Halloween season might be on the distant horizon, but that’s not going to stop us from outlining our itineraries this fall in Houston. In addition for kicking off the holiday season, October is a time of year to binge-watch scary movies, spin your favorite niche goth playlist, paint the town red (literally), and eat all the candy your pillowcase can hold.
To get the most out of this spooky season in the city, sink your fangs into our list of 23 spellbinding Houston Halloween events 2025!
1. Pumpkins After Dark and Big Rivers Water Park
Following its smash success this past year in Houston, Pumpkins After Dark comes back to life this October better than ever at Big Rivers Water Park. Here, visitors can explore an immersive Halloween experience with over 10,000 hand-carved pumpkins, spooky installations, roaming performers, fall treats, and more!
📅 October 9 – November 2
📍23101 Texas 242, New Caney, 77357
2. Chilling Candlelight Concerts
In celebration of the most hallowed time of the year, Candlelight presents a series of spellbinding concerts coming to cast a spell on audiences in Houston this fall. For these magically macabre performances, some of the city’s most magnificent venues will be lit up with the enchanting glow of candlelight including the Lone Star Flight Museum with Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics. Classic Halloween anthems, surrounded by a sea of flickering candles, in a hangar with vintage WWII jets — Halloween doesn’t come more unique than that.
📅 October 30
📍11551 Aerospace Ave, Houston, TX 77034, 77034
3. Binge Watch Horror Movies
If you’re like us and spend the entirety of October watching exclusively horror movies, you’re in the right place. While there will be numerous cinemas in and around Houston screening horror flicks – including the reopening of River Oaks Theatre – Rooftop Cinema Club in Uptown is a mainstay that regularly screenings cult-classics, horror classics, and the latest and greatest in scary movies.
Featured screenings include Get Out, Hocus Pocus, Scooby Doo, Scream 2, Se7en, Zombieland, and much more!
📅 October
📍1700 Post Oak Blvd 5th Level
4. Scream your Head Off at Texas’s Largest Horror Amusement Park
Scream Fest Houston stands apart from your typical amusement park. While others may offer occasional frights with specific rides and experiences that can provoke a few screams, akin to the scream canister moments from Monsters, Inc., Scream Fest Houston takes things to a whole new level, making other theme parks seem as gentle as a beloved Pixar film.
📅 Fridays & Saturdays from October 3 to November 2
📍1500 Elton St.
5-7. Enter the Scariest Haunted Houses in Houston
If you’re looking for a hair-raising Halloween experience, visit the most spine-chilling haunted houses in Houston.
- 13th Floor: Rated one of the “top 5 most terrifying haunted houses in the U.S.A.” 13th Floor is an essential Halloween experience in Houston. Opening September 13, 13th House is celebrating 5 years of fear with three thrilling attractions: Chop House, Legends of the Deep, and All Hallow’s Eve. 📅 September 13 – November 9📍7075 Farm to Market 1960 Rd W Ste 20
- Houston Terror Dome: Once heralded as the “scariest haunted house in Houston”, Houston Terror Dome is back for another year this fall with all killer no filler. Featuring haunted houses, pumpkin patches, paintball, axe-throwing, escape rooms, live DJs, and carnival games, Houston Terror Dome is a sure-fire way to get your thrill this spooky season! 📅 September 19 – November 2📍16030 East Freeway in Channelview
8. Venture out to Texas’s Most Haunted Places
To kick off the eerie festivities, we’ve put together a compilation of the most haunted locations in and around Houston, along with the chilling stories that surround them.
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📍Multiple locations
9. Monster Mini-Golf
This spooky, glow-in-the-dark mini-golf course in Katy is ideal for ghouls young and old! Monster Mini-Golf features an 18-hole putt-putt course – populated with docile creatures – as well as an arcade, mini-bowling alley, VR activity area, and laser maze.
📅 Daily
📍1705 North Fry Road Suite 3
10. Heights & Co. Halloween
Heights Bar Co. have reprised Halloween movie nights at its central patio bar. Enjoy screenings of Halloween movies over themed cocktails and fireside-made s’mores, dinner, and more at this festive, limited-time experience.
11. Boo at the Boardwalk
Boo on the Boardwalk returns for another year this October, bringing a treat-filled experience for all age groups. Every weekend in October, the Kemah Boardwalk will host themed evenings filled with Halloween-themed activities. Whether you visit for Freaky Fridays, Scary Saturdays, or Spooky Sundays, you’re in for a delightfully eerie time, complete with live music, mesmerizing magic shows, and festive entertainment.
