A Tuesday letter from the Pioneer Valley

Halloween

· Saturday, October 31, 2026 ·

Trick-or-treat times in the Valley

37 towns, 6 with town-wide hours on Halloween night, plus the trunk-or-treats.

How we check

Most times are read off the town’s, police or fire department’s, school’s or library’s own page. A few come only from a newspaper or a listings site, and those say who reported them. Every one links to its source. Checked October 27.

Wednesday to Friday

Before Halloween night

  • Trunk-or-treat · Wednesday · 4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Amherst: Trunk or Treat at the Mill District, North Square, 91 Cowls Road

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · Wednesday · 5:30pm to 7pm

    Belchertown: Trunk or Treat at Swift River School, Swift River School

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · Thursday · 4pm to 5:30pm

    Southwick: Trunk or Treat, Southwick Village

    Reported by a StoryPoint events listing

  • Trunk-or-treat · Thursday · 4:30pm to 6:30pm

    East Longmeadow: Trunk or Treat and Not So Scary Haunted House, Pleasant View Senior Center

    Recreation Department, Council on Aging and Rotary Club.

    Town

  • Downtown · Thursday · 5pm to 7pm

    Holyoke: Mall-O-Ween, Holyoke Mall

    Indoor trick-or-treating at participating shops.

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · Thursday · 5pm to 7pm

    Springfield: Trunk or Treat at Shriners Children's, 516 Carew Street

    Rain date Friday October 30.

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · Friday · 3:30pm to 5pm

    Granby: Annual Trunk-or-Treat, East Meadow School

    Run by the Granby Police Department.

    Police dept.

  • Downtown · Friday · 4pm to 5:30pm

    Greenfield: Trick-or-treating with participating downtown businesses, Downtown Greenfield; free bag at the City Common

    Part of the downtown Halloween celebration by Greenfield Recreation and the Greenfield Business Association, 4:00 to 7:30 PM

    Town

  • Downtown · Friday · 4pm to 5pm

    Westfield: Downtown Trick-or-Treating, Elm Street Plaza

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · Friday · 4pm to 6pm

    Westfield: Family Resource Center Trunk-or-Treat, 16 George Street

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · Friday · 4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Charlemont: Trunk or Treat, Hawlemont School parking lot

    Town

  • Also · Friday · 5pm to 7pm

    Montague: Trail or Treat, Bike path across from Unity Park

    The trail will feature decorated pop-up tents hosted by local businesses and groups.

    Facebook, posted by the organizer

  • Also · Friday · from 5:30pm

    Cummington: Rag Shag Parade, town gazebo

    Meet at the town gazebo at 5:30pm

    Town

  • Also · Friday · from 5:30pm

    Greenfield: Rag Shag Parade, Begins at Mohawk Mall, concludes at Energy Park for a costume contest

    Led by the Greenfield High School Marching Band

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · Friday · from 6pm

    Agawam: Sensory-friendly trunk-or-treat, Butterfly Effects, 1158 Springfield St

    Reported by a Venunite events listing

  • Also · Friday · from 6pm

    Ludlow: Rag Shag Parade and Trunk or Treat, From Town Hall to the Ludlow Community Center and Randall Boys and Girls Club

    Run by the Boys and Girls Club with a police and fire escort. Trunk-or-treat after the parade.

    Reported by the Ludlow Register

  • Trunk-or-treat · Friday · 6pm to 8pm

    South Hadley: Trunk or Treat, Beers and Story Funeral Home, Newton St

    Reported by the South Hadley and Granby Chamber of Commerce

  • Also · Friday · 6pm to 8pm

    Ware: Halloween Drive Through, Grenville Park

    Town

Town by town

Everything, by town

AmherstHampshire

  • Trunk-or-treat · Wednesday · 4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Trunk or Treat at the Mill District, North Square, 91 Cowls Road

    Town

AshfieldFranklin

  • Also · 6pm to 8pm

    Halloween Night - Ashfield, Ashfield Fire Station

    Approx. 6-8pm; Ashfield Lions Club with the Ashfield Firefighters Association serving cider donuts and cider after the parade

    Facebook, posted by the organizer

  • Town-wide · from 6:30pm

    Ashfield's Halloween Rag Shag Parade, Meet after 6pm at the Post Office/Neighbors Store parking lot; parade proceeds to the Fire Station

    Trick-or-treating along the parade route; brought to you by Ashfield Fire and Ashfield Police

    Facebook, posted by the organizer

BelchertownHampshire

  • Trunk-or-treat · Wednesday · 5:30pm to 7pm

    Trunk or Treat at Swift River School, Swift River School

    Town

BernardstonFranklin

  • Also · 4pm to 8pm

    Halloween Trick or Treat, The Old Fire Station @ 18 Church St.

