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Events in Edinburgh

Halloween @ ‘The Anatomist’ Escape Room

26th September 2025 - 3rd November 2025

With the nights drawing in and halloween just around the corner, what better time to take on Edinburgh's spookiest escape room 'The Anatomist' at Escape The Past.

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Halloween Movie Month at Moonwake

Selected dates between 2nd October 2025 - 31st October 2025

We welcome you to a month of horror at Moonwake! We will be screening a range of horror films in the taproom's cinema room in October.

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Halloween Happenings at Dalkeith Country Park

3rd October 2025 - 2nd November 2025

Join us this October for spook-tacular Halloween Happenings at Dalkeith Country Park!

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Halloween Kids Creations!

Selected dates between 6th October 2025 - 27th October 2025

Drop in upstairs in our IKEA Edinburgh restaurant where children can craft with our Smaland Creche team.

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Halloween Days

Selected dates between 11th October 2025 - 26th October 2025

Come along to our Halloween Days at Conifox Adventure Park this October, it's a spine-tingling adventure for the whole family!

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The Mythical Mystery Hunt

11th October 2025 - 2nd November 2025

This autumn, follow Historic Environment Scotland's family trails to discover some of the magical and mystical creatures of Scottish folklore.

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The Mythical Mystery Hunt

11th October 2025 - 2nd November 2025

This autumn, follow Historic Environment Scotland's family trails to discover some of the magical and mystical creatures of Scottish folklore.

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The Mythical Mystery Hunt

11th October 2025 - 2nd November 2025

This autumn, follow Historic Environment Scotland's family trails to discover some of the magical and mystical creatures of Scottish folklore.

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The Mythical Mystery Hunt

11th October 2025 - 2nd November 2025

This autumn, follow Historic Environment Scotland's family trails to discover some of the magical and mystical creatures of Scottish folklore.

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Halloween Fireworks Nights

Selected dates between 17th October 2025 - 31st October 2025

Conifox Adventure Park is back with a bang this autumn with their Halloween Fireworks Nights!

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Conifox Terror Scream Park

Selected dates between 18th October 2025 - 31st October 2025

Terror Scream Park, Edinburgh’s most intense 18+ horror event, launches for the very first time this autumn at Conifox Adventure Park.

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Halloween Family Trail

18th October 2025 - 31st October 2025

Free this Halloween, can you find all 8 ghosts hidden around the St Cecilia's Hall galleries and answer each of their questions?

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Haunted Leith Ghost Walk (Halloween Special)

Selected dates between 18th October 2025 - 25th October 2025
Leith

Join North Edinburgh Nightmares on a Halloween Special hair-raising ghost walk through the historic back streets of Leith!

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Little Scare-lings at Dobbies Edinburgh

18th October 2025 - 1st November 2025

By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Edinburgh this Halloween!

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Little Scare-lings at Dobbies Livingston

18th October 2025 - 1st November 2025

By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Livingston this Halloween!

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Doctor Bonk’s Macarbaret

23rd October 2025 - 24th October 2025

Dr Bonk, Scotland's silliest surgeon, presents the Macarbaret: a madcap hour of spooky drag, burlesque, comedy and medical mayhem as part of Edinburgh Horror Festival!

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My Grandmother Taught Me To Knit

23rd October 2025 - 26th October 2025

My Grandmother Taught Me To Knit is an Original horror storytelling on knitting, grief, and perfection. Catch it at The Banshee Labyrinth!

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Renfield

23rd October 2025 - 26th October 2025

Renfield, a dark and disturbing solo show, returns to The Banshee Labyrinth as part of Edinburgh Horror Festival.

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Bongo’s Bingo Edinburgh: The Carnevil

Selected dates between 24th October 2025 - 1st November 2025

Roll up, roll up... if you dare! This October and November, Bongo's Bingo is transforming into a twisted circus of chaos, confetti, and carnage. Welcome to The Carnevil!

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Halloween Special: Les Diaboliques

24th October 2025

Les Diaboliques is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film with a brilliant twist ending. Catch is at Institut français d’Écosse on Friday 24th October!

