Halloween in Austin 2026
Haunted houses, costume parties, drag and dance nights, pumpkin patches and free events in Austin this October. New To Austin picks the best ones for meeting people, and you can go with a group so you're not going alone.
From New To Austin
- Calling All Loraxes in Austin — Sat Oct 17, 6:00 PM
- F*ckup Nights Austin Vol. III - Smashed Pumpkin Edition — Thu Oct 22, 6:00 PM
- Haunted House Social Event - New To Austin Group — Sun Oct 25, 7:30 PM
New To Austin picks
- The Haunted Carnival — Sat Oct 17 · 7pm · The Copperhead Club · Free
- Night Parade of One Hundred Demons — Sat Oct 17 · 7pm · Tiny Minotaur · $10
- Night of 1000 Elviras — Fri Oct 23 · 9:30pm · Elysium · $10
- Hairpins Halloween — Sat Oct 24 · 9pm · Stargazer · $17
- B Scene: Monster Ball — Fri Oct 30 · 7pm · The Blanton · $25
- Mimic Night — Fri Oct 30 · 7pm · Tiny Minotaur · $10
- Halloweird — Sat Oct 31 · 3pm · Half Step · Free
- Grown Folks Club: Halloween Edition — Sat Oct 31 · 7pm · Stargazer · Free
All Halloween events in Austin (232)
- Frankenstein's Lab — All month · All month · Wanderlust Wine Co.
- Haunted Shores — All month · All month · Volente Beach
- Davy Jones Locker — All month · All month · The Copperhead Club
- House of Torment — All month · All month · House of Torment · $20+
- Moe's Tavern — All month · All month · Nickel City
- Pumpkin Nights — All month · All month · Pioneer Farms · $10
- Trail of Terror — All month · All month · The Fieldhouse
- Twisted Carnival — All month · All month · Gibson Street Bar
- Fear Fair — All month · All month · Sign Bar
- Halloween Takeover — All month · All month · The Wheel South
- Halloween Cocktail Takeover — All month · All month · The Cavalier
- Queer Craft Night + The Little Gay Shop Pumpkin Carving Night — Fri Oct 16 · 6:30pm · King Bee · $15
- Witch Fest: Fire + Fortune — Fri Oct 16 · 7pm · Ani's Day and Night · $5
- Vampire Murder Mystery Ball — Fri Oct 16 · 9pm · Nocturna · $72
- Texas Pumpkin Fest — Sat Oct 17 · 10am · Texas Pumpkin Fest · $15
- Ethereal Horror Fest — Sat Oct 17 · Time TBA · Violet Crown Cinema · $25
- Scare for a Cure — Sat Oct 17 · various · Ghost Town Manor Market · $40-$50
- Austin Horror Film Festival — Sat Oct 17 · Time TBA · 29th St. Ballroom
- Haunted Vintage Bingo — Sat Oct 17 · 6pm · SquareRut Kava Bar · $54
- MoHAlloween — Sat Oct 17 · 7pm · The Museum of Human Achievement
- The Haunted Carnival — Sat Oct 17 · 7pm · The Copperhead Club · Free
- Night Parade of One Hundred Demons — Sat Oct 17 · 7pm · Tiny Minotaur · $10
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Sat Oct 17 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $39
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: The Dead Keep Dying — Sat Oct 17 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club · Free
- Supernatural — Sat Oct 17 · 7:30pm · Ground Floor Theatre · $30
- Austin's Haunted Mansions Tour — Sat Oct 17 · 8pm · Chateau Bellevue · $45
- Cobweb Cabaret — Sat Oct 17 · 8pm · The State Theatre · $64-$70
- Nosferatu with Austin Camerata — Sat Oct 17 · 8pm · AFS · $35
- Texas Pumpkin Fest — Sun Oct 18 · 10am · Texas Pumpkin Fest · $15
