MONTHLY ACTIVITIES
Possumbilities
Stop by to see a real opossum and more (Biscuit the Pug, Big Mama the tarantula, Merlin the cat, and more). Schedule varies.
They also have a scavenger hunt for kids.
Story times the 2nd Sunday of the month.
All FREE!
Fredericksburg Area Museum
Museum admission is FREE for 2025
$5 movies at
EVO Theaters
All Day Tuesdays, except for school holidays
EVO is no longer in Fredericksburg. It was purchased by Hooky Entertainment. They may still be offering discounted movies on Tuesdays.
$2 double scoops on Tuesdays at Battlefield Country Store
$3 Double Scoops at J’s Pizza Subs and Cafe
Every Wednesday
Reclaim Arcade
Tickets are $5 off on Thursdays and before noon on Saturdays and Sundays!
Ukulele Jamming
Fredericksburg Food Co-op
1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7 pm
Novice or experienced | Everyone is welcome
Indoor Play Park
Dorothy Hart Community Center
Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am
$3/resident or $4/non-resident
Aug. 20 – Dec. 17, 2025
MILESTONES PLAY GYM & PEDIATRIC THERAPY
www.milestonesgym.com
Offers child-led play experiences in their indoor play gym for children up to age 5 several times per week, as well as weekly yoga, music, playschool & other small groups. More information, including dates & times on their website.
Cafe Moms
2nd Wednesday of every month
Massad Family YMCA
2-3:30 pm
Open to the community | Meet other moms of all stages and ages
$10 | Refreshments and childcare provided
Registration required for childcare drop-off
Stroll and Roll Thursdays
Cavalier Family Skating Center
10 am – Noon
$4/per child, Parents FREE
Bring your favorite ride on toy or play in the Play Zone.
Preschool Playtime
Culpeper County Fieldhouse
Wednesdays and Fridays from 9-11 am.
Admission is $5.
Urban Air has a Toddler Jump Time on Thursdays from 9 am – 1 pm. The cost is $14.99 plus you must have their socks ($3.49). If you plan to go monthly, you can purchase a membership for $12.99/month. You must commit for a year.
King George Tot Time
King George Citizens Center
Fridays, 10:30-11:30 am | Free play, snack, and craft
$3/pp | Ages 0-5, 1 and under are FREE
Paragon Gymnastics has a Preschool Open Gym on Wed, Sat, and Sun.
Times vary | Ages 5 and under | $10/hr
Finding Friends Preschool Playgroup
Massad Family YMCA
Wednesdays, 1-2 pm, FREE
Specifically for children ages 2-5 with special needs and their siblings
Spectrum Sea Turtles – Not currently happening
Massad Family YMCA
Fridays, 4-5 pm, FREE
Aquatics program geared toward people on the autism spectrum.
Rikki’s Refuge
Open the last Saturday of every month for FREE visits
12-2 pm
No reservations
One Dollar Skate Nights at Cavalier Family Skate Center in Stafford.
Wednesdays from 6-9 pm
$1 Admission | $4 skate rental
Admission fee is only for those skating.
Homeschool Skate
Cavalier Family Skating Center
Tuesdays from 1-4 pm
$5-admission, $4 skate rental
Admission charge is only for those skating.
FXBG Hockey offers FREE Learn 2 Skate and Learn 2 Play Hockey classes for the Community EVERY Saturday!
FREE Ticket Tuesday — Tickets are FREE
Museum of the Bible
The last Tuesday of every month is FREE Admission
College Climb Night is at Rapp Rocks Climbing Gym every Thursday evening starting at 4 pm. $19 day passes and free rentals. Must have a valid student ID.
- Lowe’s offers FREE in-store children’s workshops each month (dates vary), but you MUST pre-register for these. There is no painting involved.
- Home Depot offers FREE in-store children’s workshops the first Saturday of the month from 9 am – Noon while supplies last. Pre-registration is offered but not required. Paint is also provided if your children want to paint.
- JcPenney’s Kids Zone offers FREE crafts the 2nd Saturday of each month from 11 am – Noon.
- Micahels offers FREE Craft Sunday Make Break Events. These in-store events happen between 2-4 pm. Check their schedule as they do offer some Saturday events.
- Free books for children (12 and under) at a Rappahannock Goodwill location. Every child aged 12 and under gets any book of their choosing for FREE! Valid every Friday starting 9/6/24. Find a Goodwill near you at http://www.fredgoodwill.org
FALL FESTIVALS
Northern Virginia
Cox Farms: Sept. 20 – Nov. 9, 2025 | Centreville (Check for their $15 admission days)
Great Country Farms: Fall Corn Maze + Apple Harvest, Sept. 1-30, 2025 | Fall Pumpkin Harvest, Oct. 1-31, 2025 | Bluemont
Burke Nursery Fall Market + Playground: Sept. 20 – Oct. 31, 2025 | Burke
Meadows Farm Nurseries (multiple locations): Sept ? – Oct. 31
Nalls Produce: Pumpkin Hill is opening Sept. 27 | Burke
Pumpkin Village at Leesburg Animal Park: Sept. 21 – Nov. 5, 2025 | Leesburg
Reston Farm Garden Market: Sept. 27 – Oct. 27, 2025 | Reston
Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch: Sept. 27 – Nov. 2, 2025 | Leesburg
Fredericksburg Area & Beyond
Braehead: Weekends starting Sept 27 – Oct 26, 2025, every weekend | Fredericksburg
Round Hill Farm: Sept. 20 – Nov. 2, 2025 (Fri-Sun) | Culpeper
Belvedere Plantation: Sept. 13 – Nov. 1, 2025 | Spotsylvania
Snead’s Fall Festival: Sept. 27 – Nov. 2, 2025 | Fredericksburg
Graves Mountain Apple Festival : First 3 weekends in October | Syria
Messick’s Farm Market : Sept. 20 – Oct. 26, 2025 (Sat and Sun, 10 am – 5 pm + Monday, Oct. 13) | Bealeton
12th Annual Fall into Fun Festival : Sept. 20-21, 2025 | Chiles Peach Orchard | Crozet
Wayside Farm Fun: Sept. 20 – Nov. 2, 2025 | Berryville
High Hill Farm: Sept. ? – Nov. ?, 2025 | Winchester
Marker-Miller Orchard: Apple Harvest Festival: Oct. 11, 2025 | Pumpkin Festival: Oct. 25, 2025 | Winchester
Maple Tree Farm : Sept. 28 – Oct. 26, 2025 | Sat and Sun, 10 am – 4 pm
Hands and Harvest Festival: Oct. 10 – 12, 2025 | Highland County
Ebenezer Church in Stafford: Oct. 18, 2025 | 10 am – 2 pm
Stafford Celebree School: Oct. 29, 2025 | 5 – 7 pm | FREE
Washington DC
- National Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo: Oct. 17-19, 2025
GREAT HALLOWEEN PHOTO OPS
Burke Nursery and Garden Center
Burke, VA
Sept. 20 – Oct. 31, 2025
Meadows Farm Nurseries and Landscape
Various Locations
Nalls Produce’s Pumpkin Hill
Franconia, VA
M-Sat, 10 am – 7 pm | Sun, 10 am – 6 pm
Pumpkin Hill is opening Sept. 27, 2025
Plants and More
5937 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA
(5 minutes from Nalls Produce)
Receive a FREE Halloween digital image at Bass Pro Shops: Oct. 30, 4-8 pm; Oct. 31, 4-8 pm (2024 dates)
HAUNTED HOUSES or DISPLAYS
The Haunted Graveyard
12729 Picket Court, Spotsylvania
Halloween Night | 6-9 pm | Call with questions — 609-864-0557
Synchronized Holiday Light Show in the new Saddle Creek neighborhood at 6200 Farrier Way. Oct. 6 – 31, 2025. Most nights starting at 7:30 pm for ~20 min. Check the website for times.