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Old Town Ghost Walk (Halloween Special)

24th October 2025

Join North Edinburgh Nightmares for a spine-chilling Halloween Special adventure in Edinburgh's Old Town!

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Carve A Treat

25th October 2025 - 26th October 2025

Over the weekend before Halloween, stop by to carve our animals a spooktacular treat!

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Edin-boo! Castle: Halloween Shenanigans

25th October 2025 - 26th October 2025

Some special guests await you in the Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle and they have a story to tell!

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Halloween Family Fun Day (Military connections)

25th October 2025

For those with military connections, whether they're veterans or families of current service members, come explore our Ghastly Garden and Monsterous Maze, for the small and big kids among us!

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Pup-kin Patch at Dobbies Edinburgh

25th October 2025 - 1st November 2025

Bring your furry friends to Dobbies Edinburgh for a special dog-friendly event where your pup can pick their very own autumn-themed toy from our doggie pumpkin patch!

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Pup-kin Patch at Dobbies Livingston

25th October 2025 - 1st November 2025

Bring your furry friends to Dobbies Livingston for a special dog-friendly event where your pup can pick their very own autumn-themed toy from our doggie pumpkin patch

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Storytime Halloween Special: The Ghost, the Cat, and the Loch Ness Mystery

25th October 2025

Join us at Institut français d’Écosse for a spooky and magical storytime on Saturday 25th October!

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Children’s Classic Concerts: Fright at the Museum

26th October 2025

Join Children's Classic Concerts, the RSNO and the RSNO Children's Chorus for this perfectly curated creepy concert at Edinburgh's Usher Hall!

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Scooby-Doo: Monster Mayhem

26th October 2025

Come help the Scooby-Doo gang solve the mystery and unmask the monster at this Halloween event run by Patchwork Bear Events on 26th October!

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Trick Or Treat - An Unpredictable Halloween Magic Show For Adults!

26th October 2025

Join the mischievous minds of Cameron Gibson & Luke Osey as the pair serve up tricks, treats, and a whole lot of unpredictable magic this Halloween!

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Rockaoke Halloween Special

27th October 2025

Sing your heart out to spooky tunes and dress to impress for our fancy dress competition at Legends on 27th October!

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Spooky Trivia Night

28th October 2025

Join us at BrewDog DogHouse on 28th October for an exciting Trivia Night led by Thomas Futter!

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Playhouse of the Dead: Day Edition

29th October 2025 - 31st October 2025

This Halloween, take part in a one-of-a-kind interactive family experience at the Pitt in Granton!

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Playhouse of the Dead: Night Edition

29th October 2025 - 31st October 2025

This Halloween, take part in a one-of-a-kind interactive experience at the Pitt in Granton!

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Halloween - Themed Wine & Crisps Night

30th October 2025

Join us at Mara on Wednesday 30th October for a ghoulishly good evening of wine, crisps, and eerie pairings, hosted by the brilliant Poppy from Majestic Wines!

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Hel Cabaret - BloodMoon

30th October 2025

It's the season of thinning veils. Have you lit your lanterns to protect you? Then join Hel Cabaret for 'BloodMoon' at La Belle Angele Edinburgh on Thursday 30th October!

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Higgs Halloween Lecture - A Dangerous Shade of Green

30th October 2025

Come along to a delightfully poisonous Higgs Halloween Lecture that is full of spooky fun for the entire family, on Thursday the 30th of October in the Medical School.

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Innis & Runn: Halloween Edition

30th October 2025

Get ready for a spooktacular Halloween bash with 'Innis & Runn'. A fright-filled run, costumes, pints, and good times await!

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Leith Theatre Halloween Heritage Tour

30th October 2025

Come and explore Leith’s 1930s art deco treasure, Leith Theatre, on the spookiest Eve of the year!

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Racecar Hallowe’en Gig

30th October 2025

Racecar return to Leith Arches for the 2025 Hallowe'en special, with support from Acolyte and Dr Salad. Expect spooky sets and creepy costumes!

