Looking for Halloween events in and around the Western Piedmont area? We've got them listed here: trick or treating, trunk or treats, festivals, stories, crafts, games, movies and more in Hickory, Newton-Conover, Lenoir, Morganton, Taylorsville and nearby!
We'll be adding more events to the list as details become available so bookmark this page and also check out our list of local fall festivals and our Fall Fun Guide. If you know of any other events not listed, please use the "Submit An Event" form to send in the information, or email annah@macaronikid.com.
Click on the event title for more information and please keep in mind that while every effort is made to provide the most up to date information, events are subject to change with or without notice. We always suggest confirming before heading out!
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Crafternoon: Book Pumpkins
(Hickory) 3pm
Time to Get Spooky
(Newton) 6pm
Spooky Stories with Miss Kelly
(Lincolnton) 6pm
Friday, October 12, 2018
Teen Book Share: Scary Stories/Zombie Felties
(Conover) 4:30pm
"Night of the Living Dead" (Valdese) 8pm
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Bat Crafts
(Hickory) 10am-12pm
Spooky Slime
(Hickory) 1-3pm
Pumpkin Carving
(Hickory) 1pm
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
(Hickory) 3pm
Halloween Bash & Trunk-or-Treat!
(Casar) 4-7pm
Trick or Treat for the Cure
(Taylorsville) 6pm
"Night of the Living Dead"
(Valdese) 8pm
Monday, October 15, 2018
Frightful Fun!
(Hickory) 4pm
Watercolor Pumpkins
(Lincolnton) 5pm
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Art for All: Halloween Scene
(Vale) 4pm
Crafternoons: Face Painting for Halloween
(Hickory) 4pm
Twilight Zone Thursday
(Lenoir) 6:30pm
Friday, October 19, 2018
Trunk or Treat and Open Gym
(Hickory) 5:15-8pm
Ghost Walk (Morganton) 6:30-10:30pm
LaserScare (Hickory) 7pm
"Night of the Living Dead"
(Valdese) 8pm
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Spooky Craft Spectacular (Valdese) 10am
Pumpkins on the Patio
(Hickory) 10am-12pm
Spider Crafts
(Hickory) 10am-12pm
Halloween T-shirts
(Hickory) 1-3pm
Trunk or Treat Bash!
(Maiden) 4-6pm
Ghost Walk (Morganton) 6:30-10:30pm
"Night of the Living Dead"
(Valdese) 8pm
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Mt Ruhama Festival & Trunk-or-Treat (Maiden) 5-7pm
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Halloween Hangman
(Hickory) 3pm
Spooky Science
(Lenoir) 4pm
Movie Night
(Hickory) 5:30pm
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Viewmont Baptist Fall Festival
(Hickory) 4-7pm
Salem UMC Trunk or Treat
(Morganton) 5:30-7pm
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Burke County 4-H Trunk or Treat
(Morganton) 4-6pm
Frightfully Fun Storytime
(Hickory) 4pm
Halloween Costume Soccer Shootout
(Hickory) 4pm
Halloween at the Y
(Hickory) 6-8pm
The Art of Food: Halloween Edition
(Newton) 6pm
Friday, October 26, 2018
Mad Hatter's Pumpkin Patch Parade
(Lenoir) 3-6pm
Halloween Party (Conover) 3:30-5:30pm
Movie at the Library
(Hickory) 4pm
Candy Crawl
(Hickory) 4-6pmSafe Kids Night Out(Lenoir) 5-7:30pm
Costume Party
(Hickory) 5-10pm
Trunk or Treat at ChickFilA
(Lenoir) 5-7:30pm
Trick or Treat at our Haunted Campers
(Hickory) 5-8pm
Halloween at the Y
(Conover) 6-9pm
St Aloysius Trunk or Treat (Hickory) 6-8pm
Ghost Walk (Morganton) 6:30-10:30pm
Movies at the Rock (Valdese) 7pm
Spooky Meadows Hayride (Morganton) 7-10pm
"Night of the Living Dead"
(Valdese) 8pm
Saturday, October 27, 2018
PAW Patrol Trick-o-Treat Event (Hickory) 10am-1pm
Monster Bash
(Hickory) 10am-12pm
Murder Mystery Dinner
(Conover) 11am
Cinema Social
(Conover) 11am
"How to Scare a Ghost" Storytime
(Hickory) 11am
STEAM: Punkin’ Chunkin’
(Maiden) 11am
Family Spooktacular (Vale) 11am-3pm
Mt Pisgah Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat (Hickory) 12-3pm
Monster Slime
(Hickory) 1-3pm
E-Z Way Trunk or Treat (Hickory) 1-4pm
Movie Day
(Hickory) 2pm
"Carolina Spook Tales"
(Newton) 3pm
Davenport A+ Fall Carnival
(Lenoir) 3-9pm
Harvest Festival & Trunk or Treat (Conover) 3-8pm
Peace UCC Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 3-6pm
Family Harvest Bash
