Halloween 2026 in Woodstock: a free trunk-or-treat Oct. 17, Rocky Horror Oct. 29, outlet trick-or-treating Oct. 30 and the city's free Skelebration Oct. 31.
Last checked Oct. 14, 2026. This page is updated each year at the same address. Every date and time below comes from the organizer’s own website, linked. Questions about city events: Woodstock Parks and Recreation, 770-517-6788.
Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. Woodstock’s Halloween season starts with a free trunk-or-treat at the outlet mall on Oct. 17 and builds over the last week of October: two nights of outdoor movies at Woodstock Arts, a downtown ghost-story walk, the city’s free Skelebration on Halloween itself and an adults-only party on Elm Street that night. A free brewery anniversary festival the weekend before and a Día de los Muertos festival the weekend after bookend it.
Updated Oct. 11: Cadence Fair is free, Rocky Horror and the double feature are $20 each, and the county’s free Great Pumpkin Fest in Canton is on Halloween morning.
Looking for when to take the kids door to door? That is on our separate trick-or-treat hours page, with the city’s Skelebration and Visit Woodstock GA’s downtown Ghouls Night Out.
Who to call
- City events (Skelebration): Woodstock Parks and Recreation, 770-517-6788
- Woodstock Arts (Rocky Horror, double feature, Día de los Muertos): 678-494-4251
- Reformation Brewery Woodstock: 678-341-0828
- The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta: 678-540-7040
- Police, not an emergency: Cherokee County dispatch, 678-493-4080. Emergencies: 911.
Halloween week at a glance
| Date | Event | Where | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to noon | Trunk-or-Treat Car Show | The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta, 915 Ridgewalk Parkway | Free |
| Friday, Oct. 23, to Sunday, Oct. 25 | Cadence Fair | Reformation Brewery, 105 Elm St., and the Woodstock Arts Event Green | Free |
| Thursday, Oct. 29, 9 p.m. | Rocky Horror Picture Show with Shadow Cast | Reeves House backyard, 734 Reeves St. | $20 |
| Thursday, Oct. 29, 6 to 7:30 p.m. | Weird Woodstock Walking Tour | Downtown | $5 |
| Friday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m. | Beetlejuice and Scream double feature | Reeves House backyard, 734 Reeves St. | $20 |
| Friday, Oct. 30, 4 to 7 p.m. | Ghouls Night Out downtown trick-or-treating | 40 participating shops and restaurants (list) | Free |
| Friday, Oct. 30, 5 to 8 p.m. | Halloween at The Outlet Shoppes | The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta | See event page |
| Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | The Great Pumpkin Fest | Cherokee Veterans Park, 7345 Cumming Highway, Canton | Free |
| Saturday, Oct. 31, 4 to 8 p.m. | Halloween Skelebration | Northside Hospital-Cherokee Amphitheater, 101 Arnold Mill Road | Free |
| Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m. | Nightmare on Elm, adults only | Reformation Brewery, 105 Elm St. | See event page |
| Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8 | Día de los Muertos Festival | Woodstock Arts Event Green, 113 Elm St. | Free |
Movies and shows
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a shadow cast, Thursday, Oct. 29. Woodstock Arts sets up in the Reeves House backyard, and actors play out the film live as it runs. An MC hosts a pre-show with a costume contest. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the showing starts at 9 p.m. The film is rated R and runs 100 minutes. Woodstock Arts sells optional prop bags for the audience cues for $5 on top of the $20 general admission ticket, and says guests may bring blankets, chairs, food and nonalcoholic drinks; wine, beer and cocktails are sold on site. Its booking page showed one of the night’s two listings sold out on Oct. 11, so buy early.
Double Feature Movie Night, Friday, Oct. 30, the night before Halloween. The original Beetlejuice (1988) plays first, then Scream (1996), outdoors in the Reeves House backyard, with a mini-market of local art, crafts and food. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the first film starts at 7 p.m. Seating is first come, first served, so bring chairs or a picnic blanket. Tickets are $20, online or at the door. It runs rain or shine, and outside alcohol is not allowed; the Woodstock Arts bar is open all evening.
Weird Woodstock Walking Tour, Thursday, Oct. 29. The last tour of Visit Woodstock GA’s 2026 walking series covers little-known stories, funny facts and unusual episodes from downtown’s past. Tours leave at 6, 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m. and cost $5; tickets are on the walking tours page and at the Woodstock Visitors Center, 770-924-0406.
For grown-ups on Halloween night
Nightmare on Elm is Reformation Brewery’s adults-only Halloween party, Saturday, Oct. 31, from 8 p.m. at 105 Elm St. The brewery lists a live DJ from 8 p.m. to midnight, frozen drink specials and a costume contest with the winner crowned at 10 p.m.
D’Floridian Cuban Cuisine and Bar, 6242 Old Highway 5, Suite A3, also invites customers to come in costume on Halloween, according to its events list. It is open until 11 p.m. on Saturdays.
