Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, so the whole weekend is fair game. Here's everything you need to plan trick-or-treating around Memphis, the suburbs, DeSoto County and West Memphis: what time it gets dark, the forecast, and more than 30 trick-or-treat events from Friday through Sunday, sorted by day and by area. Most of it is free.
Last updated October 28, 2026.
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🎃 Halloween Night at a Glance
The quick facts every trick-or-treat plan needs:
📅 Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31. Lots of events start Friday and wrap up Sunday.
🌇 Sunset is 6:07 p.m. It's dusk by about 6:35 p.m., per the U.S. Naval Observatory. Pack a flashlight.
⏰ No official hours. No city in the metro has set trick-or-treat hours for 2026 as of Oct. 28. So it's up to your street: a porch light that's on means "come on up."
🌧️ Rain is possible. The National Weather Service shows a 50% chance of showers Saturday night, with a low near 60 (forecast as of Wednesday evening). Check again Friday, and see our indoor options.
🕐 Extra hour of sleep. Clocks fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, so Halloween is the last night on daylight saving time.
🌙 Memphis curfew: on weekend nights, it's 11 p.m. for kids 16 and under and midnight for ages 17 and 18, under the city's youth curfew ordinance.
☔ Rain Plan: Indoor Options
If Saturday's showers show up, these spots keep the candy dry:
Whitten Baptist Indoor Trunk or Treat: Sat., 6–8 p.m. (plus the sensory-friendly version Fri., 6–7:30 p.m.)
Spooky Streets & Treats at the Memphis Sports & Events Center: Sat., 4–6 p.m.
Boooooks! at Central Library: Fri., 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Broadway Baptist Fall Fest in Southaven: Sun., 3–5 p.m., a good backup if Saturday gets washed out
Heading to an outdoor trunk-or-treat? Check the host's Facebook page before you leave. Rain can move things indoors or cancel them.
🔦 Safety Tips
A few reminders from Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and the Tennessee Highway Patrol:
🔦 Be seen. Add glow sticks, a flashlight or reflective tape to costumes and candy bags.
🎭 Skip the mask. Face paint lets kids see better. Make sure costumes fit and nothing drags on the ground.
🚶 Cross smart. Use corners and crosswalks. Where there's no sidewalk, walk on the left side of the road, facing traffic.
👨👩👧 Go together. An adult should walk with kids under 12. Older kids should plan a route and a time to be home.
💡 Porch lights only. Stick to houses with the light on and skip very dark streets.
🍬 Check the haul. Look over candy at home and toss anything that looks suspicious or homemade.
🚗 Drivers, slow down. Watch for kids darting between cars, and don't pass a car stopped in the road. It may be dropping kids off.
Want to check your route? Search the sex offender registries for Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. In Tennessee, registered offenders on state supervision whose cases involved children can't hand out candy or decorate on Halloween under the state's Operation Blackout.
🍬 Friday, Oct. 30
Jump to your area: 🏙️ Downtown & Midtown · 🌳 East Memphis, South Memphis & Whitehaven · 🧭 Frayser, Millington & Tipton County · 🏡 Germantown, Arlington & Fayette County · 🌾 DeSoto County, MS
🏙️ Downtown & Midtown
📖 Boooooks! at Central Library
Memphis Public Libraries turns the Central Library's Children's Department into a spooky party, with stories, "tricks and treats" and a kids' rave. Costumes are encouraged. It's all indoors, so it's a great rain backup.
📍 Where: Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
📝 Good to know: Built for kids up to age 12
🚋 Spooky Trolley Night on South Main
October's Trolley Night has a Halloween twist. The South Main Association is asking everyone to grab a costume and bring the kids for an evening of shops, art, music and spooky fun. Last year, kids trick-or-treated at businesses until 7 p.m. 🚨 [CONFIRM 2026 trick-or-treat stops/hours — not yet posted]
📍 Where: South Main Arts District, Downtown
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 5–11 p.m.
💰 Price: Free to stroll
🦁 Zoo Boo (All Weekend)
The Memphis Zoo's all-new Zoo Boo has candy stops, a 7-foot-tall maze, a digital costume contest and free train rides. Heads up: the new Toxic Waste Zone may be too much for little ones. Tickets are date-specific and nonrefundable, so buy online before you go.
📍 Where: Memphis Zoo, 2000 Prentiss Place, Midtown
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, Sat., Oct. 31 and Sun., Nov. 1, 6–9:30 p.m.
💰 Price: $23–$25 nonmembers, $20 members, ages 2 and up
🌳 East Memphis, South Memphis & Whitehaven
🏀 Riverview Community Trunk or Treat
The Riverview Community Center is the spot for a neighborhood trunk-or-treat that runs later than most, so it works for families who get home late. Local food vendor El Bocadito posted the event and is bringing mini pancakes, elotes and candy apples. 🚨 [CONFIRM host/details with Memphis Parks — event listed only by a vendor]
📍 Where: Riverview Community Center, 1891 Kansas St, South Memphis
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 5–9 p.m.
