Downtown Troy Business Improvement District

10/20/2026

🎃💥 TROY PUMPKIN SMASH IS BACK! ♻️

Got leftover pumpkins from Halloween? Bring them to the City of Troy’s Pumpkin Smash! Join us for a fun, family-friendly activity where kids and adults can smash, crush, and recycle their pumpkins! 🍂

📍 Knickerbacker Park
📅 Saturday, November 7th
⏰ 10 AM – 12 PM

Can’t make the event? No problem! You can still safely dispose of and recycle your leftover pumpkins by dropping them off at the City of Troy DPW Garage at 40 Orr Street from Wednesday, November 4th, through Friday, November 6th.

Let’s keep Troy clean, have some fall fun, and give those pumpkins a second life!

Questions? Contact [email protected]

10/20/2026

10/20/2026

👻🎃 Calling all little ghouls, goblins, and ghosts! 🎃👻

The Troy Kids Halloween Parade is back! Join us Saturday, 10/31 for a spooktacular stroll up to the Farmers Market.

🧡 11:30 – Meet at Sage Park
🧡 12:00 – Photo on Sage Stairs & line up
🧡 12:30 – Parade steps off through the Farmers Market
🧡 1:00 – Dance party at Monument Square

Costumes encouraged for kids, grown-ups, and four-legged friends. Check out the route map in the second slide so you know where to find us!

A community celebration made possible by the Troy Kids Halloween Parade Committee with support from the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market. 🍂

10/16/2026

🎃 TROY NIGHT OUT: THE HAUNTING 👻🖤

Friday, October 30 | 5–9 PM
📍 Lower River Street from River St & 1st to River & Congress St | Downtown Troy
🎟️ FREE TO ATTEND!

Something wicked is coming to Downtown Troy… 🌙

This Halloween, Lower River Street transforms into a hauntingly good time! Join the Downtown Troy BID and Odd House for Troy Night Out: The Haunting, an evening of live music, spooky drag performances, local vendors, ghostly history, and Halloween fun in the heart of Downtown Troy.

🐾 BRING YOUR COSTUMED PUPS! 🐶🎃

We’re celebrating Dogtober in Troy, too! Dress up your four-legged friends and bring them along for a festive night downtown. We can’t wait to see Troy’s best-dressed pups!

🦇 HERE’S WHAT’S HAUNTING LOWER RIVER STREET:

🎭 Spooky Cute Drag with ᴛʏᴘʜᴏɪᴅ ᴍᴀʀʏ & Special Guests — 5:30 PM & 7 PM

🎶 Live music from Architrave — Electronic Pop

🖤 Industrial & Goth Dance Party with Hex

🛍️ Local vendors featuring art, food, and more

👽 Costumes, cosplay & Halloween festivities

🔪 MURDER & MAYHEM WALKING TOUR
Presented by the Hart Cluett Museum | 6–7:30 PM

Discover the darker side of Troy’s history with a true-crime walking tour exploring notorious crimes, mysteries, and scandals from Troy and Rensselaer County’s past.

✨ Whether you’re coming for the music, the costumes, the history, or just a spooky night out, there’s something for everyone — including your furry friends!

Come dressed to haunt, bring your crew (and your pups!), and experience Downtown Troy after dark. 🕸️

Special thanks to our partners and supporters: ODD HOUSE, Cafe Euphoria , Live Sound Inc , Judge Development, Sawtooth Jewelry Studio, Q105.7 / 103.5 , RadioRadioX.com , and the Hart Cluett Museum .

👻 Share with your favorite ghouls!

10/16/2026

10/16/2026

We put up some additional fall decoration at the front entrance. Thought it added a nice touch for autumn!

Be sure to stop by tonight for Lynn's Mystery Anime Theater, and while you're here be sure to try our pumpkin b**r and new c***r options!