Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Tallahassee. 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 Tallahassee.
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Fri, Oct 16Swift Creek Middle School
Come enjoy a fun-filled movie night with the whole family! Grab some concessions, explore our interactive Trunk-or-Treat, and watch Disney and Pixar’s Coco with your Swift Creek community. Trunk-or-treat begins at 6 p.m. Movie will start at 7:30 p.m.
Food trucks
Fri, Oct 23737 North Monroe Street
Happening Friday, October 23rd at 7pm. Arrive and pick out your cars to race. Racing will start at 7:30pm. Once the races begin, we can not add new racers. This will be a heads-up drag racing single elimination event. CASH buy-in with 1st place taking h
Sat, Oct 241745 Capital Cir NW
Celebrate Halloween with the motorcycle community at Tallahassee Harley-Davidson's Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 24, from 11 AM–3 PM. If you're searching for Halloween events in Tallahassee, family-friendly activities, trick-or-treat events, or thin
Sat, Oct 241698 Village Square Blvd
🎃 Bring the family and join us for Crossway Church’s Fall Festival Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 24, from 4:00–6:00 p.m. at 1698 Village Square Blvd! Enjoy bounce houses, face painting, human foosball, games, candy, and more — all free and open to t
Games & bounce houses
Sun, Oct 256524 THOMASVILLE RD
Let's make this a night our community won't forget! Fall Festival is one of our favorite ways to welcome families to our campus, build relationships, and show our community the love of Jesus. From Trunk or Treat and hayrides to the p
Hayride
Sat, Oct 311123 Thomasville Road
Start your Halloween celebrations at Midtown Reader with a frightfully fun book swap! Bring 1-3 horror books you’d like to give a new home. From gothic to paranormal, monsters to demons, funny to spine-chilling, horror of all types is welcome! After tra
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 1017827 NW CR 287, Clarksville
Sat, Oct 24RoseCity Church of God, Thomasville
Sat, Oct 24Howard Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Apalachicola
Fri, Oct 30Liberty County Football Field, Bristol
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 Tallahassee run from Oct 16 to Oct 31, 2026: 9 events. The busiest weekend is Oct 23 – Oct 25, with 6 events.
Nothing is listed in Tallahassee itself for Oct 9 – Oct 11, but 1 event is on nearby, in Clarksville.
Yes: 1 of the 9 listed is free, including 6th Annual Capitol Police Trunk-or-Treat. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 4 more events are listed within reach of Tallahassee, in Clarksville, Thomasville, Apalachicola and Bristol. The soonest is Pumpkin Days at Pine Holler in Clarksville, on Sat, Oct 10.
At 9 venues, including Swift Creek Middle School and Old West Enrichment Center. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are 6th Annual Capitol Police Trunk-or-Treat (Thu, Oct 22), 10th Annual Fall Festival Trunk-or-Treat (Sun, Oct 25) and Trunk or Treat at Old West Enrichment Center (Sat, Oct 17).
Start times run from 10:00 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.