💙 Whitten Baptist Special Needs Indoor Trunk or Treat
A calmer version of Saturday's big event. Whitten Baptist Church keeps the same candy and decorations, minus the crowds, flashing lights and loud noises. It's for people with special needs and their siblings, and it's indoors, rain or shine.
📍 Where: 6773 Macon Rd, Memphis
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 6–7:30 p.m.
📝 Good to know: Sign up on Eventbrite
🧭 Frayser, Millington & Tipton County
🥫 Safe Night Out in Atoka
Atoka Parks & Recreation takes canned goods instead of cash for trunk-or-treating, game booths, food trucks, free bounce houses and a costume contest for kids 12 and under.
📍 Where: Nancy Lane Park, 118 Atoka Park Ave, Atoka
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
💰 Price: Bring canned goods
🏡 Germantown, Arlington & Fayette County
⛪ Faith Presbyterian Trunk or Treat
Faith Presbyterian Church is serving hot dogs and burgers with its Friday-night trunk-or-treat, and raffling off a $200 Kroger gift card.
📍 Where: 8816 Poplar Pike, Germantown
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
🔧 Smith's Trunk or Treat
Candy with a cause in Arlington. Smith's Plumbing, Heating & Air lines up the trunks, and money from the hot dog combos and raffle goes to Spreading Sunshine, which helps local families of kids with serious illnesses.
📍 Where: 10545 US-64, Arlington
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 6–8 p.m.
💰 Price: Free admission
🌾 DeSoto County, MS
🛍️ Scare on the Tanger Square
A big crowd-pleaser in DeSoto County: organizers call it the largest free family event in the county. SOS Southaven (Success On The Spectrum) is hosting it as an autism-friendly event with Tanger and the Southaven Chamber, with face painting, pumpkin decorating and a touch-a-truck.
📍 Where: Tanger Outlets, 5205 Airways Blvd, Southaven, MS
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 5–8 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
💜 The Arc Northwest Mississippi Trunk or Treat
The Arc Northwest Mississippi hosts this trunk-or-treat for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, with volunteers decorating the cars.
📍 Where: 6545 Elmore Rd, Southaven, MS
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 6–8 p.m.
👓 O'Brien Vision Center Trunk or Treat
O'Brien Vision Center is hosting its first trunk-or-treat on Goodman Road. It's an easy stop before or after Tanger.
📍 Where: 1890 Goodman Rd, Suite 100, Southaven, MS
🗓️ When: Fri., Oct. 30, 6–8 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
🎃 Saturday, Oct. 31 (Halloween)
Jump to your area: 🏙️ Downtown & Midtown · 🌳 East Memphis, South Memphis & Whitehaven · 🧭 Frayser, Millington & Tipton County · 🏡 Germantown, Arlington & Fayette County · 🌾 DeSoto County, MS · 🌉 West Memphis, AR
🏙️ Downtown & Midtown
🌊 901KidsFest at Tom Lee Park
Kifani Kids is throwing a Halloween-day party at the Tom Lee Park playground, with treat bags, cookie and pumpkin decorating, free books and a storybook trail. RSVP on Eventbrite to save a spot.
📍 Where: Tom Lee Park, 422 Riverside Dr, Downtown
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
💰 Price: Free (RSVP on Eventbrite)
🌳 Park & Treat at Tobey Park
Memphis Parks and Memphis-Shelby County Schools are turning Tobey Park into a Halloween triple-header. Kids trick-or-treat at themed trunks and paint pumpkins, and there's a costume contest. Stick around for Movie Night in the Park right after. Bring blankets and chairs.
📍 Where: Tobey Park, 2599 Avery Ave, Midtown
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 2–4 p.m., with the movie after 🚨 [CONFIRM: Memphis Parks' page lists both 2–4 and 4–6 for Park & Treat, and 4–7 and 5:30–8 for the movie]
💰 Price: Free, no sign-up needed
🏟️ Spooky Streets & Treats
An indoor treat trail around the courts. The Memphis Sports & Events Center adds a DJ, sports skill stations and a 5 p.m. costume contest. Parking is free.
📍 Where: Memphis Sports & Events Center, 995 Early Maxwell Blvd, Midtown
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 4–6 p.m.
💰 Price: Ticketed on Eventbrite
📝 Good to know: Kids under 18 need a parent or guardian
🗳️ Trick or Vote at the Civil Rights Museum
Candy for the kids and a voting plan for the grown-ups. The National Civil Rights Museum has trick-or-treating, a DJ and a food truck, while volunteers help you check your registration before Election Day on Tuesday.
📍 Where: National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry St, Downtown
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 5–7 p.m.
💰 Price: Free (sign-up requested)
🌳 East Memphis, South Memphis & Whitehaven
🏀 Alcy Ball Trunk or Treat + Basketball Clinic
Hoops first, candy second. The Alcy Ball Development Corporation starts the day with a basketball skills camp, then moves to food and games, then wraps with a trunk-or-treat and car show.
📍 Where: Alcy-Samuels Park, 2044 E. Alcy Rd, South Memphis
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. (trunk-or-treat 3–4 p.m.)
