Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Kilgore. 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 Kilgore.
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On nowThu, Oct 29Evergreen Coffee & Dessert, Longview
🎃👻TRUNK OR TREAT!!💀🎃 Join us Thursday, October 29th from 5-7 PM for a FREE, family friendly Trunk or Treat! 🍭 Bring the kids, dress up in your Halloween costume, and enjoy candy and games from several local businesses! 🧡🖤
Games & bounce houses
On nowThu, Oct 297200 Paluxy Drive, Tyler
🎃👻 Join us for a spooktacular night of fun, candy, and community at Cumberland Academy’s Trunk or Treat! Bring the family, wear your favorite costume, and enjoy an evening of Halloween fun with our Cumberland Academy family. 🍬🦇✨
Fri, Oct 306611 S Broadway Ave, Tyler
Come by Great Harvest S Broadway to trick or treat on 10/30. Wear your costume & bring the family! Mikoto Presents Trunk or Treat — Family-Friendly Halloween Fun with Great Harvest. Hours on Friday, October 30: • Great Harvest: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM •
Fri, Oct 30Bluebonnet Point Wellness, Bullard
🍂 Join us for Fall Fest at Bluebonnet Point Wellness! 🍂 We’re excited to welcome our community for an evening of fall fun, family activities, and wonderful memories! Bring your family, invite your friends, and come enjoy a fun-filled event with something
Food trucks
Fri, Oct 30402 N. 7th St, Longview
Get your costumes ready for our FREE family friendly Trunk-or-Treat event 🎃 Join us Friday, Oct. 30, 5-7:30 p.m. for lots of candy, games and more at Woman & Child Health Center of Longview, 402 N. 7th St., Longview. See you there!
Games & bounce houses
Fri, Oct 30211 Philip Street, Jacksonville
Get ready for a Boo Bash at Countryside Senior Living of Jacksonville — our October family night with a Halloween twist! Residents and families will pass out candy to Jacksonville’s kiddos, with nachos, snow cones, trunk-or-treat, and booths from local h
Fri, Oct 30Greggton Global Methodist Church, Longview
Come out for our 1st annual Trunk or Treat! All are welcome at Greggton 💜✝️
Sat, Oct 31Circle M Crawfish - Big Sandy, TX
🎃 Candy, Crafts & Costumes – Halloween Local Vendor Market 🎃 Join us for a spooktacular day of shopping, treats, and family fun on Saturday, October 31st, 2026 at Circle M Crawfish in Big Sandy, Texas! 👻 🛍️ Local Vendor Market: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 31405 W Main St, Whitehouse
Join us for our annual Fall Festival/Trunk-R-Treat. We look forward to seeing you there! Here is the Vendor/Clubs/Organization sign up form link:
Sat, Oct 31Yates Park, Henderson
trunk or treat donat candy vendors come decorating cars/suv full of candy free hotdogs for kids
Sat, Oct 312136 Roy Rd, Tyler
Since Halloween is on a Saturday this year we'll be having a small party! Stop by for candy and a costume contest starting at 5:30. If you would like to setup a car for Trunk or Treat, feel free to set one up on that day starting at 5:00. Outdoor lights w
Costume contest
Sat, Oct 31First Baptist Church of Kilgore
Join us for Fall Fest 2026! We will have a little something for everyone, including dinner, trunk-or-treat booths, and even voting for the best-decorated booth! We need your help to determine a winner! We cannot wait to host you and the families of Kilgor
Sat, Oct 3110522 FM 2011 E, Longview
We can't wait to see you at Trunks & Treats! Come and enjoy this fun, safe, and friendly environment on Halloween night. We'll have lots of candy to give away, door prizes announced every 30 minutes, snacks, and more - all completely free.
Sat, Oct 31108 E.. Longview, Arp
🎃👻 TRUNK OR TREAT IS COMING TO DOWNTOWN ARP! 👻🎃 Get those costumes ready and bring the whole family to Downtown Arp, Texas for a SPOOKTACULAR evening of candy, costumes, decorated trunks, and community fun! 🍬🕷️🧡 📅 Saturday, October 31, 2026 ⏰ 5:30 PM –
Trunk contest
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 312130 Country Club Road, Palestine
Sat, Oct 31205 Willowbrook Dr., Athens
Sat, Oct 311125 E Corsicana St, Athens
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 Kilgore run from Oct 29 to Oct 31, 2026: 18 events.
Yes: 16 events are on for Oct 30 – Nov 1, including Mikoto Presents Trunk or Treat with Great Harvest, Bluebonnets Fall Festival at Bluebonnet Point Wellness and Velocity Visions 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat & Car Show. Another 3 events are on nearby.
Yes: 1 of the 18 listed is free, including Velocity Visions 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat & Car Show. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 3 more events are listed within reach of Kilgore, in Palestine and Athens. The soonest is Grace UMC Fall Fest in Palestine, on Sat, Oct 31.
At 18 venues, including Evergreen Coffee & Dessert, Bluebonnet Point Wellness, Velocity Visions and Greggton Global Methodist Church. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are 3rd Annual Exceptional Emergency Trunk or Treat (Sat, Oct 31), Velocity Visions 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat & Car Show (Fri, Oct 30) and Trunk Or Treat (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.
