New Haven · Fri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1
209 things to actually leave the house for across greater New Haven, 101 of them free. Everything from arena shows to farmers markets: filter down to what you're into.
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Toyota Oakdale Theatre · Wallingford
An R&B concert at Toyota Oakdale Theatre with Musiq Soulchild, Donell Jones and Slim of 112 on the Autumn Love bill.
Ticketed; see Live Nation/Ticketmaster for prices
Bishop's Orchards · Guilford
Seasonal farm festival at Bishop's Orchards with pick-your-own, a pumpkin patch and fall activities. On weekends it adds wagon rides, a Mega Slide, the Apple Train, a cider hut and food trucks.
All-access pass: weekdays $10 online / $13 at the gate; weekends $15 online / $18 at the gate; weekend orchard pass $2; pick-your-own bags $15–$45
Yale Peabody Museum · New Haven
After-hours Halloween night in the museum with gothic vampire décor, costumed performers from Grymm Studios and live animal demonstrations. Includes an open bar, passed food, a DJ and a photo booth.
$115 + fees (includes open bar and food)
Westville / Edgewood Park · New Haven
A free community parade of giant puppets and costumed marchers in Westville, the closing celebration of Open Studios New Haven. The park is Edgewood Park.
Free
Yale Center for British Art · New Haven
A major exhibition of John Constable's open-air landscapes, with cloud studies, plein air sketches and two of his 'six-footers', including Hadleigh Castle, marking the 250th anniversary of his birth. Also on view: Sightlines: British Landscape Photography (through Jan 24, 2027) and Loyalists and Sons of Liberty (through Dec 31, 2026).
Free
Trail of Terror · Wallingford
A long-running outdoor haunted trail with timed entry. Friday Oct 30 is its last night of 2026.
Timed Ticket $28; VIP Premium Pass $40 (very limited); fees apply; online only
Woolsey Hall · New Haven
The Yale Symphony Orchestra's traditional midnight Halloween show in Woolsey Hall. The orchestra plays live in costume to a student-made silent film.
$18 via Eventbrite (sold out); livestream free online
Hindinger Farm · Hamden
A family farm open since 1893, with a farm stand selling pumpkins, gourds, fall decorations and produce.
Free to visit; pumpkins and produce priced individually (prices not published)
Madison Earth Care · Madison
A day-after-Halloween event at a Madison landscaping and garden center, where you bring old pumpkins to smash with bats or sledgehammers or launch from a trebuchet. Each smash or launch benefits a charity.
Not announced; each smash or launch raises money for a charity that has not yet been named
Dave & Buster's Milford · Milford
Boo Bash is a family morning with a breakfast banquet, a costume contest, a $10 Power Card and three hours of unlimited games. The evening Moonlight Mixer is 18+ and includes a banquet, a costume contest, unlimited games and optional drink tickets.
Boo Bash from $21/person; Moonlight Mixer from $24.99/person (before taxes, gratuity, fees)
Freedom Road Harley-Davidson · Branford
A Halloween day at Freedom Road Harley-Davidson that starts with a zombie-themed group motorcycle ride and ends with a trunk-or-treat for kids 13 and under.
Free to attend and participate
Meriden Public Library, Teen Room · Meriden
The library's monthly teen movie screening shows the 2010 supernatural horror film Insidious, with popcorn.
No fee listed (library program)
African American Lodge #024 · Hamden
A Halloween costume party for children ages 2–12 with activities, puzzles and games. Costumes encouraged.
Not listed
Madison Green · Madison
A town Halloween gathering on the Green where kids in costume trick-or-treat from decorated car trunks, with candy and live music.
Free
Dixwell Community Q House · New Haven
A neighborhood Halloween festival with face painting, a photo booth, games, crafts, dance, a Halloween movie, food, vendors and live performances on the plaza, ending in trick-or-treating for kids.
Cost not listed on organizer page
Best Video Film & Cultural Center · Hamden
Best Video hands out candy, apple cider and water to Halloween visitors and trick-or-treaters.
No price listed (candy, cider and water handed out)
Walnut Beach Creamery · Milford
Candy, a DJ and dancing start at 5pm outside the Walnut Beach Creamery. At 6pm the Walnut Beach Witches and Wizards lead a kids' costume parade, and anyone in costume gets free ice cream while supplies last.
Free to attend (no admission listed); free ice cream for anyone in costume while supplies last
Soundview Beer Works Tap Room · Milford
A Halloween party at the brewery taproom with a costume contest (scariest, funniest, most creative, best group), live music from Bobby Morrill, the Inca's Plancha food truck, and Scary-oke karaoke from 8pm.
Price not listed
Meetinghouse Lane (Woodbridge Town Center) · Woodbridge
Kids trick-or-treat at fire trucks on Meetinghouse Lane, hosted by the Woodbridge Volunteer Fire Association.
Free (2025 edition was free; 2026 listing gives no price)
Shore Line Trolley Museum · East Haven
A 30–45 minute interactive night trolley show where riders 'search for Sasquatch'. It mixes theater, comedy and audience participation, and riders' choices shape the ending. It is not a haunted house or hayride.
$29 per person (advance only); VIP $49 with first boarding, seat choice and a souvenir shirt
Manifest by Destiny · Meriden
A beginner workshop covering sewing machine basics. Each participant makes a small Halloween-themed project to take home.
Ticketed; price not shown on the listing
Bethany Volunteer Fire Department · Bethany
The Bethany Volunteer Fire Department hosts a town Trunk or Treat, where kids in costume collect candy from decorated car trunks.
No admission price listed. People who want to hand out candy from their car must register on the BVFD form.
GROUP PROJECT (2nd floor, above Bradley Street Bike Co-op) · New Haven
Halloween party for Midnight Visitor, New Haven's public-access paranormal TV show. It screens the show's 2026 Halloween Special, followed by a 'Dream Manor style soirée'.
