Twin Falls usually lets fall wind down over several weeks. This year most of it ends on one weekend. Halloween falls on Saturday, October 31, which is also the last Saturday of October, the day Downtown Twin Falls traditionally holds Main Street Trick or Treat. That same weekend, the city's RV dump station has its last day of the season, Tubbs Berry Farm closes its pumpkin patch, and Rock Creek Park's summer hours end.
If you plan your October around that weekend and count back from it, the rest of the month gets easier. These are the dates, in order.
The countdown, working back from the 31st
- Thursday, October 15. City of Twin Falls park restrooms start closing for winterization. The Parks and Recreation Department announced this on October 2 and said restrooms will stay closed through the winter.
- Saturday, October 24. The Twin Falls Public Library holds Read & Treat at City Park, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The library calls it a "Not-So-Spooky Storywalk." It's free and costumes are welcome, community organizations hand out treats along the path, and there's a fall photo station.
- Friday, October 30. Last day to use the City of Twin Falls RV dump station. It closes for the season after that.
- Saturday, October 31. Main Street Trick or Treat, the Public Safety Trunk or Treat, and the last day of Tubbs Berry Farm's Pumpkin Patch and Straw Maze, which closes early at 6 p.m.
- Sunday, November 1. Last day of summer hours at Twin Falls County's Rock Creek Park. The county lists summer hours as 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. from April 1 to November 1, then winter hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The first item affects the rest of the list. Both of the month's outdoor family events happen after the city begins closing park restrooms. Read & Treat is at City Park nine days after closures start. Pack for a morning outside without counting on a park restroom, and you're set.
Saturday afternoon, in sequence
On October 31, three events run within a few hours of each other, and two are a short walk apart downtown.
| Time | Event | Where | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 to 4 p.m. | Trick or Treat Main Street | Main Avenue, downtown | Free |
| 3 to 5 p.m. | Twin Falls Public Safety Trunk or Treat | 321 2nd Ave. E. | Free |
| Until 6 p.m. | Tubbs Berry Farm Pumpkin Patch and Straw Maze, final day | Tubbs Berry Farm | Admission |
The two downtown events overlap from 3 to 4 p.m. Main Street Trick or Treat is the long-running one, with downtown businesses handing out candy along Main Avenue. The Trunk or Treat is in its third year and is run by the Twin Falls Police Department and the Twin Falls Fire Department. Officers and firefighters hand out candy from decorated vehicles in a parking lot, and there's no registration. A family with small children could do Main Avenue first, move to the lot when it opens at 3, and still have time before evening trick-or-treating at home.
The pumpkin patch is the hard part. On weekdays Tubbs posts hours of 3 to 9 p.m. On Fridays and Saturdays it opens at 10 a.m. and stays open until 9 p.m., except Halloween, when it closes at 6. At Tubbs you pick your pumpkin in the field where it grew. The farm provides clippers to cut it from the vine and two-wheeled wheelbarrows to haul it out. A Saturday morning visit before downtown opens at 2 is the easiest way to fit all three in. A better option is any open day earlier in the month, since the season started September 18 and season passes sell at the gate for $35 a person.
The Main Street time to confirm
Two sources give different times for Main Street Trick or Treat. Downtown Twin Falls' recurring-events page describes it as the last Saturday in October, noon to 2 p.m. A Child Learning Resources family-events roundup published September 6 reports that organizers posted 2026 details of Saturday, October 31, 2 to 4 p.m. The same roundup says an October 24 date circulated earlier and was corrected.
The date matches in both sources, because the "last Saturday in October" rule puts the event on Halloween this year. Only the time differs. The 2–4 p.m. window comes from the more recent, year-specific posting. Downtown Twin Falls' own channels are the place to check the week of the event, starting with the Downtown Twin Falls events page.
The October 24 mix-up likely makes sense to anyone who reads the library calendar. October 24 is Read & Treat at City Park. If your family has two Halloween dates written down, keep both. They're separate events a week apart.
The closures that follow the candy
Halloween weekend is also when the city and county switch over to their winter schedules.
The RV dump station closes after Friday, October 30, the day before Main Street fills with costumes. That matters more because some nearby facilities don't have one. Twin Falls County's Rock Creek Park, the park with RV sites closest to town, says on its page that it has no dump station, no showers and no tent camping. If a last fall trip in the trailer is still on the list, empty the tanks before the weekend gets busy.
Rock Creek changes over the next day. The 12-acre county park at 1154 Addison Ave. W. has walking and hiking trails, fishing access, playgrounds, fire ring areas, and a disc golf course. All of it stays open after November 1, but the county's posted winter hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In summer you could play a round of disc golf after a 6 p.m. dinner. In winter it has to happen by late afternoon.
What carries into November
After those changes, a few places stay open past the weekend, and one more event is coming.
The canyon rim trails. Visit Southern Idaho lists more than 10 miles of canyon-rim trail for walking, hiking and biking, with access points at Washington Street North, the Visitor Center, Poleline and Eastland, and Shoshone Falls Park. The trail descriptions list no seasonal closure.
Centennial Waterfront Park. The motorized boat-launch ramp reopened on September 10, according to the Twin Falls County Board of Commissioners. The repair is temporary gravel, and the county said it will monitor the ramp and decide whether more work is needed, as KMVT reports. Check the ramp's condition before a late-season launch rather than assuming it's the same as in September.
The Daily Drip. A new indoor stop opened on the east side of the same road Rock Creek sits on. The Daily Drip at 1879 Addison Ave. E. held its grand opening September 25 after a soft opening in June. Co-founder Michelle Wilson and her daughter, general manager Kaitlin Wilson, built the drink shop around paid, inclusive work for people with disabilities. It operates under the William D. Benkula Foundation. The shop's site notes that hours may change, so check before a cold-morning visit.
Harvest Time Festival, November 6 to 8. The weekend after Halloween, the College of Southern Idaho holds its largest student-run event of the year at the CSI Expo Center. Hospitality students lead it, with help from the Tourism and Events, Hosteurs and Rodeo clubs. Admission is $5, and children 10 and under get in free. Vendors set up Thursday, November 5. It's indoors, about a week after the outdoor season wraps up, and it picks up the harvest theme where the pumpkin patch leaves off.
Further out, Downtown Twin Falls' recurring calendar puts the Festival of Lights parade and tree lighting on the first Friday in December. A 2026-specific announcement hadn't been posted as of early October.
Closures, trips and family events all compete for the same few days at the end of October, and juggling them is a lot like managing a big household move. If you're thinking about what your own home needs before winter, or what next spring could look like, Kristie Holman is glad to sit down and go through it with you. Schedule a free consultation and leave with a clear, calm plan for the season ahead.