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Spooktacular Halloween Bash!

30th October 2025

Join IKEA Edinburgh in store for our spooktacular Halloween bash! Get ready for a night of frightening fun and eerie entertainment.

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Annasach’s Hallowe’en Ceilidh

31st October 2025

Come and dance to Annasach Ceilidh Band at our Hallowe'en Ceilidh from 8pm at The Counting House on Friday 31st October! All dances can be called so beginners welcome.

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Distillery After Dark - Halloween at Holyrood

31st October 2025 - 1st November 2025

Distillery After Dark: a Halloween experience like no other - Witchcraft, Hauntings, Murder and the echo of footsteps in the fog…

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Edgar Allan Poe’s Ghost Stories x Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

31st October 2025

Join Moonlight Concerts for a terrifying night as horror novelist Edgar Allan Poe 'resurrects' his spine-tingling ghost stories - with haunting live piano!

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Family Leith Theatre Halloween Heritage Tour

31st October 2025

Explore Leith’s 1930s art deco treasure this Halloween at our special family-friendly heritage tour and trail.

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Flight Club Edinburgh Halloween Brunch Weekender

31st October 2025 - 2nd November 2025

Flight Club Edinburgh, the lively Social Darts and cocktail bar, is serving up a bottomless Halloween brunch this October that's so good it's scary!

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Fright Night: Silent Movie Screening with Live Score

31st October 2025

Silent Screen Scotland returns to Edinburgh with "Fright Night: Silent Movie Screening" - a candlelit screening of Nosferatu accompanied by live score at the Institut français d'Écosse!

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Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera

31st October 2025

The Phantom returns this Halloween with The Phantom of the Opera, the greatest ghost story ever told, at St Cecilias Hall!

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Ghost Stories by Candlelight

31st October 2025

What better way to kick off your Hallowe’en night than with some ghost stories in the Banshee Labyrinth!

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Halloween Double Bill: A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera

31st October 2025

Enjoy 2 thrilling shows at a discount price when Moonlight Concerts return to the oldest concert Hall in Scotland with a musical double bill inspired by Halloween!

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Haunted Drams - Ghost & Whisky Experience

31st October 2025 - 1st November 2025
Edinburgh Old Town

Step into the shadows of Edinburgh’s dark past on this spine-tingling walking tour through the Old Town’s most haunted close and forgotten corners!

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Legends Halloween

31st October 2025

Classic Legends Halloween. Bigger and better every year!! You don't want to miss this!

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Newhailes Haunted House Tour (Kids Edition)

31st October 2025

Do you believe in ghosts? Join us this Halloween for a special family frightmare inside Newhailes House!

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Pumpkins for Punks

31st October 2025

BrewDog DogHouse is offering a very fun deal on 30th October, where you can bring us your carved pumpkin in exchange for a 330ml can of PUNK IPA.

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RSNO 2025/26: Ghostbusters in Concert

31st October 2025

Experience the original 1984 blockbuster Ghostbusters on the big screen this Halloween, with the RSNO playing Elmer Bernstein's score live!

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Saved By The 90s - Halloween Party

31st October 2025

The UK's ultimate 90's night returns to La Belle Angele for a Halloween Special. 90's fancy dress is highly encouraged!

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So Fetch - 2000s Halloween Party

31st October 2025

So Fetch returns to La Belle Angele on 31st October. Get ready to sing your heart out in a night packed with 2000s Pop!

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Stand Up Horror Halloween Special

31st October 2025

An improvised comedy horror story on All Hallow’s Eve. You get to decide how this story goes, in this sell out show performing for your devilish pleasure.

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Terrazzo Halloween Ghost Tray

31st October 2025

Create a Ghost Masterpiece at this workshop suitable for children and adults on 31st October! All ages from 8+ welcome. Wear your Halloween costume if you wish.

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Terrazzo Halloween Ghost Tray for Children

31st October 2025

Join Polymorphics for a fun workshop where you'll learn to create a spooky Halloween ghost tray with Eco-resin! Suitable for ages 8+.

