Nore Valley Park Halloween Night: Torchlight Treasure Hunt

What to Expect

Nore Valley Park in Bennettsbridge runs a set of evening Halloween activities across three nights, Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October 2026, from 7pm to 9pm. This is separate from the park’s daytime pumpkin picking sessions and is built specifically for after-dark Halloween atmosphere: a torchlight treasure hunt around the farm park, a fancy dress competition with prizes, a scare maze the organisers describe as “designed to test the courage of preteens, teens, and adults,” and a bonfire with marshmallow toasting to finish the evening.

The daytime pumpkin patch and family activities at Nore Valley Park run on separate dates through October, so this evening programme is a distinct, more atmospheric event aimed at families with older children and teens who want something spookier than a daytime pumpkin picking trip. It fits Kilkenny’s wider positioning as one of Ireland’s Halloween destinations, with the torchlight format giving it a different feel to the county’s daytime seasonal events.

Running it across three consecutive nights rather than a single date spreads demand out and gives local families more flexibility to fit it around the mid-term break, while still keeping the event feeling like a special one-off rather than an every-weekend fixture. The farm park setting, working farm animals by day and torchlit fields by night, is part of what sets it apart from town-centre Halloween trails elsewhere in the county.

Good to Know

• Dates: Friday 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October 2026.
• Time: 7pm to 9pm each night.
• Activities: torchlight treasure hunt, fancy dress competition, scare maze, bonfire with marshmallows.
• Venue: Nore Valley Park, Annamult, Bennettsbridge.
• Check norevalleypark.com for current pricing and booking, as no fixed price was published on the general listing.
• This runs alongside, but separately from, the park’s daytime pumpkin patch dates in October.

Getting There

Nore Valley Park is at Annamult, just outside Bennettsbridge in south Kilkenny, a short drive from Kilkenny city via the R700. On-site parking is available at the park.