Halloween Events in Edinburgh in October 2025
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Events in Edinburgh
Halloween @ ‘The Anatomist’ Escape Room
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
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
Join us this October for spook-tacular Halloween Happenings at Dalkeith Country Park!
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Halloween Kids Creations!
Drop in upstairs in our IKEA Edinburgh restaurant where children can craft with our Smaland Creche team.
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Spooktacular Creations
Families are invited to join us at IKEA Edinburgh on 8th October for a fun-filled evening of DIY Halloween decorations to get your home ready for the spooky season!
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Halloween Days
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
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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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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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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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 McDougalls: Halloween Party Show
Join Max and Auntie Aggie for their Halloween Party, filled with tricks and treats, guaranteed to have you screaming with laughter!
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Join Artie's Singing Kettle 'Halloween' show for a spooktacular extravaganza at the Corn Exchange Haddington on Wednesday 15th October!
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The McDougalls : Halloween Party
Join Max and Auntie Aggie for their Halloween Party, filled with tricks and treats, guaranteed to have you screaming with laughter!
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Halloween at Loanhead Farm
Join WATIF Community Trust for a Halloween evening for all to enjoy, including a spooky trail, kids disco, and pumpkin picking!
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Halloween Fireworks Nights
Conifox Adventure Park is back with a bang this autumn with their Halloween Fireworks Nights!
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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.
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Halloween Family Trail
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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Halloween Ghost Tray - Eco-Resin Craft Workshop
Get into the spirit of the season and join Polymorphics for a fun workshop where you'll learn to create a spooky Halloween ghost tray with eco-resin!
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Haunted Leith Ghost Walk (Halloween Special)
Join North Edinburgh Nightmares on a Halloween Special hair-raising ghost walk through the historic back streets of Leith!
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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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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
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
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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Bongo’s Bingo Edinburgh: The Carnevil
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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Greyfriars Bobby in A.I. Wonderland
Greyfriar's Bobby in A.I. Wonderland is an immersive, theatrical haunted maze taking place in Scotland's largest nuclear bunker, Barnton Bunker.
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Halloween Special: Les Diaboliques
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)
Join North Edinburgh Nightmares for a spine-chilling Halloween Special adventure in Edinburgh's Old Town!
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Carve A Treat
Over the weekend before Halloween, stop by to carve our animals a spooktacular treat!
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Edin-boo! Castle: Halloween Shenanigans
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)
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
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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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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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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Dead Man’s Disco
Don't miss The Tarbet Edinburgh's Halloween Dead Man’s Disco on 31st October. Prize for best costume, DJ and Party Games.
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Distillery After Dark - Halloween at Holyrood
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Halloween Night Ghost Walk
Join North Edinburgh Nightmares for a spooky night of ghostly tales and haunted history on our Halloween Night Ghost Walk!
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Haunted Drams - Ghost & Whisky Experience
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
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)
Do you believe in ghosts? Join us this Halloween for a special family frightmare inside Newhailes House!
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Pumpkins for Punks
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
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
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
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
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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The Halloween Spook Show
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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Unholy - Midnight Alt Events
This Halloween, step beyond the mundane and into the UNHOLY - an alternative Halloween ball summoned from the shadows - at the Assembly Roxy!
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Very Spooky Karaoke
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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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:
Big Barrhead Halloween Parade
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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October Art Camp For Kids
Kids... get ready for a spooktacular October Art Camp at Studio Two Six One where you can create ceramic pumpkins or spooky pots, print your own ghosts or collage a spooky picture!
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Pick A Pumpkin
Neilston's Pick a Pumpkin event returns for 2025 and this time it's being held over two weekends in October!
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Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Little Scare-lings at Dobbies Dunfermline
By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Dunfermline this Halloween!
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Artie’s Singing Kettle - Halloween
Join Artie’s Singing Kettle “Halloween” show at Rothes Halls for a spooktacular extravaganza!
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Falkland Palace’s Halloween Trail
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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Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Spirits of the Tenements - CANCELLED
Go back to late Victorian Glasgow for a special evening at the Tenement House with a performance from Cara Hamilton in the gas-lit parlour!
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Spooky Autumnal Crafts
Watch out for ghosts and get in the mood for Halloween with free drop in crafts and activities at Provan Hall over the October half term!
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Spooky Soulfood Disco - Halloween Special
Join Discos Further at the West of Scotland Cricket Club for their Spooky Soulfood Disco, where a no-frills, down n' dirty, house party vibe meets an old school spit n' sawdust social club!
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Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Scotland’s SCREAM Park: Zombie Checkpoint
This Halloween, Scotland's SCREAM Park and the UK's top zombie adventure creators, Zombie Infection, are teaming up to bring you something epic!
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October Holiday Club at Wiston Lodge
Join the team at Wiston Lodge this October Half Term for five action-packed days of outdoor fun and themed adventures... each day offers a different experience!
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The Funtron 3000 Halloween Spooktacularthon
Act About are back with The Funtron 3000 Halloween Spooktacularthon, another fast paced, funny show aimed at young children!
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Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Snowflake Gelato Pumpkin Smash Booth
This Halloween weekend, Snowflake Gelato invites locals to swap spooky chills for smashing thrills as its viral Pumpkin Smash Booth lands at Braehead Shopping Centre.
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Spook & Skate Halloween Ice Disco
Lace up your skates, dress to impress (or scare!), dance to the biggest Halloween hits, and be in the chance to win prizes for the best costumes at Braehead Ice Centre!
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Skalloween
Dress up, grab your dancing shoes, and come celebrate Skalloween with The Dughoose SKA Band and The Owls on Friday 31st October!
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Here's a selection of Halloween Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Stirling C-aaahstle: Halloween Shenanigans
Have some Halloween fun at Stirling Castle with an eerie story or join in with some creepy crafts!
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Little Scare-lings at Dobbies Stirling
By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Stirling this Halloween!
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Arnprior Farm Pumpkin Festival
Arnprior Farm is thrilled to announce the return of its beloved Pumpkin Festival for Autumn 2025.
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The Wandering Witches of Culzean
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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Craigbank Farm Pumpkin Experience
Craigbank Farm in Dunlop are throwing open their barn doors for a pumpkin picking and Halloween extravaganza!
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Kelburn Pumpkin Party
Get ready for a frightfully fun time as Kelburn's Halloween Pumpkin Party returns this October with thrilling activities for all ages!
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Kelburn Haunted Forest: Nightmare
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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