By Susan Schwartz
Prepare for fright night with our spooktacular roundup of some of the best ways to spend Halloween in Brisbane in 2025.
Wynnum Halloween Parade
The streets of Wynnum will set the scene for an eerie parade on Saturday October 25. There will be trick or treat in the streets from 3pm, street entertainment, and entertainment on the main stage before and after the parade, plus food trucks and markets. Embrace the spirit of Halloween and arrive in costume. The parade starts at 5.30pm at Bay Terrace, Wynnum. Entry is free, but everyone wishing to enter the best dressed competition and parade must register here.
Redcliffe Festival of Frights
The seaside Redcliffe Markets are preparing for an evening of ghostly delights and pirate plunder on Friday, October 25. Eats, beats, tricks and treats await at the jetty foreshore where you’ll find the region’s best street eats, live entertainment, more than 200 fa-boo-lous stalls, and a fireworks display. There are prizes to be won in the Best Dressed Halloween competition or pirate’s scavenger hunt. For more information, click here.
Spooky Putt Putt
The fairways at Victoria Park are crawling with creepy surprises – from giant pumpkins to lurking critters and cursed tombs. Bring the kids, your mates, or a date for a little fear and a lot of fun waiting around every corner. Until November 2. For tickets click here.
Scavenger Hunt
Explore haunted buildings, track ghosts and menacing ghouls in this Questo app-guided scavenger hunt around Brisbane. Join the hunt any time between October 30 and November 2 for 90 minutes as you race against the clock and compete with friends or other teams. Put on your best costume and hone your problem-solving skills. For more details click here.
Themed River Cruise
The Oasis is where spooky meets stylish this Halloween with a floating party of cocktails and costumes. There will be a Walk the Plank fashion parade with prizes. On Friday October 31 at the City Botanic Gardens River Hub from 7pm – 11pm. For more information and tickets click here.
Haunted Hop Pub Crawl
This Halloween Bar Crawl includes entry to Pig ‘N’ Whistle, Finney Isles, O’Skulligans, Blute’s Bar, BrewDog, and Honky Tonks on Friday October 31 from 7.30pm. All venues are in walking distance so costume-up and crawl your way through Brisbane’s bars with eerie drink specials and a Halloween night to remember. For more information and tickets, click here.
Trick or Treat Little Stanley St
Don your costumes at Little Stanley St, South Bank for a free scavenger hunt, ghost trains, and children’s craft Halloween markets on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1. Movies on the big screen include Casper (Friday 5.30pm), The Addams Family (Friday 7.30pm), Scooby Doo (Saturday 5.30pm) and Corpse Bride (Saturday 7.30pm). For more information and to reserve your spot for the scavenger hunt click here.
Halloween Hall at The Warehouse
The Warehouse venue will be transformed into a nightmarish Haunted House featuring a full main stage production with LED screens, lasers and DJs as part of Brisbane’s Melt Festival. On Saturday November 1 at 8 MacLachlan St, Fortitude Valley. Halloween Dress up is not mandatory but highly recommended. For tickets, click here.
Guided Ghost Tours
Jack Sim runs guided ghost tours in the Brisbane CBD, at Boggo Road Jail, and at the Toowong, South Brisbane, Nundah and Lutwyche cemeteries. This month he will hold special Halloween tours on various dates. For more information click here.
