Here it is, the Spartanburg list full of Halloween themed events and places to trick-or-treat. We will be continuing to add to this list of trick-or-treating events as more events are announced. If you know of a trunk-or-treat or trick-or-treat event near Spartanburg please email Bethany at [email protected]
No one wanted a rainy Halloween! But here’s a list of Indoor Trick or Treating and Halloween events in Spartanburg and Rescheduled Halloween Events in November to keep the spooky festivities going.
Find information on neighborhoods that allow trick-or-treating.
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Indoor Halloween Events in Spartanburg (for that Rainy Halloween)
It’s a rainy Halloween week. While it’s not the weather we would have preferred, there are a number of indoor Halloween events in the Spartanburg area. Grab those costumes, you can still celebrate even if it’s raining!
Halloween, October 31, 2019- Trick or Treat at Landrum Library, the library will be giving out candy all day to kids in costume. There’s also a preschool story time at 10:30 am. Many Spartanburg libraries are doing events indoors on Halloween. Including:
- October 31, 2019 at 3:30 pm – Teen Halloween Party – Cowpens Library
- October 31, 2019 at 6:00 pm – Monster Mash – Boiling Springs Library
Halloween, October 31, 2019 10 am – 1 pm- Toddler Time Halloween at Big Air Spartanburg Halloween treats and jumping fun, age 6 and under, $8
Halloween, October 31, 2019- Trick or Treat at Westgate Mall from participating stores. 5 -6 pm (Spartanburg)
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Trunk or Treat at Morningside Baptist Church, 6-7:30 pm (897 S Pine St , Spartanburg). This event will be inside in the event of rain.
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Will be moved indoors if it rains Trunk or Treat at Lyman Wesleyan Church in Lyman, 6-8 pm (Lyman)
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Trick or Treat at TCMU Spartanburg will have trick or treating from 9-5 (free with admission). (Spartanburg)
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Trunk or Treat from 6-8 pm at the Church at the Mill (4455 Anderson Mill Rd., Moore). This event will be moved indoors in the event of rain.
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Candy and games will be throughout the store at Publix at Hillcrest Shopping Center (1905 E Main St), 4-7 pm (Spartanburg).
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Candy and games will be throughout the store at Publix in Duncan (2153 E Main St Ste B9), 4-7 pm (Duncan).
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Candy and games will be throughout the store at Publix at Thornblade (411 The Pkwy), 4-7 pm (Greer).
Halloween, October 31, 2019-Trick or Treat at CC Woodson Community Center, indoors! Other activities include music and a “Spooky Walk,” 5:30 – 8 pm
Halloween, October 31, 2019- Fall Fest with indoor Candy Dash at Lake Bowen Baptist Church, Inman, 6 – 8 pm
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Boo on Mill (Inman), 6-8 pm — note due to weather forecast this event will be held in the First Baptist Church Gym (14 N. Howard St. | Inman, SC 29349)
Halloween, October 31, 2019- Festival at First at First Baptist North Spartanburg – event will be held indoors – free event with candy, food and fun! 6- 8 pm
Halloween, October 31, 2019- Hope Point Church, Asheville Highway – trunk or treat event moved indoors, 6 – 8 pm
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Allergy-Friendly Trunk or Treat, Peridot Beauty Parlor back parking lot beginning at 5:30pm. This event will be moved indoors in the event of rain. All Treats will be FREE of GLUTEN, DAIRY, DYE, and NUTS!! (Spartanburg)
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Boo Bash at Haywood Mall The event will include trick or treating, games, music and more! 4-8 pm. (Greenville)
Halloween, October 31, 2019 – Morningside Assisted Living, 6-8 pm, will move indoors if raining.
Don’t miss Places to Eat Free (and Cheap) on Halloween! Grab a quick and cheap meal before your trick or treating and other Halloween activities!
October 19, 20, 25-31, 2019 – Indoors Halloween at Cabela’s, various times. This is a big, free event where kids can trick-or-treat around the store, do crafts, and have a costume parade. See the link for the exact times and activities, but Saturday and Sunday events begins at noon and end at 5 pm.
