The 2026 Halloween Announcement Tracker: Who's Confirmed, Who Hasn't
Every Halloween attraction we track across New England, with its live announcement status — checked against the venue's own site, re-verified on the date shown, updated as venues announce.
Updated August 3, 2026
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.
11 of 36 venues have published 2026 dates
MA
| Venue | Status | 2026 season | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauchuk Farm Corn Maze | Dates published | Sep 19 – Oct 31 (Sat/Sun) | 2026-08-03 |
| Barrett's Haunted Mansion | Returning — dates not out | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Connors Farm | Returning — dates not out | — | 2026-08-03 |
| DementedFX | Nothing announced | — | 2026-08-03 |
| Factory of Terror | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Hysteria at Connors Farm | Nothing announced | — | 2026-08-03 |
| Mike's Maze | Nothing announced | — | 2026-08-03 |
| Witch's Woods | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Ghoulie Manor | Not running 2026 | — | 2026-07-31 |
NH
| Venue | Status | 2026 season | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| America's Stonehengeformerly Mystery Hill | Dates published | Open year-round | 2026-08-03 |
| Collins Farm Corn Maze | Dates published | Jul 31 – Oct 31 | 2026-08-03 |
| Fright Kingdom | Dates published | Sep 25 – Dec 12 (Fri/Sat) | 2026-07-31 |
| Ghosts on the Banke | Dates published | Oct 16 – Oct 24 | 2026-07-31 |
| Coppal House Farm Corn Maze | Returning — dates not out | — | 2026-08-03 |
| Moulton Farm Corn Maze | Returning — dates not out | — | 2026-08-03 |
| Screeemfest at Canobie Lake Park | Returning — dates not out | — | 2026-08-03 |
| The Maize at Sherman Farm | Returning — dates not out | — | 2026-08-03 |
| Haunted Overload | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Spooky Worldformerly Nightmare New England | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
ME
| Venue | Status | 2026 season | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Knox Ghost Camp | Dates published | Sep 19 – Sep 20 | 2026-07-31 |
| Frightful Scavenger Haunt at the Fort | Dates published | Oct 17 | 2026-07-31 |
| Ghosts of Fort Knox Guided Tours | Dates published | Aug 8 – Oct 10 | 2026-07-31 |
| Nightmare on the Ridge | Dates published | Oct 2 – Oct 23 (Fri) | 2026-08-03 |
| Fright at the Fort | Nothing announced | — | 2026-08-03 |
VT
| Venue | Status | 2026 season | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Vermont Corn Maze | Returning — dates not out | — | 2026-08-03 |
| Nightmare Vermont | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Vengeance in the Valley | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Dead North — Farmland of Terror | Not running 2026 | — | 2026-08-03 |
CT
| Venue | Status | 2026 season | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fright Haven | Dates published | Apr 3 – Apr 4 | 2026-07-31 |
| Phantom Fall Fest at Lake Compounceformerly The Haunted Graveyard | Dates published | Sep 19 – Nov 1 (Sat/Sun) | 2026-08-03 |
| Trail of Terror | Returning — dates not out | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Legends of Fear | Nothing announced | — | 2026-08-03 |
RI
| Venue | Status | 2026 season | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field of Screams | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Fortress of Nightmares | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Scary Acres | Nothing announced | — | 2026-07-31 |
| The Haunted Labyrinth | Not running 2026 | — | 2026-08-03 |
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.
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