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Halloween Events Roundup

Whether you’re looking to party it up or keep it low key, we’re got your Halloween covered with haunting music, ghastly ghost stories, horror-fying movies, maniacal murder mysteries and more!

Calgary Ghost Tours

Until November 1, 2024
Various venues
$20 – $32

These ghost tours in Calgary’s Downtown, Kensington and Inglewood neighbourhoods include local ghost stories. Don’t miss an opportunity to be lead through the history and hauntings of Calgary.
calgaryghostwalks.com

Goosepimples & Calvinball

October 25, 2024
The Kinkonauts @ The BLOX (834 11 Ave. SW)
$11.30 – $16.50

Spooktacular Improv Night Alert! Join The Kinkonauts for a hauntingly fun evening of laughs this as their two shows Goosepimples and Calvinball are back to conjure up a good time!
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Menagerie Halloween!

October 26, 2024, 7pm – 1am
Wyckham House, Mount Royal University (18 Mount Royal Cir. SW)
$15.95 – $21.95

This adult Halloween party features retro Halloween games, fortune tellers, dance hits from the ’70s–’90s, performances by Burlesquercise Canada, black cat adoption, signature cocktails and more!
menagerieyyc.ca

Le Cirque de la Nuit Presents: Odditorium

October 26, 2024, 8:30pm – 2am
The Palace Theatre (219 8 Ave. SW)
$41.82 – $47.35

Le Cirque de la Nuit presents their third annual Hallow’s Eve spectacle that will take you into the dark depths of the carnival underbelly where the real party resides. Join them for an experience full of eclectic musical soundscapes and interactive human oddities that will spellbind you in a thrilling evening.
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12-Hour Halloween Horror Movie Marathon

October 26 – 27, 2024, 7pm – 7am
Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave. SW)
$23 – $25

The Saturday before Halloween, join Calgary Underground Film Festival for their annual 12-Hour Horror Movie Marathon fundraising event! Stay awake all night and enjoy seven movies from 7pm until 7am the next morning, including a costume contest and other surprises throughout the night.
menagerieyyc.ca

Hallowe’en Howl w/ Forbidden Dimension

October 27, 2024, 3pm
Congress Coffee (Suite #1A, 215 36 Ave. NE)
$5 – $10

It’s the second annual Halloween Howl with your favourite monster rock band Forbidden Dimension! Take part in pumpkin carving and crafts, plus “ghostly” kid-friendly cartoons, before Forbidden Dimension play a sweet all-ages early show!
congresscoffeeyyc.com

Spooktacular Tales

October 27 – 30, 2024, 3pm
Theatre 1308 (1308 Edmonton Tr. NE)
$17

Meet the motley crew: A ghost in therapy, a zombie starting a new job, and a social justice warrior who confesses to a murder. Join Sundog Storytellers for a spooktacular evening filled with laughter and fun for the whole family.
eventbrite.com

Ship Hop Halloween Showcase

October 30, 2024, 8pm
The Ship and Anchor (534 17 Ave. SW)
No cover

Ship Hop is a quarterly hip-hop showcase that highlights upcoming Calgary acts and provides a platform for those who want to sharpen their performance experience through open mic. The Halloween-edition features performances by Rebecca Dawn, Bkay Won and Arlo Maverick.
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Mayor’s Halloween Storytime

October 31, 2024, 10am
Central Library (800 3 St. SE)
Free to attend

Join Mayor Jyoti Gondek for a frightfully fun Halloween Storytime … if you dare! Get in the trick-or-treating spirit with stories, rhymes and songs with some special guests. Costumes are encouraged — what do you think Mayor Gondek will be dressed up as this year?
calgarylibrary.ca

Ghosts and Gourmet

October 30 & 31, 2024, 6 – 9:30pm
Wainwright Hotel, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)
$89.95

Ghosts and Gourmet is back at Heritage Park for a night of delicious dining and spine-chilling storytelling. Start your evening with a gourmet three-course meal and step into the shadows as you embark on one of Calgary’s best ghost tours. Don’t miss this spooktacular night of food and fright!
heritagepark.ca

Papel Picado Workshop

October 31, 2024, 3 – 4pm
Southcentre Mall (100 Anderson Rd. SE)
Free to participate

Join Casa Mexico for Papel Picado workshop (colourful paper decorations that celebrate life), followed by trick or treating as part of their Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) programming at Southcentre Mall.
southcentremall.com

Halloween Night with the Rondel Roberts Band

October 31, 2024, 8pm
The Blues Can (1429 9 Ave. SE)
$10

The Rondel Roberts Band is a neo-soul band from Calgary that borrows from a variety of classic and modern genres such as ’70s soul, feel good funk, classic rock and golden era boom bap. Catch them for a Halloween night concert!
thebluescan.com

Cold Garden’s Murder Mystery

October 31, 2024, 8:30 – 10pm
Cold Garden (1100 11 St. SE)
$43.85

On Halloween night, Cold Garden is hosting its third annual Cold Garden Murder Mystery, and this year the Mothman Murders! Presented by VB Creates. Join them for an evening of beastly roving actors playing out this interactive murder mystery that you can try to solve! 
coldgarden.ca

To explore more Calgary events, head over to the arts and culture events section of yycwhatson.ca.