Enjoy some spooky fun in 18th-century style!
Trick-or-Treat, 3:30 to 6 pm: Creepy characters and ghosts of Halloweens past will hand out candy to all who have the courage to knock on Old York’s historic doors, including: Jefferds Tavern, York Corner Schoolhouse, Emerson-Wilcox House, and the Old Gaol. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Lighting of the Pumpkins, 5 pm: For the seventh year in a row, the walls of the Old Burying Ground will be illuminated with jack-o’-lanterns in a spectacular sight! The pumpkins are lit for several hours, and extinguished after 8pm. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Call for pumpkins: Help Old York fill the stone walls around the Old Burying Ground with pumpkins. Join us for a community pumpkin-carving event on Thursday, October 29 from 12-6 pm at the Museum Center at 3 Lindsay Road. We provide the pumpkin—you bring the carving tools! This event is FREE and open to the public.
Otherwise, carved pumpkins may be dropped off at the Old York Museum Center on October 29 from 12-6 pm or October 30 from 11 am-2 pm.
Jack-o’-lanterns may be picked up by their makers after 8pm on October 30 or by 9 am on Saturday, October 31. Any remaining pumpkins will be composted.
