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🎃 Halloween 2026
Trick-or-treat hours, trunk-or-treats, haunted houses and trails, ghost walks, Halloween parades, pumpkin patches and costume parties around Elmira, Corning, Watkins Glen and nearby Pennsylvania.
91 events · Oct 1 – Nov 1
Trick-or-treat hours
| Town | Day | Hours | Updated for 2026 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blossburg, PA | Sat, Oct 31 | 6–8 PM | ✓ Yes | Porch light on if you're handing out candy Source ↗ |
| Sayre, PA | Thu, Oct 29 | 6–8 PM | ✓ Yes | Source ↗ |
| Wellsboro, PA | Sat, Oct 31 | 5:30–7:30 PM | ✓ Yes | After the Halloween Parade (5 PM from Packer Park) Source ↗ |
| Athens Township, PA | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | Last year on the same day as Sayre |
| Athens, PA | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | Last year on the same day as Sayre |
| Bath | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Canton Township, PA | Not set yet | 5:30–7 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Canton, PA | Not set yet | 5 PM (last year) | Not yet | Last year after the parade, the Saturday before Halloween |
| Catlin | Not set yet | 5–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Corning | Not set yet | No set hours | Not yet | No set city-wide hours last year |
| Elmira | Not set yet | 5:30–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Elmira Heights | Not set yet | 5:30–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Hornell | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Horseheads (village) | Not set yet | 5:30–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Mansfield, PA | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Painted Post | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| South Waverly, PA | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | Last year on the same day as Sayre |
| Southport | Not set yet | 5:30–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Tioga, PA | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Towanda, PA | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | Last year on a weeknight before Halloween |
| Troy, PA | Not set yet | 6 PM (last year) | Not yet | Last year after the Halloween parade |
| Van Etten | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Watkins Glen | Not set yet | 6–8 PM (last year) | Not yet | |
| Waverly | Not set yet | 6–7:30 PM (last year) | Not yet | Last year on the Thursday before Halloween |
Hours are set by each town and can change with the weather, so check the town’s own page on the day. “Not yet” rows show last year’s hours until the town announces this year’s; we update them as they’re posted. Missing your town? Let us know.
Trick-or-treat & trunk-or-treats 5
Friday, October 23
Trunk or Treat
Wisner Park · Elmira
Saturday, October 24
Trunk or Treat
Broadway Mall · Hornell
Trunk-Or-Treat 2026
Pulteney Square Bath · Bath
Thursday, October 29
Trick or Treat 6-8pm
Sayre, PA
Saturday, October 31
Halloween Parade and Trick or Treating
Wellsboro · Wellsboro, PA
Haunted houses, trails & ghost walks 27
Friday, October 16
20th Annual Ghost Walk
Chemung Valley Museum · Elmira
Saturday, October 17
20th Annual Ghost Walk
Chemung Valley Museum · Elmira
Sunday, October 18
20th Annual Ghost Walk
Woodlawn Cemetery · Elmira
Wednesday, October 21
Steuben Junior Gardeners' - Spooky Fun with Plants
Cornell Cooperative Extension Steuben · Bath
Spooky Space
Digital Dome Theater, SUNY Corning CC · Corning
Thursday, October 22
Art of the Cemetery: Tales of Local True Crime
Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes · Corning
Saturday, October 24
Haunted Happenings
Tanglewood Nature Center · Elmira
Spooky Space
Digital Dome Theater, SUNY Corning CC · Corning
Haunted Graveyard Bonsai Workshop
The Ceilidh at Pixie Moss Meadows · Corning
Wednesday, October 28
Out to Lunch: Ghostly Readings 2026
Chemung Valley Museum · Elmira
Thursday, October 29
Spooky Space
Digital Dome Theater, SUNY Corning CC · Corning
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with the Original “Columbia” Nell Campbell
Clemens Center · Elmira
Friday, October 30
Nightmare on Denison Pkwy-Halloween Party
Radisson Hotel Corning · Corning
Spooky Space
Digital Dome Theater, SUNY Corning CC · Corning
Haunted Halls 2026
Elmira College · Elmira
Library programs 12
Friday, October 9 Today
West Elmira - Woodlawn Cemetary Ghost Walk Ticket Giveaway!
West Elmira Library · Elmira
Tuesday, October 13
West Elmira - Woodlawn Cemetary Ghost Walk Ticket Giveaway!
West Elmira Library · Elmira
Wednesday, October 14
Children’s Story Time: Ghosts
Sayre Public Library · Sayre, PA
Second St. Cemetery Talk & Tour
Old Second Street Cemetery · Elmira
Tuesday, October 20
Big Flats Kids Spooky Storytime & Mutant Pumpkin Cookie Decorating!
Big Flats Library · Big Flats
Wednesday, October 21
Children’s Story Time: Creepy Stories
Sayre Public Library · Sayre, PA
Friday, October 23
HHDS - Spooky Sensory Play
Horseheads Free Library · Horseheads
Friendly Frights Movie Night: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween PG
Hornell Public Library · Hornell
Spooky Magic Show
Cohocton Public Library · Cohocton
Monday, October 26
Steele Kids - "Spooky Magic" w/ Magician Cris Johnson!
