16 Trunk Or Treats & Halloween Parades To Check Out

Complement your corn mazing and pumpkin picking with these fun and local October events happening between now and Halloween.
Cheryl De Leon,
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You’ve planned the trick-or-treating, the pumpkin picking and maybe a visit to a decked-out house or haunted landmark, but don’t forget the other fun Halloween festivities on tap for this weekend. A handful of Bergen County towns are hosting trunk-or-treat events—where kids go from car to car in a safe, closed-off parking lot to ask for goodies—as well as parades, where themed floats and costumed participants walk through town to celebrate the spooky season. Some are even both at once!

Here’s a sampling of these events happening this weekend in our neighborhoods. Each is free to attend and open to residents of the specific towns, unless noted.

2023 Trunk or Treats in Bergen County:

  • Friday, Oct. 27, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Garfield Recreation Department, Garfield
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Ramsey Fire Department, Ramsey (this event is both a trunk or treat and a Halloween parade)
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Valley Middle School, Oakland (this event is both a trunk or treat and a Halloween parade)
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 10:30 a.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood (this event for all Bergen kids is both a trunk or treat and a Halloween parade)
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Robert L. Craig School, Saddle Brook (this event is both a trunk or treat and a Ragamuffin parade)
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Boulder Run Shopping Center, Wyckoff
  • Sunday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, Paramus (this event is open to all Bergen residents)
  • Tuesday, Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Park, Lodi

2023 Halloween Parades in Bergen County: 

  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Beechwood Park, Hillsdale
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 10:30 a.m. at Memorial Park, Fair Lawn
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Oakes Park, Old Tappan
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Matthews Field, Rochelle Park
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Town Hall Park, Lyndhurst
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park, River Edge
  • Sunday, Oct. 29, 10:45 a.m. at Borough Hall, Closter
  • Sunday, Oct. 29, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School, Wood-Ridge

 Which trunk or treat and/or parade is on your agenda for the weekend? Tell us on Instagram @bergenmagnj.

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