Looking for some frightful fun? Or maybe you prefer soirees that aren’t so scary? Whatever your jam, we’ve found it! Read on for the Family Fun Edmonton Halloween Events guide for 2024.
Pumpkins After Dark
September 27 – October 31 | Canada’s largest Halloween festival will return to Edmonton’s Borden Park for another spooktacular season! This walk-through exhibit includes over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkin sculptures brought to life through specially curated lighting, music, and sound effects. For more information, click here.
Kiwi’s Haunted House
October 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 & 25-27 | Visit Kiwi Nurseries this Halloween as the outdoor pathways and growing house are given a spooky makeover. Enjoy the child-friendly experience from 5:30 – 6:30 pm, with added scares and surprises after the trails get dark. Your admission even includes a souvenir flashlight to help light your way! For more information, click here.
Magic in the Mall at Londonderry Mall
October 5, 2024 | Magic in the Mall will bring together 9 of your favourite characters for an enchanting afternoon of meet-and-greets, photo ops, and great prizes. Participate in the Passport for Prizes by collecting stamps from each character and exchanging your completed passports for a toy prize and entry into the grand prize draw! For more information, click here.
Prairie Gardens Haunted Pumpkin Festival
October 5 – October 31 | This October, it’s time to get out of the city! Is there a better way to celebrate the beauty of fall and the spookiness of Halloween than by heading to the farm and enjoying a pumpkin patch? Especially when it’s the Haunted Pumpkin Festival at Prairie Gardens Adventure Farm, filled with loads of family fun on weekends this October! For more information, click here.
City of St. Albert Halloween Haunt
October 19 | The City of St Albert Halloween Haunt is BOOO-ack for 2024 and you are not going to want to miss out on the fun! This family-friendly event offers kids from ages 2 to 12 years an extra opportunity to show off their costume and get into the Halloween spirit. Come discover a variety of holiday themed activities, collect treats, and burn off some of that extra energy together at Servus Credit Union Place! For more information, click here.
Manning Monster Mash
October 19 | Get your Halloween costumes and treat pails ready for the Manning Monster Mash! This annual family event at Manning Town Centre offers up a free afternoon of treats, games, bouncy castles, balloon twisting, fang-tastic photo ops with roaming characters, and other spooky fun. For more information, click here.
Stageworks Academy presents The Addams Family
October 24 – 26 | Stageworks Academy is excited to bring your favourite mysterious and spooky family to the Maclab Centre stage! The Addams Family musical is filled with hilarious misunderstandings, surprising secrets, and heartfelt moments. For added fun, book your tickets on October 26 and come in costume for the evening Halloween Party! For more information, click here.
Trick or Tee and Fright Night at WEM
October 1 – 31 | West Edmonton Mall is bringing you the Halloween fun this October with two frightfully fabulous experiences at two of their best attractions! Enjoy a round of Trick or Tee at Professor WEM’s Mini Golf from October 1 to October 31, and book your tickets now for the wildly popular Fright Night in Galaxyland on Saturday, October 26. For more information, click here.
Hocus Focus Halloween Fun at St. Albert Centre
October 26 | Boos and ghouls are invited to visit local businesses throughout the month (October 1-25) to complete the Scavenger Haunt, then be at St. Albert Centre on Saturday, October 26, 2024 for Halloween-themed fun and the chance at some amazing prizes. Come in costume and bring a food bank donation for a FREE Hocus Focus photo from a spooktacular local photographer. For more information, click here.
Halloween Fun at Bonnie Doon Centre
October 31 | This Halloween, bring your lil’ ghosts and ghouls to Bonnie Doon Centre for spooky selfies, trick-or-treating, and character fun with the Mermaid and Pirate! You never know what Edmonton’s weather forecast might bring, so the mall makes the perfect place to come for a warm and safe Halloween for all ages. For more information, click here.
Spooktacular Halloween at Mill Woods Town Centre
October 31 | It’s all treats and no tricks at the Mill Woods Town Centre Spooktacular Halloween! This free afternoon event offers a fantastic add-on, or alternative, to outdoor trick-or-treating. The time is perfect for tiny trick-or-treaters with early bedtimes, and bigger ghosts and ghouls who are buzzing with holiday excitement right after school. For more information, click here.
Pumpkin Patches & Corn Mazes In and Around Edmonton
All Month Long | Head to a local farmyard to have some fall fun getting lost in a corn maze or picking your own pumpkin from a local patch! For more information, click here.
Frightfully Fun Haunted Houses in Edmonton & Area
All Month Long | If you like scares, we’ve found them! Head here to discover all the amazing Haunted Houses in Edmonton and Area. There’s something for for ghosts and ghouls of all ages. For more information, click here.
Halloween Movie Events to Enjoy this October
All Month Long | One of the best ways to get into the Halloween spirit is to watch a holiday-themed movie! You can enjoy a ghoulishly good time this haunted season with our list of Halloween Movie Events in Edmonton, or one of our at-home viewing suggestions. For more information, click here.
Mysterious Museum Events
October 2 – 31 | See your favourite museum decked out with haunted decor and thrilling activations at these Mysterious Museum Events for Halloween. For more information, click here.
Great HalloWhinny Events for Horsing Around
October 19, 26 & 27 | If your child loves horses and Halloween, they are in for a treat! Each HalloWhinny event is an amazing opportunity to get up close and personal with horses, ponies, and more while enjoying Halloween treats and activities. Don’t forget to wear your costume and bring your camera!
Trunk or Treat Events in Edmonton & Area
October 26 – 31 | An alternative to trick-or-treating where cars are the houses and trunks are the doors. Choose from one of several great event options on our list. For more information, click here.
Where to Find Halloween Day Fun | October 31, 2024
October 31 | While the school-aged kids enjoy costume fun and Halloween parties with their class, we have come up with a few fun ways to make Halloween day fun for the younger ghosts and ghouls. And once that school bell rings, you can be ready to grab those costumed kiddos and head out to one of the other fun events happening Halloween evening! For more information, click here.
Where to Go for Indoor Trick or Treating in Edmonton
October 31 | Nothing says Halloween in Canada like seeing kids wearing snowsuits over their costumes! Before you brave the cold outside, head inside where it’s nice and warm, and take in one of the many indoor trick or treating events in and around Edmonton. For more information, click here.
Boo a Friend or Neighbour! {Free Printable}
What is Booing? Booing is the act of leaving someone secret treats or gifts for Halloween. It is meant to spread from there, where your two recipients then choose two more recipients to Boo and continue the fun. For more information, click here.
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We wish you a safe and healthy Halloween, Edmonton!