Festivals still to come
Cadence Fair, Oct. 23-25. Reformation Brewery’s free anniversary weekend fills its backyard and the Woodstock Arts Event Green with live music and local artisans. The brewery’s Cadence Fair page lists local music and Bloom Market artisans from 3 p.m. Friday; carnival rides from 10 a.m. Saturday, food trucks and the headliner, Pony Bradshaw, at 7 p.m. on the Woodstock Arts stage; and on Sunday a beer mile, a Cornhole ATL tournament, Maker’s Mash vendors and music all afternoon. Jonathan Peyton, Hunter Blalock and Red Letter Blonde are also on the bill.
Día de los Muertos Festival, Nov. 7-8. Woodstock Arts’ annual festival on the Event Green is free. Sofi G opens it on Saturday morning. It runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, with a mariachi band, a salsa class, loteria games, art and food vendors, a movie to end the night and a community ofrenda where visitors can leave something in memory of loved ones. Parking is free in the City Center East deck at Arnold Mill Road and Chambers Street.
Pumpkin patches, the downtown Scarecrow Invasion and the rest of the season are on our fall festivals and pumpkin patches page.
Trunk-or-treats and trick-or-treating at the outlets
Trunk-or-Treat Car Show, Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to noon. The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta, 915 Ridgewalk Parkway, off Exit 9 on I-575, lines up cars decorated for Halloween and lets children go trunk to trunk collecting treats. Costumes are encouraged and admission is free, according to the mall’s event page.
Halloween at The Outlet Shoppes, Friday, Oct. 30, 5 to 8 p.m. The mall lists trick-or-treating at select stores, a DJ playing Halloween favorites and costumed characters walking the center for photos, plus ghost stories at Great American Cookies and a pet costume contest (check in at Center Court by 6:30 p.m.). Bring a trick-or-treat bag.
Venardos Circus, Oct. 29 to Nov. 8. The mall also hosts the Venardos Circus, an animal-free, Broadway-style show in a striped tent. The main show runs about 90 minutes, doors open an hour before each show and parking is free. The mall says tickets are sold only on the circus’s own website; the schedule is there too.
The Great Pumpkin Fest, Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cherokee Recreation and Parks holds its free county festival at Cherokee Veterans Park, 7345 Cumming Highway, in Canton, about 10 miles north. It has a pumpkin patch, food and vendors, a DJ, a dance team at 11 a.m. and a costume contest at noon; bounce houses are pay-to-play. Park at Macedonia Elementary School or Macedonia Baptist Church for the free shuttle, the county says.
As of Oct. 11 we had not found a haunted house in Woodstock, or a church or school trunk-or-treat with 2026 details, posted on an organizer’s own website. Churches, schools and neighborhood groups usually announce theirs in mid-October. If yours is one, send us the details with a date, time, address and link, and we will add it here.
Parking and getting there
Most of these events are within a few blocks of each other downtown. The City Center East parking deck has more than 600 free spaces, and the city says 85% of downtown parking is free; see the city’s downtown parking page and our getting around guide.
What this means for you
- Families: the free trunk-or-treat at the outlet mall is Saturday, Oct. 17, and the city’s free Skelebration on Saturday, Oct. 31, 4 to 8 p.m., is its main Halloween event.
- Movie fans: Rocky Horror (Oct. 29, rated R) and the Beetlejuice and Scream double feature (Oct. 30) both sell tickets ahead on the Woodstock Arts site.
- Adults only: Nightmare on Elm at Reformation on Halloween night from 8 p.m.
Related: trick-or-treat hours, fall festivals and pumpkin patches, Thanksgiving in Woodstock and things to do this weekend.
Frequently asked questions
What is there to do for Halloween in Woodstock, Georgia, in 2026?
The city’s free Halloween Skelebration is Saturday, Oct. 31, 4 to 8 p.m. at the Northside Hospital-Cherokee Amphitheater. Woodstock Arts shows The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Oct. 29 and a Beetlejuice and Scream double feature on Oct. 30.
Is there an adult Halloween party in downtown Woodstock?
Yes. Reformation Brewery, 105 Elm St., holds Nightmare on Elm, an adults-only party, on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 8 p.m., with a DJ until midnight and a costume contest winner named at 10 p.m.
When is Rocky Horror in Woodstock?
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, in the Reeves House backyard at Woodstock Arts, 734 Reeves St. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the showing starts at 9 p.m. The film is rated R.
Are there trunk-or-treats in Woodstock in 2026?
Yes. The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta, 915 Ridgewalk Parkway, holds a free Trunk-or-Treat Car Show on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to noon. Churches and schools often announce theirs in mid-October; send us yours and we will add it.
What are the trick-or-treat hours in Woodstock?
The city has not set official hours. Our trick-or-treat hours page has the details, along with the downtown Ghouls Night Out on Oct. 30.
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