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Concerts, festivals, markets, and community gatherings. Here's what's coming up in the Rocket City.
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A Halloween-morning costume run downtown: the Spooktacular 5K at 8:00 AM, then the one-mile Monster Mile, with a costume contest and awards around 9:30 AM. Fleet Feet Huntsville & Madison hosts.
Big Spring Park (Church Street start)
8:00 AM5K $35, Monster Mile $25, both races $40 (both-race option closes October 23)
The Alzheimer's Association's 2026 Walk to End Alzheimer's - North Alabama is Saturday, October 31 at McMillian Park on the Double Helix Trail. Opening ceremony is at 9 AM.
McMillian Park, Double Helix Trail
9:00 AM
Tate Farms closes its 2026 pumpkin season on Halloween with pumpkin smash zones, monster truck shows, a pumpkin explosion show and a fireworks finale of more than 10 minutes.
Tate Farms
10:00 AM - 7:00 PMSee Tate Farms for current pricing
Main Street Madison's Downtown Fall Festival, a 1980s-style carnival morning with booth games, food trucks and a bounce house at Home Place Park on Oct 31, 10 am to 1 pm.
Home Place Park
10:00 AM - 1:00 PMFree
Flying Flux Glass Co. lists a Glass Pumpkin Patch at Lowe Mill on Saturday, October 31, 11 AM to 3 PM, with free admission and varying pumpkin prices.
Flying Flux Glass Co., Studio RR2 at Lowe Mill
11:00 AM - 3:00 PMFree admission; pumpkin prices vary
Kids trick-or-treat through Lowe Mill's working artist studios on Halloween afternoon. Bring one bag of individually wrapped candy to a drop-off station to join in.
Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment
1:00 PM - 3:00 PMFree; bring one bag of individually wrapped candy to donate
The Rocket City Trash Pandas host a Halloween Fall Festival at Toyota Field in Madison on Oct 31 from 5 to 8 pm, with trick-or-treating on the concourse and a showing of Casper at 6:30 pm.
Toyota Field
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Halloween night at Lowe Mill: a free night market of spooky and horror-themed wares from local artists, plus ticketed haunted history tours of the 1901 textile mill.
Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment
6:00 PM - 10:00 PMNight Market free; Haunted History Tour $26
A free Halloween event from Huntsville Parks & Recreation at Lakewood Community Center, Saturday, October 31, 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The city says costumes are encouraged.
Lakewood Community Center
6:00 PM - 8:00 PMFree
The Huntsville Havoc host the Macon Mayhem twice at Propst Arena: a Halloween-themed game with trick-or-treating and wiener dog races, and a Veterans Game with the 313th Military Band.
Von Braun Center Propst Arena
7:00 PM
A Halloween night party in the Yellowhammer Brewery taproom on Oct 31, 7 to 11 pm, with DJ Miss K, themed cocktails and a costume contest at 8:30 pm.
Yellowhammer Brewery
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Stovehouse's 21+ Halloween party on Saturday, October 31 at The Electric Belle, with live music from The Funkensteins, an Undead Dance Party with a live DJ, drink specials and a costume contest.
The Electric Belle at Stovehouse
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM21+. Presale general admission $20, VIP $60 (plus fees); prices go up October 25
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