Halloween Notte is back at the Charlotte County Fairgrounds in Port Charlotte, running on three date blocks this month: Oct. 16-18, Oct. 23-25 and Oct. 29-31, with the final block running Thursday through Saturday. The event's official site lists two haunted house walk-throughs, a live show and a Kids Zone as the backbone of this year's lineup, alongside family ticket packages and free parking for anyone who buys online.
A Fifth Year of Frights at the Fairgrounds
According to halloweennotte.com, general admission gets guests entry plus one walk-through of each of the two haunted houses, The Asylum and The Butcher's, along with the live show and Kids Zone access. That official two-house lineup conflicts with a 2025 report from Gulf Coast News Now, which described the event as featuring three haunted houses during what it called the fifth year in a row of festivities at the fairgrounds. The discrepancy between those two accounts has not been resolved.
Reporter Jason Drew visited Halloween Notte at the Charlotte County Fairgrounds for a piece published by Gulf Coast News and Weather, documenting a visit that included a ride on a mechanical alligator, a tour of the grounds and a stop under the Big Top. The event is owned by Giovanni Anastasini, per that same report. Drew's account also describes the live show, titled “Alice in Horrorland,” as “a hauntingly spectacular live show.”
Showtimes, Tickets and Family Packages
The live show runs at 7:30 p.m. every night of the event, with an additional 9:30 p.m. performance added on Fridays and Saturdays, the official Halloween Notte site notes. Families looking to bundle admission can choose the $60 Trick or Treat Family Pack, covering two adults and three kids, or the $80 Spook Squad package, which covers four people as long as at least two are adults. Veterans and seniors can get in through the Witches & Warlocks ticket tier for $21.
Buying tickets online also comes with a practical perk: free parking, while tickets purchased at the gate cost more, according to the event's website. Children are required to be accompanied by an adult throughout the fairgrounds, the site states. Showtimes and ticket details are posted directly on the event's website for anyone planning a visit this month.
Beyond the Haunted Houses
Outside the two haunted attractions, Gulf Coast News Now's coverage describes a pumpkin patch, food and merchant vendors, and a petting zoo rounding out the grounds. The Englewood Review has also noted that the event leans into family-oriented programming, pointing to food trucks and vendors alongside the Kids Zone as draws for all ages. A listing on thescarefactor.com confirms Halloween Notte's address at the fairgrounds but notes that its current-season dates and hours had not yet been loaded at the time of that listing.
Earlier iterations of the event have included a wider mix of attractions. In 2023, Halloween Notte ran from 5 to 10 p.m. across three weekends in October and advertised a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, bounce houses, a maze, games, axe throwing and a mechanical bull, according to a report from yoursun.com. That same year's event also planned youth, pet and adult costume contests, plus a window of safe trick-or-treating from vendors and across the fairgrounds. Those details reflect the 2023 season and have not been confirmed as part of this year's event.
Halloween Notte's Facebook page describes the 2026 run as “THE ULTIMATE HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE,” returning for a fifth year with a promise of being “bigger, scarier & more fun than ever,” according to a post on the venue's Facebook page. With the first date block already underway and two scheduled date blocks still to come, Port Charlotte families have multiple chances left to catch this year's haunted houses, live show and fairground attractions before the event wraps up on Halloween night.