Pay what you want, suggested $5–10; GROUP PROJECT members free
Bartlem Park walking trail · Cheshire
A town-wide display of homemade scarecrows built by residents, schools and businesses, set up along the paved walking trail at Bartlem Park. Entry fees support Cheshire Human Services.
No viewing fee is listed; the $25 fee is for contest entrants
North Haven Fairgrounds · North Haven
A Mexican-style jaripeo (bull-riding rodeo) with teams Rancho El Tesoro, Rancho El Lucero and Escuadrón MG, plus live sets from Los Dos de Tamaulipas, Los Farmerz, Kanales, Compa Filly and La Súper Banda de Chilacachapa.
Tickets via Tickeri.com, Ticketon.com or 1-800-668-8080. Prices aren't shown.
Geronimo Tequila Bar & Southwest Grill · New Haven
A three-day Día de los Muertos celebration at Geronimo with DJs, live music, a costume contest, themed food and drink, weekend brunch, and mariachi on Sunday. Guests who visit Geronimo or Camacho Garage on all three days can enter a passport challenge for prizes.
No cover or price published. Food and drink are paid.
Quattro's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar · Guilford
Live jazz during Sunday brunch at a Guilford Italian restaurant. On Nov 1 the lineup is vocalist Francesca Brasile, John Brasile (drums), Barry Ries (trumpet), Mike Asetta (bass) and Dr. G (guitar).
No cover; food and drink purchased separately
Paradise Hills Vineyard · Wallingford
Sweeter than Wine plays a Sunday afternoon set at Paradise Hills Vineyard, where you can listen with wine from the winery.
Not listed
Guilford Free Library · Guilford
Stony Creek-based jazz quartet (two guitars, bass and drums, sometimes sax) playing standards and originals with Latin, soul and blues influences.
Free
Cafe Nine · New Haven
A weekly afternoon jazz session where the New Haven Jazz Underground house band plays a set, then opens the stage to a jam. Musicians can bring instruments and sit in.
Free
Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, Room 114 · New Haven
Pre-concert talk by Yale musicologist Markus Rathey on why Bach wrote the St. Matthew Passion and how its first Leipzig audience heard it. It comes before the Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 performance of the work that day.
Free
Paradise Hills Vineyard · Wallingford
Tony Gabriel plays a Friday evening set at Paradise Hills Vineyard, where you can listen with wine from the winery.
Not listed
Woolsey Hall · New Haven
Grete Pedersen conducts Yale's chamber choir with Juilliard's period-instrument ensemble in Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Markus Rathey gives a free talk on the work beforehand.
Free and open to the public. The pre-concert talk is also free.
Neighborhood Music School, NMS Recital Hall · New Haven
F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent vampire film screened with a live electronic, percussion and spoken-word score by Istvan Peter B'Racz, Thom Kozumplik and Tom Burnett. Costumes are welcome and spooky cocktails and snacks are sold.
$15 advance, $20 at the door; vampires admitted free
The Cellar on Treadwell · Hamden
A Halloween rock show with Splatterhead, Local Hero, Bone Storm and Process. The kitchen and bar open at 6 pm.
$15 at the door
Space Ballroom · Hamden
An all-ages rock show by Like Roses with support from IDKConundrum, Sunday Morning and Spinworld. Presented by Premier Concerts and Manic Presents.
General admission, standing room only; sold out (price not listed)
Caius Farm Brewery · Branford
Live music by JT Shavers at a farm brewery known for German-style lagers and mixed-fermentation sours.
No cover or ticket listed
New England Brewing Co. (NEBCO) Woodbridge · Woodbridge
A Halloween-themed Final Friday at the NEBCO taproom: the NEBCO House Band opens and the Rum Runners follow, with the Mason Jar Exchange food truck on site. Costumes optional.
Free live music
The Cellar on Treadwell · Hamden
Three local original rock bands, If Not For Dreaming, Attention Rebellion and Farewood, play the Cellar on Treadwell on Mischief Night. The kitchen and bar are open.
$10 at the door
Butcher Bros Steakhouse · Cheshire
Local singer-guitarist Chris Marolda plays live at Butcher Bros Steakhouse in Cheshire. He mixes rock, folk, funk and blues.
Price not listed
Eli's on the Hill (Eli's Branford) · Branford
Eric Parker plays a Friday night of live music at Eli's Branford, a restaurant and sports bar.
No cover listed
NEBCO Branford (New England Brewing Co.) · Branford
Timmy Maia plays the brewery's monthly Saturday Night Sounds show on the Branford waterfront, with food from NEBCO Kitchen.
Free
Small Batch Cellars · North Haven
A Jerry Garcia tribute band plays sets based on actual Jerry Garcia Band set lists, at a North Haven cidery.
Ticketed via Eventbrite. Prices aren't shown.
Camacho Garage · New Haven
An hour-long solo flamenco guitar set by Val Ramos at Camacho Garage, a restaurant in Westville.
Free, no cover charge (food and drink extra)
First United Church of Christ, Congregational · Milford
A Halloween-themed concert by soprano Diane Phelan, tenor Brenten Megee and organist John Abdenour, joined by the First Church Chamber Singers and Adult Choir.
$20 adults; $10 seniors and children under 12
College Street Music Hall · New Haven
Screening of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (The Final Cut) on a large HD screen while The Avex Ensemble plays Vangelis's synthesizer score live in sync.
$25–$90.52
Cherry Street Station · Wallingford
A Halloween night of live bands with ¡Inquieto?, Max Hysteria and Fairlawn Ave. Costumes are encouraged and there are door prizes for the best ones.
$5 in costume, $10 without
Space Ballroom · Hamden
The Grateful Dead tribute band Mystic Dead plays a Halloween-night show at Space Ballroom. Presented by Premier Concerts and Manic Presents.
General admission, standing room only; tickets on Eventbrite (no price published)
Madison Beach Hotel · Madison
A live music set by Sean Murawski at the waterfront Madison Beach Hotel.
