Halloween Happenings in Minneapolis 2025
Get ready to experience creepy, crawly, eerie, ghoulish and frightening Halloween fun in Minneapolis! You can get your fix of all things Halloween at our corn mazes, pumpkin patches, breweries and more. Check out our favorite Halloween events.
Last updated 9/30/2025
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Can't Miss Halloween Events in Minneapolis
Now - October 2025
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300 Clifton
Are you afraid of the dark? Join us for our Haunted Trolley Tour of Minneapolis! It is a spine-tingling journey to the most haunted sites in the City, aboard an historic trolley which itself is said to be haunted. Your knowledgeable narrator will explain the legend and the lore surrounding the most paranormal happenings in our City's history. Prepare for mysterious sightings, strange sounds, and shadows lurking around the corners. The tour begins and ends at a real Haunted Historic Mansion, 300 Clifton in Minneapolis.
September - October 31, 2025
10am - 6pm
Afton Apple Orchard
Enjoy and explore the 250+ acres, producing Minnesota grown of apples, pumpkins, strawberries and raspberries. Venture into the 15-acre corn maze (opening mid-September) or take a hayride into the orchard for apple picking! Fall pumpkin season begins late September.
September 15 - November 2, 2025
Mall of America
Nickelodeon Boo-niverse is back! Celebrate the season with spinetingling fun at Nickelodeon Universe®. Meet your favorite Nickelodeon characters in their Halloween costumes and check out all their upcoming events throughout the season.
September 20 - November 1, 2025
Select Fridays and Saturdays
Valleyfair
The Twin Cities largest Halloween event promises to unlock more of your deepest, darkest, most dreadful fears. If that’s not scary enough, our most popular rides will be open at night to deliver the amazing thrills and chills found only at Valleyfair. (This Halloween event is intense, parental discretion is advised.)
September 26 - November 2, 2025
The Minnesota Zoo
Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular returns bigger and better than ever at the Minnesota Zoo! Gather your family and friends and come explore our glowing trail with thousands of artistically carved pumpkins. This year's event will inspire your Wanderlust with pumpkins depicting the wonders of the world and the joys of travel.
September 26 - November 1, 2025
Weekends and select weeknights
Scream Town, Chaska MN
Seven scary attractions including Crop Spawn, Santa's Slay, Ludicrous Labyrinth, Zombie Apocalypse CDC, Circus Asylum, and more.
September 27 - November 1, 2025
Saturdays and Sundays
Valleyfair
Valleyfair's Tricks and Treats is a gotta-be-there Halloween event packed with fun and family-friendly eeriness. From little goblins to grown-up ghouls, everyone will find ghastly great things to do for Halloween. Plus, we’ve got skeleTONS of delicious seasonal treats, drinks and, of course, candy!
October 2 - November 1, 2025
Meteor
Black Lagoon is an immersive, creepy experience that pays homage to the macabre and throws in a splash of goth and metal for good measure. Wear your costume to Meteor and enjoy innovative and deliciously spooky cocktails.
October 3 - November 2, 2025
Thursdays - Sundays
Hyatt Centric Downtown Minneapolis
Inspired by gothic tales and horror-esque fantasy, our events blend handcrafted cocktails, theatrical entertainment, and spine-chilling ambiance. Whether you’re a creature of the night or just looking for a hauntingly good time, we promise an evening of mystery, mischief, and macabre magic. Step into the shadows, sip on something sinister, and let the night unfold in ways both thrilling and unexpected. Dare to join us?
October 3 - November 15, 2025
Travail Kitchen
Join the Travail Chef's for an immersive Halloween dining experience. The experts from The Haunted Basement transform Travail’s Basement Bar into a haunted space filled with mayhem and delights to keep you entertained your entire meal. Enjoy a multi-course Halloween themed menu with interactive cocktail flights based on our favorite spooky season!
October 15, 2025
4pm-8pm
Moth Oddities
We’ve got costumes coming your way Join us at Moth Oddities after dark on Wednesday 10/15 from 4-8pm. We will be freshly stocked with amazing pieces for spooky season! Sips & treats provided.
October 16-30, 2025
Crane Theater
Welcome to the Twin Cities Horror Festival, the longest-running horror theatre festival in the country. If you love spooks, scares, screams, and sadistic musicals, this is the place for you. We've been waiting. This year's festival features 14 different productions.
October 18, 2025
Noon - 6pm
Sociable Cider Werks
The ghouls, witches and creatures of the night will descend upon Sociable Cider Werks on October 18! Join over 50 Queer and BIPOC artists celebrating the spooky season during these scary times.
October 19, 2025
11am - 4pm
Quincy Hall
Calling ALL witches! Hocus Pocus Drag Brunch is back at Quincy Hall! Costumes are encouraged!
Host: Sasha Cassadine - Featuring Shuga Cain (RuPaul's Drag Race)
October 24 & 25, 2025
6pm - 9pm
Minnesota Children's Museum
Put on your best costume and join us for a night of kid-friendly Halloween fun including trick-or-treating, a dance party with live DJ, activities, crafts, games and more! Plus, the entire museum will be open for play during the event.
October 24 & 25, 2025
Orchestra Hall
“Hey, you guys!” Join a group of misfits on a search for long-lost treasure, complete with an ancient map, deadly booby traps, a ruthless crime family and Baby Ruth candy bars. Experience one of the most-loved films of the ʼ80s with the Minnesota Orchestra playing the entire score live to film. No matter the dangers—Goonies never say die!
