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Curbside Trick or Treat at Lowe’s: free candy and pumpkins (registration starts Oct 10)

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Jody Mace


All Lowe’s stores nationwide are hosting FREE curbside trick or treat events from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on October 22nd and 29th, 2020.

Families can drive up and receive free candy and a free small pumpkin. Costumes are encouraged but not required.

Starting on October 10th, families can visit lowesdiy.com and reserve their spot.

If you find that spots have filled up, don’t worry! Just scroll down for a huge list of other Halloween events in the Triangle, many with trick or treat (or trunk or treat.)

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Upcoming Halloween Events

Check out our big list of Halloween events in the Triangle, or see some of them here:

Friday, October 30, 2020

Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt in Fuquay-Varina

All Day | FREE | Fuquay-Varina Arts Center

Ghoulish Gourd Scavenger Hunt

All Day | FREE | Mordecai Historic Park

Carving Pumpkins with Goats at Spring Haven Farm, Chapel Hill

$13.50 | Spring Haven Farm, Chapel Hill

Free Halloween Treat Bags

FREE | Carolina Brewery Pittsboro

IHOP: Free Mr. Mummy Pancake for kids

7:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Various locations

Trick or Treat at Old Mill Farm in Durham, with animals

9:00 am to 5:30 pm | $12.50-25.00 | Old Mill Farm, Durham

Socially Distanced Trick-or-Treating

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | $10.00 | Hi-Wire Brewing at Golden Belt

Wendell Treat Trail (Wendell residents only)

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Wendell Community Park

Two weekends only: Halloween light show in Raleigh at Goldman Family Lights

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Goldman Family Lights

Kid's Pumpkin Painting

5:00 pm | $3.00 | Compass Rose Brewery, Raleigh

Food Truck Flix (plus costume contest and Trunk or Treat): Alien

5:30 pm | $25.00 | The Frontier, RTP

Trunk or Treat at Sanderford Road Park

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Sanderford Road Park, Raleigh

Trunk or Treat at Bridge Fellowship Church, Raleigh

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Bridge Fellowship Church, Raleigh

Trick or Treat, Stay 6 Feet with Durham Parks & Recreation

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Holton Career and Resource Center, Durham

Halloween Drive-Through Spooktacular

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | East Regional Library, Knightdale

Dark Raleigh Walking Tours with City of Raleigh Museum

6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | $15.00-25.00 | City of Raleigh Museum

'Mask'erade Ball Concert

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Crossroads Plaza (Cary)

Costume Contest

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Compass Rose Brewery, Raleigh

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

6:00 pm | $12.00-15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Adult Nights: Ghouls Night In (Virtual event with N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences)

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

Lump in the Night Outdoor Film Screening

7:00 pm | FREE | LUMP Gallery/Projects, Raleigh

Haunted Hills Terror Drive -- drive-through haunted trail (price is per car)

7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | $45.00 | Shakori Hills Community Arts Center, Pittsboro

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

8:00 pm | $12.00-15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Track or Treat: Halloween Express Train Ride (4 departure times)

All Day | $14.00 | New Hope Valley Railway

Krispy Kreme "Sweet-or-Treat" Saturday: Buy a dozen doughnuts, get a dozen for $1

All Day | $1.00 | Various locations

Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt in Fuquay-Varina

All Day | FREE | Fuquay-Varina Arts Center

Ghoulish Gourd Scavenger Hunt

All Day | FREE | Mordecai Historic Park

Halloween food freebies and deals

All Day | FREE

Krispy Kreme: Wear a costume, get a free doughnut

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Free shake for kids in costume at Steak 'n' Shake

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Carving Pumpkins with Goats at Spring Haven Farm, Chapel Hill

$13.50 | Spring Haven Farm, Chapel Hill

Free Halloween Treat Bags

FREE | Carolina Brewery Pittsboro

Durham Farmers' Market Halloween Market

8:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Durham Farmers’ Market

Pumpkin patch, touch-a-truck, hayrides, more, at Shotwell Landfill in Wendell

9:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Meridian Waste Shotwell Landfill, Wendell

Halloween Festival

9:00 am to 5:00 pm | $8.00 | Lazy Hound Farm

Trick or Treat at Old Mill Farm in Durham, with animals

9:00 am to 5:30 pm | $12.50-25.00 | Old Mill Farm, Durham

Batty for Bats at Thomas G. Crowder Woodland Center

10:00 am to 11:30 am | $3.00 | Thomas G. Crowder Woodland Center

Durham Bulls Mascot Trick-or-Treat: Meet and Greet with Wool E. Bull (plus candy!)

