Few things can bring people together the way Halloween does. After all, what’s not to love about a holiday that has everything from wholesome family activities, to wild parties and scary thrills? So whether your horror tolerance is more Tim Burton or A24, we guarantee Brisbane has something for everyone!
1. Beware of the shadows at this year’s Haunted Halloween Candlelight Concert
With a mix of haunting classical music and hair-raising modern hits, Candlelight takes over St John’s Cathedral for a spine-tingling Halloween concert.
Forget the tricks because it’ll be time to treat yourself to a night of frightfully spectacular music on October 31 as candles flicker, shadows linger, and musicians makes their instruments screech, scratch and scream melodically through the night.
📍St John’s Cathedral, 373 Ann St, Brisbane CBD
2. Enjoy a night of frights at this Halloween festival
Join the Halloween weekend fun at Festival of Frights, coming to Redcliffe Markets on Saturday, October 25. Enjoy a spooktacular evening featuring the region’s best street eats, live entertainment, family activities and over 200 stalls. Think face painting, scavenger hunts, fireworks and more.
📍Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe
3. Wield a knife for pumpkin carving
ClassBento offers a gourd-geous family-friendly pumpkin carving workshop that’ll get you in the mood for Halloween! Whether you want to create a silly, spook or classic jack-o’-lantern, they’ll provide all the tools and tips to help your imagination shine.
📍Shop 4, 2 Christensen Rd, Stapylton
4. Enter a horror story at Prison Island
Prison Island is an electrifying, immersive experience that fuses the excitement of escape rooms with the challenge of obstacle courses. This high-octane, 90-minute gameplay will put your team’s strategy, intelligence, and agility to the test. And this Halloween, the cells aren’t empty. Brave Brisbane’s most haunted escape adventure, if you can handle it. There’ll be live actors, eerie lighting, and a few… unexpected guests.
📍162 Alfred St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
5. Soak in the horror at Eat Street Northshore
Everyone’s favourite food and entertainment hub, Eat Street Northshore is getting dressed up from October 31 to November 2, serving up spookily good treats from 70+ stalls, creepy cocktails, live entertainment, roving performers and, of course, costumes galore!
📍81 N Quay, Brisbane CBD
6. Put your smarts to the test with a whodunnit
When travel influencer Bella Wanderlust is found dead, it’s up to you to figure out who the murderer is. With plenty of shady characters, red herrings and plot twists, Brisbane Murder Mystery will keep you on your toes. Watch your back as you investigate real locations, search for clues and interrogate suspects in order to solve the case!
📍Queens Gardens, 144 George Street, Brisbane CBD
7. Brave Dendy’s House of Horror
For the fourth consecutive year, Dendy Coorparoo’s screens will be possessed by nightmare-fuel classics. On October 31 from 6pm, dress your spookiest to get a free small popcorn, and get ready to bite your nails through any of these eight thrilling horror movies.
You’ll be spoiled for choice between the unmissable Japanese entry Ju-on: The Grudge, foundational The Exorcist, genre-bending Child’s Play, or more conventional horror classics like Halloween, The Thing, The Shining, and more. Book your seat — even if you’ll be on the edge of it — here.
📍Corner of Old Cleveland & Cavendish Rd, Coorparoo
8. Get chills on a Haunted Brisbane CBD Ghost Tour
If your ideal Halloween activity in Brisbane involves learning, grab a torch because you won’t want to miss this journey through Brisbane’s creepier side, from tragedy to crime, led by authority in all things ghostly, Jack Sim. A fascinating figure himself, the writer, historian and speaker has been researching macabre happenings in the River City for over 25 years, so you know you’ll be in expert hands!
📍64 Adelaide St, Brisbane CBD
9. Tee off at this spooky putt putt
Victoria Park’s Spooky Putt Putt once again comes back from the dead. Show off your skills at this spine-tingling course, where clowns, aliens and zombies lurk around every corner, and may even shamble up to you! Gather your nerves, maybe with the help of a boozy slushy, and get through all 18 ghoulish holes before they disappear again on November 2. Buy your tickets here.
📍309 Herston Rd, Herston
10. Get on board a ghost train
Mary Valley Rattler’s Halloween Ghost Train is getting ready for another fangtastic journey from historic Gympie Station on October 25. With a stopover at Amamoor Station and optional dining, you can really make a spooky evening of it. Passengers are encouraged to dress up, and there will be prizes up for grabs for the scariest costume!
All aboard the Scary Express! Get your tickets here.
11. Unleash your horrifying creations at a paint & sip class
Break out your imagination, drinks and nibbles, and let the expert instructors at these Paint & Sip classes handle all the rest! With their guidance, you’ll be able to create your own terrifying Halloween-themed masterpiece to take home, all while you sip on some bevvies, socialise and de-stress.