- Ethereal Horror Fest — Sun Oct 18 · Time TBA · Violet Crown Cinema · $25
- Austin Bake Club: Goosebumps — Sun Oct 18 · 12pm · The Commune
- 11th Annual Vintage + Handmade Costume Sale — Sun Oct 18 · 12pm · Coco Coquette
- Spooky Goat Cuddles + Coffee — Sun Oct 18 · 2pm · The Hive · $16
- Supernatural — Sun Oct 18 · 2pm · Ground Floor Theatre · $30
- Panic at the Paramount — Sun Oct 18 · 3:30pm · The Bullock · $15
- Panic at the Paramount — Sun Oct 18 · 7pm · The Bullock · $15
- Arsenic and an Old Mace — Sun Oct 18 · 7pm · Tiny Minotaur · $30
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Sun Oct 18 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $28
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: Magic — Mon Oct 19 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: Suspiria — Tue Oct 20 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Panic at the Paramount — Tue Oct 20 · 7:30pm · The Bullock · $15
- Indieween — Tue Oct 20 · 9pm · Cheer Up Charlies
- The Haunting of Nightingale Manor: A Horror Escape Room — Wed Oct 21 · various · William C. Powers Student Activity Center · $15
- Panic at the Paramount — Wed Oct 21 · 7:30pm · The Bullock · $15
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: Pieces — Wed Oct 21 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- The Ghoul of Rain Pageant — Wed Oct 21 · 10pm · Rain on 4th
- Scare for a Cure — Thu Oct 22 · various · Ghost Town Manor Market · $40-$50
- The Haunting of Nightingale Manor: A Horror Escape Room — Thu Oct 22 · various · William C. Powers Student Activity Center · $15
- Halloween Movie Nights — Thu Oct 22 · 6pm · Meanwhile Brewing · Free
- Bride of Frankenstein — Thu Oct 22 · 7pm · Dougherty Arts Center · Free
- Supernatural — Thu Oct 22 · 7:30pm · Ground Floor Theatre · $30
- Ventana Ballet: Undead Haunted House of Dances — Thu Oct 22 · 7:30pm · East Side Performing Arts · $35
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: Steven Soderbergh's Psychos — Thu Oct 22 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Thu Oct 22 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $28
- The Haunting of Nightingale Manor: A Horror Escape Room — Fri Oct 23 · various · William C. Powers Student Activity Center · $15
- Moss Market — Fri Oct 23 · Time TBA · Ani's Day + Night
- Scare for a Cure — Fri Oct 23 · various · Ghost Town Manor Market · $40-$50
- Howl-o-ween — Fri Oct 23 · 4pm · Leona Botanical Cafe
- Ouija + Séance — Fri Oct 23 · 6pm · The Antique Mule
- Underground Terror: Classic Horror Movie Night — Fri Oct 23 · 7pm · Inner Space Cavern · Sold out
- Ticks — Fri Oct 23 · 7pm · We Luv Video · $5
- Dante's Inferno — Fri Oct 23 · 7pm · Ani's Day + Night · $10
- Hellmouth-O-Ween: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Costume Night — Fri Oct 23 · 7pm · Tiny Minotaur · $10
- Cvnty Vampires — Fri Oct 23 · 7pm · Fallout · $22
- Panic at the Paramount — Fri Oct 23 · 7pm · The State Theatre · $15
- Meow-lloween — Fri Oct 23 · 7:20pm · Purrfecto Cat Lounge · $43
- Panic at the Paramount — Fri Oct 23 · 7:30pm · The Bullock · $15
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Fri Oct 23 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $33