Halloween House on Falls Grove Drive in Lee’s Parke subdivision in Spotsylvania County.
Johnston Christmas Wonderland has a spooky display set up from 5-9 pm daily, weather permitting. Located at 20142 Kinglet Ct. in Culpeper.
Head to Partlow in Spotsylvania for the Haunted Hill. It’s proud to be “Virginia’s scariest and voted #1 award winning haunted attraction. It’s open weekends (Fri/Sat) in October. Prices are $20 cash or $22 credit. CLOSED FOR 2025
The Hickory Ridge Haunted Trail in Spotsylvania is held every weekend (Fri/Sat) in October from 7-11 pm. It’s $25/pp.
Halls of Hysteria at the Fredericksburg Convention Center Oct. 10 – Nov. 1, 2025.
Haunted Hotel Hollywood at Belle Grove Plantation in King George is open Monday, October 20 – Friday, October 31, from 7 – 10 pm.
Terror on the Farm at Ashland Berry Farm opens October 3, 2025.
The Haunting of Country Manor (2025 dates)
85 Country Manor Drive, Stafford, VA (Stafford Lakes area)
This is a drive-by scene set to music.
Weather-permitting
Oct. 24 – 26, 6:30 (sundown)- 9 pm
Oct. 30, 6:30 (sundown) – 9 pm
Oct. 31, 6-10 pm
**Subject to change**
@the_haunting_of_country_manor on Instagram
Dead Whispers: Fredericksburg Fairgrounds | Oct. 23 – 25, 6-10 pm | Oct. 26, Noon – 4 pm (family day) and 5-9 pm | Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 6 – 10 pm
Pumpkin display in Centreville, VA, at the home of Noel Dickover as featured in the Cooperative Living October 2024 issue. This display can only be viewed on Halloween night at 14223 Hartwood Court in Centreville, VA.
PUMPKIN PATCHES
Mount Olympus Farm in Ruther Glen has a large pumpkin patch. Admission is free. They are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Sarah’s Pumpkin Patch in Madison is open Saturdays (10 am – 5 pm) and Sundays (Noon – 5 pm). Fill a wagon for $65 or wheelbarrow for $80. Pumpkins are $0.80/lb. They also have a 4-acre corn maze: $5 ages 12+, $3 for ages 5-11, 4 and under FREE
Ebenezer UMC in Stafford will have a Pumpkin Patch Oct. 18 – 30, 2025, to benefit the Imagination Library. They will also have a Fall Festival Oct. 18 from 10 am – 2 pm
Squinquarter Market in Richmond has a pumpkin patch is FREE to enter. Weekdays 2 – 6 pm and weekends 9 am – 6 pm. They have hayrides, a hay mountain, a corn maze and sand pile for everyone to enjoy. Pumpkins are $0.79/lb. Opens September 20, 2025.
OCTOBER EVENTS
State Fair of Virginia: Sept. 26 – Oct. 5, 2025, from 10 am – 9 pm
Eerie Canal Cruises at Riverfront Canal Cruises in Richmond. Friday, October 31 – Sunday, November 2, 5-9 pm | $6, Children 4 and under – FREE. Tickets available ONLINE ONLY starting Oct. 1
Spotsylvania County Fair: Oct. 9 – Oct. 12, 2025
Mary’s Ribbons will be happening Oct. 1 -31, 2025, at Mary Washington’s House.
Haunted Pedicab Ghost Tour in Bowling Green–Hear authentic ghost stories about home and places in Historic Bowling Green.
Culpeper’s Goosebumps Tour — From Monday, October 13 through Saturday, November 1, take a self-guided driving tour to the spookiest houses in the area. 7-9 pm. The map will be available Oct. 12, 2025.
Haunted Mini Golf at Pohick Bay Regional Park: Oct. 17 – 18 and 24 – 25 from 6-9 pm. $10 online and $15 walk-in.
Meadowlark’s Halloween Scavenger Hunt: Daily from Oct. 1-31, 10 am – 6 pm. $8/pp. Regular Garden admission is required
Write a letter to Jack Skellington. All letters must be mailed no later than October 20. Don’t forget to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope so Jack can reply.
Jack Skellington
c/o Tulare Parks and Recreation
830 S. Blackstone
Tulare, CA 93274
HOME SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
PlayDate Culpeper now offers special homeschool hours on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 10 am – Noon. The cost is $10/participating child and $5/adults and younger siblings. These hours will include playtime in the museum, a read aloud, and a STEM activity. The activities are geared towards ages 5-9. Tuesday, Oct. 14, they will have a Pumpkin STEM activity.
CALENDAR
Oct. 1
Ghost Tour Carriage Ride
Downtown Fredericksburg
6-8 pm
$$
Mary’s Ribbons
Mary Washington’s House
Anytime from Oct. 1 – 31, 2025
Oct. 2
Homeschool Open House
Snow Library
2-3 pm
Oct. 3
Dahlgren Downtown – CANCELLED
The Inn at the Old Silk Mill, Fredericksburg
11 am – 3 pm (Another source says it ends at 5 pm.)