Price not listed
Central Cafe · North Branford
The local band The Mediums plays a live set at Central Cafe's Halloween party.
Price not listed
Firehouse 12 · New Haven
Pianist Myra Melford's trio Splash, with Michael Formanek on bass and Ches Smith on drums and vibraphone, plays music inspired by painter Cy Twombly, over two sets.
$20 (8:30 set), $15 (10 p.m. set)
Juniors Billiards & Bar · Branford
A Halloween party at a pool hall and bar with live music from The Heavy Hitters and costume contests for spookiest, sexiest and funniest outfits.
Price not listed
Anthony D's Bar and Grill · Milford
A late-night live band set billed as a 'Hell night' with cocktails, at Anthony D's Bar and Grill.
Not listed
69 Miller St · Meriden
An afternoon gospel house dance party with DJ Lisa B., DJ Stevo and DJ Soul Selektah, hosted by House Head City.
Ticketed via Eventbrite (price not shown)
Club Vandome · New Haven
Halloween costume day party with DJ TreyDon, hosted by Huggy Bear, with a $100 cash prize for best costume.
$10 advance on POSH; price goes up at the door (amount not stated)
Check-in at Prime BGR; stops at Secrets, Melting Pot, Old Heidelberg, Blue Tortuga Bistro & Bar · New Haven
A costumed bar crawl through five downtown bars. Ticket holders get a lanyard and drink vouchers at check-in, and there is a mid-party at Secrets and an after-party at Blue Tortuga.
$25 online; $20 each for groups of 4+; $40 at the door
Madison Beach Hotel Ballroom · Madison
An all-vegan, gluten-free shoreline gala with cocktails, mocktails and ballroom dancing, where guests can also learn about black cats available for adoption. Black formal wear is expected and masks are encouraged.
Ticketed; price not published on the organizer page
Pub 34 (Palm Room) · West Haven
A Halloween dance party at Pub 34 with Rhythm Band Duo, a Connecticut party band playing classic and current hits in the pub's Palm Room.
$5 cover
New England Brewing Co. (NEBCO) Woodbridge · Woodbridge
A Halloween emo night at the NEBCO taproom with Emo Night CT, playing throwback emo hits for sing-alongs. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
Dance in Rhythm · Branford
A Halloween Argentine tango social dance with DJ Gem playing classic and nuevo tango. It opens with a beginner-friendly class on the essentials plus a spooky step, and costumes are optional.
Milonga $30; class $20; both $40; half price for college students
Longley's · Branford
A Halloween party at Longley's restaurant and bar with the live band Spellbound and a DJ. Costume prizes go to best overall, best couple and most creative.
No cover listed
Sabores Restaurant 2 · Orange
A Halloween karaoke night at a Latin restaurant, with music, dancing and a best-costume contest.
$30 at the door, includes one drink
Stella Blues · New Haven
Emo and pop-punk singalong night with live band The Paper Suns. There's a Halloween costume contest with prizes in several categories.
Price not listed
MAC Downtown (Milford Arts Council) · Milford
A costume dance party with DJ Sonja, a disco ball and a giant dragon decoration, plus snacks, a cash bar and prizes for the best costumes.
$20 in advance, $25 at the door. MAC members free.
Toad's Place · New Haven
A black-light Halloween dance party with DJs and a costume contest with prizes at Toad's Place.
$20 advance, $25 day of show
Stella Blues · New Haven
A Halloween bass-music night headlined by UK dubstep artist Claybrook, presented by AZ Presents, Connecticut Live and PRP.
Ticketed through Posh; price not listed
Cafe Nine · New Haven
A sapphic-centered Mischief Night dance party hosted by Hotties of NH, with several Connecticut DJs.
$5; free entry 8–9 p.m.
Hunk-O-Mania New Haven · New Haven
A weekly male revue show on Crown Street, followed by free dance entry for guests 21 and over.
Tickets via Eventbrite (General Admission, VIP and group tiers); prices not published on the organizer page
22 Nights Bar & Grill · West Haven
A Halloween costume party at a beachfront bar and grill on Captain Thomas Blvd, with a $100 costume prize.
Tickets from $10
Armada Brewing · New Haven
A 21+ Halloween costume party at Armada's Fair Haven brewery with two DJs, beer on tap and dark-themed specialty cocktails.
Free entry; drinks for purchase
Cafe Nine · New Haven
A goth, industrial and darkwave Halloween night from Sanctuary CT with R.I.C.H.A.R.D, AZRAEL and OMEGATELIK, plus a costume contest with a prize.
$10
MexItale Kitchen · Guilford
A Halloween costume party with a live DJ, dancing, a costume contest (Best Overall, Scariest, Most Creative), a themed snack counter and raffles. The VIP package adds a dinner buffet.
Ticketed: general admission, or a VIP Dinner & Party Package that adds a dinner buffet (prices not shown)
Toad's Place · New Haven
A Halloween-night DJ dance party at Toad's Place with a costume contest and prizes.
$20 advance, $25 day of show
Anthony D's Bar and Grill · Milford
The 2nd annual Halloween costume party with the band Shameless at Anthony D's, with costume prizes and giveaways.
Price not listed
Dockside Brewery · Milford
A waterfront Halloween party at the brewery with spooky cocktails, music, dancing and an annual costume contest.
Not listed
North of Havana Cigar Lounge · North Haven
A Halloween-eve party for a 'grown & sexy' crowd at a cigar lounge, with DJ Buddha Luv Jones playing.
Ticketed through Eventbrite; price not shown on the listing.
Yale LGBTQ Center · New Haven
An '80s summer-camp horror-themed Halloween party with music, dancing, free food and an annual costume contest.
No price listed; free food
Gippers Restaurant & Ale House · Milford
A Halloween karaoke night at Gippers where guests come in costume and sing.
Price not listed
The Blind Rhino · Milford
A Halloween party at the Blind Rhino bar in downtown Milford, one of three parties the bar is holding across its locations that night.