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November Rescheduled Halloween Events
November 1, 2019 – Trunk or Treat at Drayton Mills Marketplace This event from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm will include candy, face painting, a photo booth, and more! (Rescheduled due to weather)
November 1, 2019 – Bible Baptist in Simpsonville has rescheduled their Trunk-or-Treat to Friday due to weather. There will be inflatables, popcorn, and plenty of fun trunks to visit.
November 1, 2019- Kars R Us 3rd Annual Spooktacular! 300 Hearon Circle, Spartanburg – event reschedules due to weather. 1 – 5:30 pm
Find more Things to Do in November in Spartanburg!
Halloween Festivals and Events
We have several massive Halloween festivals for kids in the Upstate. Some of these trick-or-treating events have been around since parents were kids and they are local favorites. Most of these events are non-scary events designed for small children, though I have not personally been to all of them.
This is a free, family-friendly, non-spooky trick or treat event at Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve. In addition to trick or treat, there are other fun activities.
*While this event is free, financial donations and pantry donations are appreciated. These donations will support The Haven, a shelter for homeless families in Spartanburg. See what items are requested for donation here.
October 24, 2019 from 4 pm – 6 pm
Trick-or-Treat at the Pavilion through an enchanted forest filled with storybook characters. This event also includes bounce houses, carnival games, and a costume contest with the price of admission. $7 in advance or $9 at the door.
October 24-26, 2019
Thursday- 5:30 – 9 pm
Friday- 5:30 – 9 pm
Saturday- 4:30 – 9 pm
October 26, 2019, 12:30 pm – 7:30 pm- Local groups and organizations gather to provide a Happy Halloween at Heritage Park during this community event! The event will have inflatables, vendors, games, and trick or treating in the evening. This is a FREE event.
Trick or Treating will occur 5:30 – 7:30 pm.
The Church at Greer Station and Resurrection Church present the annual Halloween event in Greer City Park. Free event for the city of Greer! Come in your best Halloween costume and enjoy carnival games, inflatables, live performances, tons of candy, and much more!
October 26, 2019 from 4 pm – 7 pm
October 26, 2019 @ 10am
Join TCMU – Spartanburg for their annual Boo!Seum event! From spooky experiments and ghostly art projects to eerie inventions and mysterious stories, you won’t want to miss this event! Make sure to be there for the annual Pumpkin Splat when they toss pumpkins from the roof.
Experience includes wagon rides, farm store, farm animals, honey bee observatory, the 2016 Culver’s corn maze, and a pumpkin patch. Fall season runs September 21st – October 27th.
Big Boo: Family Friendly spooking of side 2 of the corn maze. Dates are Fridays (Oct. 11, 18, 25) and Saturdays (Oct. 12, 19, 26)
Boo in the Zoo at the Greenville Zoo is a fun, family-friendly event. Trick or Treat as you walk through the zoo, and enjoy fun, not-so-spooky decorations, fun booths, and a walk through Dragon Alley.
Canceled October 19th due to weather. Use tickets any other night of the event.
October 18 -20, and 25-27, 2019
Fridays 5:30 – 8 pm and Saturdays and Sundays 4 – 8 pm.
Want to trick or treat in a neighborhood? See our list of Spartanburg Neighborhoods that welcome Trick or Treaters!
More great places to trick or treat in Spartanburg
Trick-or-treating at local stores and schools is a great way to give those Halloween costumes some extra use and fill up your kids’ candy baskets with little effort. These are the stores that either are offering trick-or-treating this year or have in the past but still have not announced their events this year.
October 26, 2019 –Autumn Harvest | TD Market Shop Greenville’s local produce while letting your kids trick-or-treat from local vendors. Activities include trick-or-treating, cupcake walks, and a costume contest. Free! 8 am – 12 pm Note: it is best to attend this event early. In the past candy has run out!