Free Fall Book Fair
St. Luke Lutheran Church, Culpeper
4-6 pm
First Friday
Downtown Frederickburg
5-8:30 pm
🎃Scarecrow Fall Fest
Downtown Fredericksburg
Fun for the whole family during First Friday
5-8:30 pm
Escape the Museum Challenge
Fredericksburg Area Museum
5-8 pm | $25-30 per group (up to 6) or $10-15/pp
Recommended for ages 12+
🎃Kids’ First Friday Monster Mash Pizza Bash
Wine and Design, Fredericksburg
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Oct. 4
🎃Fall Fest at Aquia Church
Aquia Church, Stafford
8 am – 2 pm
Clown show at 10 am
Kids’ Workshop
Home Depot
9 am – Noon
🎃The Good Witch’s Magic Pumpkin Patch
Willowdale Farm
9 am – 12 pm
$25/child
SUNDRY’S 2nd Birthday Party
Bowling Green
9 am – 2 pm
Fredericksburg Fall Home Show
Fredericksburg Convention Center
9 am – 5 pm
Tickets are FREE — Reserve online
🎃FREE Pumpkin Painting
All Meadows Farms Locations
10 am – 2 pm
2025 Fall Farm Tour
Fauquier County
10 am – 4 pm
Museum Open House
Port Royal Museum of American History
10 am – 4 pm
Museum tours, special exhibits, pumpkin painting, goodie bags, and more
1st Annual King George 4-H County Fair
King George Community Center
10:30 am – 6 pm
Art Attack
Downtown Fredericksburg
10 am – 4 pm
Gordonsville Fried Chicken Festival
Downtown Main Street Gordonsville
10 am – 4 pm
8th Annual Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival
Riverfront Park
10 am – 4 pm
🎃Stafford Fall Family Festival and Great Pumpkin
John Lee Pratt Park
11 am – 3 pm
Cinnabon is offering $1 cinnamon rolls for reward members.
1-4 pm local time
Free Fall Book Fair
St. Luke Lutheran Church, Culpeper
1-4 pm
High Tea Party
St Stephen’s | Culpeper, VA
2 pm
RSVA by Sept. 29 | $40
Chalk-Toberfest
4219 Germanna Highway, Locust Grove
Car Doctor and Witches Brew
2 – 8 pm
BBQ and Bluegrass
Grace United Methodist Church, Hartwood
4-7 pm
Donations accepted
Movies and Music
The Spotsylvanians at Resurrection Lutheran Church
5 pm
Includes dessert
$10 | Students are FREE
Oct. 5
Chalk-Toberfest
4219 Germanna Highway, Locust Grove
Car Doctor and Witches Brew
8 am – 3 pm
Fredericksburg Fall Home Show
Fredericksburg Convention Center
10 am – 4 pm
Tickets are FREE — Reserve online
Puppy Yoga
Possum-bilities
10:30 – 11:30 am
$$
1st Annual King George 4-H County Fair
King George Community Center
11:30 am – 6 pm
Hexes and Healing Fall Market
2374 Plank Road, Fredericksburg
12 – 5 pm
Blessing of the Animals
Christ Episcopal Church Spotsylvania
1:30-4:30 pm
Open to all pets and humans in the community
Movies and Music
The Spotsylvanians at Resurrection Lutheran Church
5 pm
Includes dessert
$10 | Students are FREE
Oct. 6
Homeschool Trip Day
Messick’s Farm Market
10 am – 12:30 pm
$10/pp
Fall Open House
St. James’ House, Fredericksburg
1-4 pm
$
Kids’ Night
Texas Roadhouse Fredericksburg
5-8 pm
Bracelet making, balloon animals, and much more.
Oct. 7
National Taco Day
Preschool Playdate
Chesty’s Fall Adventure
National Museum of the Marine Corps
10 am – Noon, FREE
Fall Open House
St. James’ House, Fredericksburg
1-4 pm
$
Stafford’s National Night Out
Stafford Marketplace
5-8 pm
BINGO
Fredericksburg Chick-fil-a
6 pm
Oct. 8
🎃Costume Cuties Playgroup
Howell Branch | 10 – 11 am
Salem Church Branch | 1 -2 pm
Homeschool Historians: Dinosaur Discoveries
Fredericksburg Area Museum
10-11:30 am
Fall Open House
St. James’ House, Fredericksburg
1-4 pm
$
Oct. 9
Happy 15th Anniversary
Howell Branch Library
All day with a recognition ceremony at 4 pm
Celebrate this milestone with refreshments and activities
Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Salem Church Library
Drop off: 12 – 6 pm
Pick Up: Friday, October 10, 9 am – 1 pm
Fall Open House
St. James’ House, Fredericksburg
1-4 pm
$
Punk Rock Art Club
Madame’s Oddities, 2011 Princess Anne Street
5-7 pm
FREE art class and open studio | Class supplies provided
Spotsylvania County Fair
Spotsylvania Courthouse
5-10 pm
$10/pp, 5 and under FREE
Stafford County Fair
UMW Stafford Campus
5-10 pm
FREE Admission
Oct. 10
Grand Opening
Hair Cuttery (Chancellor’s Crossing)
10 am – 3 pm
One free haircut per household, 50% off any single service
Fall Open House
St. James’ House, Fredericksburg
1-4 pm
$
Holiday Haul-away
Riverside Center
1 – 7:30 pm
Find a costume, pick up kitchen items, bid on 30 themed Christmas trees
🎃Paint-a-Pumpkin at the Pavilion
Concord Baptist Church, Ruther Glen
5-7 pm
Pizza, paint, and kids’ pumpkins provided
Campout at the Park
Motts Run Reservoir
Friday 5 pm – Saturday 10 am
$20/pp
Registration closes Oct. 5
Spotsylvania County Fair
Spotsylvania Courthouse
5-10 pm
$10/pp, 5 and under FREE
Stafford County Fair
UMW Stafford Campus
5-10 pm
FREE Admission
🎃FREE Halloween Movie Night
Tom Leonard’s, Glen Allen
7 pm
Showing: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Free popcorn and hot cider | Kids in costume get a FREE mini pumpkin
Oct. 11
Cars and Coffee
Gari Melchers Home and Studio
8 – 11 am
Plein Air Days
Gari Melchers Home and Studio
8 am – 5 pm
FREE
Culpeper Air Fest is 25 in 2025
Culpeper Regional Airport
9 am – 3 pm
1st Annual Car Show
5100 Jake McWhirt Lane, off Houser Drive
9 am – 3 pm
Fall Arts and Craft Festival
Fredericksburg Convention Center
9 am – 5 pm
Canal Quarter Cat Walking Tour
Canal Quarter
10 am – 2 pm
$10/pp
🎃FREE Pumpkin Painting
All Meadows Farms Locations
10 am – 2 pm
King George Fall Festival
King George
10 am – 3 pm
Liberia 200th Celebration
8601 Portner Ave, Manassas
10 am – 4 pm
Harvest Day
Tater’s Corner
10 am – 6 pm
The activities for kids, spiced cider, and donuts are complimentary.