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The Halloween Spook Show

31st October 2025

Seance magic and supernatural illusions in the vaulted cinema of Scotland’s Most Haunted Pub. What’s Hallowe’en without a good Ouija Board session and a chat with the dead?

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Very Spooky Karaoke

31st October 2025

Come join in on the madness of Karaoke at the Black Rose Tavern Rock Bar right in the city centre of Edinburgh!

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Disco Days: Halloween Edition

1st November 2025

Don't miss spooky deco, killer tunes and the same freakishly good vibes at Disco Days: Halloween Edition in Club Tropicana Edinburgh!

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Haunted Hangar x Bloodbath Paint Party

1st November 2025

This Halloween, Hangar 5 at Potterrow transforms into a full-blown fright fest — part haunted rave, part paint-soaked singalong.

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Keep It Steel x Decade Hallowscream 2025

1st November 2025

It’s our favourite time of the year! What better way to celebrate than have hometown heroes from Decade & Keep It Steel joining forces and bringing you the best Halloween party!

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Newhailes Haunted Halloween Trail

1st November 2025

Come and visit our haunted trail this Halloween, walk through the estate and follow the clues, finishing up in our front lawn for fun games. Its going to be spooktacular.

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Terminal V Halloween Festival

1st November 2025

Terminal V Halloween returns to the Edinburgh Royal Highland Centre on Saturday 1st November!

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Beetlejuice (1988) (12)

2nd November 2025

Enjoy a special Freeze Frame Halloween screening of this cult American gothic dark fantasy comedy horror about a recently deceased couple, who as ghosts are not allowed to leave their house.

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Halloween Events in East Renfrewshire

Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:

Halloween Family Sunday

Halloween Family Sunday

26th October 2025

Bring your little pumpkins and witches to celebrate Halloween at The Busby Hotel on Sunday 26th October... the fun will be frightfully fantastic with wicked face painting and creepy-cool activities!

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Big Barrhead Halloween Parade

Big Barrhead Halloween Parade

25th October 2025

Get ready for a spooktacular evening on Saturday 25th October as the annual Big Barrhead Halloween Parade returns, packed with fun for the whole family!

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Sportykids’ Halloween Parties

Sportykids’ Halloween Parties

30th October 2025 - 31st October 2025

Sportykids' Spooktacular Annual Halloween Parties are back featuring disco party games, a fancy dress competition and a treat to take home!

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Halloween Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Falkland Palace’s Halloween Trail

Falkland Palace’s Halloween Trail

5th October 2025 - 31st October 2025

Get ready to explore the spooky Halloween Trail at Falkland Palace, it’s the perfect family day out – and even your four-legged friends are welcome!

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Artie’s Singing Kettle - Halloween

Artie’s Singing Kettle - Halloween

26th October 2025

Join Artie’s Singing Kettle “Halloween” show at Rothes Halls for a spooktacular extravaganza!

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Galaween Ghostal Path

Galaween Ghostal Path

25th October 2025

Step into the woodland shadows for an unforgettable Halloween adventure like no other when Galaween Ghostal Path returns to Dalgety Bay!

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Halloween Events in Glasgow

Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:

Battlefield Lantern Parade

Battlefield Lantern Parade

26th October 2025

Battlefield Community Project presents the return of the weird and wonderful annual Battlefield Lantern Parade, led by Brass, Aye? on Sunday 26th October!

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Celebrate Unquiet Guests with Dan Coxon, Kirsty Logan, and Will Maclean

Celebrate Unquiet Guests with Dan Coxon, Kirsty Logan, and Will Maclean

29th October 2025

Join Waterstones Argyle Street for an early Halloween celebration of Unquiet Guests, an anthology of haunted house stories from modern masters of the macabre!

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Hill House Halloween Trail

Hill House Halloween Trail

25th October 2025 - 26th October 2025

Join the team at the Hill House on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October for some Halloween fun the whole family can enjoy!

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Halloween Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

Halloween Baby Disco

Halloween Baby Disco

1st November 2025

Tear the dance floor to shreds and bust some moves with your cutest dance partner at Lanark Memorial Hall's Halloween Baby Disco!

