The 2026 Halloween Announcement Tracker: Who's Confirmed, Who Hasn't

Most Halloween listings answer "when is it open?" by quietly showing you last year. This page answers a more honest question: which venues have actually said anything about 2026?

Every row below was checked against the venue's own website on the date shown. When a venue announces, its row flips — and the count at the top counts itself, so it cannot go stale by being forgotten.

How to read the gaps

"Returning — dates not out" is normal in August. New England haunts typically announce four to six weeks before opening. The venues that flip earliest tend to be the big timed-entry operations, because they need the presale runway.

"Nothing announced" is not "closed." Plenty of small operators run their whole season on Facebook and never touch their website. It means exactly what it says: the venue's own site offers nothing we can verify.

A crossed-out venue said so itself. We only mark a venue not running when its own site says it — like Ghoulie Manor's "closed for now". Absence from a calendar is never treated as cancellation; Fright at the Fort is the test case for that distinction.

Renames hide here too. Venues change names between seasons — the Haunted Graveyard became Phantom Fall Fest this year, and every list still using the old name is linking to a page the park deleted. The "formerly" lines exist because this happens more than anyone expects.

The full picture

The tracker shows status; the write-ups show judgment. The full audit documents the four ways a published Halloween date goes bad, and the state roundups — Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island — carry the detail on every venue here.

If you spot an announcement before we do, tell us. Being first with correct dates is the entire point of this site.

The WickedStrange October Guide

Every haunt, tour, and date worth knowing across New England — verified, not copied from last year. One email before the season, then we leave you alone.

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