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Halloween has swallowed the Orlando calendar whole this week, and the spoils are absurdly good. The run-up starts Wednesday with a free outdoor screening on the Enzian lawn, a hell-themed rock party at Conduit and a monthly mead pop-up that has turned its whole taproom into a Dark Ritual. By Thursday, Boxi Park in Lake Nona kicks off four straight days of Boo Bash with a run club, a glow party and a Beetlejuice roaming the grounds, a haunted-library speakeasy serves up spooky at the Four Seasons and Will’s Pub hosts a Die-In.

Then the weekend detonates. Friday brings the nation’s biggest horror convention to International Drive, a drag-royale cabaret from Ginger Minj, and a magic show built for goosebumps. Saturday is the main event: the day kicks off family-friendly with a dog costume contest at 9 a.m. but by evening things are getting scary: a silent-era vampire classic scored live on a pipe organ, a $500-prize block party in Thornton Park and tons of bar crawls and reggaeton, Latin, punk and Caribbean parties running past 2 a.m. 

And Sunday? Yeah, there’s a hangover party for that. Here’s the full rundown, day by day.

Wednesday, Oct. 28

Zymarium Meadery Presents Dark Ritual

Part of the month-long Halloween pop-up with themed mead pours and fully immersive spooky decor, plus tarot readings and other themed nights on select evenings. One of the most atmospheric low-key hangs of the season.

Fear Fest Halloween Rock Show

  • When: Wednesday, Oct. 28 · 7–11 p.m.
  • Where: Stardust Video & Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road, Orlando
  • Price: $7.65

A Halloween rock show with a festival feel, mixing live bands and late-October revelry. Stardust’s patio-plus-stage setup makes it a solid midweek warm-up for the weekend ahead.

Inferno: A Hell Themed Halloween Party

  • When: Wednesday, Oct. 28 · 9 p.m.
  • Where: Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park
  • Price: free

A hell-themed Halloween party with rock and alternative rock performances from the Void. Terror. Silence. crew. Expect a dark, high-energy night of live music and full seasonal atmosphere.

Secret Screening at Enzian

Part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween, this free lawn screening celebrates the 40th anniversary of a childhood favorite. The title is a secret, but we’re told it stars a famous witch and a beloved icon. Bring a blanket; outside food and drink aren’t permitted.

Halloween Cocktails at Kings Orlando

Kings celebrates from day to night with trick-or-treating, themed drinks and plenty of excuses to dress up. The signature move is the Boo’s Bag — an IV-style drink bag of Bacardi, orange juice, pineapple and cranberry.

Halloween Trick or Treat at IKEA Orlando

Kids 12 and under follow a treat-filled scavenger hunt through the showroom. Space is limited, so register ahead at IKEA.US/Orlando — and IKEA Family members can pair it with a Swedish Restaurant deal.

Apopka Police Halloween Highway 2026

  • When: Wednesday, Oct. 28 · 4–6 p.m.
  • Where: East Station Street, in front of True Coffee, Apopka
  • Price: free

A police-organized Halloween route through downtown Apopka, with trick-or-treating stops along the way. A safe, early-evening option for the littlest ghosts.

Thursday, Oct. 29: The parties begin

Will’s Pub Die-In

A Halloween-season variety show with eight performers spanning drag, burlesque and performance art, music from DJ Rocky Black, and local vendors Chainkiller, Flashwares and Brimstone Vintage.

The Fright Crawl | Orlando Halloween Bar Crawl

One pass covers all four Orlando Fright Crawls — Thursday, Friday, the Saturday day party and Halloween night — billed as a $125+ value. One wristband, multiple bars, four nights of options.

Boxi Park Boo Bash

Four days of Halloween at Boxi Park. Thursday is the run club and DJ; Friday brings the Blonde Ambition Glow Party; Halloween night features Mike Lynch & Adam Duss, DJ Rincon and C’NFergy Band, a Beetlejuice character at 7 p.m., and a 9 p.m. adult costume contest. Sunday hands the park to the kids with bounce houses, face painting and crafts.

Epilogue: The Hidden Chapter

  • When: Thursday, Oct. 29 · 6–10 p.m.
  • Where: Epilogue at Four Seasons Resort Orlando, 10100 Dream Tree Blvd., Lake Buena Vista
  • Price: $85

For the past month, the adults-only speakeasy at Four Seasons Orlando was transformed into an old library that’s been closed for decades — cobwebs, candlelit antique books, velvet and brass, and cocktails on theme.

