The All Saints school holidays (zone B, Nancy-Metz academy) end on Sunday 1 November, with classes resuming on Monday 2. The last week includes many Halloween events: the agendas of the Gérardmer Hautes Vosges and La Bresse Hautes Vosges tourist offices announce films for young audiences, stories, a pumpkin workshop, snack sessions and several costume evenings. Here is the programme, reread on 14 October on those agendas and on the listing of each event. A programme can change: the telephone number or contact address of each event is given below.
The programme day by day
| Date | Place | Event | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 | Gérardmer, MCL | Ciné-goûter (film and snack) “Shaun le Mouton : La Bêêête d’Halloween” | 2:15 pm | 4.50 euros |
| Mon 26 to Fri 30 | Gérardmer, MCL | Graines des Toiles festival (sessions below) | see below | see below |
| Wed 28 | Gérardmer, Tilleul media library | Halloween story hour | 4:30 to 5:30 pm | free, registration required |
| Thu 29 | La Bresse, 7A rue de la Clairie | Halloween games evening | 5 to 8 pm | 4 euros |
| Thu 29 | Gérardmer, restaurant Le Pont des Fées | Pumpkin carving | 7 pm | free, registration required |
| Fri 30 | Cornimont | Halloween afternoon | 3 to 6 pm | free |
| Fri 30 | Vagney, place de la Libération | Halloween evening and workshops | evening, time not published | free entry |
| Sat 31 | La Bresse, Bois des Lutins | Halloween day | activities from 2 pm | 11 euros (base rate on the listing) |
| Sat 31 | Gérardmer, town centre | Treasure hunt, face painting, then party | 2:30 pm, party 7 to 9 pm | free |
| Sat 31 | Vagney, cinema | Halloween ciné-goûter | 3 to 4:30 pm | 6 euros, child 4 euros |
| Sat 31 | Le Syndicat, City Parc | Costume contest, fireworks | from 6 pm | free |
| Sat 31 | Granges-Aumontzey, village hall | Halloween evening, dinner dance | 7 pm | adult 26.50 euros, child 10 euros; booking until 10 October (date passed) |
| Sat 31 | Vagney, cinema | Halloween evening: two films | 8:30 pm and 10:30 pm | 8 euros for both films |
Gérardmer: the last week of Graines des Toiles
The Graines des Toiles young audience film festival, organised by the Maison de la Culture et des Loisirs of Gérardmer (MCL, 1 boulevard de Saint-Dié), is in its 19th edition. It runs from Monday 12 to Friday 30 October 2026. Here are the sessions and activities of the last five days, according to the schedule published on the festival website.
| Day | Sessions and activities |
|---|---|
| Monday 26 | 10:15 am Jean de la Lune; 2:15 pm ciné-goûter Shaun le Mouton : La Bêêête d’Halloween; 4 pm Entre ciel et terre; 4:45 pm Carmen, l’oiseau rebelle (preview); 6:30 pm Ma famille de samouraïs; 8:15 pm Petite casbah |
| Tuesday 27 | 9:45 am Joyeuse jungle !; 11:15 am La Petite fabrique de nuages; 2 pm paper aeroplane contest at the Pierre et Paul Didier gymnasium; 2 pm Ma famille de samouraïs; 3:30 pm Un amour d’épouvantail; 4:30 pm Le Corset; 6:15 pm Shaun le Mouton : La Bêêête d’Halloween; 8 pm Petite casbah |
| Wednesday 28 | 9:30 am “matin récréatif” (recreational morning) with the preview of Le grand dessin des anges; 11:30 am Le Voyage en ballon; 2 pm Le Corset; 4 pm Shaun le Mouton : La Bêêête d’Halloween; 4 pm vote for the short-film Audience Prize at the media library (free entry); 6 pm film meeting Victoire et le Secret des Terres de Meuse, with the film team present |
| Thursday 29 | 2:15 pm Le Corset; 3 pm musical tale Pajarillo Verde; 4:15 pm Shaun le Mouton : La Bêêête d’Halloween; 6 pm Là haut; 8 pm Donne moi des ailes |
| Friday 30 | 10 am Shaun le Mouton : La Bêêête d’Halloween; 2 pm Le Corset; 5 pm closing ceremony with the prize-giving, followed by the preview of Léo, le chant des océans |
The festival programme gives 6.50 euros for the full rate, 5.70 euros for MCL members, 4 euros for under-16s and 4.50 euros for a ciné-goûter. The Famille Plus rate (two children and two adults at the same session) is 16 euros, sold at the box office only. The Pass’Festival costs 21 euros (21.50 euros when bought online) for six entries. The musical tale Pajarillo Verde on Thursday 29 costs 4 euros for everyone. Tickets can be bought on the festival website or at the MCL, on 03 29 63 11 96. On Tuesday 27, from 2 to 4 pm, the paper aeroplane contest takes place in the gymnasium next to the MCL, and the programme also announces a flight demonstration by the model-flying club Les Ailes Silencieuses des Hautes-Vosges.