Holiday Haul-away
Riverside Center
10 am – 7:30 pm (closed 1-2 pm)
Find a costume, pick up kitchen items, bid on 30 themed Christmas trees
🎃Spooktacular Candy Hunt
Curtis Memorial Park
10:30 am | $12
Ages 2 -12
Hardly Haunted Story Time
Tyrannosaurus Tot, Bowling Green
10:30 am
Story time + Craft Bar
Oktoberfest
Alpine Chef
11 am
🎃Meadow of Treats
Sylvania Baptist Church
11 am – 1 pm
All ages welcome!
Stories in Bloom – POSTPONED
Hanover Place Fredericksburg
11 am – 5 pm
Bring a book or plant to swap
🎃Trunk or Treat
Charter Senior Living of Fredericksburg
12 – 2 pm
Wear your costume, get your face painted, and enjoy the DJ!
Please RSVP
Adoption Day + Fall Fun
Fredericksburg SPCA
12 – 4 pm
Trunk or Treat, Bake Sale, and more
Adoption fees paid by Sheehy Subaru of Fredericksburg
Stafford County Fair
UMW Stafford Campus
Noon – 10 pm
FREE Admission
Fall Open House
St. James’ House, Fredericksburg
1-4 pm
$
🎃Halloween Costume Closet
Culpeper County Library
1 – 4 pm
Browse for a free costume
5th Anniversary Celebration
Spotsy Dog Park
2 – 4 pm
🎃Spotsy Harvest
6975 Courthouse Rd (Behind Spotsylvania HS, across from tennis courts)
2-6:30 pm
$5/pp, FREE for 2 and under
Spotsylvania County Fair
Spotsylvania Courthouse
2-10 pm
$10/pp, 5 and under FREE
🎃Track or Treat
Dominion Raceway
Gates open 3 pm | 4 pm Track or Treat | 5 pm Green Flag
Kids 15 and under get FREE grandstand admission
🎃Halloween Movies in the Park
Riverfront Park
5:30 pm | FREE
Oct. 12
🎃Culpeper’s Goosebumps Tour map is available today. Tour starts Oct. 13, 2025
Fall Arts and Craft Festival
Fredericksburg Convention Center
10 am – 4 pm
Possumz for Reading
Possum-bilities
11 am – Noon
Open House – RESCHEDULED TO OCT. 19
Fredericksburg Fire Department
Fire Station, 601 Princess Anne Street
1-4 pm
Spotsylvania County Fair
Spotsylvania Courthouse
2-10 pm
$10/pp, 5 and under FREE
🎃RAAI’s 4th Annual Trunk-or-Treat
750 Kings Hwy
4:30-5:30 pm
They are also taking trunk sign-ups.
Stafford County Fair
UMW Stafford Campus
7-10 pm
FREE Admission
Oct. 13
Build Your Own Donut
Duck Donuts Fredericksburg
Two sessions: 10 am – Noon and 3-5 pm
$5 | Ages 12 and under
Community History Day
Germanna Community College | Fredericksburg Campus
10 am – 1 pm
FREE
Oct. 14
Homeschool Tuesday
Chuck E. Cheese
Open – 4 pm
90-minutes of gameplay, soft drinks & E-Tickets for just $11.99
Tuesday is for Toddlers
Spotsylvania Towne Centre Food Court
10 – 11 am
Interactive story time, crafts, + snacks
Pumpkin STEM — Homeschool
PlayDate Culpeper
10 am – Noon
$10/participating child, $5/adults and younger siblings
FREE for members
Geared for ages 5-9
Oct. 15
Accessibility Day
Blue Ridge Tunnel
9 am – 1 pm
Registration opens Sept. 30
Opening Day for FredBook weeklong sale!
Oct. 15 – Oct. 21
Oct. 16
2-Year Anniversary Celebration
Cinnaholic Stafford
11 am – 8 pm
All Day | $3 Old Skools and $5 Signature Rolls
Back and Better Bash
Chick-fil-a Celebrate Virginia
5-7 pm
Family night celebrating the renovated dining area. Plus, games and fun!
🎃Skate Night Halloween CANCELLED Dixon Park Hockey Rink
6-9 pm
Dress in your Halloween costume, costume contest
College Night
Spotsylvania Towne Centre
6-8 pm
Oct. 18
Friends of the Rappahannock Big Fall Cleanup
Old Mill Park
8:30 – 11:30 am
FREE breakfast and coffee
Pre-register
🎃Open House and Truck or Treat
Reva Volunteer Fire Department
9 am – 2 pm
🎃Annual Harvest Festival
Bowling Green
9 am – 4 pm
🎃Fall Harvest Festival
Mount Vernon
9 am – 5 pm
Preschool Palette
Gari Melchers Home and Studio
10 – 11 am | Ages 2-5
$12/child and adult pair
Children’s Story Time
Tales and Tails Book Cafe
10 am – Noon
Story, bookmark, stickers, and coloring fun!
🎃Pumpkin Science
Play Date Culpeper at Yowell Meadow Park
10 am – 1 pm
Kids Fall Market
The Good Wash Car Wash
10 am – 2 pm
🎃Fall Festival
Wallers Baptist Church, Partlow
10 am – 2 pm
Oktoberfest and History Faire
Salubria
10 am – 4 pm
Admission is FREE! Parking $5 in advance or $10 at the gate.
🎃Fall Festival and Open House
Present Past LLC
10 am – 5 pm
Cider and treats!