Friday, Oct. 30: Horror cons, cabaret & drag racing

Spooky Empire

  • When: Friday, Oct. 30 · 1–11 p.m. (continues Sat. & Sun. from 11 a.m.)
  • Where: Hyatt Regency Orlando, 9801 International Drive, Orlando
  • Price: $40–$80

The Ultimate Horror Weekend is one of the largest horror conventions in the nation, drawing fans from around the world to Orlando for three days of vendors, guests and Halloween culture.

Ginger Minj’s Big Gay Halloween Cabaret

  • When: Friday, Oct. 30 · 7–8:30 p.m.
  • Where: Anthem Orlando, 100 N. Orange Ave., Orlando
  • Price: $25

The black flame candle has been lit and summoned the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10. Expect bone-chilling vocals, spine-tingling stories and enough energy to wake the living dead.

Shadows in the Galleries: A Night of Southern Gothic & Hauntings

  • When: Friday, Oct. 30 · 8 p.m.
  • Where: Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave., Orlando
  • Price: From $44.52

Explore OMA after dark, where dimly lit galleries, haunting stories and unexpected surprises channel the eerie beauty of the American South. Costumes — haunting, mysterious or fantastical — encouraged.

Namicon 2026

Orlando’s first anime-meets-Halloween convention: two days of live entertainment, cosplay and costume contests, raffles, an artist alley packed with spooky-kawaii makers, and meet-and-greets with favorite characters.

Halloween Costume Kicker Clash

  • When: Friday, Oct. 30 · 4–9 p.m.
  • Where: Nona Adventure Park, 14086 Centerline Drive, Orlando
  • Price: $28.52

Wake Nona’s Kicker Clash gets a costume mandate: throw down, dress up and take on the park’s water-and-adventure setup after dark. A genuinely unusual way to spend Halloween Eve.

Halloween Eve Bar Crawl 10/30 — Orlando (Downtown)

Orlando’s premier Halloween bar crawl brings welcome shots, drink specials, a costume contest and good vibes through downtown. A separate Mills 50 / Ivanhoe Village route runs the same night from Gnarly Barley.

Halloween Eve Bar Crawl — Mills 50 / Ivanhoe Village

  • When: Fri, Oct. 30 · from 5 p.m. (also Oct. 31)
  • Where: Gnarly Barley, 1407 N. Orange Ave., Orlando
  • Price: From $15.53

The neighborhood-bar version of the city’s premier Halloween crawl, with welcome shots, drink specials and a costume contest.

Funday Fright Night

Halloween on the climbing wall: a haunted traverse, trivia from 7–9 p.m., a costume contest from 6–8 p.m. and spooky treats from Boo Swan Bites and local vendors. Day passes include rental shoes, so you can boulder in costume.

Full Throttle Friday — Test & Tune Drag Racing Night, Halloween Edition

Race your truck, minivan, car, motorcycle or full race car — or just watch the passes fly by from the stands with food and drinks from the OSW Cafe. A family-friendly, all-ages night at the strip.

The Magic Show: Halloween Edition

  • When: Friday, Oct. 30 · 7–8 p.m.
  • Where: JW Marriott Grande Lakes Orlando, 4040 Central Florida Parkway, Orlando
  • Price: $49.99–$89.99

America’s Got Talent finalist Drew Thomas leads a spellbinding cast through impossible illusions with a darkly enchanting edge. Live vocals, piano and electric guitar round out a chilling family-friendly spectacle.

Halloween Pub Crawl — Thornton Park

  • When: Friday, Oct. 30 · 7 p.m.–1 a.m.
  • Where: Cavo’s Bar & Kitchen, 900 E. Washington St., Orlando
  • Price: $12.61–$22.11

An extra crawl added this year in Thornton Park, so grab your best haunting costume and work your way through the neighborhood’s bars.

Halloween Cover Night #1

Local bands pay tribute to the dark side of the catalog: GG Allin, the Misfits and more, with a punk, hardcore and horror-punk bill. A second cover night follows on Halloween.