💰 Price: Free
🌿 Trick or Treat Trail at Lichterman
Get the candy run started early. The Museum of Science & History lines the trails at Lichterman Nature Center with treat stops from community partners. It's a great pick for little ones who won't last past dark.
📍 Where: Lichterman Nature Center, 5992 Quince Rd, East Memphis
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
🎵 Global Children Services Trunk or Treat
Global Children Services promises a bigger trunk-or-treat this year, with music, games and food.
📍 Where: 5235 Martin Edwards Place, Memphis
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 3–6 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
🍬 Whitten Baptist Indoor Trunk or Treat
Whitten Baptist Church says it's stocked about 50,000 pieces of candy, handed out until it runs out. It's indoors, so rain won't stop it.
📍 Where: 6773 Macon Rd, Memphis
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 6–8 p.m.
📝 Good to know: Sign up on Eventbrite
🧭 Frayser, Millington & Tipton County
⛪ Journey Church Millington Trunk or Treat
Expect a crowd: nearly 1,000 people have responded to the Facebook event. Journey Church Millington is throwing a full fall celebration around its trunk-or-treat.
📍 Where: 4351 Babe Howard Blvd, Millington
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, starting at 2 p.m.
🏅 Rosemark Church Fall Festival
Rosemark Church gives out prizes for Best Trunk and Best Costume, with games, food and candy. Scary costumes and trunks aren't allowed.
📍 Where: 8815 Millington-Arlington Rd, Millington
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 2–5:30 p.m.
💰 Price: Free (sign-up required)
🏛️ Scare on the Square in Covington
The Covington–Tipton County Chamber lines the historic square with trunks and tents from local businesses, plus free popcorn.
📍 Where: Covington Square, 106 W. Liberty Ave, Covington
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 2–4 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
⛪ Range Hills Trunk or Treat
Frayser neighbors pop their trunks at Range Hills Baptist Church for a free evening of trick-or-treating.
📍 Where: 2741 Frayser Blvd, Frayser
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 4–7 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
🌾 Embury UMC Trunk or Treat at Hi5 Farm
Trunk-or-treat on the farm. Embury United Methodist Church is moving its Halloween-night party to Hi5 Farm for an evening of family fun. Note the address: it's at the farm, not the church.
📍 Where: Hi5 Farm, 2210 Independence Rd, Millington
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 6–8 p.m.
🏡 Germantown, Arlington & Fayette County
✈️ Little Flyer's Trick or Treat
Candy on the runway. The Memphis 99s, a women pilots' group, host an airplane-themed trick-or-treat with a bouncy house, face painting and games.
📍 Where: Fayette County Airport, 1075 Airport Rd, Somerville
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
🌾 DeSoto County, MS
🍧 Jimmy Gray Chevrolet Trunk or Treat
Snow cones on Halloween? Jimmy Gray Chevrolet's third annual adds shaved ice, a bouncy house and face painting.
📍 Where: 181 Goodman Rd E, Southaven, MS
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 3–5 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
🍔 Whataburger Trunk or Treat
The Getwell Road Whataburger is giving a free kids' meal to kids 12 and under in costume (dine-in, this location only).
📍 Where: 6829 Getwell Rd, Southaven, MS
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 3–5 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
⛪ Colonial Hills Church Trunk or Treat
Colonial Hills Church is throwing a community-wide trunk-or-treat at its Goodman Road campus, with hundreds of families saying they're interested on Facebook.
📍 Where: 3790 Goodman Rd E, Southaven, MS
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 5:30–7 p.m.
🌉 West Memphis, AR
🚙 Trunk or Treat at Andrews CDJR
Andrews Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram is filling its West Memphis lot with trunks for a long Halloween afternoon. It's a handy pair with the Ford of West Memphis trunk-or-treat down the road.
📍 Where: 1901 E Service Rd, West Memphis, AR
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 1–5 p.m.
🚘 Ford of West Memphis Trunk or Treat
Ford of West Memphis is hosting an afternoon trunk-or-treat across the bridge on Halloween day.
📍 Where: 2400 East Service Rd, West Memphis, AR
🗓️ When: Sat., Oct. 31, 2–4 p.m.
🌙 Sunday, Nov. 1
Jump to your area: 🏙️ Downtown & Midtown · 🌾 DeSoto County, MS
🏙️ Downtown & Midtown
🦁 Zoo Boo's Final Night
Sunday is the last chance for Zoo Boo this year. With clocks falling back, it'll be dark earlier, which makes the lights even better.
📍 Where: Memphis Zoo, 2000 Prentiss Place, Midtown
🗓️ When: Sun., Nov. 1, 6–9:30 p.m.
💰 Price: $23–$25 nonmembers, $20 members
🌾 DeSoto County, MS
🎉 Broadway Baptist Fall Fest
Rained out on Saturday? Broadway Baptist Church runs its fall fest the day after Halloween, with a trunk-or-treat, hayride, costume contest, photo booth and inflatables.
📍 Where: 7400 Getwell Rd, Southaven, MS
🗓️ When: Sun., Nov. 1, 3–5 p.m.
💰 Price: Free
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