(Catawba) 4-8pm
Catawba UMC Trunk or Treat
(Catawba) 5-8pm
Halloween Spooktacular
(Newton) 5-8pm
Olivet Baptist Church Harvest Festival
(Catawba) 5-8pm
Sawmills Elementary Trunk-or-Treat (Sawmills) 5-8pm
Tricks & Treats Festival (Claremont) 5:30-8:30pm
Trunk or Treat at FUMCT
(Taylorsville) 6-8pm
Creepy Caldwell Festival
(Hudson) 6-8pm
King's Way Trunk or Treat
(Newton) 6-8pm
CVM Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 6-8pm
Ghost Walk
(Morganton) 6:30-10:30pm
St Luke's Trunk or Treat
(Conover) 7-9pm
Spooky Meadows Hayride (Morganton) 7-10pm
"Night of the Living Dead"
(Valdese) 8pm
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Halloween Party
(Hickory) 2-5pm
Trick or Treating at Pelican's Snoballs
(Hickory) 2-7pm
First Baptist Trunk or Treat
(Valdese) 3-5pm
Meet & Greet with the Sanderson Sisters
(Hickory) 3-5pm
Christ Church Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 3-5pm
Christ Church Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 3-5pm
Christ Church Trunk or Treat
(Conover) 3-5pm
St Luke's Pumpkin Patch Bash (Hickory) 4-6pm
Zion Lutheran Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 4:30-6pm
Groucho's Deli Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 5-8pm
Calvary Advent Trunk or Treat
(Lenoir) 5-8pm
Haunted Halls (Morganton) 5-7:30pm
BBC Trunk or Treat (Hickory) 6-7:30pm
New Life Baptist Trunk or Treat
(Newton) 6-8pm
TRUCC Trunk or Treat & Festival
(Conover) 6-8pm
Monday, October 29, 2018
Addams Family Monday (Valdese) 9am-8pm
Trick or Treat the Greenway Trail
(Statesville) 4-6pm
Chick-n-Treat
(Hickory) 5-7pm
Hildebran Library Family Fall Festival
(Hildebran) 5-7pm
STEAM: Halloween
(Hickory) 5:30pm
YA Hallow’s Eve Bash
(Morganton) 6-8pm
Trunk or Treat (Lincolnton) 6-8pm
Trunk-Or-Treat at the Ballpark (Hickory) 6-8pm
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Halloween Parade
(Taylorsville) 10am
Fall Festival & Trick or Treat (Marion) 3-6pm
Cupcake Wars: Monster, Ghouls, & Goblins (Hickory) 4pm
Family Movie at the Library (Newton) 4pm
Halloween Party
(Hickory) 5:30pm
Halloween Movie Night (Lenoir) 6pm
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Halloween Spooktacular!
(Morganton) 3-6pm
Trick-or-Treat at the Library (Hickory) 3-6pm
Downtown Trick or Treating
(Statesville) 4-6pm
Treats in the Streets
(Valdese) 4-6pm
Paint a Jack o'Lantern
(Catawba) 5-9pm
Pumpkin Palooza
(Morganton) 5-7pm
Lower Creek Trunk or Treat (Lenoir) 5-7pm
Halloween Extravaganza
(Taylorsville) 5-9pm
Kid's Halloween Party
(Morganton) 5-8pm
Halloween Trick or Treating at Station 76
(Morganton) 5-8pm
Safe Kids Night Out
(Lenoir) 5-7:30pm
Mountain Grove Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 5:15-8:15pm
Costume Parade & Trunk-or-Treat
(Glen Alpine) 5:30-7pm
Trunk or Treat at LRU
(Hickory) 5:30-7pm
Pre Trick or Treat Party! (Hickory) 5:30-7pm
Youth Halloween Carnival (Lenoir) 5:30-8pm
TBC Trunk or Treat (Hickory) 5:30-8:30pm
Oakwood Presbyterian Trunk or Treat
(Lenoir) 5:30-8pm
NMUMC Trunk or Treat
(Morganton) 5:30-7:30pm
Trick or Treat at Valley Hills Mall
(Hickory) 6-8pm
Elevation Church Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 6-8pm
The Salvation Army's Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 6-7:30pm
Mt Olive Trunk or Treat
(Hickory) 6-8pm
North Newton Baptist Trunk or Treat
(Newton) 6-8pm
Dudley Shoals Baptist Trunk or Treat (Granite Falls) 6-7:30pm
Carswell Trunk or Treat (Morganton) 6-8pm
Church of Christ Family Fun Fest
(Hickory) 6-8pm
Pleasant Hill Trunk or Treat (Taylorsville) 6-8pm
Hudson First Trunk or Treat
(Hudson) 6-8pm
Community Grove Trunk or Treat (Vale) 6-10pm
Victory Church Trunk or Treat (Morganton) 6-8:30pm
New Life Baptist Trunk or Treat
(Lenoir) 6-8pm
Mt. View Trunk or Treat (Hickory) 6-8pm
Christ Alive Trunk or Treat
(Newton) 6-8pm
CVBC Trunk or Treat
(Maiden) 6-8pm
Halloween on Main Street
(Catawba) 6-8pm
Hopewell Trunk or Treat (Morganton) 6-8pm
SSLC Trunk N Treat (Hickory) 6-7:30pm
Gibbs Chapel Trunk or Treat
(Morganton) 6-9pm
Gatweay Baptist Trunk or Treat (Newton) 6:30-8:30pm
Candypalooza 2018
(Granite Falls) 6:30-8:30pm
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