Ghostly Reggae Night

  • When: Friday, Oct. 30 · 8–11:30 p.m.
  • Where: Grape and the Grain Wine Bar, 1110 Virginia Drive, Orlando
  • Price: $12.50

Live reggae and DJ sets mix island rhythms with spooky season energy. A mellower, ska-and-roots-flavored counterpoint to the weekend’s rock bills.

Famous Fridays — Drunk Horror Story Edition

Terrifying costumes, high-energy music, premium hookah and cocktails in a downtown lounge setting. Built for a big, late Halloween Eve out.

Halloween Costume Party — Future Millionaire Fridays

  • When: Friday, Oct. 30 · 10 p.m.–2 a.m.
  • Where: Euphoria Downtown Orlando, 110 S. Orange Ave., Orlando
  • Price: Free–$30.37

A late-night costume party in the heart of downtown, part of the recurring Future Millionaire Fridays series.

Saturday, Oct. 31: Halloween

Zoo Boo Bash at the Central Florida Zoo

Not-so-scary Halloween fun with festive fall games, character meet-and-greets, a pumpkin decorating contest and trick-or-treat stations throughout the zoo.

Doggie Halloween Supporting The Friends of WP Dog Park

Your dog already thinks they’re the main character, so let them dress the part. Three contest categories — Small Dog, Joint Human and Pup, and Best All Around — plus community, costumes and questionable canine fashion.

Story Stroll: Boo to You, Winnie-the-Pooh

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 9 a.m.
  • Where: Orlando Family Stage, 1001 E. Princeton St., Orlando
  • Price: $25

A not-so-spooky stroll through the Hundred Acre Wood, designed for toddlers and their grown-ups, with friendly Halloween surprises around every corner in Loch Haven Park. Reserve ahead — walk-ins aren’t guaranteed a spot.

Culture Bites Orlando: Halloween Edition

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
  • Where: Leonard & Marjorie Williams Family YMCA, 2178 Packing District Way, Orlando
  • Price: free

Trick-or-treating, local vendors, food and drinks, music and spooky family fun at the Packing District Y. Come hungry, come spooky, come support local.

Hawks and Haunts

Family-friendly daytime fun with a spooky story time, pumpkin enrichment for the birds, a scavenger hunt and a dance party. Equal parts adorable and educational.

Char-“Boo”-terie Workshop with Journey Across the Board

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 10:30 a.m.–noon
  • Where: 4Roots, 1101 N. John Young Parkway, Orlando
  • Price: $115

Chef Jon of Journey Across the Board teaches flavor pairings, styling techniques and clever knife tricks as you build a coffin-shaped grazing board from wheel-cut cheeses, farm-harvested produce and bespoke charcuterie. All ingredients and materials included — and you take the board home.

Spooky Social

A Halloween day party for everyone who still wants to get dressed but would like to be back in soft pants by 5 p.m. DJ, brunch pizzas, games, pumpkin painting, goblet painting, cocktails, mocktails and THC cocktails by PAMOS.

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · noon–4 p.m.
  • Where: The Food Factory Oviedo, 888 City Walk Lane, Oviedo
  • Price: free

An open-air Halloween gallery market with local vendors filling the courtyard. Browse, snack and shop before the evening’s parties begin.

Boardwalk Bowl Halloween Celebration

Family trick-or-treat stations, a Halloween scavenger hunt and a spooky family room until 5 p.m., plus bowling-pin decorating. After 9 p.m., DJs take over the lanes and the billiards room with specialty drinks and a costume contest at midnight worth a $100 gift card.

Trunk-or-Treat at Aloma Bowl

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 1–3 p.m.
  • Where: Aloma Bowl, 2530 Aloma Ave., Winter Park
  • Price: free

Aloma Bowl’s annual trunk-or-treat brings candy, festive games and spooky giveaways for costumed families. Bowling, arcade and food are available inside afterward for purchase.

The Best Halloween Ever

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 2 p.m. (also Nov. 1)
  • Where: Orlando Family Stage, 1001 E Princeton St, Orlando
  • Price: $20–$48

Halloween is canceled and everyone blames the Herdmans — until the kids of Woodrow Wilson Elementary discover that the people they thought they knew have more to teach them than expected. Humor, heart and plenty of Halloween fun.