- Clue — Fri Oct 23 · 7:30pm · Flower Hill Center · $5
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark — Fri Oct 23 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Horror De Cámara — Fri Oct 23 · 7:30pm · KMFA Studios · $30
- Supernatural — Fri Oct 23 · 7:30pm · Ground Floor Theatre · $30
- Ventana Ballet: Undead Haunted House of Dances — Fri Oct 23 · 7:30pm · East Side Performing Arts · $35
- Austin's Haunted Mansions Tour — Fri Oct 23 · 8pm · Chateau Bellevue · $45
- ErotiQueer Burlesque: Carnival of Carnal Desires — Fri Oct 23 · 8pm · Austin Playhouse · $32
- Sacra e Profana — Fri Oct 23 · 8pm · The Cathedral · $25
- Bat City Bombshells: Tits or Treats — Fri Oct 23 · 9pm · Come and Take It Live · $25
- Night of 1000 Elviras — Fri Oct 23 · 9:30pm · Elysium · $10
- The Hannah and Spencer End Homophobia Halloween Special — Fri Oct 23 · 10pm · Fallout · $20
- Fall Market Day — Sat Oct 24 · 10am · The Natural Gardener · Free
- Texas Pumpkin Fest — Sat Oct 24 · 10am · Texas Pumpkin Fest · $15
- Spooky Goat Cuddles + Coffee — Sat Oct 24 · 12pm · Radio Rosewood · $23
- Scare for a Cure — Sat Oct 24 · various · Ghost Town Manor Market · $40-$50
- Storyoke: Ghosts — Sat Oct 24 · Time TBA · The Highball
- The Haunting of Nightingale Manor: A Horror Escape Room — Sat Oct 24 · various · William C. Powers Student Activity Center · $15
- Viva la Vida — Sat Oct 24 · 12pm · 4th St. + Congress Ave. · Free
- Film + Fortune — Sat Oct 24 · 2pm · Fortune Teller
- Hallowzine Party — Sat Oct 24 · 2pm · Sherwood Forest Zine Library · Free
- Panic at the Paramount — Sat Oct 24 · 2:30pm · The State Theatre · $15
- Nature Festival + Spooktacular — Sat Oct 24 · 3pm · North Austin Community Garden · Free
- Trail of Treats — Sat Oct 24 · 5pm · Dottie Jordan Recreation Center · Free
- Murder, Mayhem, + Misadventure Cemetery Tour — Sat Oct 24 · 6pm · Oakwood Cemetery · Free
- The Austin Séance — Sat Oct 24 · 6pm · Nocturna · $37
- Ventana Ballet: Undead Haunted House of Dances — Sat Oct 24 · 6pm · East Side Performing Arts · $35
- Goblintown 2: The Gobbelining — Sat Oct 24 · 7pm · Tiny Minotaur · $13
- Supernatural — Sat Oct 24 · 7pm · Ground Floor Theatre · $30
- Borrowed Faces — Sat Oct 24 · 7pm · Bolm Arts
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Sat Oct 24 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $39
- Austin's Haunted Mansions Tour — Sat Oct 24 · 8pm · Chateau Bellevue · $45
- ErotiQueer Burlesque: Carnival of Carnal Desires — Sat Oct 24 · 8pm · Austin Playhouse · $32
- The Bloody Ball: Creatures of the Night — Sat Oct 24 · 8pm · The Vortex · $35-$45
- The Austin Séance — Sat Oct 24 · 8:15pm · Nocturna · $37
- Ventana Ballet: Undead Haunted House of Dances — Sat Oct 24 · 8:30pm · East Side Performing Arts · $35
- Hairpins Halloween — Sat Oct 24 · 9pm · Stargazer · $17
- Bonerween — Sat Oct 24 · 9pm · Come and Take It Live · $37
- Austin Vampire Ball: The Vampire Lestat — Sat Oct 24 · 9:30pm · Elysium · $29
- Texas Pumpkin Fest — Sun Oct 25 · 10am · Texas Pumpkin Fest · $15
- Halloween Carnival — Sun Oct 25 · 11am · Neill-Cochran House Museum · Free