Not listed
Blue Orchid · New Haven
Three nights of costumed Halloween events at the Blue Orchid bar, with trivia, dancing, karaoke and themed drinks.
Not published
The Trinity Bar · New Haven
Two themed Halloween costume parties at the Trinity Bar: a country Rodeo party with DJ Bry and a costume contest on Friday, and a Roaring Twenties Great Gatsby party with live music from Ian Biggs and the Ruckus on Saturday.
Cover not published
Fair Haven Oyster Co. · New Haven
A Halloween dinner at Fair Haven Oyster Co. with a special menu, served in two seatings. Costumes are strongly encouraged.
Price not published; reserve via Resy
24 participating restaurants across eight New Haven neighborhoods · New Haven
Twenty-four New Haven restaurants, including Barcelona, Heirloom, Zinc, Caffe Bravo and Claire's Corner Copia, offer fixed-price lunch and dinner menus from Nov 1 to 14.
Prix-fixe menus: 2-course lunch $25 at select restaurants; 3-course dinner $45 or $55 at all participants (excludes drinks, tax and tip)
Bethany Airport · Bethany
Classic car swap meet and car sale at the old Bethany Airport field, with vendors selling parts and vehicles.
$10 for spectators
Conte/West Hills School lot · New Haven
CitySeed's weekly Saturday farmers market in Wooster Square, with local farmers, bakers and food vendors set up in the school lot on Chapel Street.
Free to browse; vendors sell goods individually
Dudley Farm · Guilford
Weekly Saturday farmers market at the historic Dudley Farm in North Guilford, with local produce and goods from vendors. Oct 31 is the season's last market.
Free entry; goods priced by vendors
Edgewood Park · New Haven
Weekly Sunday farmers market from CitySeed, held at the corner of West Rock and Whalley in Edgewood Park. Local farms and food vendors sell produce, baked goods and prepared foods.
Free to browse; vendors sell goods individually
Bayview Park, Stony Creek · Branford
A weekly outdoor farmers market in Stony Creek's Bayview Park, with local produce and food vendors. This is the last Sunday of the 2026 season.
Free to visit; vendors sell goods
Madison Town Green · Madison
Weekly outdoor farmers market on the historic Town Green, selling Connecticut-grown produce and locally made foods.
Free to browse
Lost in New Haven · New Haven
An evening Halloween market with local Connecticut artisans and vendors, a DJ, the museum's exhibits and Cabinet of Curiosities, and drinks for sale at the historic Anchor Bar.
$5, in advance or at the door
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Sterling Hall of Medicine Rotunda · New Haven
Rare books and early printed works from the Medical Historical Library on how Renaissance scholars read celestial signs to track time, seasons, illness, calendar reform and biblical chronology.
No admission charge listed; visitors without a Yale ID get a pass at the security desk
Yale Schwarzman Center, The Well Gallery · New Haven
A short exhibition of two-dimensional art by Yale students from the Afro-American, Asian American, La Casa, MENA and Native American cultural centers. The works explore identity, overlooked histories and home.
Free and open to the public
Yale Schwarzman Center, The Dome Gallery (3rd floor) · New Haven
Site-specific installation by Yale School of Art designer and artist Nontsikelelo Mutiti that draws on hair braiding in Black life and the social bonds formed in braiding spaces.
Free
Yale Schwarzman Center, Presidents' Gallery · New Haven
Photographs by nine New Haven student photographers, made in workshops co-run with the Yale Center for British Art. The images explore observation, connection and self-reflection. The gallery is on the Schwarzman Center's second level.
Free and open to the public
Yale Schwarzman Center, The Well Gallery · New Haven
Photographs by Christian Badach ('26 ART) showing how rural landscapes, weather and seasonal change shape mood and movement. The show includes landscapes and portraits and is in the lower-level Well Gallery.
Free and open to the public
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Yale Schwarzman Center (The Well Gallery) · New Haven
At the Beinecke, 'Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry' uses manuscripts, letters and photographs to trace the Black poetry collective. Two other Beinecke shows cover the Harlem Renaissance magazine 'Fire!!' and William Hogarth's progress prints. A few blocks away, the Schwarzman Center's Well Gallery shows paintings and photography by students from Yale's cultural centers.
Free. Beinecke exhibitions are free and open to all, with no reservation. 'Rooted in Heritage' is free and open to the public.
Yale Divinity Library, Latourette Learning Center · New Haven
An archival exhibit on the scholar, writer and radio host Lex Hixon ('63), with documents, photographs, audio and artifacts about his interfaith spiritual life and his WBAI show 'In the Spirit'.
No admission charge listed
Sterling Memorial Library (Hanke Gallery) / Haas Family Arts Library · New Haven
In Sterling's Hanke Gallery, 'Beauties of My Style' displays about 30 works with printed errata, from maps with wrong geography to religious texts. 'Tasteful Modulations' marks Fenno Heath's 100th birthday and the Yale Glee Club's 165th anniversary. At Haas Arts Library, 'An Artist's America' shows artist books about American democracy and history.
No admission fee listed. Sterling's public spaces and exhibition galleries are open to visitors during the day.
James Blackstone Memorial Library (upper rotunda gallery) · Branford
An exhibit of oil and mixed-media paintings of landscapes, wildlife and figures by Connecticut artist Maria Barletta, shown in the library's upper rotunda gallery.
Free
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library · New Haven
Three exhibitions: Cave Canem, a Black poetry collective, shown through manuscripts, letters and photos; the 1926 magazine 'Fire!!' and the Harlem Renaissance; and William Hogarth's Progress print series.
Free; no reservation needed
Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop · New Haven
CAW's annual exhibition of work by its students and faculty, shown in the Hilles Gallery.
Admission fee not stated by CAW
Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center · New Haven
An America 250 exhibition at the Knights of Columbus pilgrimage center on the Order's history and its place in American history, with artifacts such as early-1900s anti-Knights broadsides.