    Visit Bernardston Firefighters and Bernardston Police Department at the old fire station on Halloween night

    Facebook, posted by the organizer

  • Trunk-or-treat · from 5pm

    Drive-thru trick-or-treat, United Church lot, 58 Church St

    Enter from Hartwell Street; treats come through the passenger window.

    Reported by the Greenfield Recorder

BlandfordHampden

  • Also · 1pm to 3:30pm

    Halloween Party, 1 Russell Stage Rd

    Town

BrimfieldHampden

  • Town-wide · 5pm to 8pm

    Brimfield's official Trick-or-Treat hours

    Posted by The Brimfield Public Library (25 Main St, Brimfield, MA); asks drivers to slow down that evening

    Facebook, posted by the organizer

CharlemontFranklin

  • Trunk-or-treat · Friday · 4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Trunk or Treat, Hawlemont School parking lot

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · 4pm to 7pm

    Trunk or Treat at Berkshire East, Berkshire East, 66 Thunder Mountain Road

    Hours from the resort's own page.

    Town

ChicopeeHampden

  • Trunk-or-treat · 4pm to 6pm

    Fall Festival trunk-or-treat, First Central Bible Church, 50 Broadway St

    Free, with bounce houses and a Chicopee Fire Department engine. No registration.

    Reported by a Q97.9 events listing

ConwayFranklin

  • Also · from 7pm

    Annual Halloween Rag Shag Parade, Line up at the corner of Shelburne Falls Road and Baptist Hill Road, then follow a fire truck to the Town Common opposite the library

    Hosted by the Conway Firemen's Auxiliary; free cider and donuts 5:00-7:30 p.m.; Pumpkin Carving Contest drop-off 5:00 p.m. on the Common

    Town

CummingtonHampshire

  • Also · Friday · from 5:30pm

    Rag Shag Parade, town gazebo

    Meet at the town gazebo at 5:30pm

    Town

East LongmeadowHampden

  • Trunk-or-treat · Thursday · 4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Trunk or Treat and Not So Scary Haunted House, Pleasant View Senior Center

    Recreation Department, Council on Aging and Rotary Club.

    Town

GoshenHampshire

  • Trunk-or-treat · 4pm to 6pm

    Trunk or Treat, Town Hall

    The Council on Aging hands out treats and warm cider from a decorated car.

    Town

GranbyHampshire

  • Trunk-or-treat · Friday · 3:30pm to 5pm

    Annual Trunk-or-Treat, East Meadow School

    Run by the Granby Police Department.

    Police dept.

GreenfieldFranklin

  • Downtown · Friday · 4pm to 5:30pm

    Trick-or-treating with participating downtown businesses, Downtown Greenfield; free bag at the City Common

    Part of the downtown Halloween celebration by Greenfield Recreation and the Greenfield Business Association, 4:00 to 7:30 PM

    Town

  • Also · Friday · from 5:30pm

    Rag Shag Parade, Begins at Mohawk Mall, concludes at Energy Park for a costume contest

    Led by the Greenfield High School Marching Band

    Town

HatfieldHampshire

  • Also · 9am to 1pm

    Trick or Read, Hatfield Public Library

    Library

HolyokeHampden

  • Downtown · Thursday · 5pm to 7pm

    Mall-O-Ween, Holyoke Mall

    Indoor trick-or-treating at participating shops.

    Town

LongmeadowHampden

  • Also · 4pm to 10pm

    Street closures for trick-or-treating, Pleasantview Ave 4pm to 10pm; Farmington Ave and Ellington St 5pm to 9pm

    The Select Board approved the closures for neighborhood trick-or-treating.

    Town

LudlowHampden

  • Also · Friday · from 6pm

    Rag Shag Parade and Trunk or Treat, From Town Hall to the Ludlow Community Center and Randall Boys and Girls Club

    Run by the Boys and Girls Club with a police and fire escort. Trunk-or-treat after the parade.

