BBQ & Boo Halloween Food Festival
A Halloween Experience You Can Eat
Check out the limited time eats that you can only enjoy once a year during Halloween at the fair. Find a spooky spin on one of your regular favorites.
Kids trick-or-treating at a decorated food vendorTrick-or-Treat the Food Trucks
Guests can make their way around the grounds and collect treats from participating food vendors and trucks.
- Participating vendors become trick-or-treat stops
- Encourages families to explore the entire food lineup
- Trick-or-treating hours TBA
Close-up of Halloween-themed food, desserts and drinksHalloween Eats
Spooky specials, creative desserts, barbecue, festival favorites and limited-time Halloween creations.
- Signature dishes from vendors
- Themed beverages and sweets
- “Food Guide Coming Soon”
Decorated fairgrounds and food trucks glowing at nightThe Grounds Come Alive
Orange and purple lights, decorated trucks, pumpkins and Halloween displays transform the fairgrounds as the sun goes down.
- Decorated entrance, parts of the grounds and food-trucks
- Halloween atmosphere-driven event
- Family-friendly!
Costumed zombies chasing runners through the fairgroundsZombie Run
Saturday, October 24 — when the warning sounds, it is time to run. Despite the name, this isn't a run or a 5K: it's a short, theatrical mock chase covering about 500 feet, as costumed zombies spill onto the course and pursue the living across the fairgrounds.
- Choose to run as one of the living — or volunteer to join the undead
- A short, high-energy chase designed to be fun, theatrical and family-friendly
- You are the star of this show!
Movie Night Under the Lights
Friday, October 23 — families can settle in for a Halloween movie on the big screen after spending the evening eating, exploring and trick-or-treating. Movie title and start time to be announced.
Movie Details
Outdoor movie screen, families and Halloween lights
Dogs in Halloween costumes walking in the Pet Costume ParadePet Costume Parade
Saturday, October 24 — dress up your dog and join the parade check-in by the free stage. Judging is handled by our partner, German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue, PA, and the $5 dog admission collected at the gate (cash only) benefits the rescue.
- Walk-ups welcome, or preregister so we can reach you with details
- 4-foot non-retractable leash required, and please clean up after your dog
- Presented with German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue, PA
Monster Ball dance floor / costume party atmosphereThe Monster Ball
Saturday, October 24 at 7 PM by the Free Stage — dress in your best costume and dance the night away, then stick around for the crowning of this year's King and Queen of Darkness.
- Free to participate — general admission is all you need
- Costumes encouraged, not required
- King & Queen of Darkness crowned live
something different Each night
Friday, October 23 & Saturday, October 24 at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. General admission is $5 per person — buy online in advance or pay cash at the gate (gate is cash only). Kids 12 & under in costume get in FREE with general admission. Zombie Run is a separate paid registration — every participant pays to take part, regardless of age or costume.
Friday Admission stops selling online at the start of Friday, October 23, and Saturday Admission at the start of Saturday, October 24 — after that, admission is available at the gate, cash only. Zombie Run registration opens September 24 and closes online October 11 at midnight, with no gate/day-of option. All ticket purchases are final and non-refundable.
BBQ & Boo is a fundraiser — proceeds support a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides meals to homeless veterans in Columbia County.
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