Free admission and free parking
Yale Center for British Art · New Haven
A fourth-floor exhibition of paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture by Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart and others, looking at the American Revolution from both British and American sides. A companion display is in the Study Room.
Free
Yale University Art Gallery (4th floor special exhibitions) · New Haven
The first exhibition on art traditions that came out of the early-19th-century Nguni diaspora. Historical shields, vessels and jewelry are shown with oral traditions and new works by contemporary artists.
Free
Guilford Art Center Gallery · Guilford
Group exhibition of work by Connecticut and New England artists, using the idea of memento mori to look at life, loss, change and impermanence.
Free
Yale University Art Gallery, 4th floor · New Haven
A special exhibition pairing Sarah Sze's new paintings with an earlier room-size sculpture to explore how her painting and sculpture relate, using studio and popular imagery.
Free
Yale Center for British Art · New Haven
A survey of British landscape photography from the 1840s to the present at the Yale Center for British Art. Docent and student guide tours of the collection also run on all three days.
Free
Yale University Art Gallery · New Haven
Two temporary exhibitions on the gallery's 4th floor. One is a show on photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. The other is a retrospective of more than 35 prints from 30 years of the Yale School of Art's Print Catalyst Program, with artists including Glenn Ligon, Nicole Eisenman and Terry Winters.
Free
Edgewood Park, Westville · New Haven
The month-long Open Studios New Haven closes with a Giant Puppet Parade and celebration in Westville's Edgewood Park. Exhibits by Open Studios artists also run at galleries around the city through Nov 1.
Free
James Blackstone Memorial Library (Auditorium) · Branford
An R-rated double feature on the library's big screen: Send Help (2026, 113 min), a survival story about two stranded colleagues, followed by Obsession (2025, 109 min), about a wish with a dark price.
No cost listed; registration required
MAC Downtown (Milford Arts Council) · Milford
The Milford Arts Council's yearly group show of work by its member artists, in the MAC Downtown gallery.
Price not listed
Ely Center of Contemporary Art · New Haven
Contemporary art gallery showing the group exhibition Between Worlds. Maggie Nowinski's solo show tendered ground opens on Sunday.
Price not listed
Kehler Liddell Gallery · New Haven
An exhibition of work on Namibia by Penrhyn and Rod Cook, who collaborate as PenRod, at Westville's artist-run Kehler Liddell Gallery.
Price not listed
Flint Street Theater · New Haven
A free screening of Jordan Peele's horror film Get Out, part of Flint Street Theater's Free Saturday Movies series.
Free (RSVP on Eventbrite)
NXTHVN · New Haven
Exhibition of work by artist Derek Fordjour at NXTHVN, the arts space in Dixwell.
General admission not stated by NXTHVN (the opening and talk were free and open to the public)
Yale University Art Gallery, James E. Duffy Study Room (4th floor, West Elevator) · New Haven
A one-hour drop-in open house in the gallery's study room for works on paper. Curatorial staff show prints, drawings and photographs from the collection up close and answer questions.
Free
Yale University Art Gallery · New Haven
A weekly screening of one episode of the South African epic TV drama about the rise of the Zulu Kingdom, in isiZulu with English subtitles. It accompanies the gallery's Nguni exhibition.
Price not listed
Humanities Quadrangle, Room 276, Yale University · New Haven
Ukrainian poets Yaryna Chornohuz and Lesyk Panasiuk read in English and discuss their new books in a moderated conversation with audience Q&A. Paintings by children living through the war are on display.
No price or registration listed by the organizer (a Daily Nutmeg lead describes it as free)
The Institute Library (3rd-floor music room) · New Haven
A guided listening session that plays records from the Institute Library's jazz vinyl collection in its third-floor music room. The music is recorded, not live.
$5 suggested donation
Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art · New Haven
A public opening reception for the Yale School of Art's fall undergraduate show of works in progress, spanning drawing, photography, sculpture and graphic design.
Price not listed
Caius Farm Brewery · Branford
A guided paint session at the brewery where participants paint a portrait of their partner.
$41.32 per ticket
Best Video Film & Cultural Center · Hamden
A big-screen showing of Jane Schoenbrun's horror film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma from a pan-and-scan VHS tape, part of MUBI's VHS tour.
Ticketed via GiveLively; price not shown.
Sterling Memorial Library, Gilmore Music Library Exhibition Corridor · New Haven
A temporary exhibition on the Fenno Heath years of the Yale Glee Club, marking Heath's 100th birthday. It was curated by Jeffrey Douma and T. Sean Maher with Gilmore Music Library staff.
No fee listed
Yale Schwarzman Center, Dance Studio (lower level) · New Haven
Semimaru of the butoh company Sankai Juku leads a participatory workshop on spirit and body, covering breathing, gravity, rhythm and wave transmission. It is part of the EveryBody Dances series of free community masterclasses.
Free; registration required
The Ballroom, 220 York St · New Haven
Broadway actor Jenn Colella critiques musical theater performers in a master class, followed by Q&A and a discussion of authenticity and presence in performance. A casual reception with salad and pizza follows.
Not listed. Non-participants are welcome to attend.
Small Batch Cellars · North Haven
A Halloween burlesque revue at a cidery, with striptease acts inspired by spooky, goofy and classic Halloween characters. Costumes are encouraged and there's a costume contest.
Ticketed via Eventbrite. VIP tickets include reserved front-row seating and a first drink. Prices aren't shown.
Legacy Theatre (Long Wharf Theatre @ Legacy) · Branford
Long Wharf Theatre's production of Arthur Miller's drama The Price, staged at Branford's Legacy Theatre. Friday is the first preview performance.
Tickets from $55
285 Nicoll St, Suite 104 · New Haven
A freeform movement session where people dance however they like to a range of music. It opens with an intention circle and ends with a sharing circle.
