGames & bounce houses
Sat, Oct 31291 N Bride Brook Road East Lyme
HALLOWEEN 🎃 is coming!!! Come in your costume and Trunk or Treat at our farm. This is no cost to participate in this family event.
Sat, Oct 31New Haven, Connecticut
📣🔥 ¡VENDE, PROMOCIONA Y DATE A CONOCER! 🔥📣 ¿Tienes un pequeño negocio, emprendimiento, productos o servicios? 👀💰 ¡Esta oportunidad es para ti! 🙌🏽 🎃👻 Únete como VENDOR O PROMOCIONA TU ORGANIZACIÓN en nuestro evento de Halloween y ven a compartir tu negoc
Sat, Oct 31The First Cathedral, Bloomfield
PARKING LOT ONLY!! Join Mavens & Queen Esther for a fun, safe, and exciting afternoon of Trunk or Treat! Bring the whole family dressed in your favorite costumes to explore creatively decorated car trunks, collect free candy and treats, snap fun pho
Trunk contest
Sat, Oct 31Unity Plaza
🎃 Calling All Brothers Presents: Trunk or Treat 2026! 🍬 Save the date and bring the entire family out for an afternoon of Halloween fun, community, music and plenty of candy! 📅 Saturday, October 31, 2026 ⏰ 2:00 PM–5:00 PM 📍 Unity Plaza 265 Barbour Stree
Sat, Oct 31T & Ls Pre Owned Furniture & Antiques, Springfield
🎃👻 Diamond Design Nail Lounge Presents: Halloween Trunk or Treat! 👻🎃 We’re so excited to host a fun, family-friendly Trunk or Treat this year, and we want YOU to join us! 📅 Date: Sunday, October 26th 🕒 Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM 📍 Location: 259 Page Blvd,
Sat, Oct 3150 Broadway St, Chicopee
🍂 Join us for our Fall Festival on October 31 from 4–6 PM! 🍂 Bring the whole family for a safe, fun, and FREE afternoon featuring: 🎃 Trunk or Treat 🌭 Hot dogs 🍿 Popcorn 🏰 Bounce houses 🚒 A fire engine from the Chicopee Fire Department 🏒 A special visit
Games & bounce housesFood trucks
Sat, Oct 31Market Sq, Newington, CT 06111, United States
Get ready for a fun, safe evening for the whole family! LifeWay Church invites you to our free Annual Trunk ’R Treat inside Market Square from 5 to 7 PM. Bring the kids to enjoy plenty of candy, hot chocolate, and hot dogs. Everyone is welcome. We hope to
Food trucks
Sat, Oct 31180 Park Ave, Windsor
A safe place for children of all ages. (no scary costumes please) FREE: Dinner—Hot Dogs and chips, Bounce House, Trunk & Treat plus Candy, Lots of Candy! Open to the Public Fire truck will be there as well! Trinity Church Pa
Games & bounce housesFood trucks
Sat, Oct 31488 New London Turnpike, Norwich
The East Great Plain Volunteer Fire Company is hosting our Haunted Fire House and Trunk or Treat this Halloween, and everyone’s invited! Come walk through the haunted fire house and trick-or-treat from trunk to trunk. It’s free and open to the public, so
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 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 Hartford run from Oct 29 to Oct 31, 2026: 47 events.
Yes: 37 events are on for Oct 30 – Nov 1, including Glastonbury Trunk or Treat at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Trunk or Treat on Canal: Free Family Halloween Event in Plantsville at LIFT Performance and Trunk or Treat!. Another 3 events are on nearby.
Yes: 7 of the 47 listed are free, including Glastonbury Trunk or Treat at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Trunk or Treat on Canal: Free Family Halloween Event in Plantsville at LIFT Performance and Butterfly Effects - Feeding Hills | Sensory Friendly Trunk or Treat. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 3 more events are listed within reach of Hartford, in Smithfield, Worcester and Westerly. The soonest is OCRS 1st Annual Pumpkin Palooza in Smithfield, on Sat, Oct 31.
At 47 venues, including St Anthony's Cedar's Banquet Hall, W-Lot, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and LIFT Performance. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Lebanon Trunk or Treat 2026 at Lebanon County Fair Grounds (Fri, Oct 30), Butterfly Effects - Feeding Hills | Sensory Friendly Trunk or Treat (Fri, Oct 30) and Free Trunk or Treat Event at Bliss Pottery House (Sat, Oct 31).
Start times run from 10:00 AM to 9:00 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.