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Gérardmer: story hour, pumpkins and the afternoon of 31 October
The Halloween story hour brings together the most famous witch stories, on Wednesday 28 October from 4:30 to 5:30 pm at the Tilleul media library (16 rue Charles de Gaulle), from 4 years old. Entry is free, with registration (booking via the website, according to the listing); the telephone number is 03 29 63 00 70.
On Thursday 29 October at 7 pm, Gérardmer Animation offers, according to the listing, a pumpkin carving at the restaurant Le Pont des Fées (74 boulevard de Colmar). The listing presents it as a moment for young and old, meant to decorate the shop windows. It is free, with registration by email (gerardmer.animation@gmail.com), and places are limited.
On Saturday 31 October, the centre of Gérardmer hosts a free afternoon from 2:30 pm (contact on the listing: gerardmer.animation@gmail.com): a treasure hunt through the town, sweets, face painting, a photo area, then a party from 7 to 9 pm. The same evening at 7 pm, in Granges-Aumontzey, APE Granges Aumontzey offers an evening with a dinner dance and a bar at the village hall (19 b rue de Lattre de Tassigny). The tourist office’s online listing shows 26.50 euros for an adult and 10 euros for a child, while the same office’s printed agenda gives 26 euros for an adult. The listing says booking until 10 October: that date has passed, so booking is closed according to the listing. The listing’s number is 06 64 89 65 85.
Around La Bresse: games evening, Bois des Lutins and cinema
In La Bresse, the second of the two Halloween games evenings takes place on Thursday 29 October, from 5 to 8 pm, at 7A rue de la Clairie, with a base rate of 4 euros for adults and children alike. The listing invites you to come in costume; the telephone number is 03 29 25 60 09. On Saturday 31, the Halloween day at the Bois des Lutins (76 rue du Hohneck, 03 29 25 62 62) announces activities from 2 pm until nightfall: colouring, a “weigh your pumpkin” game, La Roue’lloween with many prizes, the presence of the mascots Boldy and Boldynette, light-up bracelets handed out and a “BOOOOOUUUUHM” for dancing all together. Tickets are sold at the box office. The listing shows a base rate of 11 euros for adults and children alike and opening hours from 10 am: call to confirm the opening time and the price on the day.
In Cornimont, the association Les Petits Counehets organises a family Halloween afternoon on Friday 30 October, from 3 to 6 pm (address on the listing: 16 rue des Grands Meix, telephone 03 29 24 11 13). Entry is free for children in costume accompanied by a parent, with pancakes, cakes and drinks on sale on site. The same Friday, in Vagney, the festival “Rencontre avec… La France entre monts et merveilles” (place de la Libération, 03 29 23 36 36) announces a Halloween evening with a quiche and bilberry pop-up workshop and other workshops: entry is free, the time is not published.
On Saturday 31, the Vagney cinema (address on the listings: 2 ruelle des Viaux, whereas the cinema’s website and our guide give place de la Libération; telephone 06 52 34 15 66) offers a Halloween ciné-goûter from 3 to 4:30 pm, with the film Wallace et Gromit : le mystère du lapin-garou, sweets and a snack at the end of the session, at 6 euros for an adult and 4 euros for a child. In the evening, two films follow one another: Resident Evil at 8:30 pm then Leviticus at 10:30 pm, for 8 euros for both films. The evening is not open to under-12s, and showing an identity card at the box office is compulsory. The addresses, prices and payment methods of the region’s cinemas are in our guide to cinema in La Bresse and around.
In Le Syndicat, the fireworks, originally planned for the village fête and postponed this summer, are fired on Saturday 31 October at 8:30 pm, after a free evening at the City Parc (telephone on the listing: 03 29 61 21 18): opening at 6 pm, costume and make-up contest at 6:30 pm, prize-giving at 7 pm, food, a bar and sweets handed out. This event and the rest of the holidays are detailed in the All Saints agenda for La Bresse.
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Frequently asked questions
Where can you celebrate Halloween on Saturday 31 October 2026 around La Bresse?
In Gérardmer, a free afternoon of activities in the town centre starts at 2:30 pm, with a party from 7 to 9 pm. In Le Syndicat, the free evening begins at 6 pm, with fireworks at 8:30 pm. In La Bresse, the Bois des Lutins offers activities from 2 pm until nightfall. In Vagney, the cinema shows a ciné-goûter at 3 pm and an evening session at 8:30 pm.
Which Halloween activities are free?
According to the listings: the story hour on Wednesday 28 October in Gérardmer (registration required), the pumpkin carving on Thursday 29 (registration by email), the Cornimont Halloween afternoon on Friday 30, the Vagney evening on Friday 30, the Gérardmer town-centre afternoon on Saturday 31 and the Le Syndicat evening on Saturday 31.
How long does the Graines des Toiles festival last?
Until Friday 30 October 2026. The closing ceremony with the prize-giving takes place at 5 pm, followed by the preview of Léo, le chant des océans.