$28 (Venmo, Zelle or cash at the door)
Bucknall Theater, Dodds Hall, University of New Haven · West Haven
The University of New Haven Theater Program's fall production of Jonathan Yukich's The Poe Show. It mixes comedy and gothic suspense in adaptations of Poe works including The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Raven and Annabel Lee.
Suggested $10 general public, $5 students; at the door
Milford Arts Council (The MAC) · Milford
Pantochino Productions' original musical spoof that mashes up the Real Housewives reality franchise with Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow, with book and lyrics by Bert Bernardi and music by Justin Rugg.
$37, all seats
Crescent Underground, Morse and Stiles Colleges · New Haven
Yale Artists Cabaret's student fall mainstage: a song cycle of musical theater hits built around tales of gluttony, greed, wrath, envy and the other sins.
Tickets reserved online; no price listed
Morse Recital Hall (Sprague Memorial Hall) · New Haven
Yale Opera singers perform scenes from Donizetti's 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' Leoncavallo's 'Pagliacci,' Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin,' and Corigliano's 'The Ghosts of Versailles.'
$7–28
PUB 34 · West Haven
A Halloween stand-up show hosted by Cara Amore, with Dave Sheehan, Jonny Benson, Kate Dresty, Riley Thompson and Luciano Rodriguez. The best costume wins a prize.
Ticketed via Eventbrite; price not listed
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Yale University · New Haven
A Yale student comedy show by The Good Show that debuts five new performers on the main stage.
Price not listed
James Blackstone Memorial Library (Auditorium) · Branford
A Halloween program for kids ages 0–5 with songs, movement, stories and hand rhymes, then a costumed march around the library to collect small takeaways (no candy).
No cost listed; drop-in, no registration needed
Connecticut Children's Museum · New Haven
A Halloween day at the children's museum with story time and Halloween arts and crafts. Every child who comes in costume gets a free book.
$12 for children and adults
Wallingford
The 13th annual family Halloween day, with a costume contest, trick-or-treating, bounce houses, food, a basket raffle with prizes from local businesses, and free document shredding. Proceeds go to a Cook Hill School librarian.
No admission fee listed. Free shredding is offered. Raffle proceeds benefit a Cook Hill School librarian.
Case Memorial Library · Orange
Children and their caregivers stop by the Children's Room for Halloween treats, some of them non-food. Costumes are optional but encouraged.
Free; no registration
E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, Children's Program Room · Madison
A Halloween-themed storytime for babies and preschoolers, followed by a costume parade down the library's main hallway and a treat from the treasure chest.
Free library program (no fee listed); registration required
Cheshire Public Library, Mary Baldwin Room · Cheshire
A gentle Halloween party for ages 2–5, with games and activities. It ends with a costumed trick-or-treat parade around the library that collects non-candy items.
Registration required (now full). The page does not list a cost.
Stetson Branch Library, Young Minds Discovery Room (1st floor) · New Haven
Open play time for children ages 0–4 and their caregivers in the Stetson Branch's Young Minds Discovery Room.
No fee listed (public library program)
North Haven Memorial Library · North Haven
Kids ages 0–12 in costume can stop at the Children's Department and the main first-floor circulation desk, where staff hand out treats.
Free drop-in; no registration
Best Video Film & Cultural Center · Hamden
Musician Robert Messore leads a Halloween-themed sing-along for kids from newborns to age 6 and their parents.
Suggested donation $5–10 per family; no one turned away for lack of funds.
North Haven Memorial Library · North Haven
A STEAM-based Halloween craft session for kids ages 2–5, who make whatever they imagine from mixed media supplies the library provides.
Free library program; registration required.
Meriden Public Library, Meeting Room 1+2+3 · Meriden
A Halloween party for preschoolers with games, crafts, stories and a costume parade around the library.
No fee listed (library program); registration required
Wallingford Public Library, Children's Program Room · Wallingford
A Halloween story time with silly songs and funny books, for children from birth to age 5 and their families.
Free
Ives Main Library (Ives Children's Program Room) · New Haven
A seasonal story followed by a Halloween craft for children ages 3–8 with a caregiver. Costumes are welcome.
Free
Southern Connecticut State University (parking lot) · New Haven
A city-sponsored trunk-or-treat in which costumed kids collect candy from decorated vehicles in an SCSU parking lot.
Free
Yale University Art Gallery · New Haven
A 30-minute family session of guided activities for looking at art together, focused on works from the collection. Families then try the month's activity on their own.
Free (the gallery is free and open to the public; the program page lists no fee)
Sloane Physics Laboratory (Yale), floors 1–3 · New Haven
Yale Physics' annual Halloween outreach event: a walk-through physics-themed haunted hallway, then a Halloween physics demonstration show.
Price not listed
Yale University Art Gallery (meet by the lobby couches) · New Haven
A monthly family program at which storytellers share folktales, myths and stories from around the world that connect to objects in the Gallery's collection.
No fee listed. Gallery admission is free.
Yale Peabody Museum, second-floor overlook · New Haven
Stories and crafts about science, nature and adventure for kids 8 and under, held on the museum's second-floor overlook.
Free (museum admission is free)
Ives Teen Center, Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · New Haven
A Halloween-themed Dungeons & Dragons session for teens in grades 7–12, run by the New Haven Free Public Library's Teen Center.
No fee listed. Registration required; the page showed 4 seats left.
Miller Memorial Library, Children's Department · Hamden
Preschool and school-age kids do spooky crafts in the children's area, then trick-or-treat around the library in costume.
No fee listed (public library program)
Miller Memorial Library, Teen Center · Hamden
A Halloween bingo for grades 7–12 where players match candy pictures instead of numbers, and the first to get five in a row wins candy.
Free (sponsored by the Friends of the Hamden Public Library)
Connecticut Post Mall · Milford
A 25,000-square-foot inflatable bounce park at the Connecticut Post Mall, with play zones and music for kids and families. Saturdays are theme days with discounts for guests in costume.
