Step into a world where shadows whisper and the air grows colder. We’ve conjured up the city’s most bone-rattling events that are sure to turn heads, or make them roll. From blood-curdling nights out that will haunt your dreams to family-friendly frights full of pumpkins and playful scares, we’ve brewed the perfect potion of Halloween fun. Whether you’re chasing heart-stopping thrills or just a dash of festive magic, your ultimate Halloween adventure awaits. Dare to join us?
Photo: Burnaby Halloween Festival
Whether you’re faint of heart or have the thickest of skin, attend any or all of the thrilling events in Burnaby this Halloween. Bring the little goblins, or go it alone if you dare— from eerie displays and elaborate immersive experiences to eye-popping horror flicks, zombie-themed events, and haunted adventures, prepare to be breathless by checking out the lineup below.
- 4 tickets to Pumpkins After Dark
- 4 tickets to EXIT Burnaby Halloween Special
- 4 tickets to Haunted Village
- An exclusive Burnaby Halloween Festival swag bag
Don’t wait too long — the giveaway closes October 17th so winners can receive their tickets in time for the scares! Enter here.
Exit Burnaby - 4035 North Road
Mon - Thu: 1-10 pm / Fri: 1-11 pm / Sat: 12-11pm / Sun: 12-10 pm
Photo: Burnaby Halloween Festival
From October 1 to November 1, Exit Burnaby is hosting four original escape-room experiences - Arachnaphobia: Cult of the Arachnia, Phasmaphobia: Night at Lagosi Manor, Technophobia: All Hallows Haunt, Necrophobia: Tomb of the Lich King - guaranteeing jump scares and spine-tingling atmospheres where games are transformed into nightmares. Along with the escape rooms, there’s a costume contest, come dressed up, snap a photo at the booth, tag #ExitHalloweenCostumes for a chance to win the grand prize on November 1!
Swangard Stadium & Central Park
Oct 3rd - 5th: 7-11pm / Oct 9th - 12th: 6:45-11pm / Oct 16th - 19th: 6:30-11pm / Oct 23rd - 26th: 6:15-11pm / Oct 30th - Oct 31st: 6-10pm
Photo: Burnaby Halloween Festival
Get Ready for an Enchanting Evening at Pumpkins After Dark! Dive into the mesmerizing world of Halloween wonder at Canada’s premier outdoor event - Pumpkins After Dark! With over 10,000 meticulously hand-carved pumpkins, this immersive walk-through experience is an autumn extravaganza like no other.
The Rec Room
Oct 4th: 6-11:30pm
Kami Van Halst presents The Sinner’s Cabaret - a hauntingly glamorous Halloween vaudeville variety show blending heavy metal, horror ballet, drag, and more. Taking place inside The Rec Room’s performance hall, The Sinner’s Cabaret is a modern twist on old-world cabaret—with a spooky, seductive Halloween twist. The lineup includes high-energy drag performances, mesmerizing burlesque, a hauntingly powerful heavy metal horror ballet, and a live music set that will raise the dead.
Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
Oct 4th - Oct 5th: 10am-7pm
Photo: Burnaby Halloween Festival
Metro-Con is bringing the party to Burnaby for two unforgettable days of pop culture, creativity, and next-level fan experiences, featuring the most epic Battlestar Galactica reunion ever assembled, an all-star lineup of celebrity and creator guests, and the kind of high-energy, immersive production that only FanCon delivers.
Oct 22nd - 26th: 4-9pm
Burnaby Village Museum
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As dusk descends over the Burnaby Village Museum from October 22-26, the 10-acre site transforms into a magical and eerie storybook where folklore and fables like Count Dracula, Anansi the Spider, The Monkey King, Maleficent & Sleeping Beauty, Hansel & Gretel, and The Wizard of Oz come alive in immersive scenes. Alongside the visual spook-taculars, guests can enjoy Coast Salish shadow puppetry, acrobatic performances, a dance party with DJ Dracula, and seasonal treats under the haunted sky.
Central Park
Oct 24th: 6-8pm
Photo: CITY OF BURNABY
Get ready for a spooky night of family fun at Central Park! Join us for Central Spark, Burnaby’s signature Halloween event, packed with free, family-friendly festivities for all ages.
Dance the night away to live DJ beats, grab tasty treats from local food trucks, enjoy spooky entertainment, snap some unforgettable photos, and cap off the evening with a spectacular fireworks display.
Swangard Stadium
Oct 26th: 8:00 am - 10:30 am
Photo: Burnaby Halloween Festival
Hey there, brave souls and fun-loving spirits! Get ready for a spook-tacular time at Burnaby’s most exciting Halloween-themed race: the Monster Dash 5K! Join us on Sunday, October 26th, right in the heart of Burnaby, BC. It’s time to harness all the thrilling energy of the season! We encourage you to wear your most imaginative and hauntingly creative costumes—let your fun side shine!