- Little Gay Shop of Horrors Market — Sun Oct 25 · 11am · The Little Gay Shop · Free
- Boook Bash + Tattoo Flash — Sun Oct 25 · 11am · BookPeople · Free
- Strawfest — Sun Oct 25 · 11am · Umlauf · Free
- Ouija Board Workshop — Sun Oct 25 · 11:30am · Nocturna · $27
- Jo's 9th Annual Ugly Dog Contest — Sun Oct 25 · Time TBA · Jo's Coffee - Red River · Free
- 8 Year Anniversary — Sun Oct 25 · 12pm · Yarrow and Sage North · Free
- Art in ATX Halloween Market — Sun Oct 25 · Time TBA · Central Machine Works · Free
- Sacra e Profana — Sun Oct 25 · 4pm · The Cathedral · $25
- Camp from the Crypt: Little Shop of Horrors — Sun Oct 25 · 5:30pm · Cheer Up Charlies · Free
- Goatflix + Craft — Sun Oct 25 · 6pm · Trinkets ATX · $15
- Room Temperature — Sun Oct 25 · 7pm · We Luv Video · $5
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Sun Oct 25 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $28
- Panic at the Paramount — Mon Oct 26 · 2:30pm · The State Theatre · $15
- The Vampires of New Orleans — Mon Oct 26 · 7pm · We Luv Video · $25
- Halloween Classic — Mon Oct 26 · 7pm · Kinda Tropical
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series — Mon Oct 26 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: The Wailing — Tue Oct 27 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Halloween Dog Pawrty & Costume Contest — Wed Oct 28 · 6pm · Meanwhile Brewing
- Supernatural Machines — Wed Oct 28 · 6:30pm · SquareRut Kava Bar - Oak Hill · Free
- Flick Cliques: Nosferatu (with live score) and Creature from the Black Lagoon — Wed Oct 28 · 7pm · Sekrit Theater · $5
- The Rocky Horror Drag Show — Wed Oct 28 · 7pm · Hotel Vegas · $16
- Behind the Scream — Wed Oct 28 · 7pm · Bass Concert Hall · $45-$75
- Ventana Ballet: Undead Haunted House of Dances — Wed Oct 28 · 7:30pm · East Side Performing Arts · $35
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: Nope — Wed Oct 28 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Houdini Speaks to the Living — Wed Oct 28 · 8pm · Penfold Theater · $35
- Totally Ghoul: Horror Icons Reimagined — Wed Oct 28 · 10pm · Shangri-La
- The Rocky Horror Drag Show — Wed Oct 28 · 10pm · Hotel Vegas · $16
- Wicked Wednesday — Wed Oct 28 · 10pm · Tweedy's · Free
- Scare for a Cure — Thu Oct 29 · various · Ghost Town Manor Market · $40-$50
- Terror Terrace — Thu Oct 29 · Time TBA · Fallout · $20
- Fiasco Halloween — Thu Oct 29 · Time TBA · Chess Club
- Halloween Movie Nights: Frankenweenie / Young Frankenstein — Thu Oct 29 · 6pm · Meanwhile Brewing · Free
- Dia de los Perros Howl-oween Party — Thu Oct 29 · 6pm · The Jackalope South Shore
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: Spookies — Thu Oct 29 · 6:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Black Horror Movie Showcase: MA and Eve's Bayou — Thu Oct 29 · 6:30pm · Carver Museum · Free
- Thee HoboGobbelin Hoe-down — Thu Oct 29 · 7pm · Ani's Day and Night · $10
- Thriller — Thu Oct 29 · 7:30pm · The Hive · $15
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Thu Oct 29 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $28
- Blood Feast — Thu Oct 29 · 7:30pm · We Luv Video · $5
- The Austin Séance — Thu Oct 29 · 7:30pm · The Vortex · $38