Timed tickets. The AllEvents/Eventbrite listing shows $24; all-day passes are also offered.
Guilford Free Library · Guilford
Multi-week workshop where tweens learn to produce songs with music software and basic music theory, taught by a local high school music maker. Open to all experience levels.
Free; registration required
Bear's Smokehouse Barbecue · New Haven
A kids' Halloween party at Bear's Smokehouse with pumpkin decorating, spooky crafts and treats. Costumes encouraged.
Free (per NeighborWorks listing); Eventbrite RSVP shows sold out
Whippersnapper's Play Gym · Cheshire
A kids' Halloween party at an indoor play gym, with crafts, games and a candy hunt. Costumes are encouraged.
$35 per child, snacks included
Keefe Community Center · Hamden
A yearly community trunk-or-treat where kids in costume collect candy from decorated car trunks. Hosted by Hamden Youth and Family Services.
Not listed
The Nest School Wallingford · Wallingford
A preschool's fall festival with trunk-or-treating at staff-decorated cars, fall games and activities, refreshments, and information about the school.
Not listed
Wildermere Beach Congregational Church · Milford
A Halloween stop at the church on Broadway near Walnut Beach, with candy, apples, cider and popcorn for kids and adults.
Price not listed
The Barn (Madison Arts Barn) · Madison
An all-ages Halloween bingo night with games of varying difficulty, special games and prizes. Costumes are encouraged.
Bingo cards sold online in advance or at the door; price not published
Meigs Point Nature Center, Hammonasset Beach State Park · Madison
An evening Halloween nature program with close-up visits from live owls, opossums and snakes brought by A Place Called Hope, Freedom First Wildlife Rehab and Farm River Wildlife. There are also crafts, owl facts, face painting, henna and glitter tattoos.
Free; suggested donation $5 per person
Zima Academy of Dance · Wallingford
A trunk-or-treat with about 15 decorated cars, Nee-doh dancing and a bake sale. It raises money for the studio's recital costumes and recital venue.
Not listed
Shepherds Trail trailhead, Madison (11 a.m.); end of Martleshamheath Rd, Rockland (9 a.m.) · Madison
Two easy, roughly 90-minute guided history hikes to local murder sites. At 9 a.m., author Joel Helander covers the Mary Stannard case; at 11 a.m., guides lead a hike to the site of Eldridge Johnson's murder.
No fee listed; registration requested
Stony Creek Marina · Branford
A guided kayak or paddleboard trip from Stony Creek through the Thimble Islands to Outer Island. There's a stop for a bring-your-own lunch and time to explore.
$75 single kayak or paddleboard; $125 tandem kayak
Sleeping Giant State Park (Main Parking, white bathroom building) · Hamden
A guided hike of about 6 miles on the violet and yellow trails around the park's perimeter, with a detour to the base of the cliffs. Costumes are optional. Run by the Sleeping Giant Park Association with CT AMC, led by Joanna Miller.
Free; registration required
Grove Street Cemetery · New Haven
A free guided walking tour of about an hour through the historic Grove Street Cemetery, meeting inside the main entrance gate. The Saturday tour is a Halloween edition.
Free
Grove Street Cemetery (inside main entrance gate) · New Haven
Hour-long guided walking tour of the historic Grove Street Cemetery led by docents; costumes are welcome. Meet inside the main entrance gate.
Free; no registration
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library · New Haven
A 45-minute introductory tour of the Beinecke's history, architecture, collections and services, led by library staff or a student guide.
Free
Yale University Art Gallery · New Haven
Undergraduate gallery guides lead conversational tours of objects they choose from the gallery's global collection, so each tour is different.
Free (the gallery is free and open to the public; the tour pages list no fee)
Yale Center for British Art · New Haven
A volunteer docent leads a 45-minute conversational tour of the fourth-floor installation 'In a New Light', covering British art from the 16th century to the present.
Free
Yale Center for British Art · New Haven
A YCBA student guide leads a tour of the 'In a New Light' installation, each one built around a single theme in the collection.
Free
Yale Center for British Art · New Haven
A volunteer docent leads a 45-minute tour of the museum building designed by Louis I. Kahn.
Free
Townline Farm · Woodbridge
A family farm on the Woodbridge–Derby line with a 2.5-acre corn maze, wagon rides through the fields, and pumpkins at the farmstand.
Corn maze $6 per person; wagon ride $4 per person; kids 2 and under free
Meets outside the Union Apartments · New Haven
A guided, lantern-lit walk of about a mile past downtown spots tied to local ghost stories, including the Shubert Theatre and City Hall. It lasts about an hour.
$26 adults; CTvisit lists $17 youth (7–17) and free for ages 0–6
Ghosts of New Haven walking tour (meets near 1070 Chapel St) · New Haven
A 90-minute evening walking tour of downtown New Haven that tells local ghost stories and haunted history.
From $25
Bucknall Theater, Dodds Hall, University of New Haven · West Haven
A daylong symposium from the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science on the 25 years of progress and preparedness since 9/11. It is aimed at first responders, forensic and legal professionals, students and interested community members.
$100 general admission; registration required
Henry R. Luce Hall, Room 202, Yale University · New Haven
2026 Yale World Fellow Roy Lin talks about a decade of civic tech, the Taipei Urban Intelligence Center and city-scale AI, and the friction between technology and city government.
Free
Sleeping Giant State Park, main parking lot · Hamden
Volunteer trail maintenance with the Sleeping Giant Park Association's Trail Crew. Tools are supplied, and tasks suit all abilities.
Free volunteer session
Branford Coworking · Branford
A hands-on workshop on building an Instagram strategy for a business or personal brand, with networking afterward. It's part of Next Girl Up's Saturday Series for women.
$45 adults (25+), $35 students (13–24). Financial assistance available.
Humanities Quadrangle, Room 131, Yale University · New Haven
Yale Public Humanities symposium with three conversations on music writing: Matthew Jacobson and Michael Veal; Daphne A. Brooks and Alexandra T. Vazquez; Teju Cole and Jeremy Eichler. Lunch and coffee are served.
