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Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Central Ave. closes to pedestrian-only traffic and local businesses and organizations hand out candy to costumed families!
Businesses should be registered to distribute candy at their storefront or to set up a separate booth.
Register here for the 2025 event.
We will contact you to let you know where to set up (you must provide your own table and chairs).
For questions, please reach out to mainstreet@losalamos.org.
We will continue to update the 2025 schedule as Halloween approaches. Check back for all the Halloween events in Los Alamos and White Rock!

Halloweekend in Los Alamos, New Mexico
LOS ALAMOS HALLOWEEKEND: Oct. 24-26, 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025
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 with sensory-friendly trick-or-treating, 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!
5-7 p.m.
Costume Climb
The Family YMCA
Go climbing in your Halloween Costume at the Y! Ages 5-17. More info at www.laymca.org.
7-8 p.m.
Aliens!
Los Alamos Nature Center, Planetarium
Life on other planets: science fiction or science fact? Come for a spooky journey through our skies in search of friendly neighbors. $6 child/$8 adult/$20 family. More info at peecnature.org/events
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 25, 2025
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. Drop off your pumpkin by 4 p.m. for display at the Pumpkin Glow. losalamosartscouncil.org/pumpkin-glow
11-11:40 a.m.
Black Holes
Los Alamos Nature Center, Planetarium
Explore Black Holes in this full-dome planetarium film. $6 child/$8 adult/$20 family.
For more information: peecnature.org/events
2-6 p.m.
Halloween Blood Drive
Los Alamos Teen Center
Join the Los Alamos Teen Center for its Annual Halloween Blood Drive. The Teen Center and its partners at Vitalant will be hosting a fun, monster-themed donation event. Support the crucial need for blood donations in your
community and state-wide. Guaranteed to be more fun than your average blood drive!
4-5 p.m.
Pumpkin Glow: Pumpkin Toddle Time
Fuller Lodge
For very young children/less sensory experience.
Dusk - 9 p.m.
Los Alamos Arts Council Presents:
Pumpkin Glow and Contest 2024
Fuller Lodge
Drop off your pumpkin by 4 p.m. for display at the Pumpkin Glow. This event is free to the public.
For more information: losalamosartscouncil.org/pumpkin-glow
7-9 p.m.
Haunted Trail
Pueblo Canyon Inn, 199 San Ildefonso Rd., Los Alamos
Dare to brave the Haunted Trail at Pueblo Canyon! Local teens have transformed the forest path into a free, spine-chilling adventure. Wind your way through eerie scenes and startling surprises.
Sunday, October 26, 2025
9 a.m.-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. Open swim until 11:30 a.m.
Certain fees may apply. Limit 150 participants. www.losalamosnm.us/Events-Directory/Pumpkin-Splash
Other Fall activities
Oct. 10 - Oct. 31
Downtown Los Alamos Scarecrow Contest
Central Avenue, Downtown Los Alamos
Annual Scare Contest is ALIVE!! Visit downtown Los Alamos and see all of the spooky, goopy, silly, and scary creations our local friends and neighbors have created to liven up Main Street. A special thanks to Los Alamos MainStreet to sponsoring this event and to all the prize donors for 2025!
Oct. 11
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Harvest Festival
Los Alamos Co-op
All are invited to gather at the Los Alamos Co-op Market to celebrate fall! We will have free pumpkin painting for kids and local vendors will be selling their wares. The co-op deli will be grilling smash burgers an autumnal hot bar.
Oct. 14 - Oct. 31
LAHs NJROTC Pumpkin Patch
Canyon School Complex, 885 Trinity Drive
Weekdays 4 pm - 7 pm
Weekends 10 am - 7 pm
Oct. 18
12 p.m., Oktoberfest
Pajarito Ski Hill
Live music, beer, German food, & games. www.pajarito.ski
3-6 p.m., Mountain Halloween Carnival
Mountain Elementary School, 2280 North Road
Haunted house, more than 25 games, cake walk, a bounce house, face painting, a costume contest, silent auction, a book fair, and vendors. $15 for unlimited play.
4 p.m., Coro de Camara Concert
Unitarian Church of Los Alamos
Sharing Our Mental Health Stories - Connect with Coro and guests through inspiring music, real-life stories, and resources that foster mental well-being. “You Are Not Alone.”
Tickets & more information can be found here.
7 p.m., Los Alamos Community Winds - Fall Concert
Crossroads Bible Church
Opening their 26th season with a performance of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No.9, Op. 95 from the New World. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 1
10 a.m., YMCA's Dia De Los Muertos 5K
Los Alamos Co+op Market
The Family YMCA’s Día de los Muertos 5K “Run to Remember” brings our community together through a cultural celebration featuring a family-friendly run, artisan vendor booths, and delicious food at the Co-Op.
Visit the website for more information: https://laymca.org/dia-de-los-muertos