Spooktacular Halloween Events in Melbourne 2024
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Fright night has arrived! Halloween in Melbourne is always a festive time filled with enchanted events, spooktacular soirees, haunted houses, creepy costumes, and loads of trick-or-treating, of course!
Make sure you mark your calendars with these family-friendly Halloween events in Melbourne as 2024 is about to get downright devilish!
Spooktacular Halloween Events in Melbourne 2024
1. Halloween at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre

Celebrate the eeriest time of the year at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre with their monster lineup of monster fun!
Wear your spookiest costume and get ready for hours of non-stop fun, including The Great Monster Chase at the 4D cinema, FREE face-painting, a spooktacular scavenger hunt, and more.
Where: Level 2/1341 Dandenong Rd, Chadstone
When: 31 October 2024
Cost: Adults and kids (2-15) $36; Family of 3 $79; Family of 4 $99; under 2s go FREE
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: 25 October to 2 November 2024
Cost: From $69.50 for unlimted rides tickets
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3. 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!
Start your spooky adventure by trick-or-treating through the galleries, collecting limited edition cards and prizes. Then, 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? Join a ghost tour and discover the eerie creatures lurking in the museum's creepy 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: 31 October 2024
Cost: Members' tickets: $32 per adult; $15 per child
General public: $39 per adult; $24.90 per child
4. Scare Kilda

If you're looking for Halloween events in St Kilda, call off the search! Scare Kilda is back in 2024 and is touted as Melbourne's biggest Halloween celebration!
Held across three days and nights around the Acland and Fitzroy Street precincts, Scare Kilda has plenty of events and activities for all ages, including a Halloween hunt, a Nightmare on Fitzroy Street, Free Spooky Storytime, La Fiesta Halloween Costume Dance Party, Acland’s Family-Friendly Ghoulish Ghost Tours, and so much more!
Visit Scare Kilda for the full lineup of events.
Where: Acland and Fitzroy Street precincts
When: 25-27 October 2024
Cost: FREE and ticketed events
5. The Great Witch Hunt

The Great Witch Hunt is back to make sure Halloween in Melbourne 2024 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 2024
Cost: $5 per ticket
6. Arriba! Melbourne Mexican Festival

Celebrate the Day of the Dead in traditional Mexican style at the annual Arriba! Melbourne Mexican Festival.
The Melbourne Mexican Festival is back for 2024 with an unforgettable lineup of activities. Every year, the festival showcases Melbourne’s rich and diverse Mexican culture with traditional cuisines, a Margarita garden, Mexican handcrafts, mariachi music, live bands, DJs, and a kids' area with loads of family-friendly entertainment. And the best part is, entry is free!
Where: Tom's Block, Linlithgow Ave, Melbourne
When: 22-24 November 2024 from 2-5 pm
Cost: FREE entry
7. 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 Libraryr
When: 28 October 2024 from 1.15 am to 12 pm
Cost: FREE
8. Metartworld Halloween Day/Night Adventure

Metartworld's award-winning art space is getting a spooky makeover this Halloween in Melbourne for all families to enjoy.
Families are invited to dress in their spookiest outfits and get ready for a day/night of non-stop entertainment at Metartworld, including face-painting, a haunted house, the Nightmare Mirror Maze, ghost parade, UFO Vr Game, Halloween workshop, 9D cinema, and loads more.
Where: 155 Boundary Street, Port Melbourne
When: 18 October to 3 November 2024
Cost: Adults $40; Kids (3-12) $30; 0-2 go FREE
9. 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 2024
Cost: From $39
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