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Thursday, October 29
Big Flats Halloween: Join Us for a Ghostly Conversation
Big Flats Library · Big Flats
Friday, October 30
Friendly Frights Movie Night: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark PG-13
Hornell Public Library · Hornell
Parades & costume contests 6
Saturday, October 24
Valley Halloween Parade – Athens 11am
Sayre, PA
Thursday, October 29
West Burlington/Burlington Halloween Parade
Burlington, Pa · Burlington, PA
Friday, October 30
Elmira Halloween Parade
Elmira City School District · Elmira
Elmira Heights COE Harvest Parade
Elmira Heights CSD · Elmira Heights
Odessa-Montour BCC Halloween Parade
Odessa-Montour CSD · Odessa
Sayre Snyder: Halloween Parade
Sayre Area School District · Sayre, PA
Pumpkins, hayrides & corn mazes 18
Open now
World's Largest Glass Pumpkin
Corning Museum of Glass · Corning
Ceramic Pumpkin
The heART Studio · Lindley
Saturday, October 17
Pumpkin painting
Bully Hill Vineyards · Hammondsport
Sunday, October 18
Pumpkin painting
Bully Hill Vineyards · Hammondsport
Pumpkin Hollow Gnome Garden Workshop
The Ceilidh at Pixie Moss Meadows · Corning
Saturday, October 24
Great Glass Pumpkin Experiment Demonstration | Caitlin Hyde
Corning Museum of Glass — Amphitheater Hot Shop · Corning
Saturday, October 31
Great Glass Pumpkin Experiment Demonstration | Diego Loera
Corning Museum of Glass – Amphitheater Hot Shop · Corning
Library programs 11
Saturday, October 10 Tomorrow
HHDS - Tween Polymer Clay Pumpkin Houses
Horseheads Free Library · Horseheads
Wednesday, October 14
Horseheads teen - Chiapet pumpkins
Horseheads Free Library · Horseheads
Thursday, October 15
Yarn Pumpkins
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Storytime: Pumpkins
Waverly Free Library · Waverly
Steele Teen Craft Club: Perler Bead Pumpkins
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Saturday, October 17
Pumpkin Carving Contest- Due Date
Cohocton Public Library · Cohocton
Monday, October 19
Pumpkin Contest Judging
Cohocton Public Library · Cohocton
Wednesday, October 21
CRAFT: Painted Mini Pumpkins w/Sally
Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial Library · Hammondsport
Thursday, October 22
West Elmira - Pumpkin Painting
West Elmira Library · Elmira
Tuesday, October 27
Big Flats October Craft for Adults: Book Page Pumpkin
Big Flats Library · Big Flats
Thursday, October 29
Steele Teen Craft Club: Pumpkin Painting
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Parties, shows & more 35
Thursday, October 15
Halloween candy pairing
Bully Hill Vineyards · Hammondsport
Friday, October 16
Witches Ball
Montour Falls
Saturday, October 17
Halloween MoeDown
Moe Town Concert Venue · Addison
Thursday, October 22
Floral Witch’s Broom Workshop
The Ceilidh at Pixie Moss Meadows · Corning
Saturday, October 24
UPMC Halloween Path 2026
UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro, PA
Thursday, October 29
Wine & Halloween Candy Pairings
Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards · Hector
CAYP Halloween Mixer
Thee Chatterbox · Corning
Halloween Trivia Night w/ Tom!!
Lucky Hare Brewing (Watkins Glen) · Watkins Glen
Friday, October 30
The Annual GIB Halloween Party with Empty V!
Grist Iron Brewing Company · Burdett
5th Annual Hocus Pocus Terrarium Workshop
The Ceilidh at Pixie Moss Meadows · Corning
Saturday, October 31
Halloween on Main Street
Halloween Party w/ live music by Metasequioa
Lucky Hare Brewing (Watkins Glen) · Watkins Glen
Blossburg Borough Halloween
Blossburg Borough · Blossburg, PA
Halloween Party with live music by Telephone Party
The Oasis @ Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards · Hector
2 Horse Johnson: Halloween pregame!
Two Goats Brewing · Burdett
Library programs 20
Tuesday, October 13
Halloween Lanterns
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Saturday, October 17
Halloween Glow Up Program for Youth Ages 10-17 on Oct 17
Green Free Library · Wellsboro, PA
Thursday, October 22
Make Your Own Halloween Bag
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Drop in Halloween Crafts
Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House · Savona
Friday, October 23
Kids Makerspace: Halloween
Waverly Free Library · Waverly
Steele Teen Halloween Dance
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Saturday, October 24
Steele Teen Movie Day: Tim Burton's Beetlejuice
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Steele Kids: Tween Halloween Cookie Decorating Class w/ The Magician's Kitchen
Steele Memorial Library · Elmira
Savona Community Events Committee will host a Community Halloween Party!
Benedek Memorial Library in the MHJ Meeting House · Savona
Monday, October 26
West Elmira - Annual Halloween Party!
West Elmira Library · Elmira
Tuesday, October 27
Halloween Painting
Southeast Steuben County Library · Corning
Youth Art Club: GLOW Painting and Halloween Candy Tasting
Waverly Free Library · Waverly
HFL - Adult Nerd Night: Monster Mash
Horseheads Free Library · Horseheads
Wednesday, October 28
Children’s Story Time: Halloween
Sayre Public Library · Sayre, PA
Adult Art Club: Halloween Acrylic Painting
Waverly Free Library · Waverly
Thursday, October 29
Storytime: Halloween
Waverly Free Library · Waverly
Kids Explore Homeschool: Halloween Party
Southeast Steuben County Library · Corning
Halloween Matinee Movie: “The Uninvited”
Southeast Steuben County Library · Corning
Friday, October 30
Library Little Ones- Halloween Party
Cohocton Public Library · Cohocton
Saturday, October 31
New Book Club: Frankenstein
Sayre Public Library · Sayre, PA
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