🎃Halloween Celebration
State Climb
10 am – 8 pm
Free climbing for climbers in costume
Costume Contest, $5 to participate
Greater Fredericksburg Community Walk
John Lee Pratt Park
Register 11 am | Walk Noon
Walk with Us to Prevent Suicide
🎃FREE Toddler Pumpkin Play Date
504 Westwood Office Park, Fredericksburg
11 am – Noon
Toddlers ages 1-3
Virginia Wine Harvest Party
Potomac Winery and Vineyard
11 am – 7 p m
🎃Trunk or Treat
Fredericksburg Elks 875 | 11309 Tidewater Trail
12 – 3 pm
Open to the public
Fear Not Tarantulas
Poosum-bilities, Fredericksburg
12 – 4 pm
Hop N’ Hog Culpeper Block Party
Culpeper
12 – 5 pm
🎃Harvest Festival Weekend
Creekside Farm Brewery, King George
12 – 6 pm
🎃Fall Festival and Craft Fair
Mountain Run Winery
12 – 7 pm
FREE admission | $5 parking
Renaissance Faire
Adventure Brewing
12 – 9 pm
🎃Harvest Festival
New Hope Christian Ministries
1-3 pm
🎃Fall Festival
Berea Baptist Church, 28 Fleet Rd., Fredericksburg
1-4 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Tom Leonard’s, Glen Allen
2 – 4 pm
🎃Family Fall Festival
River Club Church
2-5 pm
🎃Harvest Festival
MFA Studios, Locust Grove
2-5 pm
$5 entry, $5 food and drink
3rd Annual Pond Party
VA Water Gardens
3-8 pm
🎃Ghosts in the Garden with Trunk or Treat
Remington Community Garden
4-7 pm
4th Annual Halloween Paddle
City Dock Park, Fredericksburg
4:30 pm
Movie in the Woods
North Stafford Church of Christ
5-8:45 pm
Barks and Brushes
Old Dominion Humane Society
5:30 – 7 pm
Paint your pet’s portrait | $55/pp
🎃River House Trunk or Treat
River House Day Spa
5:30-8:30 pm
Reserve your free ticket
🎃Creepy Crawly Carnival
Ron Rosner YMCA
5:30-9 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Shiloh Baptist Church, King George
6-7 pm
Shiver by the River
Friends of the Rappahannock’s Nature Preserve (3219 Fall Hill)
6:30 – 8 pm
$5 | Ages Pre-K to 4th grade
Oct. 19
🎃Fall Harvest Festival
Mount Vernon
9 am – 5 pm
Petals and Pumpkins
Curated FXBG | 817 Caroline Street
10:30-11:30 am
$25/pp, all ages, includes snack, beverages, and supplies
Pre-register
🎃Wilderness Halloween Festival and Car Show
Wilderness Presidential Resort
11 am – 4 pm
Loisann’a Day – Best Burger in the Burg Competition
901 Kenmore Ave
12 – 3 pm
🎃Harvest Festival Weekend
Creekside Farm Brewery, King George
12 – 6 pm
Meet an Ambassador Vulture
Possum-bilities | Fredericksburg
12:30 – 1:30 pm
FREE
Princesses at the Palace
Swannanoa
1 pm
$$
Open House – RESCHEDULED FROM OCT. 12
Fredericksburg Fire Department
Fire Station, 601 Princess Anne Street
1-4 pm
Fright Writers’ Book Fair
Possum-bilities, Fredericksburg
1:30 – 4 pm
Meet 7 horror authors, get signed books
🎃Sensory-Friendly Family Trick or Treat
Clemyjontri Park
1-6 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Prince Hall Lodge #61, Fredericksburg
3-5 pm
Open to all kids in the community
🎃Trunk or Treat
Lake Wilderness 2 Pool Parking Lot
3-5 pm
Swift Paws LURE Chase and Doggie Costume Contest
Old Trade Brewery
3 pm and 4:30 pm
Oct. 20
🎃Spooktacular Bash
Stafford Gymnastics and Rec. Center
1 pm
$17
Oct. 21
Mommy and Me Craft Morning
Fredericksburg Chick-fil-a
9:30 – 10:30 am
FREE coffee for participating parent
Oct. 22
🎃Halloween Hoopla
Howell Branch Library
11-11:30 am
Stories, songs, and a costume parade!
Dinosaurs and I Heart Cookies
Lowe’s Home Improvement, 1361 Carl D. Silver Parkway
2-7 pm
Grand Opening Party
Crunch FXBG
3-8 pm
🎃Pumpkin Patch Palooza
King George Chick-fil-a
4-7 pm
Oct. 23
Preschool Palette
Gari Melchers Home and Studio
10 – 11 am | Ages 2-5
$12/child and adult pair
Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Montross Branch Library
Drop off: 12 – 6 pm
Pick Up: Friday, October 24, 9 am – 1 pm
🎃4th Annual Trunk or Treat
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
4:30-6:30 pm
🎃7th Annual Trunk or Treat
Spotswood Elementary School
5-7 pm
Open to the community
Free Community Dinner
Witch’s Brew Cafe at 4219 Germanna Highway, Locust Grove
6 pm
🎃Opening Night of Dead Whispers
Frederickburg Fairgrounds
Oct. 24
Preschool Palette
Gari Melchers Home and Studio
10 – 11 am | Ages 2-5
$12/child and adult pair
Boot Barn Grand Opening
Fredericksburg
4 pm
🎃41st Annual Ghost Walk
James Monroe Museum
4 – 11:59 pm
🎃The Great FAAR Trunk or Treat
2050 Gordon W Shelton Blvd, Fredericksburg
5-7:30 pm
FREE pizza and more
Pre-register
🎃Moonlight Monster Market
Highmark Brewery
5-10 pm
🎃Halloween GLOW Volleyball
Courthouse Community Center | Stafford
6:00 and 8:00 pm
$11
Ages 9-17
🎃Trunk or Treat
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg
6-7:30 pm | Movie under the stars- 7:30-9 pm
🎃Park After Dark
Memorial Park
6:30-8 pm
🎃Creepy Crawly Carnival / Trunk or Treat
Massad Family YMCA, Stafford
6-8:30 pm
$10/pp
🎃FredNats Fall Fest
Virginia Credit Union Stadium
6-9 pm
FREE admission and parking
🎃FREE Halloween Movie Night
Tom Leonard’s, Glen Allen
7 pm
Showing: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Free popcorn and hot cider | Kids in costume get a FREE mini pumpkin
Oct. 25
🎃Family Costume Stroll
Fredericksburg VRE Lot
Line up begins at 8:30 am
Parade starts at 9:30 am
Garage Sale
Fredericksburg Convention Center
8:30 am – 3 pm
Kids 12 and under: FREE
Motors and Mortgages
1955 Emancipation Hwy, Fredericksburg
9-11 am
FREE coffee, donuts, and a raffle
🎃Halloween at the Market
Hurkamp Park
9 am – 1 pm
Hartwood Presbyterian Church Bicentennial Celebration
25 Hartwood Road
9 am – 3 pm
Period demonstrations, Period costumes, Community booths, Children’s activities
🎃Costume Caper Story Time and Parade
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond
10 – 11 am
🎃Treats on the Streets
Downtown Fredericksburg
10 am – Noon
🎃Haunted FXBGO! Bus
Market Square, Fredericksburg
10 am – 12 pm
🎃Harvest Festival + Annual Trunk or Treat
Always Sonshine Learn and Play
10 am – 1 pm
🎃Halloween at the Museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps
10 am – 1 pm
Trunk-or-treat, costume contest, scavenger hunt, games, and more
🎃11th Annual Harvest Festival Fly-In
Shannon Airport
