14 Spooktacular Halloween Events in Sydney 2024

Did you feel that shiver? Halloween in Sydney is here to fill our streets with cobwebs and lollies, and turn kids into witches and monsters!

If you're looking for fun ways to celebrate, ellaslist has found the best Halloween events in Sydney for 2024—so grab your best scary costume and get ready to party at these unique and quirky events to spook the night away.

14 Spooktacular Halloween Events in Sydney 2024

1. Halloween High Tea

Sir Stamford certainly know how to put on a themed high tea, and spooky season 2024 is not different!

Their Halloween High Tea is set to be all kinds of spooky with themed accoutrements, delicious treats, savoury snacks, fresh fruits, and, of course, some devilled eggs! You might even meet their resident ghost!

Where:   Sir Stamford Hotel, 
When:    Saturday 26 October from 11.30 am to 2 pm
Cost:      Adults $99; kids (6-12) $69; children 1-5 for FREE

2. Family Rave

Get ready for Australia's spookiest and biggest Family Halloween Festival Dance Party! After selling out in 2022 and 2023, this year's event is back for one show only, and tickets are going fast.

So get the whole family dressed up as their favourite characters, head to Bungalow 8, and get ready to hit the dance floor! Bungalow 8 will be decked out with amazing lighting and visual shows, and for the grown-ups, adult drinks will be available. 

Where:    Bungalow 8, 32 Lime St, Sydney
When:     Saturday 26 October 2024 from 12-3 pm
Cost:       Child (15 & under) $27.87, Adult $35.97, Family Pass (2 Adults + 2 Children 15 yo & Under) $114.54

3. Halloscream at Luna Park

Halloween events in Sydney don't get much spookier than Halloscream!

Sydney's biggest Halloween event is back and scarier than ever as Luna Park transforms into hell on the harbour for Halloscream! This year, Luna Park are celebrating 12 years of XTREME FEARS with a special Halloscream scare attraction, immersive horror-themed interactive attractions, loads of spooky food and drinks, plus, unlimited rides all night long. And for the first time, Sydney's Immersive Big Top will be transformed into an eerie immersive horror experience... do you dare to enter?

Please note that this event contains scary themes and is not recommended for kids under 14. 

Where:   Luna Park, 1 Olympic Dr, Milsons Point
When:    Friday 25 October to Thursday 31 October 2024 | 6 pm to 10 pm
Cost:      Tickets from $100, which includes entry to Halloscream, Unlimited Rides all night, Halloscream scare attraction, Immersive Big Top horror experience and iconic Coney Island.

4. Ghost in the Rocks Festival

Calling all Halloween fans and spooky savants to The Rocks this October for the first-ever Ghost in the Rocks Festival.

Held over four days from October to Novemer, Ghost in the Rocks is the newly-created spine-tingling festival of all things spooky, and even includes a Allen's® Lollies Giant Trick or Treat Adventure!

Murder mystery parties, Halloween parades, ghostly cinemas, houses of horrors, and other eerie events will be on the agenda to bring the supernatural world of Halloween to The Rocks - don't miss out!

Where:   The Rocks Precinct
When:     31 October to 3 November
Cost:       FREE

5. Celebrate Halloween at the Museum of Fire

Halloween is coming to everyone's favourite fire museum!

The spooky season will be taking over the Museum of Fire for six days of eerie entertainment and activities. The full details are yet to be announced so watch this space!

Where:    Museum of Fire Penrith
When:     26-31 October 2024 from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Cost:       From $3.50

6. Paddy's Market Spookfest

If you're stopping by Paddy's Markets during Halloween, get ready to step into a world of eerie enchantment, where pumpkins glow, costumes come to life, and laughter mixes with spine-tingling chills.

Paddy's Market Spookfest offers free fun for everyone with live entertainment, face painting, magic tricks, and more. Don't forget to wear your best costume!

Where:    Paddy's Markets at Flemington and Haymarket
When:     25 October to 3 November 2024 from 12-3 pm
Cost:       FREE

7. Halloween Disco

Another fun event for dancing families, Taren Point Hotel are throwing a haunting Halloween Disco to celebrate this ghostly holiday.

