Prizes

The Awards Ceremony for the Halloween Lighting Contest will be held at the Community School on River Rd. on Friday October 23rd at 5:30 p.m. during the Trunk or Treat Event.

Trophies and gift certificates are to be awarded for:

• Most Creative Decorations
• Scariest Decorations
• Best in Show

Contest Details

Here at the start of October, it's amazing to see how many homes are already decorated for Halloween.

This year the new Community Events & Recreation Committee (CERC) is working together with the EDC to host the 2026 Halloween Lighting & Decorating Contest. We are collaborating with the Community School to hold the Awards Ceremony at the school on River Rd. on Friday October 23rd at 5:30 p.m. during the
Trunk or Treat Event and the Halloween Howl Event.

• This is open to all Allenstown residents.
• Decorate your home with lights, spooky creatures, skeletons, giant spider webs, and anything you'd like.
• Take one or two good photos of your decorations, preferably at night if they include lighting. USE LANDSCAPE FORMAT, PLEASE
• Register by sending you name and address and one or two photos to economic-development@comcast.net
• Registered homes will be added to the contest web page as they are received. Use the addresses to go there to view and enjoy the decorations up close.
• The slideshow should change every several seconds. To quickly move through the photos or restart the slideshow if it stops, click on the faint arrows on either side of a photo. To randomly select a photo, click on a number below the photo.

View the photos of everyone's decorations at:

Halloween Contest Photo Gallery

Contest Schedule

• Oct. 1 to Weds. Oct. 21 – Register your home decorations
• Oct. 21 – CERC and EDC members will view homes during October and vote for winners in each category
• Friday Oct. 23, 5:30 p.m., Community School – Awards Ceremony for Best Decorations
• Oct. 31 (Saturday) – Halloween