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Slide and Seek

Slide and Seek

24th October 2025

It's that time of year again... don't miss Slide and Seek, the annual Halloween Party at Krazy Congo Soft Play on Friday 24th October!

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Pumpkin Picking at Valley View

Pumpkin Picking at Valley View

4th October 2025 - 30th October 2025

Have fun and pick and carve your own pumpkin at Valley View at Gouldings between Saturday 4th and Thursday 30th October!

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Halloween Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

Pup-kin Patch at Dobbies Braehead

Pup-kin Patch at Dobbies Braehead

25th October 2025 - 1st November 2025

Looking for some autumn fun? This year Dobbies Braehead have created a wonderful day out for pumpkin pickers of all breeds!

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Erskine Arts Cinema Screenings

Erskine Arts Cinema Screenings

Selected dates between 15th March 2025 - 13th December 2025

Erskine Arts are bringing affordable cinema to Renfrewshire! With a genre spanning line up of films from family sing-alongs to cult classics, there's something for everyone.

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Sma Shots Halloween Experience

Sma Shots Halloween Experience

24th October 2025 - 1st November 2025

Step into the shadows of Paisley's eerie past for a night of ghostly encounters and spine-chilling surprises when the Sma Shots Halloween Experience returns this October!

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Halloween Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Pup-kin Patch at Dobbies Stirling

Pup-kin Patch at Dobbies Stirling

25th October 2025 - 1st November 2025

Bring your furry friends to Dobbies Stirling for a special dog-friendly event where your pup can pick their very own autumn-themed toy from our doggie pumpkin patch!

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Fair Day Film Nights - Practical Magic

Fair Day Film Nights - Practical Magic

28th October 2025

This Halloween, join us for a spellbinding evening at Bo’ness Hippodrome as we bring a touch of Practical Magic to the big screen—all in support of Bo’ness Children’s Fair Festival!

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Stirling: The Dark Side Walking Tour

Stirling: The Dark Side Walking Tour

30th October 2025 - 2nd November 2025

Back for the fourth year, come and explore the dark history of Stirling this Halloween with Walking Tours In Stirling!

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Events in Other Areas

The Wandering Witches of Culzean

The Wandering Witches of Culzean

19th September 2025 - 2nd November 2025

Can you help the little witches at Culzean Castle and Country Park find the missing ingredient before the witching hour begins?

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Kelburn Haunted Forest: Nightmare

Kelburn Haunted Forest: Nightmare

15th October 2025 - 2nd November 2025

Celebrate 15 years of Halloween at Kelburn with scares that are bigger, bolder, and more terrifying than ever. Will you survive to relive the NIGHTMARE?

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Sponsored Links

Wonder & Co
Murrayfield Experience
Renfrewshire Council
Fayre Play
Renfrewshire Council
Escape The Past
Edinburgh Dungeon

Sponsored Links

Hilton Glasgow
Murrayfield Experience
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Edinburgh Street Historians
Open Pass Scotland
Hilton Glasgow
Murrayfield Experience
Wonder & Co
Murrayfield Experience
Renfrewshire Council
Fayre Play
Renfrewshire Council
Escape The Past
Edinburgh Dungeon

Popular Events

Conifox Terror Scream Park
Terror Scream Park, Edinburgh’s most intense 18+ horror event, launches for the very first time this autumn at Conifox Adventure Park.
Panto 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk
Join Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young for the GIANT of a pantomime we've all BEAN waiting for!
To Kill A Mockingbird
Aaron Sorkin's riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee's thrilling courtroom drama To Kill A Mockingbird is coming to the Festival Theatre in October!
Angelfish
Playing for the first time as Angelfish in their hometown of Edinburgh, this one-off gig is not to be missed, with all proceeds going to humanitarian aid charities for Palestinian children.
Rianne Downey
Experience the heartfelt storytelling and soaring vocals of Glasgow's Rianne Downey, live at La Belle Angele on Friday 17th April.

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