halloween

I hope everyone is staying safe as we get closer to celebrating Halloween. Here are some of the events going on in the Berkshires. All listed events here are free!

With the whole pandemic thing going on and all of us trying to stay safe, we here at WUPE have not had the opportunity to see a lot of you in person, but your phone calls and hearing your voices always makes us feel we still have a connection.

In alignment with ongoing health and safety protocols to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 – which remains a highly infectious virus, with new cases popping up every day – the City of Pittsfield will not be hosting its annual Halloween parade and is strongly discouraging residents from participating in this year’s trick-or-treat, opting instead for safe and enjoyable low-risk festivities. For its part, the city will be sponsoring several virtual Halloween-themed contests.

Halloween might look different this year, but there's one thing we're not willing to sacrifice because of the pandemic: Eating our body weight in fun-size candy.

North Adams has announced that Treat or Treating will be allowed in the city with specific guidelines.  City Mayor Tom Bernard stated “I didn’t want to add Halloween to the list of cancellations, especially since our case counts right now show that North Adams residents have done such an amazing job of slowing the spread of COVID-19...

Earlier this week, the CDC released a bunch of Halloween guidelines which we posted on our website, and the big takeaway was that trick-or-treating is risky this year. And, yeah, that's a drag but there are still a bunch of fall activities you can do.

Many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses. There are several safer, alternative ways to participate in Halloween.

Adams officials are considering ways the town's children will be able to safely celebrate Halloween.

We have the top 25 for you in case you want to get your scare on!

The results are based on candy sales in the months leading up to Halloween for the past 12 years