October 24, 2025
6pm - 10pm
Sociable Cider Werks
We’re bringing the spooky fun to the grown-ups. Introducing Tricks & Treats – an 18+ Halloween celebration at Sociable Cider Werks. Featuring:
- Bull Ride Competition
- Costume Contests (Best Individual, Best Group, Best Dog)
- Drag Show and Drag Bingo
- Trick or Treat and shop with Night Market vendors
October 25, 2025
12pm - 4pm
Bauhaus Brew Labs
This family-friendly event is a great way to get those jack-o-lanterns ready for Halloween without making a mess in your kitchen. Plus, the great pumpkin-gutting is much more fun when done with power-tools!
October 30 - November 2, 2025
7pm - 8pm
Powderhorn Park
BareBones' premiere event is its Annual Halloween Extravaganza—an outdoor spectacle of giant puppets, fire, aerialists, and more! It's an autumn ritual that captures the spirit of the season and is a must-see Minnesota tradition. Join us for the 32nd year of our puppet pageant!
October 30, 2025
Doors open at 6:30pm
Icehouse
Twin Cities' own Cheap Bouquet is throwing the biggest and best punk rock Halloween party at Icehouse on October 30th. Get ready for a full night of stunning drag performance from Del the Funky Homosexual, captivating pole dance by Nicki Che, and live local music from Surly Grrly, Killed by Kiwis, and Cheap Bouquet. Got a great costume this year? Come show it off in the costume contest for a chance to win prizes from b.resale.
October 31, 2025
7pm - Midnight
O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co
This Halloween, haunt O’Shaughnessy Distilling Co. for the 5th Annual Hallowhiskey Event! Enjoy a live music set by DJ YS, a costume contest at 10pm, tarot card readings, a photobooth, and spooky Keeper’s Heart drink specials.
October 31 & November 1, 2025
4pm - Midnight
Tom's Watch Bar
Attend the largest Halloween bar crawl in the city! Start the night at Tom's Watch Bar, then wander to several other fun bars and venues. Plus, enter the costume contest for a chance to take home a $1,000 prize! This event is 21+.
October 31, 2025
6pm - 1am
Modist Brewing Co.
This Halloween night, the dead don’t rest… they dance. Step into a one of a kind Halloween costume party - THE RAVEYARD, where the spirits come alive across two fully produced stages featuring curated multi-genre sections: Bass, House, Dub, DnB, UKG, and more.
Prepare for an otherworldly night with insane lighting, visuals, and sound that will haunt you in the best way. Bring your crew, your costumes, and your energy—this is Halloween like you’ve never experienced.
October 31, 2025
8pm - 10pm
Insight Brewing
Spooky season is upon us! Join us at the taproom for our annual "Casks & Candy" celebration on Friday, October 31st. Here's what to expect: Pumpkin carving, Free candy, Limited beer release, Themed Burger Daddies pop-up, Costume contest for a $50 gift card, Spooky movie trivia (6:00 - 8:00 PM), Halloweentown on the big screen (8:00 - 10:00 PM).
This is a free, all-ages event.
October 31, 2025
8pm
First Avenue & 7th St Entry
Don't miss First Avenue’s Annual Halloween Party & Costume Contest!
October 31, 2025
5pm - 7pm
Midtown Global Market
A Howl-oween Evening at Midtown Global Market!
- Trick or Treat through the Market
- Color and decorate your very own trick-or-treat bag
- Enjoy candy, goodies, and sweet surprises
- Face painting and other spook-tacular activities
- Refuel with dinner at the Market after all the fun!
Bring your little ghosts and goblins — it’s going to be a boo-tiful night!
October 31, 2025
6pm-8pm
North Loop Green
Join the North Loop Neighborhood Association + North Loop Green for our neighborhood's 7th annual Halloween party! This is a free event; we'll supply the candy! Lots of candy! Plus: Music, dancing, balloon artistry, pumpkin decorating and a photo wall. And the highlight: A costume contest for kiddos, grown-ups and pets as they strut their stuff down our orange carpet at 7pm. We'll wrap up the party with a 7:15pm showing of 2002's Scooby Doo movie on North Loop Green's big screen.
October 31, 2025
8pm - 10pm
Ted Mann Concert Hall
Experience the magic of the silent silver-screen with a live 60-piece orchestra in this one-of-a-kind event! Join us at the Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis on Halloween night, to celebrate the centennial year of the iconic silent film, The Phantom of the Opera, accompanied by a live performance from The Curse of the Vampire Orchestra!
October 31 & November 1, 2025
Utepils Brewing
Two days of thrills & chills featuring: Spook-tacular vendors, A thrilling movie screening, Spooky DJ, The eerie-sistible Loonar Eclipse Taproom Release, Bandwagon Sampling, Tricks, treats & more frightful fun!
Free entry | All ages welcome
November 1, 2025
8pm
Brit's Pub
Celebrating Brit's 35th birthday as well as Halloween (and the reuniting of Oasis!!). Being Halloween we encourage you to dress as your favourite Brit or Brit fashion - or maybe just as an Oasis fan (Adidas trainers and bucket hats at the ready!)