Playland - 2901 E Hastings St
Select nights from Oct 3rd-31st
Photo: PNE/Playland Fright Nights Facebook
Fright Nights at Playland is Western Canada’s largest and most terrifying Halloween event, transforming the amusement park into a nightmarish realm featuring multiple haunted houses, chilling rides, and immersive performances, recommended for ages 13 and up! Running select nights throughout October (typically starting around October 3 and culminating on Halloween night), the experience includes haunting attractions, spooky decor, and a strict no-costume policy, plus optional add-ons like Early Entry and Rapid Pass to enhance the fear-factor with expedited access.
New Amsterdam Cafe
Oct 4th: 6-10pm
Photo: Halloween/Fall Glow Paint N' Puff
Get ready to light up the night and your canvas — Halloween/Fall Glow Paint N’ Puff is a black-lit, puff-friendly soirée where UV paints explode into wild neon masterpieces as you sip, chill, and let your spooky creativity flow. Everything’s supplied (including a pre-roll!), so just bring your gleeful vibes, comfy clothes, and maybe a glow-in-the-dark outfit to really shine.
12530 72nd Ave, Surrey
Oct 3 - Nov 8 on select dates
Photo: Cougar Creek House of Horrors Facebook
Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors is a large haunted‐house attraction in Surrey, BC that runs from October through early November, featuring five different haunted houses in one location plus nightly stage shows, food vendors, a horror boutique, and festival‐style Halloween fun. It also has special event nights like “Touch of Fear”, “Horrors Jr” for younger guests, VIP transit packages, photo ops, and unique dark or immersive experiences!
The Rio Theatre
Oct 22nd: 7pm
Photo: The Rio Theatre
Get ready for a night of whimsical terror and fantasy! The Critical Hit Show: A D&D-Live Improvised Epic Fantasy Spooktacular unleashes on October 22, where Vancouver’s finest improv heroes spin a haunted quest on the fly (and you might just shape their fate!).
Wicked laughs, spooky surprises, and audience-driven chaos await so come armed with your weirdest ideas and most daring spirit.
Croatian Cultural Centre
Oct 25 11am-7pm - Oct 26 11am-6pm
Photo: Nightshade Market
Celebrate the season at Nightshade Market: Witch’s Harvest on October 25, a Samhain-inspired artisan market filled with mystical art, handcrafted goods, and autumnal magic. Explore unique treasures, sip seasonal brews, and embrace the witchy spirit of fall.
The Dusty Flower Pot Cabaret
Oct 5th-19th: 4:30pm
Photo: Parade GoGo Dancers
Get ready to become part of the parade! Parade + Gogo Dancers invites you to don showstopping costumes and groove beside the Parade of Lost Souls in a mesmerizing, theatrical march through the night. Amp up your flair, fuel your spirit, and strut your spectral best with beats, theatrics, and an unforgettable celebration of the uncanny.
Rickshaw Theatre
Oct 3rd: 7-11:30pm
Photo: Wrestlecore
Get ready for a spine-chilling mash-up of horror and pro-wrestling on October 3, 2025 as WrestleCore Presents: The Horror on Hastings VHS takes over the historic Rickshaw Theatre with gory theatrics, live AV horror visuals, punishing bell-times, and enough chills to haunt you long after the final match. With queues open at 8:00 PM (bell at 9:00 PM), enjoy a pre-show by the Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival, DJ sets, and horrifying performances!
The Rio Theatre
Oct 14th-Oct 15th: 7pm
Photo: The Rio Theatre
Step into a trance of gothic elegance. Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin will conjure the haunting, spine-tingling score to Suspiria live, synced to a full screening of the cult horror masterpiece.
Watch shadows dance, strings shriek, and dread bloom in every note. It’s cinema, sound, and nightmare energy fused into one unforgettable evening.
Strange Fellows Brewing
Oct 23rd-25th & 30-31: 6-10pm
Photo: Strange Fellows Brewing
As autumn turns eerie, Strange Fellows Brewing transforms into the Dead Fellows Haunted Brewhouse - an atmospheric haunted brewery where restless spirits, vengeful souls, and otherworldly entities awaken to reclaim the liminal space between land and sea. Join a self-guided tour through frights, explore haunted brewhouse halls, and brace yourself for the White Lady and the Psychopomp, while you sip on spooky vibes (and maybe a special dark lager if you survive).
1880 Triumph St
Oct 11th: 11am-7pm & Oct 12th: 10am-4pm
Photo: Nightmare Before Christmas Market Facebook
Join us for 2 witchy days of shopping and gathering with 80 of the GVA’s most unique makers, purveyors and artists of the wacky, weird and wonderful. With over 75 local makers, quirky decor, skull art, fantasy goods, and all kinds of unique finds. Costumes are encouraged, there are food trucks, kids’ crafts and face painting, and admission is affordable (with children under 13 entering free), making it perfect for a fun, spooky-but-family-friendly outing.