Get ready to dance your heart out to some wicked tunes from 1 to 3 pm before settling in for an early dinner. If you're keen for some scaley action, arrive early to check out the Reptile Zoo from 12 pm!

Where:    Taren Point Hotel
When:     Sunday 27 October from 12 to 3 pm
Cost:       FREE

8. Halloween Spooky Party

Get ready to get your spook on at the Halloween Spooky Party at Greystanes Hotel.

Greystanes Hotel's annual Halloween party is set to go off with a gruesome bang! There'll be a kids' disco, craft activities, face painting, adult karaoke, and loads more. Bring the kids along for a ghoulishly good time from 4-6 pm, or book a babysitter for the night and come down from 7-11 pm for creepy cocktails and adult karaoke. 

Where:    Greystanes Hotel, 701 Merrylands Rd, Greystanes
When:     Saturday 26 October from 4-11 pm
Cost:       FREE

9. Screamfest Halloween Festival

Sydney's iconic Manning House is turning up the tunes and the frights this All Hallows' Eve with Screamfest.

If you're keen to leave the kids at home and enjoy a night of adult fun, book your tickets to Screamfest, stat! There'll be creepy circuses, futuristic cocktails, costume contests, themed bars and lounges, The Bacardi Graveyard Stage, and loads more. 

Where:   Manning House, Manning Road, University of Sydney, Camperdown
When:    26 October 2024 from 5 pm to 3 am
Cost:      Tickets from $33.26

10. Majors Bay Road Halloween Festival

Concord locals, head over to Majors Bay Road for a major Halloween Festival!

Proudly funded by the NSW Government in association with the City of Canada Bay and Majors Bay Chamber of Commerce, Majors Bay Road Halloween Festival is gearing up to be quite the event! Don your best costumes and get ready for a trick or treat trail, face painting, roving performers, live music, street games, and loads more. 

Where:   Majors Bay Rd, Concord
When:    31 October 2024 from 5-9 pm
Cost:      FREE

11. FREE Halloween Garden Party

For free fun on the 31st, head over to Riverwood Community Garden for their Halloween Garden Party.

From 3.30 to 7 pm, kids and parents can get into the spooky spirit with trick-or-treating, apple carving, painting, and kids' activities. Plus, there'll be a live DJ, food and drinks provided, and prizes for the best costume!

Where:   6 Vermont Cres, Riverwood
When:    31 October 2024 from 3.30-7 pm
Cost:      FREE

12. Canley Vale Halloween Party

Get ready for a petrifying party at Canley Heights on this All Hallows' Eve!

The Canley Heights Halloween Party is a FREE family event that's set to light up Canley Vale Road with spooktacular fun, including free face painting, fireworks, trick-or-treating, prizes, a photo book, and loads more.

Where:   222 Canley Vale Road, Canley Heights
When:    26 October 2024 from 4-8 pm
Cost:      FREE

13. Trick or Treating 

If the kids have been begging you for more trick-or-treating since last Halloween, it's time to start mapping out those streets!

Sydney is a great city to be in for trick-or-treating, as most neighbourhoods come alive with creepy and colourful decorations and the festive spirit of giving out chocolates and lollies. If you're looking for the best streets for trick-or-treating this year, check out our handy guide for where to go trick-or-treating in 2024. 

Where:   Throughout Sydney
When:    31 October 2024 - depending on where you live, the festivities usually kick off at around 3 pm.
Cost:      Free

14. Spook Yourself on a Ghost Tour in Sydney

If you're really keen to kick the spooky factor up a few notches with your Halloween events in Sydney for 2024, booking a ghost tour is the way to do it!

Sydney ghost tours are pretty creepy on any night of the year but embarking on a ghost tour on Halloween - now we're talking! There is a range of ghost tours on offer around Sydney to suit all ages and scare levels.  

Where:   Throughout Sydney
When:    31 October 2024
Cost:      Various, see individual tour providers for details

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