10 am – 4 pm
🎃Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt
Spotsylvania Towne Centre
10 am – 9 pm
Pick up scavenger hunt at customer service
🎃Fall Block Party with Trunk or Treat
Hillcrest United Methodist Church
11 am – 2 pm
🎃Touch a Truck and Trunk or Treat
Belmont Farm Distillery, Culpeper
11 am – 3 pm
🎃Patawomeck Halloween Festival
Patawomeck Museum and Cultural Center
11 am – 4 pm
Trick-or-treating plus more
🎃Kids Monster Jam Halloween Party
Billikens Smokehouse
12 Noon
🎃Fall Festival
Regester Chapel, Stafford
12-3 pm (Trunk or Treat starts at 2:30 pm)
🎃Fall Festival
Mount Olive Baptist Church, Stafford
12-3 pm
Fredericksburg VegFest
350 Landsdowne Road, Fredericksburg
12 – 5 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Dominion Drift Day: Halloween Edition
12 – 6 pm
$$
🎃Pre-Halloween Weekend
Mountain Run Winery
12-6 p m
Medieval Faire Market and Children’s Trunk or Treat/Candy Hunt Trail
🎃Trunk or Treat
Art Cart Kids, Stafford
1 pm until candy is gone
RSVP
🎃Howl-o-Scream! Family Fun Yoga
Fredericksburg Yoga and Wellness, Five Mile Center
1-2 pm
$$
🎃Sensory Friendly Carnival
Massad YMCA
1-3 pm
FREE for all
🎃Ghoul of Rock’s Ghostly Gathering
School of Rock Fredericksburg
1 – 5 pm
Performances, trunk or treating, fear factor challenges, costume contest, and more
🎃Trunk or Treat
WARF in Warrenton
2-4 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Providence Bible Church in Culpeper
2-4 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
El Ultimo Trago | Cosner’s Corner
2 – 5 pm
🎃Harvest Festival
Hope Community Church at Chancellor High School
2-5 pm
Games, Candy, Chili Cookoff, Music, and more
FREE
🎃Trunk or Treat
Mountainview Volunteer Rescue Squad | Stafford
2-5 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Brompton Community School
3-4:30 pm
🎃HOWL-O-Ween Party
Duff McDuff Green Memorial Park
3-4:30 pm or 4-6:30 pm
$15/resident, $17/non-resident
🎃Harvest Hoopla
United Methodist Church
3 – 5 pm
Games, Food, and Activities | Trunk or Treat
🎃Trunk or Treat
Laid Not Sprayed, 514 Landsowne Rd Ste F
3-5 pm
Thriller Dance Party
Meadowgate Alpacas, Beaverdam
3:30 pm | With professional choreographer
$10/pp
🎃Trunk or Treat Halloween Party
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Stafford
4-6 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Old Dominion Humane Society
4-7 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Burger King, 269 Garrisonville Road, Stafford
4-7 pm
🎃Harvest of Opportunity Festival
Germanna Fredericksburg Campus
4-8 pm
Fun for the whole family
🎃41st Annual Ghost Walk
James Monroe Museum
4 – 11:59 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
PATH Recreation and Fitness Center | Culpeper
5-7 pm
FREE
🎃Trunk or Treat
Restoration Community Church, Fredericksburg
5-7 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
New Hope United Methodist Church
5-7 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat at the Barn
Hope for Horses
5-7 pm
Sign up to be a host car
🎃Trunk or Treat
White Oak Ministries
5-7 pm
🎃Trunk-N-Treat
Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office (9119 Dean Ridings Lane)
5-8 pm
(Spotsylvania Residents and Employees Only)
🎃Trunk or Treat
Ninja Challenge Stafford
5:30 pm (5 and under)
6:30 pm (6 and older)
🎃Moonlight Halloween Candy Hunt
Culpeper Sports Complex
5:30-8 pm
Please register
🎃Trick or Treat
Coatings Central
5:30 – 8 pm
FREE community event
🎃Tailgate Trick or Treat
Caroline County Agricultural Fair Grounds
6-7 pm
🎃Ninja Trunk O’ Treat
USA Ninja Challenge Stafford
5:30 – 6:30 pm Ages 2-5
6:30 – 7:30 pm, Ages 6-12
Trunk or treat is FREE, but open gym is $20/pp, and you must register
🎃Halloween Trunk or Treat
Cedel Brooks, Jr. Park in King George
6-8 pm
Best suited for children ages 3-11
🎃Trunk or Treat
Car Doctor | Locust Grove
6-8 pm
FREE hot chocolate, mini-haunted house, and more!
🎃Trunk or Treat
The Potter’s House Church, Stafford
6-8 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Belle Grove Plantation King George
6-8 pm
🎃Creepy Crawly Carnival / Inside Carnival
Massad Family YMCA, Stafford
6-8:30 pm
$10/pp
🎃Trunk or Treat
Zoan Baptist Church, 5888 Plank Rd, FXBG
6:30 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat Cruise-In
Jax Wax Culpeper
6:30 – 9 pm
Free kids’ cone to participating kids
🎃Halloween Party and Costume Contest
Gourmeltz
7 pm
🎃A Nightmare at Brook Point
Brooke Point High School, Stafford
Doors open at 7 pm
🎃Fall Festival
Fredericksburg SDA Church
7-9 pm
FREE and open to the community
Culpeper Downtown Fall Family Movie Night
7-10 pm
Make sure to check out the merchant specials and spell before the movie
St. George’s Scary Music for Organ
905 Princess Anne St, Fredericksburg
7:30 pm
FREE
Oct. 26
Harvest Fest
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond
10 am – 2 pm
🎃Spooktacular PlayDate
PlayDate Culpeper
11 am – 3 pm
🎃2nd Annual Witches and Wizards Market
7100 Steckler Way, Fredericksburg
12 – 5 pm
🎃Pre-Halloween Weekend
Mountain Run Winery
12-6 p m
Music and Children’s Trunk or Treat/Candy Hunt Trail
Guided Woodland Hike
Gari Melchers Home and Studio
2-3:30 pm | FREE
🎃Trunk or Treat Boo Bash
Erin’s Elderberries
2-6 pm
🎃Culpeper’s 1st Annual Halloween Costume Pet Parade
Sponsored by Culpeper Artisan Collective at PeaPod Atelier
Lie up at S East St/E Locust St
3 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat and Costume Contest Bash
Eats Burger
3-6 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Spotswood Baptist Church
4-6 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Midas of Spotsylvania
4-6 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
4:30-6 pm
Bones Service at 6 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Ferry Farm Baptist Church
4:30 – 6 pm
🎃Fall Festival
Fredericksburg Seventh Day Adventist
7-9 pm
Oct. 27
🎃Spooky Stories
Salem Church Library
6-7 pm
Oct. 28
🎃Halloween Hoopla
Fredericksburg Branch Library | 9:30 – 10 am
Snow Branch | 11 – 11:30 am
Stories, songs, and a costume parade!
