During October, there’s plenty of Halloween fun in the Cumberland Valley for both adults and children. Here are some highlights to help you plan your Weekend Easy getaway. Check out our events calendar for a complete list of all Halloween and fall activities.
Destination Carlisle’s Halloweekend
October 14-16, 2022
Lighted pumpkins will form a path around a decorated downtown lit with lamp post pumpkin wreaths, and you'll have a chance to add your pumpkins to help us light the way! Carlisle's main streets will be "haunted" by friendly town ghosts on Friday and Saturday nights. And throughout the weekend, photo ops, games, entertainment, and limited-time offers of specially-themed drinks and food will be available.
Annual Spooky Saturday
October 15, 2022
Halloweekend's flagship event, Spooky Saturday, provides safe and fun daylight trick-or-treating for children 12 and under. Explore downtown Carlisle's unique businesses and shops while the kids enjoy crafts, games, and more.
Not-So-Scary Fun for the Little Ones
Celebrate fall and Halloween with these not-so-scary family fun activities.
- 10/7: I Smell a Pottery Event: Hocus Pocus @ Create-a-Palooza, Carlisle
- 10/15: Streets of Treats in Downtown Mechanicsburg
- 10/15: Young Chefs Harvest Cooking Class @ Kitchen Shoppe, Carlisle
- 10/21: Halloween Drive-Thru at the Drive-In @ Cumberland Drive-In, Newville
- 10/22: Creature Featured Weekend @ Cumberland Drive-In, Carlisle
- 10/22: Kids' Workshop: Boo Bowls @ Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle
- 10/22 & 10/23, 10/29 & 10/30: Pumpkin Palooza @ Hershey Gardens
- 10/29: Halloween Family Fun @ Hollabaugh Bros., Biglerville
- 10/29: Free Daylight Trick-or-Treating in Downtown New Cumberland
- 10/29: Halloween Bash @ Big Hill Ciderworks, Gardners
- 10/31: Trunk-or-Treat @ The Willows at Ashcombe Mansion, Mechanicsburg
- Corn Mazes
- Mt. Airy Orchards, Dillsburg (Saturdays and Sundays through October 30)
- Stoner's Dairy Farm, Mercersburg (Saturdays and Sundays through October 30)
- Maple Lane Farms, Newville (Saturdays and Sundays through October 29)
For Adults
- 9/2 to 10/28 (Fridays only): East Side Ghost Tour, Carlisle
- 9/3 to 10/29 (Saturdays only): West Side Ghost Tour, Carlisle
- 9/24: Carlisle's Old Public Graveyard Tour
- 10/1 to 10/29 (Saturdays only): After Dark Graveyard Tour
- 10/1: The Paranormal Investigation of Oddfellows Hall @ Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle
- 10/8: Spooktacular Market & Fang-tastic Drag Show @ Carlisle Creative Vibes
- 10/8: Terror & Talk @ The Time Bomb, Carlisle
- 10/13: An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe @ Grand Illusion Hard Cider
- 10/13: Night of the Living Dead @ West Shore Theatre, New Cumberland
- 10/15: Mystical Market @ Carlisle Antique Mall
- 10/14 to 10/29 (selected dates): The Addams Family @ Allenberry Playhouse
- 10/14 to 10/23 (selected dates): The Legend of Sleepy Hollow @ Carlisle Theatre
- 10/21 & 10/22: Halloween Bash @ Upper Frankford Township Volunteer Fire Co., Newville
- 10/22 & 10/29: Haunted Maze Nights @ Stoner's Dairy Farm, Mercersburg
- 10/22: Carlisle's Old Public Graveyard Tour
- 10/23: Paint Night (Pumpkins) with Create-a-Palooza @ Grand Illusion Hard Cider Carlisle
- 10/24: Murder Most Foul @ Cumberland County Historical Society
- 10/27: Murder Mystery Party: A Killer Ghoul Gala @ Grand Illusion Hard Cider, Carlisle
- 10/28: The Rocky Horror Picture Show @ West Shore Theatre, New Cumberland
- 10/28: Halloween Candle-Making Party @ The Gleeful Candle, Mechanicsburg
- 10/30: A Meal to Die For - A Murder Mystery @ Carlisle Theatre
- 10/30: Boo Cumberland Drag Show @ West Shore Theatre, New Cumberland
- 10/31: Halloween Party @ Grand Illusion, Carlisle
Halloween Parades
- Mechanicsburg -- October 11
- New Cumberland -- October 18
- Mt. Holly Springs -- October 19
- Shippensburg -- October 22
- Camp Hill -- October 24
- Carlisle -- October 26
- Newville -- October 31