- Ventana Ballet: Undead Haunted House of Dances — Thu Oct 29 · 7:30pm · East Side Performing Arts · $35
- Malum Malus: Samhain — Thu Oct 29 · 8pm · The Vortex · $15
- Houdini Speaks to the Living — Thu Oct 29 · 8pm · Penfold Theater · $35
- Skinny Dip — Thu Oct 29 · 9pm · Esther's Follies · $26
- Texas Pumpkin Fest — Fri Oct 30 · 10am · Texas Pumpkin Fest · $15
- Scare for a Cure — Fri Oct 30 · various · Ghost Town Manor Market · $40-$50
- Terror Terrace — Fri Oct 30 · Time TBA · Fallout · $20
- Trick or Treat on the Trail — Fri Oct 30 · 6pm · The Boggy Creek Greenbelt · Free
- Halloween Party — Fri Oct 30 · 6pm · The Antique Mule
- Dialogues with the Dead — Fri Oct 30 · 6pm · The Driskill · $250
- All Hallows Swing — Fri Oct 30 · 6pm · Ani's Day and Night · $15
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Party — Fri Oct 30 · 6pm · St. Elmo Springdale · Free
- Bat City Cinema: Halloween Horror Show — Fri Oct 30 · 7pm · Eastside Cinema · $13
- B Scene: Monster Ball — Fri Oct 30 · 7pm · The Blanton · $25
- A Halloween Party for the Arts — Fri Oct 30 · 7pm · private home · $20
- Mimic Night — Fri Oct 30 · 7pm · Tiny Minotaur · $10
- Meow-lloween — Fri Oct 30 · 7:20pm · Purrfecto Cat Lounge · $43
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Fri Oct 30 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $39
- Halloween + Horror Movie Series: The Conjuring — Fri Oct 30 · 7:30pm · Hyperreal Film Club
- Hauntedween — Fri Oct 30 · 7:30pm · We Luv Video · $5
- Sober Social: Halloween Costume Party — Fri Oct 30 · 7:30pm · Sans Bar · $25
- The Austin Séance — Fri Oct 30 · 7:30pm · The Vortex · $38
- Ventana Ballet: Undead Haunted House of Dances — Fri Oct 30 · 7:30pm · East Side Performing Arts · $35
- Monster (Romance) Bash — Fri Oct 30 · 8pm · Finney's Books · $25
- Austin's Haunted Mansions Tour — Fri Oct 30 · 8pm · Chateau Bellevue · $45
- The VVitch — Fri Oct 30 · 8pm · Jester King · $22
- Houdini Speaks to the Living — Fri Oct 30 · 8pm · Penfold Theater · $35
- Malum Malus: Samhain — Fri Oct 30 · 8pm · The Vortex
- The Dumbest Show on Earth — Fri Oct 30 · 8pm · Hole in the Wall · $10
- The English Channels and Bloody Capes — Fri Oct 30 · 9pm · The 13th Floor · $18
- Sister Fisters: Bitchcraft — Fri Oct 30 · 9:30pm · Swan Drive · $10
- The Austin Séance — Fri Oct 30 · 9:30pm · The Vortex · $38
- T-Virus: A Resident Evil Drag Show — Fri Oct 30 · 10pm · Valhalla · $10
- The Rocky Horror Puppet Show — Fri Oct 30 · 10pm · Coldtowne · $13
- Better Off Alone: A 90s/00s Rave Dance Party — Fri Oct 30 · 10:30pm · 29th St. Ballroom
- Skinny Dip — Fri Oct 30 · 11pm · Esther's Follies · $26
- Cvnty Vampires — Fri Oct 30 · 11:30pm · Fallout · $22
- Texas Pumpkin Fest — Sat Oct 31 · 10am · Texas Pumpkin Fest · $15
- Pumpkin Carver — Sat Oct 31 · 12pm · Carver Museum · Free
- Halloween Carnival — Sat Oct 31 · 12pm · Meanwhile Brewing
- Terror Terrace — Sat Oct 31 · Time TBA · Fallout · $20
- Over The Garden Wall Halloween Book Faire — Sat Oct 31 · 12pm · Tiny Minotaur · Free
- Halloween Fall Market — Sat Oct 31 · 1pm · Jester King · Free
- Trick-or-Read — Sat Oct 31 · 2pm · BookPeople · Free
- Halloweird — Sat Oct 31 · 3pm · Half Step · Free