🎃Trunk or Treat
Primrose School Parking Lot, Stafford
5-7 pm
Princess and Pirate Night
Southpoint Chick Fil A, Spotsylvania
5-8 pm
FREE icedream cone if dressed as a pirate or princess
🎃Costume Contest
Fredericksburg Chick-fil-a
6-7:30 pm
Stop by in costume and get entered to win a FREE nugget tray
FREE Ice Dream for all participants
Oct. 29
Little Learners
Museum of Culpeper History
10:30 -11:15 am or 11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Ages 2 – 5
Pre-registration
Halloween
🎃Halloween Hoopla
Montross Branch Library | 11 – 11:30 am
Towne Centre Branch | 11 – 11:30 am
Stories, songs, and a costume parade!
🎃4th Howl-O-Ween Trunk or Treat — CANCELLED Candy inside
Stafford County Animal Shelter
4-7 pm
🎃Spooky Species
Porter Branch Library
4:15 – 5 pm
Learn about snakes, bats, fungi, and more.
🎃Spooktacular Family Festival
Celebree Stafford
5-7 pm | FREE
Petting zoo, scavenger hunt, trunk-or-treat and costume contest
🎃Trunk or Treat
Buffalo Wild Wings Stafford
5-7 pm
FREE Pictures with Dorothy, Scarecrow, and Tinman and Lion
Southpoint Chick Fil A, Spotsylvania
4-8 pm
🎃Trick or Treat
Sonic Drive – In 10045 Patriot Hwy, 22407
5-8 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Manassas Mall parking lot with Prince William County Police
Line opens at 5:30 pm
FREE candy while supplies last
🎃Trunk or Treat
Horne’s Restaurant
6-7:30 pm
Oct. 30
🎃Trick or Treat at the Library
Culpeper County Library
10 am – 5 pm
Plus, Spooktacular Story Time at 10:30 am
Elementary Explorers
Museum of Culpeper History
10:30 -11:30 am
Pre-register
Halloween
🎃Halloween Hoopla
Newton Branch Library | 11 – 11:30 am
Stories, songs, and a costume parade!
Halloween Eve Spooktacular
PeaPod Atelier, Culpeper
2-7 pm
Facepainting and sound garden compliments of Culpeper Artisan Collective
🎃Trick or Treat
Town of Orange Main Street
4-6 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Community Rec Center, Jenkins Road, Dahlgren
4:30 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Suite Tooth Pediatrics, Stafford
5-7 pm
🎃Trick or Treat Halloween Party
Stafford American Legion Post 290
5:30-7:30 pm | Costume contest at 7 pm
Agues: Under 13
Harry Potter Trivia Night
X Golf
6:30-9 pm
Prizes, golf games, costume contest, butterbeer
Oct. 31
🎃FREE Ice Dream
Fredericksburg Chick-fil-a
All Day
Free when you come dressed in costume
🎃Trick or Treat at Morningside
Morningside House of Spotsylvania
10 am – 4 pm
🎃Trick or Treat at the Library
Culpeper County Library
10 am – 5 pm
🎃Trick or Treat
Ferry Farm
10 am – 5 pm
Come to George Washington’s Ferry Farm in costume and get a FREE treat!
🎃Halloween Hoopla
Salem Branch Library | 10 – 10:30 am and 11 – 11:30 am
Porter Branch | 10:30 – 11 am
Cooper Branch | 11 -11:30 am
Stories, songs, and a costume parade!
Spooky Move N’ Groove
PlayDate Culpeper
10:30 am
$10/child
Spooktacular Sparkle Day
MFA Studios, Locust Grove
10:30 am -12:30 pm
FREE dance class for ages 3-6 years
Racoon Meet and Greet
Possum-bilities, Fredericksburg
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Meet Ranger from Fox Tales Wildlife
🎃Costumes and Candy with the Cow
Chick-fil-a Burns Corner
3 – 5 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Culpeper
4-6 pm
🎃Swannanoa Halloween Spooktacular
Annual Family Trick-or-Treating
4-8 pm
$10/adult | Kids 12 and under, FREE
Friday Night Market and Scary Movie on the Lawn
Land of Golden Sunshine Farm (1573 Garrisonville Road, Stafford)
4-10 pm | Movie is at 7:30 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Falmouth Baptist Church
5-7 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Gourdvine Baptist Church, Rixeyville
5-7 pm
Hot dog, chips, and drinks
🎃Trunk Or Treat | Facebook2nd Annual Trunk or Treat
Westmoreland State Park
5-8 pm
The Bash
Christ Chapel Kids, Woodbridge
5-9 pm
FREE
🎃Trunk or Treat
Good Hope Baptist Church
5:30-7:30 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat Festival
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, 6131 Sperryville Pike
5:30 – 8 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Mine Road Baptist Church
6 pm
Candy, hot dogs, and soup
🎃Trick or Treat in Oz
VIVA Senior Living at Stafford
6-8 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Fredericksburg Eagles
6-8 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Salem Volunteer Fire Department, Culpeper
6-8 pm
🎃Trunk or Treat
Jeffersonton Baptist Church
6-8 pm m
🎃Trunk or Treat by the Barn
Trinkets in the Flashlight Maze
Autumn Valley Farm Corn Maze
6-9 pm
(Bring a flashlight)
🎃Trunk or Treat
The Learning Experience, 5010 Spotsylvania Parkway
6:30-9 pm
Great Trick-or-Treating Neighborhoods
Spotsylvania Neighborhoods
- Stonewall Estates (22407), Salem Fields, Fox Point, Breckenridge
- Kingswood Subdivision off Harrison Road. The Forest of Lost Souls (Berwick Court) is open Halloween night at 6:30 pm. Free admission. Happening 2025. There is another haunted house in the back of the neighborhood on New Bond Street.
- The Lisa Pitts Eley Cancer Foundation’s free-to-attend haunted house will take place on Halloween night from 7-10 pm. Each kid will receive a free treat bag. The haunted house is located at 6812 Winthrop Ct, Fredericksburg, in the Salem Fields neighborhood.
- The Haunted Graveyard is open Halloween night (Oct. 31) from 6-9 pm. This is located at 12729 Pickett Court, Spotsylvania. If you need more information, please call Debbie at 609-864-0557. This neighborhood (Lake Wilderness 1 or 2) usually has lots of decorated houses.
