Halloween 2026: Trick-or-Treat, Lighting of the Pumpkins

Enjoy some spooky fun in 18th-century style! Trick-or-Treat, 3:30 to 6 pm: Creepy characters and ghosts of Halloweens past will hand out candy to all who have the courage to knock on Old York’s historic doors, including: Jefferds Tavern, York Corner Schoolhouse, Emerson-Wilcox House, and the Old Gaol. This event is FREE and open to the public. Lighting of the Pumpkins, 5 pm: For the eighth year in a row, the walls of the Old Burying Ground will be illuminated with jack-o’-lanterns in a spectacular sight! This event is FREE and open to the public. Call for pumpkins: Help Old York fill the stone walls around the Old Burying Ground with pumpkins. Join us for a community pumpkin-carving event on Thursday, October 29 from 12-6 pm at the Museum Center at 3 Lindsay Road. We provide the pumpkin—you bring the carving tools! This event is FREE and open to the public. Otherwise, carved pumpkins may be dropped off at the Old York Museum Center on October 29 from 12-6 pm or October 30 from 11 am-2 pm.