Fright night is creeping closer, and Melbourne is getting ready to bring the chills, thrills, and candy spills! From haunted houses and ghostly tours to pumpkin-packed parties, spooky markets, and trick-or-treat trails for the kids, Halloween in Melbourne 2025 is shaping up to be the city’s most fang-tastic celebration yet.

Whether you’re hunting for family-friendly Halloween events, after-dark adventures, or costume-filled community fun, we’ve rounded up the best ways to celebrate. Grab your broomsticks, don your scariest outfits, and get ready for a spellbinding Halloween across Melbourne!

Spooktacular Halloween Events in Melbourne 2025

1. Halloween at The Museum

This Halloween, Melbourne Museum are turning into a supernatural playground for one spine-tingling evening of chills, thrills, and epic fun!

Go on a spooky adventure trick-or-treating through the galleries, hit the Halloween dancefloor and bust out your best monster moves to some classic spooky tunes while enjoying live performances that'll send a shiver down your spine! Feeling brave? Discover the eerie creatures lurking in the museum's weird and wonderful collections. Plus, don't miss the spooky science shows where you'll learn all about the wild and weird in the natural world.

There'll also be Halloween-themed food and cocktails for the adults. 

Where:   Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton
When:    Friday 31 October 2025 | 7 pm - midnight
Cost:       Adult $39, Child $24.90, Under 3 $10

2. Luna Dark: Carnival of Screams

Get ready to scream, Melbourne! Luna Dark: Carnivale of Screams is creeping back this Halloween, and it's bigger, spookier, and scarier than ever. 

By day, it's all about little ghouls and goblins. Bring the kids in their cutest (or creepiest) costumes for two youngster-friendly days. They can meet the Wizz Fizz monsters, get their faces painted, and score FREE treats—no tricks! It's Halloween in Melbourne for the whole family!

But when the sun sets… brace yourself! The night sessions are when things get downright terrifying. Over five fright-filled nights, Luna Park transforms into the ultimate Carnivale of Screams. Think three terrifying scare attractions, eerie roving ghosts and ghouls, live music to get your heart racing, and a spine-chilling SFX make-up experience. Oh, and don't miss the VIP CarnEvil Halloween Party—it's the ultimate scream-fest.

Where:   18 Lower Esplanade, St Kilda
When:    Thursday 23 October - Saturday 1 November 2025
Cost:      Tickets from $59 for unlimited rides tickets

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3. Scare Kilda

This spooky season, St Kilda is going all out with a weekend full of eerie entertainment, family fun and Halloween happenings from 31 October to 2 November (plus a few bonus events before and after).

With something for everyone — kids, adults and even four-legged friends — the lineup includes free and ticketed events, street activities, parties and more. Spend a day, a night or the whole weekend hopping between spine-tingling celebrations as Acland and Fitzroy Streets come alive with Halloween spirit!

Visit Scare Kilda for the full lineup of events. 

Where:   Acland and Fitzroy Street precincts
When:    Saturday 25 October - Sunday 2 November 2025
Cost:      FREE and ticketed events

4. The Great Witch Hunt

The Great Witch Hunt is back to make sure Halloween in Melbourne 2025 is the ultimate witch hunt!

The Great Witch Hunt is an annual event that sees up to 80 businesses throughout Bass Strait Shire send patrons on the ultimate wild witch chase. Keen to join in the fun? All you have to do is locate at least 20 witches across at least three different Bass Coast towns to enter the draw to win awesome prizes, including accommodation vouchers and vouchers to various exciting attractions found in Bass Coast. Easy!

Purchase your Witch Hunt tickets online.

Where:   Bass Strait Shire
When:    From 1 October 2025
Cost:      $5 per ticket

5. Halloween Storytime at Fairfield Library

One for the Halloween tots, Halloween Storytime at Fairfield Library runs from 11.15 am to 12 pm and is the perfect event for little ones who might already be asleep come trick-or-treating time!

Kids are encouraged to dress up as their favourite character and get ready for a morning of spooky stories, crafts, and songs. 

Where:      Fairfield Library
When:       Monday 27 October 2025 from 11.15 am to 12 pm
Cost:         FREE 

6. Spooky Ghost Tours

If you're a fan of ghosts and paranormal activities, fright night is the perfect night to really set your heart racing on a ghost tour in Melbourne.

Lantern Ghost Tours run a number of chilling tours throughout Melbourne, each one unearthing spooky and sinister stories of the city's past. Or head to Old Melbourne Gaol to experience the thrill of exploring the notorious prison, cell by cell, and feel the spine-chilling atmosphere of the Old City Watch House. 

Please note that these ghost tours are recommended for children aged 8 and older.  

Where:   Throughout Melbourne, see website for locations.
When:    October 2025
Cost:      From $39

7. Skyline Melbourne Scare Park 

Skyline Melbourne Scare Park will light up the Yarra this Halloween with two weekends of thrills, chills, and spooky fun at Polly Woodside Park. By day, families can enjoy free kids’ activities, arts and crafts, trick-or-treating, and Ferris Wheel rides, while by night, the park transforms into a haunted playground with scare mazes, eerie performers, themed drinks, and glowing city views.

With something for every ghost, ghoul, and grown-up, it’s Melbourne’s must-visit Halloween experience!

Where:    Polly Woodside Park, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
When:     Friday 24 - Sunday 26 October and Thursday 30 October - Sunday 2 November, various times
Cost:       Free entry; paid activities from $10. Discounts for costumes!

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