October 31, 2019 – Trick or Treat at TCMU Spartanburg will have trick or treating from 9-5.
October 31, 2019 – Boo Bash at Haywood Mall The event will include trick or treating, games, music and more! 4 pm – 8 pm.
November 1, 2019 – Trunk or Treat at Drayton Mills Marketplace This event from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm will include candy, face painting, a photo booth, and more! (Rescheduled due to weather)
November 1, 2019 – Bible Baptist in Simpsonville has rescheduled their Trunk-or-Treat to Friday due to weather. There will be inflatables, popcorn, and plenty of fun trunks to visit.
November 1, 2019- Kars R Us 3rd Annual Spooktacular! 300 Hearon Circle, Spartanburg – event reschedules due to weather. 1 – 5:30 pm
Community and Church Fall Festivals and Trunk or Treat Events near Spartanburg
Many churches and community groups offer fun trunk-or-treat events, Halloween festivals, or Fall Festivals that are Halloween alternatives. If you would like to add your event to this list please email Bethany at [email protected]
October 5, 2019 – Reidville Fall Festival from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
October 12, 2019 – 2019 Pickens South Carolina Pumpkin Festival from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
October 18, 2019 – Food Truck Rollout + Hocus Pocus starting at 5:00 pm at Greer City Park
October 25, 2019- Indoor Trunk or Treat at Central Church of Christ in Spartanburg, 6 – 8 pm.
October 27, 2019- Trunk or Treat at Cannon’s Campground United Methodist Church, 6 – 8 pm.
October 27, 2019- Church 247 hosts a trunk or treat from 4 -6 pm.
October 28, 2019- Trunk or Treat at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 5:30 – 7 pm.
October 30, 2019 – Fall Fest at Roebuck Baptist, 5-8 pm.
October 31, 2019 – Trunk or Treat from 6 pm – 8 pm at the Church at the Mill (Anderson Mill).
October 31, 2019 – Halloween on Main in Woodruff from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Note: They will make a rain call the day of on Facebook).
October 31, 2019 – Trunk or Treat at New Life from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
October 31, 2019- Trunk or Treat and free hot dog supper at Morningside Baptist Church, 6 – 7:30 pm.
October 31, 2019 – Trunk or Treat at Lyman Wesleyan Church, 320 Holly Springs Road, 6 – 8 pm
October 31, 2019 – FRIGHTyard at FR8yard Trick or treating and face painting for kids with live music, games, classic horror films, and more. 4 – 11 pm
October 31, 2019 – Boo on Mill (Inman), 6-8 pm — note due to weather forecast this event will be held in the First Baptist Church Gym (14 N. Howard St. | Inman, SC 29349)
November 1, 2019 – Tryon Halloween Stroll, 4-6 pm
Still need a pumpkin to carve? Get a pumpkin at a Spartanburg Pumpkin Patch!
Spartanburg Library Halloween Events
The Spartanburg Library System has a very large number of Halloween themed activities throughout the month of October, for children of all ages. If you can believe it, the list below is only a sampling of what they are offering in October. For a full list, visit their events calendar.
October 10, 2019 at 4:00 pm – Halloween Movie Night – Woodruff Library
October 17, 2019 at 6:00 pm – Halloween Crafts – Cyrill-Westside Library
October 21, 2019 at 4:30 pm – Halloween at the Library – Cyrill-Westside Library
October 31, 2019 at 3:30 pm – Teen Halloween Party – Cowpens Library
October 31, 2019 at 6:00 pm – Monster Mash – Boiling Springs Library
Halloween Fun That is Worth the Drive
September 14 – October 27, 2019 – The Great Pumpkin Fest at Carowinds is a massive Halloween event complete with trick or treating through the amusement park for the youngest park visitors. It takes place on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am – 5 pm. *Teens and brave adults will want to check out Scarowinds which takes place during the evenings.
October 4 – 27, 2019 – The Great Pumpkin Patch Express is a train ride on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad complete with the Peanuts gang and a stop at the Great Pumpkin Patch.