- Trick or Treat Trail — Sat Oct 31 · 3pm · Healing with Horses Ranch · Free
- Boo at the Farm — Sat Oct 31 · 4pm · Austin Farm Sanctuary · $20
- Halloween w/ The Jesus and Mary Chain, Protomartyr, Holy Wave, DAIISTAR, Blushing, Commercial Breaks, and DJ Tropicana Joe — Sat Oct 31 · 5pm · The Far Out Lounge · $67
- Invisible Czars: Nosferatu — Sat Oct 31 · 6pm · Alamo Mueller · $25
- Femme Rock Halloween House Party — Sat Oct 31 · 6pm · Femme Rock · $10
- Up in Smoke Cabaret: Tails from the Crypt — Sat Oct 31 · 6:30pm · Ani's Day and Night
- Grown Folks Club: Halloween Edition — Sat Oct 31 · 7pm · Stargazer · Free
- A Night of a Thousand Screams — Sat Oct 31 · 7pm · Sterling Stage · $29
- Drag Me to the Tavern: Halloween Edition — Sat Oct 31 · 7pm · Tiny Minotaur · $15
- Daft Disko Halloween — Sat Oct 31 · 7pm · Inn Cahoots · $25
- Park + Scream — Sat Oct 31 · 7pm · Line Hotel
- Bat City Scaregrounds — Sat Oct 31 · 7:30pm · 14101 South Turnersville Road, Buda · $39
- The Austin Séance — Sat Oct 31 · 7:30pm · The Vortex · $38
- Ventana Ballet: Undead Haunted House of Dances — Sat Oct 31 · 7:30pm · East Side Performing Arts · $35
- The Gravest Show on Earth — Sat Oct 31 · 7:30pm · Pan Am Park · Free
- Haunted Honky Honk — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · HArtyard
- Freak Show on Fruth Street — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · 29th St. Ballroom · $19
- Blade Rave — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · Mohawk · $26
- The Curse of the Flower Shop — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · The Flower Shop · Free
- Paradise Lost — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · RichesArt · $35
- North Loop Halloween House Party — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · (secret) · $10
- Monsters of Rock Tribute — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · The 13th Floor · $17
- Malum Malus: Samhain — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · The Vortex
- Houdini Speaks to the Living — Sat Oct 31 · 8pm · Penfold Theater · $35
- The Improvised Twilight Zone — Sat Oct 31 · 8:30pm · Coldtowne · $19
- Skinny Dip — Sat Oct 31 · 9pm · Esther's Follies · $26
- Whiplash Halloween Bash — Sat Oct 31 · 9pm · Chess Club · $20
- Invisible Czars: Faust — Sat Oct 31 · 9:15pm · Alamo Mueller · $25
- The Austin Séance — Sat Oct 31 · 9:30pm · The Vortex · $38
- Scary Stories to Tell at the Tunnels — Sat Oct 31 · 10pm · ATX Tunnels
- Texas Pumpkin Fest — Sun Nov 1 · 10am · Texas Pumpkin Fest · $15
- Terror Terrace — Sun Nov 1 · Time TBA · Fallout · $20
- Dia de los Muertos — Sun Nov 1 · 1pm · ESB MACC · Free
- Dia de los Muertos — Sun Nov 1 · 4pm · Moody Amphitheater · Free
- Day of the Dead Community Altar Exhibit & Celebration — Sun Nov 1 · 5pm · allgo · Free
- Camp from the Crypt: Rope — Sun Nov 1 · 5:30pm · Cheer Up Charlies · Free
- Invisible Czars: Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari — Sun Nov 1 · 7pm · Alamo Mueller · $25
- The Austin Séance — Sun Nov 1 · 7:30pm · The Vortex
- Jim Henson's Labyrinth in Concert — Sun Nov 1 · 8pm · ACL Live · $41
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