Halloween 2026
📅 Saturday, October 31, 2026
📝 About Halloween 2026
Halloween is celebrated on October 31 with costumes, trick-or-treating, carved pumpkins, and spooky decorations. The holiday traces its roots to Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season, when people believed the boundary between the living and the dead grew thin. Irish and Scottish immigrants brought these traditions to North America in the 19th century, where they merged with local customs to create the modern holiday. Today Halloween is a major commercial event, with Americans spending over 12 billion dollars annually on costumes, candy, and decorations, and the tradition of carving jack-o'-lanterns originally began with turnips in Ireland before pumpkins became the preferred medium in the United States.
📋 Quick Facts
- Date
- Saturday, October 31, 2026
- Day of the Week
- Saturday
- Days Remaining
- 181
- Category
- Holidays
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
There are 181 days until Halloween 2026 on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
Halloween 2026 is on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
Halloween is celebrated on October 31 with costumes, trick-or-treating, carved pumpkins, and spooky decorations. The holiday traces its roots to Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season, when people believed the boundary between the living and the dead grew thin. Irish and Scottish immigrants brought these traditions to North America in the 19th century, where they merged with local customs to create the modern holiday. Today Halloween is a major commercial event, with Americans spending over 12 billion dollars annually on costumes, candy, and decorations, and the tradition of carving jack-o'-lanterns originally began with turnips in Ireland before pumpkins became the preferred medium in the United States.
Halloween 2026 falls on a Saturday.