October 26, 2019 – Halloweenfest | Downtown Brevard, Transylvania, NC Pumpkin carving contest, costume contests, parade, street vendors and more in Downtown Brevard beginning at 10 am. Free!
Be sure not to leave without bookmarking our 2019 Fall Guide! It’s packed with our top content, making it easy for families on the go to keep track of what’s going on!
Haunted Houses and Trails Near Spartanburg
Need something a little more scary? Try these haunted houses and trails for some spooky fun!
2019 Info TBA
Harvest of Horror at Denver Downs Farm features 4 different haunts for $35. This also includes 10-acre maze, hayride, 35 barnyard activities, Bonfires, and live music. Additionally, there are 3 haunted add-on attractions which can be purchased for $10 each.
This haunted house was selected as one of South Carolina’s top rated haunts in 2016 by haunts.com. The guided haunt features 13 haunted scenes that change annually.
Tickets cost $15.
Open October 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, 31 (2019)
Wompus Woods is a haunted woods attraction in Cowpens offering a haunted trail and hayride. You can walk or take the hayride.
2019 Open Dates:
Sept. 13-14, 20-21, 27-28
Oct. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, and 31st – Nov. 2nd
Tickets cost:
$20 per adult and $10 for children (10 and under). Add $5 if you wish to purchase a VIP ticket allowing you to skip the line!
2019 Info TBA
This haunted farm offers two attractions: The Forest and Midnite Hill. These can be purchased together at a discount or separately if you’ve only got time for one haunt!
Admission: Midnite Hill- $10 | The Forest- $15 | Combo- $20 (Parking $1)
Haunted House, Haunted Trail and Haunted Hayride
Open weekends from September 27th, 2019 – November 2nd, 2019
Admission: $20 per person. Kids 6-12 years of age are $10.
2019 Info TBA
Open weekends from late September to Halloween. Opens at dusk, closes at 11 p.m. weeknights and when crowds slow on weekends. This attraction includes a 35-minute trail.
Admission: $20 per individuals, $35 per couples, $10 kids 6-10 years old
2019 Info TBA
13 Acres in Anderson offers 4 haunted attractions in the woods behind the Anderson Sports & Entertainment Center.
Attractions:
1313 Hillside Manor
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Haunted Woods
Hayride of Horror
Tickets cost $25. Open at 7 pm.
Open weekends and select weekdays. September 28- October 31, 2018
They have a totally new redesign are open nightly September 13 through November 3, 2019. Tour the haunted, 2 story Abandoned Cabin. Tickets are $30 at the door. Under 10 years old are $20.
This attraction makes haunted houses family friendly. During the day this attraction offers a pumpkin patch, hay bales, cow train, jumping pillow and more! They also offer day time hours for their haunted hotel. Worried the kids will be scared? Purchase a no scare medallion, which gives the bearer the super powers to scare off the monsters. Medallions can also be purchased for the evening attractions.
Don’t let the family-friendly fun fool you, Madworld claims to the scariest haunted house in the state.
Tickets cost $25 for children 10 and under, $30 for children with the no scare medallion, $30 for adults, and $35 for adults with a no-scare medallion. Check the website for discounts offered on Thursdays and Sundays, as well as fast passes and package options.
Open weekends from September 13th – November 2nd, 2019
Offers:
Family Friendly haunted house experience
Scary Haunted House Experience
Attractions include: Fear Farm Midway with rides, games and more. Photo op with Fear Farm characters, Ringmasters Circus Academy, The Abyss Complete Darkness, and the Fear Farm Haunted House.
Open weekends from the last Saturday in September (Sept, 28th, 2019) – November 2nd
Admission: General admission is $20 onsite.
2019 Info TBA
The Boneyard is a haunted trail in Campobello, SC. It was closed for the 2018 season but plans to reopen for the 2019 season.
Do you know something we missed? Please let us know!
Do you know if Lyman SC neighborhood is doing the trick or treat thing this year? If not a good neighborhood that is? Thanks