Halloween at Old Town

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 3–11 p.m.
  • Where: Old Town, 5770 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee
  • Price: free

Free trunk-or-treating from 5 to 7 p.m. at candy stations across the property, a costume contest at 7 p.m. on the Old Town Stage, and the Classic Car Show rolling through the same night. Masks are permitted for kids 10 and under only.

Spooky Caboose

Enter if you dare as the beloved Chessie Caboose becomes a fright zone for Halloween. Climb the steps into the dark recesses outside the Heritage Museum for family-friendly frights, treats and a few tricks.

Halloween at Cranes Roost Park

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 5–9 p.m.
  • Where: Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs
  • Price: free

A lakeside-community Halloween celebration with themed activities for all ages around the park’s waterfront boardwalk. Easy, open-air and central for Seminole County families.

Magnolia Park — Halloween Fest Presented by WJRR

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m.
  • Where: House of Blues, 1490 E Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista
  • Price: $35-$115

A high-energy, all-ages Halloween concert with Magnolia Park and special guests Ekoh, Oxymorrons and Lost Trees, blending rock, hip-hop and heavy metal in a general-admission, standing-room-only, all-ages show.

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 7 p.m.
  • Where: Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando
  • Price: $58-$82

Grammy-nominated organist and composer Cameron Carpenter performs his own original score live to the 1922 silent-era masterpiece, turning a century-old horror film into an immersive theatrical experience.

Halloween Cover Night #2

Local bands pay tribute to Bauhaus, Jawbreaker, AFI and Alkaline Trio — a full night of emo, post-punk, goth and punk covers.

OSC After Dark


An adults-only Halloween takeover of the Science Center. Open bar with themed cocktails, craft beer, wine and non-alcoholic options, plus light bites, kid-free exhibits, karaoke and a Halloween makeover throughout the museum. Costumes encouraged.

Sanford Ave Street Party — Halloween Edition

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 5–9 p.m.
  • Where: Sanford Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets, Sanford
  • Price: free

A block party for kids, adults and even the dogs: trick-or-treating, a haunted house, a “Dogs on a Catwalk” costume contest with prizes and an adult best-costume contest.

Thornton Park Halloween Block Party

The 13th annual block party takes over Washington Street with outside bars, drink specials, live entertainment from Vaudeville Entertainment, DJ Rick GZ and DJ K1X, and a costume contest with a $500 grand prize. Rain or shine.

Patricia’s Sunset Cocktails — A Widow’s Bay Halloween

A low-key costumed cocktail evening with themed drinks and a spooky Widow’s Bay vibe — for adults who want the haunted holiday but could do without the crush of a club, thank you very much.

Día de los Muertos: Halloween Night with Jesús Montañez

Sugar skulls, costumes and dark tribal beats downtown. Scott Robert opens from 8–11 p.m., then headliner Jesús Montañez takes over until 2:30 a.m. VIP sections with bottle service available.

Orlando Official Halloween Bar Crawl

Billed as the official Halloween event of the year, with costumes, drink specials and a map of downtown bar stops. Grab a wristband early — tiers climb as the date approaches.

PERREOWEEN: The Halloween Edition of Perreoland

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 9 p.m.–2 a.m.
  • Where: The Vanguard, 578 N. Orange Ave., Orlando
  • Price: $52.54

Where Halloween meets the Home of Perreo. Expect a bass-heavy reggaeton dance floor, costumes and a crowd that shows up to move.

Halloween Latin Experience 2026

  • When: Saturday, Oct. 31 · 9 p.m.–4 a.m.
  • Where: Bahhari, 11602 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando
  • Price: $15–$35

An all-inclusive Latin costume party with two complimentary sangria bars, a bring-your-own-bottle setup with mixers provided, and salsa, bachata, merengue and reggaeton all night. Costumes are mandatory and there’s $500 in giveaways.

Flo-Raw

Voted Best of the Bay’s “Best Pop Band,” Flo-Raw returns to Tin Roof on Halloween night with a high-energy show spanning genres and decades. A late, loud finish on I-Drive.

Sunday, Nov. 1

Halloween Hangover — Social Sundays

Social Sundays keeps the holiday spirit alive with one more Halloween turn-up in the heart of downtown Orlando. For anyone not ready to let the weekend go.

Times and prices are subject to change — always confirm details with the venue before you head out. Costumes are encouraged pretty much everywhere, and rideshare is strongly recommended for anything happening Saturday night.

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