📅 Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays October
📍215 Kipp Ave
12. Get into Good Spirits at Houston’s Halloween Bars
Wake the dead this Halloween season in Houston at the city’s most festive bars. From the witchy hijinx at Cursed Cauldron, to the terrific tune and over-the-top gore – er… decor – at Black Lagoon, here are the best bars in Houston to revel in ghoulish good times in Houston.
📅 October 3 – November 2
📍2031 Westcreek Ln n1, Houston, TX 77027
13. Go Medieval at The Texas Renaissance Festival
The 50th edition of the Texas Renaissance Festival, the biggest renaissance fair in the country, is poised for a grand comeback this weekend, starting on October 12h, offering a realm of entertainment suitable for the entire family. On the weekend of October 26 – October 27, the festival will feature a special All Hallows Eve weekend, with costume contests, Kettle Korn eating contests, and a Transylvanian court.
📅 Weekends October 11 – November 30
📍21778 FM 1774
14. Dine at the Texas Chainsaw Massacre House
Pay homage to Leatherface at the iconic Texas Chainsaw Massacre farmhouse in Texas! Located in Kingsland, Texas, four hours or so driving from Houston, the house is now a fully operational restaurant, Hooper’s. Open for brunch, lunch, and dinner, the TCM house is also hosting a special 50th Anniversary of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre weekend festival starting on October 26.
📅 Daily
📍1010 King Ct, Kingsland, TX 78639.
15. Take a trip down Nightmare on Candy Cane Lane
Candy Cane Lane in Quail Valley is a go-to for holiday decor during the Christmas season. But during October, the area also goes heavy on Halloween. Whether trick-or-treating or just a festive drive, take a trip down the most Halloween-decorated neighborhood in Houston!
📅 Daily
📍3100 block of Robinson Road
16. Strange Bird Immersive
While there are an abundance of exciting, perplexing escape rooms in Houston, only one has been rated as the best escape room in the United States for the past 6 years. Strange Bird Immersive is an award-winning escape room experiences that interweaves immersive theater, meticulous set design, and intricate storytelling in a supernatural, mind-bending experience.
📅 2025
📍7026 Old Katy Rd #310, Houston TX 77024
17. Mystical Parade of Boo
The most haunted coastal city in Texas is set to host a magical Halloween parade this October! Come out and celebrate all things spooky at this magical procession through Galveston featuring over 30 groups including bands, floats, and more!
📅 October 25
📍Historic Strand District, Galveston
18. Demon Seoul Cafe
Popfancy Dessert Bar is back with its latest, over-the-top pop-up: the Demon Seoul Cafe spooky K-Pop cafe. Here, K-pop fans can delight in numerous photo-ops on top of festive eats and drinks in one of the more unique Halloween experiences in Houston this October!
📅 October 10 –
📍9393 Bellaire Blvd a6
19. Megan Thee Stallion’s Hottieween
The legendary hip-hop horror concert and Halloween party is coming home to Houston this October! Slated for Halloween night, the Houston rapper will turn it up in H-Town with an epic concert experience and Halloween bash that marries glam with horror and regularly draws A-listers. The party is 21+. Costumes are mandatory. More details to come!
📅 October 31
📍Humble, TX
20. Houston Zoo Boo
The Houston Zoo’s beloved Halloween event is back! In addition to returning favorites like its Pumpkin Lantern Tunnel, Scary-Go-Round carousel, and themed photo-ops, the Houston Zoo is also introducing new spooky experiences this year. Featured new attractions include the immersive new PhantomsScape experience, visual projections casted upon its Galapagos Islands exhibit.
📅 September 26 – October 31
📍Houston Zoo, 6200 Hermann Park Dr.
21. Haunted Halloween Market
Peruse a miscellanea of freaky finds, oddities, merchandise, and more at the Houston Haunted Halloween Market! From Houston Horror Film Fest, the macabre marketplace features an odd assortment of artists, filmmakers, and special celebrity guests in a terrific one-day event. Plus, admission gets you access to the After Party!
📅 October 25
📍Hilton Garden, 6840 Almeda Rd.
22. Houston Premium Outlets Spook-tacular Halloween Event
The Houston Premium Outlets in Cypress will be hosting a special Halloween experience for families this Halloween eve complete with pumpkin decorating (for the first 150 guests), face painting, trick-or-treating scavenger hunts, and more. Whether you’re getting an early jump on holiday shopping, or think you are a shoe-in for the costume contest, enjoy the Spook-tacular Halloween at Houston Premium Outlets!
📅 October 30
📍Houston Premium Outlets (outside the food court), 29300 Hempstead Road, Cypress, TX 77433