    Reported by the Ludlow Register

MiddlefieldHampshire

  • Town-wide · 5pm to 7pm

    Town wide trick or treat

    Town

MontagueFranklin

  • Also · Friday · 5pm to 7pm

    Trail or Treat, Bike path across from Unity Park

    The trail will feature decorated pop-up tents hosted by local businesses and groups.

    Facebook, posted by the organizer

  • Also · from 5pm

    Rag Shag Halloween Parade, Peskeompskut Park, Avenue A

    Line-up starts at 5pm; parade proceeds up Avenue A to the Second St. public parking lot near the Discovery Center. Costume prizes.

    Town

  • Also · 6pm to 7pm

    Trick-or-Treating with the Friends of the Montague Public Libraries, Montague Center Branch Library, 17 Center St

    Library

NorthamptonHampshire

  • Downtown · 3pm to 6pm

    Downtown trick-or-treating, Main Street

    Led by the Chamber of Commerce for the first time. Look for flyers in shop windows; teal flyers mean non-food treats.

    Reported by The Reminder

  • Also · from 6pm

    Rag Shag Parade, Trinity Row Park, Florence

    Step-off around 6:00 PM, march up Main Street to the Civic Center; treat bags at the Civic Center and free Haunted House of Twisted Tales at the VFW

    Facebook, posted by the organizer

NorthfieldFranklin

  • Trunk-or-treat · 5:30pm to 8pm

    Trunk O' Treat 2026, Bus loop at the Northfield Elementary School

    Northfield Recreation Commission event; vehicle setup 4:30 to 5:30pm only, main road closes soon after for the Rag Shag Parade.

    Town

  • Also · from 6pm

    Rag Shag Parade, In front of Town Hall

    Line up at 5:30pm, when the road closes. The Trunk O' Treat follows at the elementary school.

    Reported by the Greenfield Recorder

ShelburneFranklin

  • Also · from 5pm

    Rag Shag Parade, From the Blue Rock Restaurant across the Iron Bridge to the VFW on Water Street

    Arrive by 4:45pm. Refreshments at both ends.

    Reported by the Greenfield Recorder

ShutesburyFranklin

  • Trunk-or-treat · from 5pm

    Trunk-or-Treat, the back of the Common

    Arrive between 5 and 5:30 pm, park along the back of the Common, decorate your car, and hand out treats. Police participate.

    Town

  • Also · 5pm to 7:30pm

    Trick-or-Treat at the Library, Shutesbury library (new building)

    Library open for Trick-or-Treat 5 to 7:30 pm.

    Town

SpringfieldHampden

  • Trunk-or-treat · Thursday · 5pm to 7pm

    Trunk or Treat at Shriners Children's, 516 Carew Street

    Rain date Friday October 30.

    Town

WalesHampden

  • Town-wide · 5pm to 8pm

    Trick or Treat

    Posted October 14, 2026

    Town

WareHampshire

  • Also · Friday · 6pm to 8pm

    Halloween Drive Through, Grenville Park

    Town

  • Town-wide · from 5pm

    Town-wide trick-or-treating

    Residents taking part leave a light on

    Town

WarwickFranklin

  • Downtown · 4:30pm to 7:30pm

    Warwick Halloween Extravaganza, Town Hall and the common

    Pizza 4:30pm at Town Hall; trick or treating on the common and houses near the center of town 5 to 7pm; candy swap 7 to 7:30pm. Sponsored by the Warwick Recreation Committee.

    Town

WestfieldHampden

  • Downtown · Friday · 4pm to 5pm

    Downtown Trick-or-Treating, Elm Street Plaza

    Town

  • Trunk-or-treat · Friday · 4pm to 6pm

    Family Resource Center Trunk-or-Treat, 16 George Street

    Town

WilliamsburgHampshire

  • Also · 6:30pm to 7:30pm

    Halloween Celebration, Meekins Library

    After the rag shag parade

    Library

WorthingtonHampshire

  • Also · from 5pm

    Halloween parade, From the Fire Station to the School

    Town

  • Town-wide · 5pm to 8pm

    Trick or treating

    Town

  • Also · 5:30pm to 8pm

    Town Hall Halloween party, Town Hall

    Town

No time posted yet

Buckland, Chester, Chesterfield, Colrain, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Granville, Hadley, Hampden, Hawley, Heath, Holland, Huntington, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Monson, Montgomery, Palmer, Pelham, Plainfield, Rowe, Russell, Southampton, Sunderland, Tolland, Wendell, West Springfield, Westhampton, Whately, Wilbraham.

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