Halloween Trail 2026

Event Details

🎃 Lowestoft’s 2026 Halloween Trail! 
When: Saturday 31st October 2026, 11am to 3pm
Where: Lowestoft Town Centre
Price: Free

Get your costumes ready for a free day of spooktacular fun in Lowestoft town centre! Follow the Trick or Treat Halloween Trail around town, collecting treats from local businesses and admiring their spooky displays along the way. There’s food, entertainment, face painting and plenty more for the whole family to enjoy.

What’s on

  • Surfing Sombrero Food Truck
    Refuel with delicious street food from 11am to 3pm.
  • CakeBaby’s Cake Stall
    Spookily decorated cakes and sweet treats from 11am to 3pm.
  • Florence and the Facepaints
    Get a frightfully good face paint from 11am to 3pm.
  • Pakefield Pastures
    Come and say hello to some friendly furry faces from 11am to 3pm.
  • Walkabout Entertainers
    Keep your eyes peeled for the Mirror Man, Juggling Witch and Hooping Skeleton roaming the town centre throughout the day.
  • Silent Disco
    Pop on your headphones and dance from 11am to 3pm.
  • My Choir Rocks
    Enjoy a spooktacular live performance at 1pm.
  • Fancy Dress Competition
    Don’t miss the Adult & Child fancy dress competition at 2pm.
  • Community Stalls
    Stop by and say hello to the National Literacy Trust, 1st Pakefield Scouts, Essex & Suffolk Water and the Lowestoft Town Hall project.
Trick or Treat Trail
Free
4 hours

Who’s the spookiest of them all?

Vote for the best dressed Halloween business! Follow the trail around town, admire the spooky shop displays, and tick your favourite on the back of the What’s On Guide. Hand your completed guide to the Discover Lowestoft gazebo in the town centre by 2pm. The winner will be announced on our Facebook page.

Businesses taking part

  • London Road North: 3DGT, Annatar, Brainwave, Costa Coffee, H. Samuel, Holland & Barrett, Lifestyle & Mobility, New Look, PHX, Picture Studios, PJ Gillman, Starbucks, Taco Bell & The Works
  • High Street: Rudy’s CafĂ© Bar & Grill, The Mayfly, Uncle Sids, Waveney Laundrette & Oliver’s Way
  • Britten Centre: Grape Tree & Sue Ryder
  • Station Square: Candy World & Joseph Conrad
  • Around the Town: British Red Cross (Beach Road), Marina Theatre (Marina), Tasty Crumb (Bevan Street East), Re-Utilise (Tennyson Road) & Arts Community East (Commercial Road)

Please note: activities are subject to change or cancellation and some may be weather-dependent. Delivered by Lowestoft Vision and kindly supported by Lowestoft Town Council.

31st October 2026

11:00 am
Town Centre