Capilano Suspension Bridge
Oct 10th - Nov 2nd
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From October 10 to November 2, 2025, Canyon Frights transforms Capilano Suspension Bridge Park into a haunted woodland playground with glowing mushrooms, skeletal displays, graveyards, and giant spiders lurking in the dark trails. Along with the eerie ambiance, guests will enjoy spooky snacks and sips, seasonal entertainment, family-friendly Halloween games, scavenger hunts, and immersive lights throughout the park.
Cineplex Cinemas International Village
Oct 15th-19th
Photo: Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival
This year, downtown Vancouver becomes a terrifying destination as VHS 2025 takes over with horror film screenings, guest panels, table reads, and the Golden Tape Awards. Whether you’re a horror die-hard or just love a good scare, expect spine-chilling feature films, emerging local talent, themed parties, and unforgettable community events across Cineplex, Vancouver Film School, and beyond.
The Pearl
Oct 10th: 10:30pm
Photo: DeathPop
Get ready to bang your head and raise your hands! DeathPop crashes into The Pearl on October 10 for a night of heavy beats, raw energy, and electrifying vibes.
Want in for free? We're giving away a pair of tickets! Enter now and you could be moshing next to us!
The Pearl
Oct 22nd: 7pm
Photo: The Haunted House Tour
Brace yourself for chills, beats, and theatrical darkness — The Haunted House Tour lands at The Pearl on October 22 with Savage Ga$p, Grim Salvo, Witchouse 40k, KAMAARA & TWENTYTHREE delivering a live horror-trap spectacle. Enter to win a pair of tickets!
Gastown
Sep 17th - Nov 1st: various tour times on certain days
Photo: Forbidden Vancouver
Discover Vancouver’s haunted past on The Lost Souls of Gastown Tour, a captivating theatrical walking experience. Led by a costumed guide, you’ll journey through Gastown’s lamplit streets while uncovering chilling stories of fire, smallpox, and murder. Blending history with immersive storytelling, this unforgettable adventure brings the city’s gritty Victorian era vividly to life.
Hollywood Theatre
Oct 24th: 9pm
Photo: Daft Disko: Halloween
Get ready to time-warp into disco delight! Daft Disko: Halloween drops on October 24th with French-house vibes, glittery beats, and costume energy to match the spookiest night of the year.
Come for the groove, stay for the spectacle. Dance floors will sparkle, masks will twirl, and your Halloween will never sound the same.
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Oct 24th: 8:30pm - Kerrisdale Presbyterian Church
Oct 25th: 6:30pm & 8:30pm - Christ Church Cathedral
Photo: Fever
Experience a spellbinding night at Kerrisdale Presbyterian Church where classic spooky melodies like “Thriller,” “This Is Halloween,” “Psycho,” and “The Addams Family Theme” are brought to life by the Listeso String Quartet under the warm, flickering glow of candlelight. It’s a perfect Halloween-treat: atmospheric, family-friendly (ages 8+), with a 60-minute performance that wakes the souls and tugs at the chills—seats are limited and selling fast.
9423 Gibson Rd, Chilliwack
Oct 4th - Nov 1st: 7-10pm
Photo: ReaperS Haunted AttractioN Facebook
Step into Reapers Haunted Corn Maze, where nightmares come alive and terror hides in every shadow. This spine-chilling Halloween attraction immerses you in a maze of darkness, fog, and fearsome creatures lurking around each twist. Not for the faint of heart—recommended for ages 10+. Gather your bravest friends and see if you can escape the horror!
VIFF Centre
Oct 17th-Nov 5th: Various showtimes
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Catch Frankenstein (35 mm) at the VIFF Centre with multiple showings this Halloween season! Perfect for late-night chills, costume breaks, or sneaking in just one more dose of creepy. Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein is a breathtaking coup, an exhilarating riposte to the conventional wisdom about dream projects. The writer-director makes something almost new, and definitely rich and strange, out of a story we all thought we knew well. He spins out the tale in ways that make the movie not just jarring and frightening in the best horror tradition, but heartbreakingly poignant.
Hocus Pocus In Concert Live To Film
The Orpheum
Oct 24th & Oct 25th at 7pm
Photo: The Orpheum
Get ready to fly back to Salem for a Halloween night like no other! Join the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as Hocus Pocus plays on the big screen while the live orchestra performs every magical note for two spooktacular nights! Dust off your broomstick and prepare for thrills, laughs, and timeless tunes. Will the Sanderson Sisters return?
Where to Experience The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Pumpkin Patches
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- Richmond Country Farms: Opening soon / Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm & Sat-Sun & Holidays: 10am - 4:30pm / 12900 Steveston Hwy Richmond
