Halloween 2026 around Rochester: press sheet

A few local picks to check out

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

## What families can find

• 3 pumpkin patches & corn mazes
• 7 family Halloween events
• 5 trunk-or-treats
• 2 fall festivals
• 1 ghost tours
• 4 haunted houses

Pumpkin patches and corn mazes already open by Oct. 1: 3, including Fall Festival at Wickham Farms (Penfield); Stokoe Farms Harvest Fest (Scottsville); Fall Festival Weekends at Long Acre Farms (Macedon).

Not-scary picks for little ones (suggested all ages, 1–2 of 5 ghosts): Brighton Fall Family Trunk or Treat (Rochester); Fall Festival Weekends at Long Acre Farms (Macedon); Fall Festival at Bristol Mountain (Canandaigua); Fall Festival at Wickham Farms (Penfield); Grace Church Neighborhood Trunk or Treat (Rochester); and 7 more.

Free events: Brighton Fall Family Trunk or Treat (Rochester); Grace Church Neighborhood Trunk or Treat (Rochester); Halloween at the Market (Rochester); Haunted Stroll at Sonnenberg Gardens (Canandaigua); Hilton-Parma Halloween Celebration & Trunk or Treat (Hilton); and 2 more.

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

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

Fans vote for Rochester'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/rochester-ny/vote

## Links

• City guide: https://boomap.app/rochester-ny
• About BooMap and the press kit: https://boomap.app/press

## Story ideas

• "We mapped every Halloween event around Rochester": 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