10:00 am to 1:00 pm | $10.00 | Durham Bulls Athletic Park

Boo Avenue Drive-Through at select Target parking lots

10:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Various locations

Trunk or Treat Vendor Event

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Clayton General Store

Trunk or Treat at Gladwell Orthodontics, Wake Forest

11:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Gladwell Orthodontics, Wake Forest

Trunk or Treat at Tobacco Road Harley-Davidson

11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Tobacco Road Harley-Davidson, Raleigh

"Haunt From Home" Craft Kits

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Mordecai Historic Park

Virtual Brickworld Convention -- Halloween

12:00 pm to 6:00 pm | $9.00 | Virtual

Halloween Spooktacular

12:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Fortnight Brewing, Cary

Witch's Haunted Barn and Farm Visit (price is per family)

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | $15.00 | Firefly Farm, Hillsborough

Halloween Food Truck Rodeo

1:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Bull City Ciderworks

Gizmo Halloween Costume Raffle

1:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gizmo Brew Works, Raleigh

Trunk or Treat Trail at Lions Park Community Center

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Lions Park, Raleigh

Drive-Thru Trick or Treat Trail

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE

Halloween Market with Triangle Pop-Up

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Transfer Co. Food Hall, Raleigh

Full Moon Music and Costume Parade

2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Honeysuckle Tea House, Chapel Hill

Hills-BOO-rough Kids Ghost Tour

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | $13.44-16.12 | Riverwalk, Hillsborough

Food Truck Flix (plus costume contest and Trunk or Treat): Rocky Horror Picture Show

3:30 pm | $25.00 | The Frontier, RTP

Halloween Party

4:00 pm | FREE | Brüeprint Brewing Company, Apex

Drive-Thru Trunk or Treat at Athens Drive Baptist Church, Raleigh

4:30 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | Athens Drive Baptist Church, Raleigh

Haunted Asylum at Comic World (plus costume contest and candy)

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Comic World (Zebulon)

Drive Thru Trunk or Treat at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church, Durham

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Rose of Sharon Baptist Church, Durham

Drive Through Trick or Treat at Eno River Farm

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Eno River Farm, Hillsborough

Two weekends only: Halloween light show in Raleigh at Goldman Family Lights

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Goldman Family Lights

Food Truck Flix (plus costume contest and Trunk of Treat): Book of Life

5:30 pm | $25.00 | Focus Church, Raleigh

32nd Annual Hallow-Eno: celebrate Halloween at West Point on the Eno

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | West Point on the Eno

Trunk or Treat at Crossroads Plaza

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Crossroads Plaza (Cary)

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

6:00 pm | $12.00-15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Family-friendly outdoor movies and pizza at Durham's Mystic Farm & Distillery: Hocus Pocus

6:00 pm | $6.00 | Mystic Farm and Distillery

Movies at Dix Park -- Halloween Family Drive-In: Hotel Transylvania (free tickets become available October 23 at noon)

6:00 pm | FREE | Dorothea Dix Park

Fall Fest at Grace Church of Durham -- drive-thru trunk or treat, drive-in movie, more...

7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Grace Church of Durham

Halloween Party and Trivia Night

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | PourWorks Beer and Wine Shop, Raleigh

Halloween Party -- costume contest, free candy, free food with drink purchase, and trivia

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | PourWorks Beer and Wine Shop, Raleigh

Halloween Yard Haunt in Knightdale

7:00 pm | FREE | Knightdale Halloween Yard Haunt

Haunted Hills Terror Drive -- drive-through haunted trail (price is per car)

7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | $45.00 | Shakori Hills Community Arts Center, Pittsboro

Haunted Mordecai Paranormal Investigation Live Stream

7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Fall Drive-In Movie Series: Hocus Pocus and Friday the 13th

7:30 pm | $7.00-10.00 | Hubb’s Farm NC (Clinton)

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

8:00 pm | $12.00-15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Food Truck Flix (plus costume contest and Trunk or Treat): Rocky Horror Picture Show

8:00 pm | $25.00 | The Frontier, RTP

Halloween Costume Party, with prizes and drink specials

8:00 pm | FREE | Krafty’s Burger & Brews, Garner

Sunday, November 1, 2020

Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt in Fuquay-Varina

All Day | FREE | Fuquay-Varina Arts Center

Halloween candy buy-back: kids get money for candy

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Owl-O-Ween Fly-Thru (free event, with a suggested donation of $10)

5:13 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Piedmont Wildlife Center

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

6:00 pm | $12.00-15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:00 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

Monday, November 2, 2020

Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt in Fuquay-Varina

All Day | FREE | Fuquay-Varina Arts Center

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Dogwood Movie Night: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (Price is per table)

7:30 pm | $25.00 | The Dogwood Bar & Eatery, Raleigh

Friday, November 6, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Sunday, November 8, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:00 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Dogwood Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Price is per table)

7:30 pm | $25.00 | The Dogwood Bar & Eatery, Raleigh

Friday, November 13, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Dogwood Movie Night: The Hangover (Price is per table)

7:30 pm | $25.00 | The Dogwood Bar & Eatery, Raleigh

Friday, November 20, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Dogwood Movie Night: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (Price is per table)

7:30 pm | $25.00 | The Dogwood Bar & Eatery, Raleigh

Friday, November 27, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Saturday, November 28, 2020

Raleigh Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

7:30 pm | $13.00-18.13 | Various locations

The Durham Dark and Mysterious Ghost Walk

7:30 pm | $13.00-17.00 | Various locations

Various locations

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