BatFest 2026

Join over 5,000 ghouls at Batavia's FREE Halloween family event, BatFest! This event includes downtown trick-or-treating, music & dance performances, costume contests for humans and pets, activities by local businesses and a community parade!

BatFest Schedule of Events

Around Town Fun

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Downtown Trick or Treating @ 60+ businesses

10:00 am AND 11:30 am

Reptile Show @ Congregational Church of Batavia

10:30 am

BatFest Stories @ Batavia Public Library - Reading Garden

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Incredible Bats @ Tabletop Game Shop

Photo-Op Mural created by BHS National Art Honor Society on N. River Street

Thrown-a-Thon Pottery Event @ Dirty Clay Co.

"Inclusion Isn't Scary!" FVSRA Pop-Up @ Wilson Street Mercantile

Make-and-Take Craft @ Water Street Studios

11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Whimsy Diggers Mobile Sandbox @ Bocaditos Cafe

Peg Bond Center

Show off your Costume in the BatFest Community Parade, Line up 9:30am @ Houston Street & Island Avenue - Games & Music by Funway. Parade steps off @ 10am. Parade route: South on Houston Street -> West on Wilson Street -> North on N. Water Street

10am-2pm - Final Farmers’ Market of the Season on Houston Street and parking lot near Peg Bond Center

10am-2pm - BatFest Booths in the grassy area in front of Peg Bond Center, Peace Plaza & behind City Hall in Appleton Park

10am-2pm - Pumpkin Roll @ Houston Street & Batavia Avenue hosted by Scouts BSA Troop 6

10:30 am - Dance Performance by Soleunique Dance Complex

11:30 am - Monster Mash Lesson by Batavia Academy of Dance

12:15 pm - Costume Contest sponsored by 212° Construction Group - Costume Contest categories: Under 5, 5-8, 9-12, 12+, Group

12:45 pm - Thriller Performance by Batavia Academy of Dance

1:00 pm - Pet Costume Contest sponsored by Fat Sam’s for Pets

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