📍Shop 2B, 826 Ann Street Fortitude Valley
12. Trick or treat at Little Stanley Street
Get ready for some frightful fun at Brisbane’s biggest Halloween street party! Back from beyond the grave for another year, Trick or Treat Little Stanley Street is ready to turn South Bank into a celebration like none other on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1.
This haunting party is not just for kids and will have something for everyone, from eerie roving performers and themed markets to live entertainment and spooky surprises!
📍Little Stanley St, South Brisbane
13. Test your knowledge at the Not On Your Rider Halloween Spooktacular
If you never miss an episode of Spicks & Specks and Never Mind The Buzzcocks but you often find yourself yelling the answers at the TV, Not On Your Rider is for you! You can participate as much or as little as you want at this live music trivia game show. Hosted at Felons Barrel Hall by The Creases’ Aimon Clark and music genius Simi Lacroix, with team captains Velociraptor’s Jeremy Neale and The Grates’ Patience Hodgson, the show will be taking on a spooky turn on October 30.
Expect on-theme questions, décor and surprises along the way! This year’s theme? Mr. Worldwide himself! Come dressed as Pitbull and show off your trivia skills here.
📍5 Boundary St, Brisbane CBD
14. Drive along this screaming— er, scenic trail
From October 24 to 26, Tamborine Mountain gets its Halloween on with a Scarecrow Festival, which is essentially a spooky sculpture show! Everyone is encouraged to display their own take on these beloved Halloween characters and the Scarecrow Discovery Trail will scare your socks right off!
📍Tamborine Mountain
15. Brave the haunted Goodna Cemetery
For 1.5 hours, dive into the spine-tingling tales of Goodna Cemetery, on a chilling adventure that’s older than Queensland itself! From stories of the dead who won’t stay dead to eerie encounters with the “Headless Angel,” get ready to explore Australia’s most ghostly graveyard! Get your tickets here, if you dare!
📍Goodna Cemetery, 113 Stuart St, Goodna
16. Face your fears at Warner Bros. Movie World
Haunt and be haunted at Movie World’s Fright Nights. Between terrifying mazes, scare precincts with encounters ranging from goofy to frightening, and a screamingly fun time on your favourite rides after dark, it’ll be a night to remember! Get your tickets here.
📍Warner Bros. Movie World, Pacific Mwy, Oxenford
17. Try not to scream in this horror maze
With the tagline “Pay to enter. Pray to leave”, it’s clear that Evilcorp’s horror maze is not for the fainthearted. Deep underground and pitch black, the light at the end of the tunnel is that once you get through it, you can treat yourself to a spooky cocktail to calm your nerves at their themed bar. Get your tickets here for any Saturday in October — at your own risk.
📍226 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
18. Or have some wholesome fun at Halloween Spooktacular
On October 30 and 31, if you’re looking for more family-friendly Halloween activities in Brisbane, The Morgue at Rochedale features three different mazes, so you can choose your own haunting adventure: a kids’ maze, a general one for all ages, and another terrifying maze (for those aged 12 and older), if your group is feeling brave. Stick around on November 1 and 2 for Family Fright Fest, with market stalls, food trucks, face painting, a bouncy castle and more!
It’s free entry but you can make a donation to Black Dog Institute here!
📍Underwood Park, 982-1006 Underwood Rd, Priestdale
19. Feel like a Ghostbuster at this ghost hunt
Who you gonna call? Yourself! This spooky scavenger hunt will challenge you to follow clues, solve interactive puzzles, and uncover the creepy stories all over the city. Dress up, embrace the spookiness, and see if you can catch the ghost plotting to unleash terror in the city, all you need is brain power and a phone with an internet connection!
Answer the call here!
📍Brisbane City Hall, 64 Adelaide St, Brisbane CBD
20. Hop on board a Halloween boat party
It may not be the Flying Dutchman but this ghost ship, leaving from New Farm Park on November 1, promises to be just as legendary. Start thinking of your costume, savour the drink included with your ticket and get your dancing feet ready as you party the night away and take in scenic sights from the Brisbane River.
📍New Farm Park River Hub, 16 Dixon St, New Farm
21. Rock out at Halloween Hall
Newly-renovated The Warehouse is hosting Brisbane’s biggest Halloween party on November 1. Step inside the Haunted House — if you dare — and experience a fully immersive atmosphere where shadows move, spirits stir, and nothing is quite what it seems.
Not only will The Warehouse be completely transformed with large-scale stage production, LED screens, lasers, and spine-tingling visuals, but you can expect roaming creatures, goosebump-inducing performances and eerie beats from some of Australia’s best DJs!
Get your tickets for Halloween Hall here.
📍The Warehouse, 8 McLachlan St, Fortitude Valley
22. Strut your bones in the Wynnum Halloween Parade
The beloved Wynnum Halloween Parade is coming back for another year. The volunteer-run event includes music, live entertainment, a trick or treat trail, a haunted house and even a fang-bulous Halloween-themed drag show! This year, the free event will take place on Saturday, October 25.
📍Bay Terrace, Wynnum