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Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet
Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, Central Ave. closes to pedestrian-only traffic and local businesses and organizations hand out candy to costumed families!
Businesses must register to distribute candy at their storefront or to set up a separate booth.
Once registrations are in, we will contact you to let you know where to set up (you must provide your own table and chairs).
The 2024 schedule can be found below and will be updated as Halloween approaches. Check back here for all the Halloween events in Los Alamos and White Rock!
Halloweekend in Los Alamos, New Mexico
LOS ALAMOS HALLOWEEKEND: Oct. 25-27, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Fall Party @ Family Strengths Network
Family Strengths Network, Los Alamos
Bring your littles for outdoor games, pumpkin painting (B.Y.O.P.), cookie decorating, trick-or-treating, and a costume runway!! Two days and times to choose from (Oct. 25 and 26).
3-5 p.m.
Trick-or-Treat with LAMC
Los Alamos Medical Center - First Floor and Back Lawn
The whole family is invited to stop by the local community hospital for delicious treats and a lot of fun! Many hospital departments will have themed booths and staff passing out candy to all who dare to enter.
4-6 p.m.
Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet
Downtown Los Alamos
Central Ave. in downtown Los Alamos opens to pedestrian-only traffic and businesses and organizations from within and outside the district hand out candy to costumed kids and families. A free, annual Los Alamos tradition!
PEEC-a-Boo
Los Alamos Nature Center
They'll be open for extended hours that day, so come on by for candy between 4 – 6 p.m.! Free
High-Tech Halloween at the Bradbury
Bradbury Science Museum
From 4-6 p.m., visit during Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet for some spooky science fun!
7-10 p.m.
Halloween Carnival
Los Alamos Teen Center
Music, games, and lots of Halloween treats! Free and open to high school-aged teens.
Saturday, October 26, 2024
9-11:30 a.m.
Pumpkin Splash
Los Alamos County Aquatic Center
Join us for this fun Halloween event- Diving for pumpkins! Pumpkin retrieval begins at 10 a.m., by age group. Swimming is allowed until 11 a.m.
Certain fees may apply.
Limit 150 participants.
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Fall Party @ Family Strengths Network
Family Strengths Network, Los Alamos
Bring your littles for outdoor games, pumpkin painting (B.Y.O.P.), cookie decorating, trick-or-treating, and a costume runway!! Two days and times to choose from (Oct. 25 and 26).
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Pumpkin Carving Party
Fuller Lodge
First 60 pumpkins are free (one per family). Bring your own pumpkin or buy one from the LAHS Choir Pumpkin Patch onsite.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
3:30 p.m.
Jack O' Lantern Family Paint Night
Los Alamos Co-Op Market
$15/person, 10% Discount to Co-Op members
Interested in being a sponsor?
Contact Jacquelyn Connolly at 505-661-4844 or jacquelyn@losalamos.org
Other Fall activities
Oct. 13-Nov. 1
Downtown Los Alamos Scarecrow Contest
Central Avenue, Downtown Los Alamos
In collaboration with Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District, Los Alamos Arts Council brings a bit of autumn fun to downtown Los Alamos every year by organizing the annual Scarecrow Contest. Since 2001, scarecrows made by local businesses, clubs, organizations, schools, families, and individuals have graced the walkway lamps along Central Avenue during the week before Halloween, and up to Nov. 1. This year's theme is "Decades." Check them out all around town!
To register, go to losalamosartscouncil.org/scarecrows
Oct. 19
Atomic Follies Halloween Show (Time TBD)
Los Alamos Little Theater
Tickets available at www.lalt.org
Oct. 19
2-6 p.m., Halloween Blood Drive
Los Alamos Teen Center
Join the Los Alamos Teen Center for their Annual Halloween Blood Drive. The Teen Center and its partners at Vitalant will be hosting a fun, monster-themed donation event. As always, there will be treats and goody bags for donors.
This opportunity is brought to you by the staff and teen volunteers of our JJAB-funded Youth Mobilizers program.
Oct. 20
2-6 p.m., Sip & Paint the Harvest Moon
Wolf & Mermaid Enchanted Cafe
$40/person, register at www.lacanvasevents.com/in-person-paint-parties
Oct. 28
10-9 p.m., Los Alamos Arts Council Presents: Pumpkin Glow 2024
Fuller Lodge
The Los Alamos Arts Council's annual pumpkin glow returns to the historic Fuller Lodge this fall. 100 free pumpkins will be provided to carve and decorate. Leave your pumpkin with us to go on display at dusk!
10 a.m. - Free pumpkin carving (while supplies last, then it's BYOP)
4-6 p.m. - Drop off your pumpkin for display.
4-5p.m. - Pumpkin Toddle (time for very young children/less sensory experience)
Dusk-9 p.m. - Pumpkin Glow and Contest
This event is free to the public. For more information:
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Halloweekend Sponsors
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