- The Haunted Graveyard
12729 Picket Court, Spotsylvania
Halloween Night | 6-9 pm | Call with questions — 609-864-0557 - Synchronized Holiday Light Show in the new Saddle Creek neighborhood at 6200 Farrier Way. Oct. 6 – 31, 2025. Most nights starting at 7:30 pm for ~20 min. Check the website for times.
- Halloween House on Falls Grove Drive in Lee’s Parke subdivision in Spotsylvania County.
Stafford Neighborhoods
- Stafford Lake (Rt. 17), Royal Oaks (Rt. 3), Hamiltons Crossing, Arbor Lane, and Idlewild (Rt. 1) have lights and sidewalks
- Ferry Farm Elementary School neighborhood
- Hampton Oaks, Austin Ridge, Spring Lake, Vista Woods, Leeland Station, and Embrey Mills
- Haunted trail with jump scares and candy off Lark Lane–neighborhood off 610. 113 Lark Lane has their annual haunted house.
- Woodling Spooktacular Drive-Thru: Kid-friendly drive through off of Hartwood Road–620 Hartwood Road. They also give big candy bars. 6:30-9:30 pm on Halloween night.
- Haunted House on Halloween at 113 Lark Lane, Stafford, VA. No charge.
- The Haunting of Country Manor — Halloween show with music. Halloween night from 6-10 pm.
Culpeper Neighborhoods
- 14355 Temple Lane in Culpeper. Bring your flashlights and come on down to Kavanaugh Meads! Come see me at 14355 Temple Lane in Culpeper! I’ve got toys, books, art kits, snacks and drinks for all the trick-or-treaters! Every trick-or-treater will get to pick one activity, one snack and one drink to take with them! So come early and pick out your treats! I’ll be out around 4pm on Halloween. Be sure to go see the rest of the neighbors! The horse farm across from me will have hot cocoa again.
- The Jenkins Family will be welcoming trick-or-treaters from 4-8 pm on Hillview Court (behind Lowe’s) in Culpeper. They will have full-size candy bars.
- Other great neighborhoods in Culpeper: Highpoint off Rt. 15, Lakeview
Ladysmith Neighborhoods
Kids eat FREE and other FREE Halloween food deals
Working on confirming these from 2024. You’ll see a (2025) if they’ve been verified for this year.
Kids Eat FREE at Applebee’s
Only at Potomac owned and operated Applebee’s locations — Fredericksburg location is one of these.
Kids 12 and under | Max 2 free kid meals per 1 adult entree purchase- At Carl’s Frozen Custard, kids 12 and under dressed in costume get a free kiddie cone!
- Chipotle: Wear a costume to Chipotle for a “Boorito” deal. Any entree for $6 for Chipotle Rewards members who order in costume. Available 3 pm to closing on Oct. 31. (2025)
- FREE ice cream cone at Dairy Queen (Fredericksburg on Courthouse Dr.) for kids in costume. (2025)
- Kids Eat FREE in Costume at Eatsburger on Sunday, October 26, 2025 and Halloween Night.
*Kids 12 or under, one free meal from the kids’ menu with an adult meal purchase. - Kid’s Meals will only be 99 cents at El Rodeo on Halloween for kids wearing costumes. There will be candy. (2025)
- Firehouse Subs: Bring your child dressed in a costume to Firehouse Subs and get them a FREE Kids Combo per purchase of a medium or large combo. One free kid’s meal per combo purchase. Valid Oct. 29-31. In-store ONLY. (2025)
- IHOP: For a *limited time, Scary Face Pancakes are FREE for kids 12 and under with the purchase of an adult entrée. 10/24/24 – 10/31/24 from 4 pm-10 pm, dine-in only
- Iztac Mexican Cantina: On Halloween, Kids’ Meals are only 99 cents after 4 pm with the purchase of an adult entree. (2 kids’ meals per adult entree) 2025
- FREE donut at Krispy Kreme Doughnut for anyone in costume. (2025)
- FREE Kids’ Meal with Costume at Mason Dixon Cafe. Kids 12 and under dressed in their costumes eat FREE with the purchase of an adult meal! One free meal from the kids’ menu for every $10 spent. This deal is good all day long. (2025)
- Kids in costume eat FREE on Halloween at New Fujiya House at 1489 Carl D Silver Pkwy. Up to 2 FREE kids’ meals per household. Offer valid during their Halloween celebration for dine-in only. 11:30 – 2:30 and 4:30-9:30. (2025)
- One FREE donut for any child wearing a costume in Paul’s Bakery on Halloween. One per child, excludes maple bacon. (2025)
- Sedona Taphouse: Stop by with your costumed cutie for a free kid’s meal on Halloween! Promotion includes items from the Kid’s menu only. Dine in only. One meal per child. Offer not valid with any other rewards or discounts. (2025)
- $0.50 Corn Dogs all day this Halloween at Sonic. (2025)
- Kids in costume get a free scoop of ice cream (cup or cake cone) at Tilly’s Homemade Ice Cream. (2025)
- Kids who wear their costumes to Red Robin get a FREE Kids’ Sundae. Available now through 11/2 at participating locations. (2025)
- Halloween Special: 50% off all of Paisano’s pizzas, Use code: SPOOKYDEAL
What to do with your Halloween Candy!
Working on confirming these from 2024. You’ll see a (2025) if they’ve been verified for this year.
Riverby Books Great Candy Buyback! Swap excess Halloween Candy for awesome books! $3.20 in store credit for kids’ books for every pound of candy you’d like to bring in. 805 Caroline St – open every day and most evenings, too. (2025)
Until Nov. 9, Sedona Taphouse in Fredericksburg is collecting Halloween candy for Treats for Troops.
Patient First will be providing FREE X-rays of Halloween Candy from October 27th – November 1st from 6 to 8 p.m. at all of our medical centers. (2025)
In addition, Patient First is providing FREE safety blinkers at all centers until October 31st – no need to see a physician. While supplies last. (2025)
Donate any leftover Halloween candy for the Lisa Pitts Eley Cancer Foundation’s Christmas stockings. (2025)
What to do with your Pumpkins!
Haven Hills Farm in Bealeton is accepting pumpkin donations. They use the pumpkins to feed their animals. If you haven’t been to Haven Hills Farm, it’s worth a visit. You can tour the farm or even have a pony experience.
Rikki’s Refuge can use your pumpkins. Just about pumpkin time! Our pigs love ’em! Want to help gather pumpkins for the Refuge? Drop an email to us at Events@RikkisRefuge.org and let us know! We need pickers, loaders and haulers! Know any good pumpkin patches?