Halloween 2026 around Albuquerque: press sheet

A few local picks to check out

Full Albuquerque guide · Vote in The Boo Awards

30 Halloween events around Albuquerque are on BooMap, each with its 2026 dates checked on the event's own website.

## What families can find

• 2 pumpkin patches & corn mazes
• 6 family Halloween events
• 6 trunk-or-treats
• 10 fall festivals
• 4 ghost tours
• 2 haunted houses

Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 2, including McCall's Pumpkin Patch (Moriarty); Galloping Goat Pumpkin Patch (Rio Rancho).

Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): Agri-Nature Center Fall Festival (Los Ranchos de Albuquerque); Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (Albuquerque); Boo at the Zoo (Albuquerque); Corrales Harvest Festival (Corrales); Día de los Muertos in Old Town (Albuquerque); and 17 more.

Free events: Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat (Albuquerque); Haunted House and Trunk or Treat (Albuquerque); Monster Mash Trunk or Treat (Albuquerque); Rio Rancho Fall Festival (Rio Rancho); Trunks & Treats (Albuquerque).

Trick-or-treat hours: no town around Albuquerque has announced official 2026 hours yet. BooMap adds them as towns announce. (Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31.)

On BooMap's national list of the 10 Most Unique Halloween Events: #2 Underwater Pumpkin Carving.

## The Boo Awards (fan vote, Oct. 1–25)

Fans vote for Albuquerque's Best Pumpkin Patch, Best for Little Goblins, Boo's Hidden Gem (small, local events only), Most Fun Overall and Most Likely to Make You Scream. One vote per category per day; winners are announced Oct. 27.

Vote: https://boomap.app/albuquerque/vote

## Links

• City guide: https://boomap.app/albuquerque
• About BooMap and the press kit: https://boomap.app/press

## Story ideas

• "We mapped every Halloween event around Albuquerque": where to go this weekend, by age and scare level.
• Trick-or-treat on a Saturday: what it means for families (and the towns that set official hours).
• Boo's Hidden Gem: the small, local events fans are rallying behind.

## Spokespeople

• Andrew Ward, creator of BooMap (his company, Toronado Entertainment, makes BooMap and Noelly); also SVP of 10 Lives Studios and a film and TV producer. As a 7th grader he built a six-room haunted house in a borrowed tent in his family's driveway, staffed by neighborhood volunteers. Recent work: the Katy Perry Lifetimes Tour concert film, a Peter Frampton documentary, Hollywood Vampires: Unleashed Spirits. producinghollywood.com
• Kristen Moss, reality TV casting director and BooMap spokesperson; a mom of two whose daughter is going as a red raptor dinosaur this year. kmosscasting.com

Media contact: hello@boomap.app