Free and open to the public, no registration required
Kline Tower, Room 509 (Lounge), Yale University · New Haven
Yale Center for the Invisible Universe marks Halloween and Dark Matter Day with lightning talks, posters and discussion about dark matter.
Not stated
Luce Hall, Room 202, Yale University · New Haven
Historian Marina Perez de Arcos (EU–UKRI Global Fellow at Yale) reflects on her research and on the WWI European War Office, a humanitarian operation run from Madrid's Royal Palace.
Not stated
Hamden Hall Country Day School · Hamden
An admissions open house at a preschool-to-grade-12 independent school. Visitors tour the campus, see classrooms, and meet teachers, students and families.
Free with pre-registration
Meriden Public Library, Meeting Room 1+2+3 · Meriden
Local historian Justin Piccirillo gives a Halloween-themed talk on South Meriden's history, including Hanover Pond ice harvesting, the Red Bridge, the old railroad and Quinnipiac River industrial sites. Some of the stories are spooky.
No fee listed (public library program); registration required
Ives Main Library (lower level) · New Haven
Weekly Saturday drop-in sessions for Go and chess players in the lower level of the main library. The chess club is aimed at adults.
No cost or registration listed (public library program)
EBB and Flo Wellness · Branford
A two-hour group session hosted by Paula Lowe. It starts with a short energy-work segment, then a medium passes on messages from attendees' loved ones in Spirit. Not every attendee is guaranteed a reading.
Ticketed through Eventbrite; price not shown on the listing
Hagaman Memorial Library, DeMayo Room · East Haven
Paranormal researcher Dustin Pari of TV's Ghost Hunters talks about New England places known for their history, folklore and ghost stories, drawing on his own investigations.
Free; registration required
Wilson Branch Library (Wilson Atrium) · New Haven
Halloween bingo hosted by The Community Couch in the Wilson Branch atrium, with games, prizes and light refreshments.
Library program; the library page lists no fee
Phantasm Gaming · Branford
A weekly Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game tournament at Phantasm Gaming, a game store in Branford. Registration opens 30 minutes before the 2 p.m. start.
$10 entry fee
St. Paul's Episcopal Church · Wallingford
An evening prayer service of remembrance honoring enslaved people, with music by the St. Paul's Choir and St. Luke's Sacred Steel Band, followed by a reception in Wilkinson Hall.
No cost listed
Wilson Branch Library (Wilson Music Room) · New Haven
A monthly in-person meeting of a non-fiction book club that explores the macabre. This month's book is Spiritualism's Place by Averill Earls et al.
Free
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 319 (Yale) · New Haven
Academic book launch for R. John Williams's 'Out of Mind: Media, Meditation, and the Problem of the Inner Self', with respondents Sunny Xiang and Jonathan Kramnick. Held as a joint 20th/21st Century and Americanist Colloquium.
Not stated
Miller Memorial Library, Friends Room · Hamden
A casual drop-in group for practicing spoken French, open to all levels from beginner to fluent and led by a Hamden resident volunteer.
Free
Onda Healing Arts · New Haven
A weekly group sound bath in Wooster Square using gongs, singing bowls, chimes, drums and looped vocals. Mats, blankets and bolsters are provided.
Advance tickets required (via Eventbrite); price not published by the organizer
19 Wagner Pl · West Haven
A women's gathering for honest conversation, encouragement, faith and self-care, hosted by Aldene Charles with Jodyann Forde and Shanee Robinson.
Price not listed
Knights of Columbus · Hamden
Three rounds of music bingo run by Digital Tracks Entertainment, with cash prizes. Proceeds benefit the North Haven Education Foundation.
$30 per ticket (three rounds, cash prizes)
Lisman Landing · Milford
A Halloween costume 5K run/walk from Lisman Landing that benefits the Beth-El Center, with a free kids' Halloween dash before the main race.
Adults $37 (first 150) / $40, youths 18 and under $25, plus processing fees. Kids' dash (10 and under) free.
Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium, University of New Haven · West Haven
NCAA Division I FCS football: University of New Haven hosts Duquesne in a Northeast Conference game. The school is promoting it as the City of West Haven Game.
Tickets via the New Haven Hometown Ticketing box office; prices not published
M&T Bank Arena (Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena) · Hamden
Quinnipiac's men's hockey team hosts Providence in a non-conference college game at M&T Bank Arena.
Ticketed (price not confirmed)
The Hazell Center, University of New Haven · West Haven
University of New Haven women's volleyball hosts Mercyhurst in a Northeast Conference match.
Price not listed
Jess Dow Field, Southern Connecticut State University · New Haven
An NCAA Division II college football home game: the SCSU Owls host Franklin Pierce at Jess Dow Field.
Price not listed
Reese Stadium · New Haven
Yale men's soccer plays an Ivy League home game against Cornell.
Reported free by infonewhaven. Yale's schedule page doesn't state admission, though past Yale men's soccer home games have been free.
Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena at M&T Bank Arena · Hamden
NCAA Division I women's hockey: Quinnipiac hosts Brown in an ECAC Hockey conference game at the Perrotti Arena inside M&T Bank Arena.
Ticket prices not found on official pages; resale listings exist on TickPick.
M&T Bank Arena (Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena) · Hamden
Quinnipiac's women's hockey team hosts in-state rival Yale in an ECAC Hockey game.
Ticketed (price not confirmed)
North Haven High School (Vanacore Field) · North Haven
Southern Connecticut Conference varsity football game between the Guilford Grizzlies and North Haven Nighthawks. Per MaxPreps, North Haven is the home team.
Price not listed
Ingalls Rink · New Haven
Yale opens its home ECAC Hockey season against Brown at Ingalls Rink, Eero Saarinen's 'Yale Whale.'
Ticketed. 2026-27 single-game prices weren't found on Yale's site.
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