Halloween falls on a Saturday in 2026, and Beverly's biggest Halloween events are scheduled before it. Downtown Trick-or-Treat on Cabot Street is on Thursday, October 29. The jack-o'-lanterns at Long Hill go dark on Friday, October 30. By the time October 31 arrives, the city's two largest Halloween traditions are already over.
That changes how the next three weeks play out. Families who wait for the weekend miss the main events. What's left on Halloween night is a short list of evening programs with tickets, mostly for adults, mostly downtown.
Beverly Main Streets is running Downtown Trick-or-Treat with the Greater Beverly YMCA and the City of Beverly. It takes place on Thursday, October 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. Kids in costume get free treats from participating businesses and organizations, and pop-up tables line part of Cabot Street.
The event covers Cabot Street from Pond Street to Railroad Avenue. The road closes at 3:30 p.m. and reopens at 6:30 p.m., so the closure runs half an hour longer than the event on each end. If you drive Cabot on your way home from work, plan around that 3:30 start.
Organizers have also told businesses where the foot traffic goes. Shops outside the closed stretch, such as those on Rantoul Street, can take part, but Beverly Main Streets says 80% of the event's traffic stays on the closed section of Cabot. So the crowd sits on one strip of Cabot Street for two hours on a weekday afternoon, a full two days before Halloween.
As of October 12, we could not find a 2026 neighborhood trick-or-treat schedule for October 31 from the City of Beverly or the Beverly Police Department. If the city announces Saturday hours, they will come out separately from the downtown event.
Halloween on the Hill at Long Hill is the Trustees' big October event on the North Shore. The organizers describe an eerie graveyard, a haunted pirate ship, scarecrows, and thousands of hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns set along a wooded path. The run is October 1 through 30, so it ends the night before Halloween.
These are the details that matter for the rest of the month:
The Value Nights end on October 22, so the last full week of the run is also the most expensive. If price matters to your group, the Wednesday and Thursday before that cutoff are the cheaper nights. The Trustees require timed tickets bought in advance. We could not confirm which late-October slots are still open, so check the ticket page before promising anyone the final weekend.
Since the big community events are bunched at the end of the month, the two weekends before them carry most of the prep and the smaller outings.
Beverly Recreation lists a Halloween Costume Sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The listing doesn't give a location yet, so check it again closer to the date. If you're shopping for a Thursday-afternoon costume, this sale lands with nearly two weeks to spare.
That afternoon, from 3 to 5 p.m., Montserrat College of Art holds a reception for Andrew Mowbray's exhibition New Heraldic Ordinaries. The show is at the Carol Schlosberg Gallery, 23 Essex Street, and runs October 12 through November 21.
The Beverly Police Car Show & Food Truck Event has a new date. It now runs Sunday, October 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at David S. Lynch Park, 55 Ober Street. If you saved the original date, update your calendar.
Montserrat's Anonymous Art Party runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Small anonymous works measuring 6 by 6 inches sell for $100 each, and the evening includes studio access, music, food, drink, and live artmaking. It's one of the few Saturday-night events this month with no Halloween theme, and it falls a week before Halloween night.
Once Long Hill closes and the Cabot Street pop-ups are packed up, Beverly's Halloween weekend shifts to evening programs downtown. Most need tickets and suit adults.
| Date | Event | Where | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Music & Movement, presented by the CFCE of the North Shore | Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex St. | 10 to 11 a.m., for children and caregivers |
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Halloween on the Hill, final night | Long Hill | Timed entry from 5:30 p.m. |
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Wicked Beverly: Witches & Monsters on the North Shore Walking Tour | Downtown Beverly | 6 to 7 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m., $5 members, $10 nonmembers |
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Aliza Kelly's Haunted Tea Party | The Cabot, Off Cabot series | Doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m., listed as sold out |
| Sat., Oct. 31 | Musical Mornings With Miz Liz | Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex St. | 10 to 10:30 a.m., ages 0 to 5 with caregivers |
| Sat., Oct. 31 | Sabrina Cast Reunion 30 Year Anniversary Live | The Cabot, 286 Cabot St. | Doors 7:30 p.m., show 8:30 p.m., $49.50 to $404 |
| Sat., Oct. 31 | Double Feature: Spooky Tales at Hale & Candlelight Walking Tour of the Ancient Burial Ground | John Hale House, 39 Hale St. | Evening program from Historic Beverly |
On Halloween night itself, The Cabot hosts Melissa Joan Hart and the cast of Sabrina the Teenage Witch for a 30th-anniversary reunion. It's a Saturday booking themed around a witch, and it's the biggest stage event in town that night. The Friday before, The Cabot's smaller Haunted Tea Party with Aliza Kelly is already marked sold out.
Historic Beverly fills both nights. On Friday, its Wicked Beverly walking tours run in two sessions. When we checked, the later 8 p.m. tour had fewer tickets left than the 6 p.m. one. On Saturday, the Double Feature starts with ghost stories at Hale Farm and moves on to a candlelight walk through Beverly's Ancient Burial Ground. Historic Beverly's calendar has the full schedule and ticket details.
The Larcom Theatre has nothing scheduled that weekend. Its calendar goes from Draw The Line on October 24 straight to Everybody Wants Some on November 7. For young children, the Saturday option in town is the library's half-hour sing-along that morning.
If Thursday's walk on Cabot Street is your first time downtown in a while, a few things have changed since the summer.
Graze Craze, a charcuterie and catering shop, has opened at 103 Cabot Street in a 600-square-foot space. Franchise owner Leshelle Lucas runs it, and Beverly Patch reported the opening on September 29.
Farther up the street, Kitchen Table at 392 Cabot Street closed this month. In a social media post quoted by Beverly Patch, the owners thanked guests and wrote, "Every visit mattered."
Away from downtown, two fast-casual spots opened in August. Pressed Cafe opened its 12th New England location at 900 Cummings Center, Suite 100, in mid-August. Big Chicken, the chain started by Shaquille O'Neal, held its grand opening at 55 Dodge Street on August 22. It's run locally by JBMM Hospitality.
When is Beverly's Downtown Trick-or-Treat in 2026? Thursday, October 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. on Cabot Street between Pond Street and Railroad Avenue. The road is closed from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Is Halloween on the Hill open on Halloween? No. The 2026 run ends Friday, October 30.
Has Beverly announced trick-or-treat hours for Saturday, October 31? As of October 12, we hadn't found a 2026 announcement from the city or the Beverly Police Department.
What's on downtown on Halloween night? The Sabrina Cast Reunion at The Cabot and Historic Beverly's Double Feature at the John Hale House. Both require tickets.
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